METALS & MINING

Vianode granted Innovation Norway loan to strengthen R&D and global growth platform

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:58:38 -0000

The loan will provide part financing for Vianode’s first full-scale plant Via ONE at Herøya Industrial Park, the Technology Center in Kristiansand and the Oslo headquarters. The loan is supported by further investments from Vianode’s owner Altor.

New Synflex by Danfoss 3TMH thermoplastic hydraulic hose offers superior performance for material handling applications

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 09:08:12 -0000

Danfoss Power Solutions today announced the launch of its Synflex by Danfoss 3TMH thermoplastic hydraulic hose. The hose is designed to bring superior performance to material handling machinery such as telehandlers, boom lifts, scissor lifts, and more.

Metso inaugurates advanced Dewatering Development Hub in Irapuato, Mexico

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:32:07 -0000

Metso has officially opened its cutting-edge Dewatering Development Hub in Irapuato, strategically located in the central region of Mexico. The new facility represents a significant enhancement to Metso's competitive positioning and customer service capabilities. It is designed to meet customers’ diverse dewatering solution needs, offering reduced response times, environmental advantages and ensuring delivery reliability. The inauguration was celebrated with customers, stakeholders and employees on April 10, 2025.

New agreement forged to channel low carbon heat to homes and businesses in the Steel City

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 08:38:40 -0000

In the latest evolution of Sheffield’s proud history as a leader in industrial steel production, the city that invented stainless steel has now forged a new agreement, which will see heat reclaimed from the Marcegaglia Stainless Steel melting shop and distributed into E.ON UK’s local district heat network. The move will bring more low carbon heating to homes and businesses across The Steel City.

Metso launches three next-generation Nordberg HPe Series cone crushers for mining and aggregates applications

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 09:43:46 -0000

Metso is introducing three next-generation cone crushers, HP600e, HP800e and HP900e, to its Nordberg® HPe series™. The units maintain the trusted HPe features while extending the series to larger crushing capacities for both aggregates production and high-demand mining applications.

New management at laser expert Blackbird Robotics

Mon, 03 Feb 2025 11:14:55 -0000

Blackbird Robotersysteme GmbH, a leading provider of system solutions for robot-assisted laser welding, announces a change in the company's executive management. As of February 2025, Dr. Rüdiger Brockmann has been appointed as CEO and takes over the business from Karl Christian Messer, who has successfully managed the company to date.

LBMA Launches Gold Bar Integrity (GBI) Database

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:30:00 -0000

LBMA (London Bullion Market Association) is delighted to announce the launch of its Gold Bar Integrity (GBI) Database powered by aXedras, marking a significant milestone in enhancing trust and transparency within the global precious metals market. The database went live this January, offering participants the opportunity to onboard and leverage this transformative digital platform. By end of 2025, we expect all 100+ Good Delivery refiners to be onboarded by aXedras, enabling enhanced reporting.

Century Lithium And Orica Specialty Mining Chemicals Sign Mou For Sodium Hydroxide From Angel Island

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 13:50:58 -0000

Century Lithium Corp. (TSXV: LCE) (OTCQX: CYDVF) (Frankfurt: C1Z) (Century Lithium) is pleased to announce it signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Orica Specialty Mining Chemicals (Orica) on January 16, 2025. The non-binding MOU outlines the intent of Century Lithium and Orica to formalize a multiyear offtake agreement for Orica to purchase sodium hydroxide (NaOH) from Century Lithium's wholly owned Angel Island project near Silver Peak, Nevada. Orica is one of the world's leading mining and infrastructure solutions providers, and a major US manufacturer and supplier of specialty mining chemicals to Nevada's mining industry.

Degussa continues its growth trajectory following a record-breaking 2024

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 10:26:59 -0000

Degussa Goldhandel reflects on an exceptionally successful financial year in 2024, driven by significant growth across all six newly redefined business segments (purchase and sale of investment products, scrap gold purchase, gold savings plans, valuables storage, and safe deposit box services). Notably, the gold savings plan, introduced in partnership with Deutsche Bank and available for less than six months, made an extraordinarily large contribution to the company’s success.

Metso is advancing the education of future mining professionals in the Middle East through a training agreement with Saudi Mining Polytechnic

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 11:30:00 -0000

Metso and Saudi Mining Polytechnic (SMP) institute have signed a training agreement to support mining career development and address the mining labor shortage. Metso will select young Saudi graduates to undergo training services at SMP as per the agreement. This includes training trainees for the Associate Diploma in the specified programs at SMP over one year, with an additional three months of on-the-job training at the customer site.

Veolia has developed a new process for recycling copper from decommissioned nuclear facilities

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:21:36 -0000

Veolia has introduced an innovative solution to recover copper from electrical cables in nuclear facilities that were previously treated using high-temperature incineration.

Komatsu Smart Construction integrates Artificial Intelligence in latest product

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:18:23 -0000

The innovative Edge solution is a unique device that works to enable both experts and beginners to perform accurate drone surveys and process drone flights into point clouds. The EarthBrain partnership works to optimise the construction processes through digital transformation to maximise productivity, improve worksite safety and environmental sustainability.

Metso introduces Water Treatment Skids for efficient particle and solids removal from industrial process water

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:11:34 -0000

Metso is launching Water Treatment Skids (WTS) for efficient and reliable water treatment in industrial settings, like mining, metallurgical and chemical processing. Water Treatment Skids, which are part of the Metso Plus offering, use centrifugal separation and self-cleaning filtration to remove particles and solids. With automated controls and a compact, modular design, these skids provide plug-and-play installation with essential connections.

Tracking ESG in Mining: Index Benchmarks Industry's Sustainability Efforts

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:07:26 -0000

Mining Journal Intelligence (MJI) and Mining Magazine Intelligence have released their inaugural ESG Mining Company Index, a comprehensive evaluation of ESG performance across 61 of the world's largest mining companies. This new index assesses over 7,000 data points, evaluating companies across six critical ESG pillars: Carbon Emissions, Water, Land Disturbance, Safety, Diversity, and Social Investment.

Akobo Minerals announces completion of processing plant and commencement of commissioning

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 06:56:24 -0000

Akobo Minerals AB (publ), (Euronext and Frankfurt: AKOBO, OTCQX: AKOBF), the Scandinavian-based Ethiopian gold exploration and mining company, today provided an operational update marking the successful completion of its processing plant construction and the commencement of commissioning activities.

£12 million Corby land sale to fund further steel investments

Thu, 06 Jun 2024 09:18:49 -0000

£12 million is to be invested in Tata Steel’s tube-making works in Corby as a result of the sale of land within the west side of the works, which has become redundant.

Boliden Aitik - Using energy-intensive grinding mills to earn revenue by balancing the Swedish grid

Thu, 30 May 2024 10:46:06 -0000

Boliden Aitik, located in Northern Sweden, is the country’s largest open-pit copper mine. Around 45 million tonnes of ore are mined and enriched annually to form metal concentrates that contain copper, gold and silver. Boliden has introduced a Low-Carbon Copper product that generates only 1.5kg of CO2 per kilogramme of metal, outperforming the global average by more than half and demonstrating a significant advance in efficient metal production.

Epiroc awards recognize outstanding customer collaboration and innovation

Wed, 08 May 2024 06:53:18 -0000

Stockholm, Sweden: Epiroc, a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and construction industries, is recognizing with three annual awards exceptional collaboration with a customer on battery-electric vehicles, a revolutionary automatic bit changer, and an internal program fostering innovation.

Metso launches modular FIT and Foresight conveyors for fast set-up and increased productivity

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 09:35:12 -0000

Metso is launching productized FIT™ in-plant and Foresight™ overland conveyors for reliable material transportation in the mining industry. The standardized conveyor modules and premium components offer high capacity and layout flexibility as well as substantial savings in time and resources, from feasibility and design to implementation, thereby enabling higher lifetime productivity.

SABIC and Cybershield team up to advance use of plated ULTEM™ resin in aircraft parts

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 10:30:00 -0000

SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, today announced its collaboration with Cybershield, Inc., a U.S. supplier of metalized plastic components, to advance the use of plated ULTEM^™ resins in aerospace applications. Through this collaboration, which will be featured at the upcoming NPE2024 and the 2024 Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX), SABIC’s team shared with Cybershield their extensive expertise on injection molding of high-heat ULTEM resins. This training prepared Cybershield for successfully molding ULTEM 2310 resin into backshells for electrical connectors that are well suited for use in audiovisual (AV) control modules for commercial aircraft.

Boliden, Epiroc and ABB make first battery-electric truck trolley system for underground mining a reality

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 10:40:47 -0000

Boliden, Epiroc and ABB have passed a new technology milestone by successfully deploying the first fully battery-electric truck trolley system on an 800-meter-long underground mine test track in Sweden, with a 13 percent incline. This means the mining industry is a step closer to realizing the all-electric mine of the future, with sustainable, productive operations and improved working conditions.

Rio Tinto donates $1.5 million to support the people and community of Grindavík in Iceland

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 09:27:53 -0000

Rio Tinto has donated US$1.5 million to the Icelandic Red Cross to support the people and community of Grindavík in Iceland, who have been impacted by months of volcanic eruptions.

ABB to support new H2 Green Steel plant in Sweden with around 1,200 energy-efficient drives

Mon, 29 Jan 2024 10:39:17 -0000

· New facility in Boden, Sweden will use hydrogen to produce 5 million tons of green steel a year by 2030

Brazing and 3D Printing Without Oxidation: LZH Researches Oxygen-Free Production

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:22:05 -0000

In the field of metal processing, dealing with oxidation can be quite challenging. One potential approach involves carrying out production in an environment free from oxygen. The Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) is investigating how this concept can be applied in laser beam brazing and additive manufacturing.

Metso awarded a 5-year Life Cycle Services agreement in North America

Wed, 03 Jan 2024 10:45:51 -0000

Metso has signed a 5-year Life Cycle Services (LCS) agreement with a major mining company in North America. The agreement includes several key equipment technologies supporting the needs of the customer’s various sites. Through collaborative planning between Metso and the customer, the agreement will enable consistency, transparency, and ease of doing business.

European aluminum buyers are opposing the potential ban on Russian wire rod

Peter Schultz — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:35:46 -0000

The Federation of Aluminium Consumers in Europe (FACE), which represents leading European processors and aluminium buyers, has voiced its opposition to the potential introduction of a ban on Russian aluminium wire rod —a low-carbon raw material used in the production of cables for green energy.

Creaform Launches the New Truly Portable Metrology-Grade 3D Scanner for Large Parts HandySCAN 3D|MAX Series

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 13:29:59 -0000

Creaform, a business unit of AMETEK, Inc. and the worldwide leader in automated and portable 3D measurement solutions, announced today the latest addition to its flagship HandySCAN 3D line-up, the MAX Series. The handheld MAX Series line of industrial 3D scanners, designed and manufactured in Canada, offers an impressive 3D scanning area of approximately 1m x 1m and was developed to acquire accurate 3D measurements of any large and complex surfaces. Featuring multiple scanning mode that allows users to choose between the fastest scanning time or maximum resolution, the new portable 3D scanners offer a level of versatility that will enable professionals to optimally measure any large parts and assemblies (up to 15 m). Combining the effect of speed, extra-large measuring volume, accuracy, portability, and simplicity, the new scanners will allow for an easy, efficient and robust measurement process of parts typically present in the aerospace, transportation, energy, mining and heavy industries, amongst others.

Wheaton Precious Metals Announces the Acquisition of a New Silver Stream on the Mineral Park Mine

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 08:30:00 -0000

Wheaton Precious Metals™ Corp. (“Wheaton” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Wheaton Precious Metals International Ltd. ("WPMI") has entered into a definitive Precious Metals Purchase Agreement (the “Silver Stream”) with Waterton Copper Corp., a subsidiary of Waterton Copper LP (“Waterton Copper”) in respect to its 100% owned Mineral Park Mine located in Arizona, USA (the “Project” or “Mineral Park”).

Almina to use Metso technology for their new copper and zinc concentrator in Portugal

Mon, 23 Oct 2023 11:20:25 -0000

Almina Minas do Alentejo S.A. is proceeding with the preparations to upgrade the copper and zinc concentrator at their Almina mine in Aljustrel, in the Iberian pyrite belt in Portugal. The company placed an order with Metso as the key equipment supplier for this project in the first quarter of 2023.

Cooperation between Retech and GeniCore in the area of spark plasma sintering

Wed, 23 Aug 2023 10:26:40 -0000

Retech, an American subsidiary of the SECO/WARWICK Group, has established cooperation with GeniCore, a company dealing in composite materials engineering. Thanks to the cooperation, Retech will expand its offer in powder metal processes with spark plasma sintering.