by Gordon Barratt | Mar 11, 2021 | News
Designing mining and metals processes to match the demand for increased operating efficiency and sustainability requires fast and seamless collaboration from the industry and its suppliers. At the same time, the need for suitable virtual environments in which to...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 11, 2021 | News
Group Business Correspondent Picture: Gravitricity A firm that plans to use gravity to generate electricity has passed a key milestone in the development process. Edinburgh-based Gravitricity is running a £1 million project to demonstrate the potential of its...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 11, 2021 | News
Rio Tinto has found a way to extract Scandium from its titanium dioxide operation in Quebec, Canada. Source: Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto has sold its first batch of aluminium-scandium alloy to Australian metal additive manufacturer Amaero, which will be supplied from the Rio...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 11, 2021 | News
Latest News Newmont Corporation has agreed to acquire Canadian miner GT Gold Corp for $US311 million ($402 million) in a deal that will bolster its copper-gold output. A key driver of the agreement is GT Gold’s Tatogga project in British Columbia, Canada, which is 20...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 11, 2021 | News
IMAGE COPYRIGHTAFP image captionThe spill happened last May and saw some 21,000 tonnes of diesel pour into rivers A mining firm has paid a record $2bn (£1.4bn) fine over a huge oil spill that caused one of Russia’s worst environmental disasters. Norilsk Nickel,...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 10, 2021 | News
The White Mesa mill, in Utah US-based uranium mining company Energy Fuels is on the cusp of starting commercial rare earth production in Utah. The first shipments of natural monazite ore from Chemours have arrived at the White Mesa mill, in Blanding, marking the...
