Latin America-focused Atico Mining has received approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment for the construction and operations of its high-grade La Plata VMS project in Ecuador. The La Plata project plan consists of a 900-t/d underground mining operation with state-of-the-art infrastructure, including a filtered tailings facility – a first of its kind in Ecuador. This technology, already used at Atico’s…
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The traditional owners of Juukan Gorge have signed a non-binding Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Rio Tinto, which will guide the ongoing development and finalisation of the co-management of mining on the lands of the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura people. Read full article.
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A continued search for mine workers at Trevali Mining’s Perkoa nickel mine in Burkina Faso following a flooding event on 16 April has brought unfortunate news: the bodies of four miners have been recovered from the operation while the remaining four being sought remain missing. In an update on 25 May, Trevali officials said search crews are continuing their efforts…
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More than 35 years after introducing its flagship process simulator USIM PAC, CASPEO has launched a new e-learning platform of process engineering courses specifically designed for the mining industry and mineral processing engineering professionals. The platform has been created to boost the knowledge of mining workers’ data analysis techniques and to meet mining companies’ needed challenges and skills by training…
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Brazil-focused Horizonte Minerals has awarded the earthworks contract for the construction of its 100%-owned Araguaia ferronickel project to Copa Construção S.A. Araguaia is a Tier 1 mining project with a high-grade scalable resource, located south of the Carajás Mining District in the state of Pará, northern Brazil. Horizonte said it will use an open pit mining method, transporting its nickel-ore…
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Mincor Resources and offtake partner BHP have processed first nickel ore through BHP’s just- refurbished Kambalda Nickel Concentrator (NKC) in Western Australia. Read full article.
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Brazilian producer Vale has reportedly signed a new long-term agreement with Tesla that will send nickel from its mines in Canada to the vehicle maker for EV production. View full article.
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The Chamber of Commerce of the Two Virginias is preparing to bring back the biennial Bluefield Coal and Mining Show for the 24th time from September 14-16. Read full article.
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Global steel producer SSAB has taken the lead in reducing the carbon footprint of the steel industry and aims to launch the world’s first fossil-free steel by around 2026. But how does fossil-free steel production actually work? And what’s the difference between green steel and fossil-free steel? SSAB has announced a fact-packed webinar on May 24 at 15:00 CEST to…
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Schenck Process, a global company for sustainable, integrated measuring and process technology solutions, has signed an agreement for the sale of its Mining business to Swedish engineering group Sandvik. Upon completion of the transaction, which is expected to be in the second half of 2022, the acquired mining unit will be integrated into Sandvik’s Rock Processing Solutions business area. Schenck…
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