April 28, 2021 Interview – Adam Matthews, Church of England Pensions Board: “In five years you will see a very different landscape in tailings management” The Global Tailings Review (GTR) released last year the first-ever Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management, aimed at strengthening current best practices around tailings dams in the mining sector.
April 28, 2021 Interview – CEMI CEO Doug Morrison: “The delay in getting approval for mining projects is almost all related to environmental impact” Company is looking for useful ways to use the benign tail that is left behind.
April 28, 2021 Interview — Eduardo Ruiz, Amphos2: “The trend is to design tailing facilities that have less water” Standards are definitely improving with more automatization, control and monitoring, says Amphos21 general manager.
April 28, 2021 Epiroc profit lags forecasts, shares fall Operating earnings at the firm rose to 1.87 billion Swedish crowns ($223.2 million) from 1.93 billion a year earlier.
April 27, 2021 Barrick readies to open Loulo-Gounkoto underground mine The miner has also started a prefeasibility study for an underground operation at Loulo 3 and a large open pit at Yalea South.
April 27, 2021 Glencore agrees to take over Weser-Metall lead plant The acquisition is being done through Nordenham Metall GmbH, which will take over all personnel.
April 26, 2021 Greener haulage at Copper Mountain with trolley assist from ABB The company is committed to reducing its carbon footprint by more than 50% in the next five to seven years.
April 26, 2021 Ivanhoe inks deal to boost hydropower at Kamoa-Kakula State-owned La Société Nationale d'Electricité (SNEL) will help upgrade a major turbine, part of the Inga II hydropower complex.
April 25, 2021 Meteorites give clues of possible existence of present-day microbial life on Mars The same way microbes live in the depths of Earth’s and feed off minerals like pyrite, tiny organisms could exist in Mars subsurface.
April 23, 2021 Metso Outotec profit beats forecast on aggregates rebound Company said there was strong demand for its equipment in Europe and North America.
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