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CyPlus GmbH cyanide production facility in Wesseling / Germany successfully re-certified

The CyPlus GmbH cyanide production facility in Wesseling, Germany, has been successfully audited and re-certified as being compliant with the International Cyanide Management Code (ICMC). The International Cyanide Management Institute (ICMI) announced the re-certification on its website on December 7, 2009.
With this achievement CyPlus illustrates again its commitment of being a reliable and experienced [...]

ABB wins order from Australian mining consortium

ABB to deliver two drive systems for a greenfield iron ore mining project in Western Australia
Baden, Switzerland, November 13, 2009 – ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, will deliver the drive systems for two high pressure rinding rolls (HPGR) to Thyssen Krupp Polysius for the Karara Iron Ore Project in Western Australia. Located [...]

Codelco and Rio look for better technologies to mine and refine copper

Rio Tinto and Codelco have entered into the Río de Cobre (River of Copper) technology alliance agreement.  This new alliance allows both companies to jointly pursue next generation copper mining and processing technology development.  The aim is to deliver safer, more energy efficient and lower cost of production from both current and next generation open-pit [...]

ABB to provide innovative substation solution in the UK

2009-08-04 - Compact solution to replace outdoor substation and improve power reliability

Zurich, August 4, 2009 – ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has received an order from CE Electric, UK for a substation that will improve the security and reliability of power supplies in the county of Yorkshire [...]

World’s Biggest Open Pit Operation Could be a Reality

BHP has issued the long awaited Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for its Olympic Dam project in South Australia. Industry experts have guessed the proposed expansion could cost between AU$10 and 15 billion.

Quimsacocha Gold Mine Development

The property consists of four mining concessions covering an aggregate area of approximately 12,967 ha and is located in southern Ecuador, 30 km SW of the city of Cuenca at an elevation of 3,600 m.
The project is accessible via a partly paved road from Cuenca, the third largest city in Ecuador, and [...]

Barrick Awaiting Approval for Expansion of Punta Colorada Wind Project

Barrick Gold Corporation has submitted an environmental impact statement to Corema of Chile’s Region IV to expand the Punta Colorada wind-generating project.

Australian Report Warns Of Deep-Sea Mining Concerns

A new Australian study on seabed resource mining raises concerns that unknown risks pose a potential problem for this emerging industry, The National reports.
The report released Friday by Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization  (CSIRO) identifies a particular concern with the level of uncertainty over the environmental impacts of seabed [...]

UC Rusal ‘greens’ aluminium production

UC RUSAL reports it has successfully launched test production of the key component of a unique environmentally sound aluminium production technology - colloidal anode paste. The total investment in this project will amount to $25 million. The main goal of this project, developed by the UC RUSAL Engineering and Construction Division, is the development of [...]

Leaked environmental report pre-empts longwall changes

A LEAKED draft report into the environmental impacts of coal mining in New South Wales has environmentalists up in arms, but for coal operators it gives an interesting insight on what is in store for environmental regulations and compliance.

The NSW Hunter Valley, near Mudgee.

The Environmental Protection and Regulation Group Coal [...]

New £6 million research centre to create the mine of the future

Advanced mining and mineral processing techniques to extract minerals from deep within the Earth will be developed thanks to the establishment of a new £6 million research centre, announced today.
The centre is a partnership between Imperial College London and mining company Rio Tinto aimed at developing the mine of the future. It [...]

Stora Enso achieves new environmental standards by using the Larox green liquor dregs solution

The pressure filter solution supplied by Larox Corporation to Stora Enso’s Fluting Mill power plant in Heinola, Finland, enables the plant to meet the increasingly stringent waste handling requirements in an optimal way.  The Larox C Series Automatic Pressure Filter is also very energy efficient.
The Larox C Series Automatic Pressure Filter delivered [...]