Mining in Africa - Mining Magazine
Top Mining news across the African continent. Mining Magazine provides expert analysis and updates on mining operations and mining development in Africa.
'Artisan' operations are more global than you think
Oct 14, 2024 · The definitive guide to mining operations and excellence. Established in 1909 by Herbert Hoover, Mining Magazine provides comprehensive technical insight into mining operations. It aims to inform and support mine management in decision-making regarding mining techniques, technologies, workforce, logistics, and supply chains.
Gold processing 101 - Mining Magazine
Sep 7, 2017 · Metallurgical processing of metalliferous ores in general and gold ores in particular, consists essentially of three stages, often colloquially referred to as: Bashing (crushing); Mashing (grinding); and. Hashing (extraction/recovery) In the context of flowsheet selection, the bashing and mashing stages are relatively straightforward.
Brazilian Nickel's heap leaching progress - Mining Magazine
Aug 9, 2024 · Photo: Brazilian Nickel. 09 August 2024. With high recovery rates making for battery-grade nickel, reduced carbon emissions and lower operating and capital costs, Brazilian Nickel founder and technical director Anne Oxley is convinced that heap leaching is the future for the metal. "We have always thought that," she told Mining Magazine.
Kazakhstan's emerging green nickel - miningmagazine.com
Oct 9, 2024 · High grade ore of nickel in peridotite ultramafic rocks.Photo: Nanang Sugi / Shutterstock. 09 October 2024. The Bugetkol project in Kazakhstan's Aktobe region is trying to change the way nickel sulphate is produced for electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Led by domestic mining company Sary Arka, the project...
If minerals are so 'critical', why don't governments foot the bill?
Oct 2, 2024 · Governments and politicians have taken centre stage to declare the importance of minerals, with some offering grants and funding to spur project growth. Still, the bulk of 'critical' mineral projects depend on the private sector taking the lead, or matching official funding. At a recent roundtable hosted by Tethys, an organisation …
'Dark oxygen' and the EU's confusing deep-sea stance
Oct 11, 2024 · 32 countries are backing a moratorium on seabed mining. Manganese polymetallic nodule held in a hand. Photo: newsshooterguy / Shutterstock. Continual controversy over 'dark oxygen' production in the deep-sea has added a new dimension to the already heated debate on seabed mining. Earlier this year, a study published in Nature Geoscience...
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Pioneering and applicable AI solutions in Mining
Oct 1, 2024 · Innovative AI Solutions, Pioneering Practical Technologies for Real-World Impact. SRK. 01 October 2024. SRK Consulting services to mining companies increasingly involve machine learning, AI and big data as the industry moves towards ever more automated mines. Water resource and earthquake engineering are two areas where, historically, it has ...
Gearless mill drives could be the solution to the copper crisis
Oct 9, 2024 · ABB's Francis Lacasse (left) and Wilson Monteiro next to a working model of a gearless mill drive, at MINExpo. Photo: Beth McLoughlin. 09 October 2024. With existing mines only predicted to meet 80% of copper demand by 2030 by some estimates, the need to increase supply is urgent. Wilson Monteiro, global business line manager for gearless mill ...