U.S.-based Graco Inc. has launched the Pulse Level Tank Monitoring system to optimize deliveries, margins and customer service. The system allows users to track tank levels, capture and apply data, and allocate inventory quickly, accurately and confidently. “Tank monitoring is not a new technology, but Graco now offers the most cost-effective long-term solution on the market,” said Tyler Salminen, product…
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Rio Tinto and steelmaker BlueScope have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to research and design low-emissions processes for the steel value chain, including iron ore processing. The companies will prioritise studying the use of green hydrogen instead of coking coal at BlueScope’s Port Kembla Steelworks in New South Wales to directly reduce Pilbara iron ores into a product that…
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Lithium Americas has entered a bidding war for Argentina-focused Millennial Lithium with a US$400 million stock-and-cash offer. The bid comes a month after China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd. (CATL) agreed to purchase Millennial for C$377 million (US$303.8 million). “In proximity to Caucharí-Olaroz, Millennial’s 100%-owned Pastos Grandes lithium brine project represents an attractive regional growth opportunity for Lithium Americas,” said…
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Pilbara Minerals has inked a 15-year power purchase agreement with Pacific Energy’s Contract Power Australia for a 6-megawatt solar array at the Pilgangoora lithium operation in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.
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The Coalition for Energy Efficient Comminution (CEEC) has added the newest sponsor to its growing roster: processing technology supplier Metso Outotec.
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Metso Outotec recently confirmed it delivered an order of 22 mill discharge pumps for customers Engineering Dobersek and Severniy Mining and Processing (SevGOK) to the latter’s process waste thickening plant in Ukraine. The new group of high-capacity pumps include 10 large high-capacity MDM700s which together are capable of handling a total volume of 117,500 m3 of waste sludge per hour.…
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RPMGlobal has released environmental disturbance modeling and reporting capabilities to its XPAC line of mine scheduling software. The company, which has been working to advance its functionalities for environmental, social and governance (ESG), just wrapped up on-site testing last month with a Canadian mining client with which it collaborated for development of the module. With the addition of the new…
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South African company BBE Group, developer of VUMA ventilation simulation software for mining, has released the 2021 version of its system to users at no cost.
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Canadian-based miner Santacruz Silver has cited a lack of profitability for its decision to suspend operations at its Rosario project in Mexico and place the asset on care and maintenance.
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Government officials in Western Australia have released outlines making COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workers and others in the resources sector.
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