by Gordon Barratt | Oct 1, 2020 | News
The Queensland government has struck a royalties agreement with miner Adani, which would allow it to defer payments due at the Carmichael coalmine – a move conservationists have slammed a “disgrace”. Negotiations for the deal have been fraught and taken several years....
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 1, 2020 | News
Swedish energy company Vattenfall, mining company LKAB, and steel manufacturer SSAB in September started the world’s first pilot plant to produce “fossil-free” steel in Lulea, Sweden (Figure 1). As part of a joint initiative dubbed “HYBRIT,” the three companies plan...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 1, 2020 | News
Image: Metso Outotec. Metso Outotec is set to deliver two Vertimill VTM-4500 vertical stirred grinding mills to a gold mine in Australia next year, the largest of their kind in an Australian installation. The typical value for this type of order is between €10-€15...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 1, 2020 | News
Northern Territory has reviewed the possibility of conducting seabed mining in the state’s coastal waters and is seeking public comment on the controversial practice. The Northern Territory Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has put up its draft review of...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 30, 2020 | News
ABB and TAKRAF have installed thee world’s highest-powered fearless conveyor drive system at the Chuquicamata copper mine in Chile. ABB and mining equipment company TAKRAF have developed a high-powered gearless conveyor drive system that will be installed at the...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 30, 2020 | News
Image: Sandvik. Sandvik has showcased Automine Concept, a future vision for fully autonomous mining vehicles that use new sensing capabilities and artificial intelligence (AI) for real-time reactions to their environment. Attendees at Sandvik’s Innovation in Mining...
