Archives: Sustainable mining

Anglo American has announced that the Integrated Operations Centre (CIO) at its in-development Quellaveco copper project in Peru is now ready to start operating the concentrator plant. From there, all the processes of the mine will be controlled, with predictive intelligence applied to improve safety and productivity. Earlier this month, Anglo American unloaded the first[…]

Rio Tinto has delivered first ore from the Gudai-Darri iron ore mine as the company brings online its first greenfield mine in the Pilbara, Western Australia, in more than a decade. Gudai-Darri, which features autonomous trucks, trains and drills, as well as the world’s first autonomous water trucks, will help underpin future production of the[…]

SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall have, today, inaugurated HYBRIT’s pilot facility for fossil-free hydrogen gas storage at Svartöberget in Luleå, Sweden. The rock cavern storage facility is the first of its kind in the world, with the inauguration ceremony marking the start of the two-year test period, which will run until 2024. The HYBRIT initiative was[…]

Austmine says it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mining Suppliers Trade Association (MSTA Canada) seeking to formally continue work on expanding collaboration between the two organisations. Signed on June 10, 2022, during the MSTA Canada Annual Forum in Toronto, Canada, the MoU will focus on creating a global network of Canadian and Australian[…]

The Canada Mining Innovation Council’s cleantech solution, CanMicro, has been named as the grand prize winner of the Crush It! Challenge, being awarded a C$5 million ($3.9 million) grant to further develop the solution. CanMicro combines microwave-assisted comminution and multi-sensor ore sorting technology to selectively break particles and sort waste from desired minerals, reducing crushing[…]

Outokumpu says it has established a roadmap to achieve carbon neutrality at its Kemi underground chrome mine in Finland by 2025. The roadmap includes several initiatives that will decrease the mine’s emissions towards zero. Carbon neutrality of the Kemi Mine is an important step in achieving Outokumpu’s ambitious science-based climate targets. “To reach carbon neutrality,[…]

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) says it continues acting on its commitment to drive change towards a net-zero future. Following the completion of a multi-stakeholder research project aimed at breaking new ground in hydrogen technology, the company has started testing of the world’s first fuel cell articulated hauler prototype, the Volvo HX04. The results of[…]

Howden says it has secured a contract for the upgrade of an existent licence of its Ventsim™ CONTROL ventilation system at the Agnico Eagle-owned Fosterville Gold Mine in Victoria, Australia. The initial installation of Ventsim CONTROL Level 3 (scheduling and flow control) has already greatly improved the operability and flexibility of the ventilation system, as[…]

Glencore’s Compañía Minera Lomas Bayas (CMLB) copper mine in northern Chile is looking to maintain its safety and sustainability standards, as well as increase its productivity and profitability, with a new project to automate two of its Caterpillar drill rigs using FLANDERS technology. Glencore Lomas Bayas is a low-cost, open-pit copper mine in the Atacama[…]

OZ Minerals recently set out to contribute to the acceleration of responsible metal production by the copper industry through the Ingenious Extraction innovator challenge, the outcomes of which have just been published. The in-depth document explores potential extraction methods and technologies, specifically utilising concentrate leaching techniques that can perform economically at scale. It also outlines[…]