Metso says it is excited to introduce what it describes as the world’s most powerful vertical screw type stirred mill, the Metso Vertimill® 7000. Developed as a solution to lower total cost of ownership, the large mill allows for more available grinding power. One Vertimill® 7000 grinding mill replaces the need for multiple smaller stirred[…]
SANY India, part of China’s SANY Group, the global manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, has unveiled the SKT105E Electric Dump Truck, the first of its kind to be locally manufactured in India. It said “this groundbreaking addition to SANY’s portfolio marks a significant milestone in the nation’s mining industry.” The unveiling ceremony, held at[…]
Vale has announced that all the electricity used in its operations in Brazil in 2023 came from renewable sources, such as hydroelectric, wind and solar power plants. Thus, the company has achieved its goal of having 100% renewable electricity consumption in Brazil two years ahead of its original 2025 schedule. The information is highlighted in[…]
Ioneer Ltd says it has moved one step closer toward construction at its Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron site, following the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) planned issuance of the project’s draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The planned issuance – referenced in the BLM’s statement on April 12, 2024 – is the first to be issued from[…]
Mineral Resources Ltd has been making progress on a number of fronts across its operations and projects. At its Ken’s Bore surface iron ore minesite, part of its Onslow Iron project, MinRes has welcomed a new Komatsu hybrid electric wheel loader to its growing fleet – the first delivered in Western Australia. It says this electric[…]
Canada Nickel Company announced today that it has commenced Front End Engineering Design (FEED) at its Crawford Nickel Sulphide project, in Ontario, led by its long-term engineering partner Ausenco Engineering Canada ULC and supported by a number of engineering firms from the project’s feasibility study. Mark Selby, CEO of Canada Nickel, said: “As we continue[…]
Rio Tinto is teaming up with a leading global venture studio and start-up investor to back the development and commercialisation of breakthrough technologies in the mining industry, supporting the company’s efforts to find better ways to provide the materials the world needs. The company will partner with Founders Factory and invest A$14.4 million ($9.5 million)[…]
Australian clean technology developer MCi Carbon has, today, held a foundation ceremony for its carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) plant ‘Myrtle’, currently under construction at Orica’s Kooragang Island site. Funded by a A$14.6 million ($9.7 million) federal government grant, the plant is aimed at scaling up the development and demonstration of an engineering process called[…]
First Mode, the pioneering developer and manufacturer of decarbonisation products for heavy industry, has announced a strategic alliance with Mitsui & Co Ltd, the international trading company and investment group with extensive interests in the mining industry, to accelerate heavy industry’s adoption of low-carbon and zero-emissions product solutions at scale. First Mode says its considerable[…]
Malvern Panalytical has announced the launch of Revontium, a compact X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer that, the company says, opens new possibilities for elemental analysis across multiple industries, including mining. This new instrument, the world’s first compact XRF unit, according to the company, delivers powerful elemental analysis with outstanding ease of use in a compact 0.4[…]