Archives: Sustainable mining

“A green mining industry is not science fiction”, industrial technology giant ABB said earlier this year, pointing to the role it’s been playing in electrifying and automating energy-intensive mining processes for more than a century. Today’s technology presents even more actionable net zero emission pathways, according to ABB Process Industries Division President, Joachim Braun. Speaking[…]

Global mining services company Thiess says it has successfully exported its first fleet of rebuilt trucks – five Cat 789 trucks – from Batam Island in Indonesia to Perth, Australia, with more enroute to support the ongoing demand for hauling fleet. It states: “Our Thiess Rebuild Centre team in Indonesia resets the usage clock on[…]

Schlam, a leading Australian mining truck body manufacturer, is entering a new phase of growth as it expands into the North American market. The company is in the process of shipping ten bodies to Rio Tinto Borates as well as additional bodies to other large global miners in the region, marking a significant milestone in[…]

Omnia Holdings has rebranded Protea Mining Chemicals (PMC) under its Mining segment, BME, consolidating Omnia’s global mining offering under a unified brand to deliver what it says is a comprehensive range of solutions spanning from mining to metal processing. The rebrand closer aligns PMC with BME’s existing operations, enhancing Omnia’s ability to offer a broad[…]

Brazilian iron ore mining giant Vale and oil & gas major Petrobras have announced the signing of a Strategic Alliance Agreement to supply products with a focus on competitiveness and advancing Vale’s decarbonisation agenda. This agreement, which reflects the natural evolution of the protocol of intentions signed by the companies in September 2023, establishes conditions[…]

Tyrecycle and Alcoa Australia have joined forces in what is described as a milestone agreement to give a new life to old mining truck tyres. Last week, Tyrecycle’s state-of-the-art recycling facility in East Rockingham, 40 km south of Perth, welcomed its first load of used off the road (OTR) tyres from Alcoa. To mark the occasion,[…]

Cornish Lithium has opened the UK’s first low-emission, lithium hydroxide Demonstration Plant, marking, it says, a significant milestone in the UK’s transition to clean power by 2030. The new facility forms part of Cornish Lithium’s Trelavour Hard Rock project in Cornwall, which will reduce the UK’s reliance on carbon-intensive, imported lithium by extracting supplies of[…]

Pacific Energy has signed an agreement with Gold Fields to design and construct a 35 MW solar farm for the St Ives gold mine, 80 km south of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia’s Eastern Goldfields region. The solar farm is a part of Gold Fields’ landmark A$296 million ($198 million) St Ives Renewables project, which also[…]

Running through the three halls at MINExpo 2024 in Las Vegas last month, the electrification theme was everywhere – numerous booths pulled in attendees with battery symbolism or, in some cases, actual electric machines; others presented new concepts, with variations of dynamic trolley being a particular talking point. While it is clear there is a[…]

At the 5th Mining and Minerals Hall (MMH) event being held in Seville, Spain, this week and being attended by IM Editorial Director Paul Moore, Sandvik Mining & Rock Solutions has handed over some major equipment units to key customers in the region. The size of the MMH this year, with the exhibition covering all[…]