Archives: Sustainable mining

Cornish Metals Inc is using eight Bredel 40 hose pumps and three Qdos chemical metering and dosing pumps from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions (WMFTS) in its newly opened water treatment plant (WTP) at the South Crofty tin mine in Cornwall, England. South Crofty ceased producing tin in 1998 but Cornish Metals is working to reopen[…]

Canadian subsurface intelligence company, Ideon Technologies, has been named an industrial affiliate of Stanford University’s Mineral-X program – an exclusive research community uniting the fields of geosciences, resource economics, data science and artificial intelligence (AI) to inform optimal decision making along the critical minerals supply chain. As an affiliate, Ideon will engage with faculty and[…]

To better serve its mining customers in the United States, Sandvik is investing more than $50 million in the company’s largest US facility to date, in Elko, Nevada. Construction will begin before the end of this year and the new facility is expected to open in the March quarter of 2025. It will cover 14[…]

Metso is launching a pre-engineered high-rate thickening solution, the HRT-S, which, it says, will allow significantly shorter delivery times. The HRT-S complements Metso’s existing high-rate thickener product family which consists of the HRT and HRT-S products. The HRT-S thickener is part of Metso’s Planet Positive offering, enabling savings in power consumption, a reduction in embedded[…]

MaxMine has been talking up the potential of data in the quest for reducing emissions and boosting productivity at mine sites, with Tom Cawley, Executive Chair and Interim CEO, arguing that there is still plenty of low hanging fruit for mining companies to leverage on their way to achieving longer-term net zero mining targets. MaxMine,[…]

Early in 2023, PT Pamapersada Nusantara (PAMA), one of Indonesia’s largest mining contractors, began a partnership with cutting-edge British technology and engineering company, McLaren Applied, to immediately expedite the process of decarbonising its operations.   With fuel representing 25-30% of a mine’s operating expenses, any gain in efficiency can have a large impact on pollution, productivity[…]

The RISE test facility AstaZero in Sandhult, Sweden, is expanding its offerings and testing capabilities. This expansion is highlighted by the introduction of the automated testing facility ‘Generic Site,’ described as “a remarkable achievement that enables full-scale testing of off-road automated vehicles and their digital systems.” RISE is an independent, state-owned research institute and acts[…]

Epiroc has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Byrnecut, one of the world’s largest underground mining contractors, to partner on the development of the next generation of electric drive underground loaders. The companies will work together in partnership to develop and test a proof of concept for the large underground loader segment with the aim[…]

With an ambition to explore decarbonisation opportunities across transport, operations and materials, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Volvo Group and construction and quarrying giant CRH on November 13. As part of this strategic agreement, Volvo CE will take on responsibility for next generation technology deployment, the scaling up of cutting edge technology[…]

Clean TeQ has formed a 50/50 joint venture, the Future Element Joint Venture, with mine tailings management company Future Element Pty Ltd (FE), to, it says, focus on tailings management, metal recovery and waste remediation opportunities. Clean TeQ will provide the JV with licences for its proprietary ATA® accelerated dewatering technology and its suite of[…]