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20.01.2020 (834 Clicks)

Recommended Cash Acquisition for Sirius Minerals plc by Anglo American Projects UK limited

The boards of Anglo American plc, Anglo American Projects UK Limited ('Bidco') and Sirius Minerals Plc are pleased to announce that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash acquisition pursuant to which Bidco shall acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Sirius (the 'Acquisition'). The Acquisition is intended to be effected by means of a scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act.

17.01.2020 (1095 Clicks)

Finalists announced for the 2020 QRC/WIMARQ Resources Awards for Women

A scholarship for an MBA from the Australian Institute of Management (AIM) will go to the winner of the Exceptional Woman category, and all other categories will receive a $5,000 scholarship from AIM.

16.01.2020 (874 Clicks)

Epiroc to consolidate Dimension Stone Industry Equipment manufacturing to India

Epiroc AB, a productivity partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, will consolidate the manufacturing of dimension stone industry equipment to India to increase efficiency. As a result the manufacturing in Italy will be closed.

16.01.2020 (1114 Clicks)

Innovative Malaysia welcomes WTC 2020

World Tunnel Congress 2020 to be held from 15 to 21 May 2020 in Kuala Lumpur.

14.01.2020 (911 Clicks)

Hatch enters strategic Partnership with General Fusion

General Fusion announced that it has entered into an industrial partnership with Hatch Ltd. (Hatch) to bring power plant engineering and other expertise to its Fusion Demonstration Plant project. This partnership includes an investment by Hatch into the recently announced General Fusion USD $65 million Series E financing round.

14.01.2020 (770 Clicks)

New Genoa Bridge: fifth Deck Section installed, fourth on West Side

Schools, universities discover “urban bridge”

14.01.2020 (700 Clicks)

Natural Disaster Losses 2019 – Tropical Cyclones causing Billions in Losses dominate Nat Cat Picture of 2019

• Severe typhoons in Japan cause the year’s biggest losses
• Hurricane Dorian, the strongest hurricane of the year, devastates the Bahamas – US mainland largely spared
• Natural catastrophes cause overall losses of US$ 150bn, with insured losses of about US$ 52bn – In line with long-term average
• Humanitarian tragedy caused by cyclones in Mozambique – Over 1,000 deaths – Better protection is urgently needed

14.01.2020 (784 Clicks)

Milan M4 Metro Line in Italy: Trial Run along first Section between Linate and Forlanini FS

Trial runs have begun for trains between the Linate city airport and the Forlanini FS station that comprise the first section of the new M4 metro line being built in Milan.

09.01.2020 (792 Clicks)

Recycling of critical Minerals is not the only Solution, says GlobalData

A recent report from the UK Office of Science and Technology states that while the UK is dependent on imported critical minerals for a number of sectors there is no specific strategy for their supply, a worrying thought considering the implications of recent trade wars.

Critical minerals are used to create products of strategic importance for many UK sectors, but the UK has no specific critical minerals strategy and no single department has responsibility for policy regarding these important materials.

According to the UK Office of Science and Technology, the variety of materials used in products is increasing, with microchips containing around 60 metals rather than the 20 they needed in the 1990s. This has caused the rate of metal usage to rise in recent years, with more than 80% of the total global production of rare earth elements, indium, gallium and platinum group metals occurring since 1980.

GlobalData's mining technology writer Umar Ali says: 'Recycling is a solution but it's not the only solution.

'Recovering critical minerals from recycled materials reduces the need for extraction and the energy demands associated with mining - for example, recovering cobalt from scrap only requires 7–14% of the energy needed to extract it from ore.

'However, recovering materials from waste electrical and electronic equipment is challenging due to the low concentrations of these critical minerals in said equipment- the report states that recovering one tonne of indium would require 3.85 million LCD TVs.

'Recovered materials are also often of lower quality than mined materials, which limits the effectiveness of recycling as an alternative to mines or imports. For some critical minerals, such as germanium and gallium, there is no technology available to recover them.

'The report suggests a 'circular economy' approach to recycling, recovering resources at their highest quality to keep them in circulation for longer, as a way of solving the problems with recycling.

'This approach includes practices that consider product disposal by avoiding complex metal mixtures, as well as developing methods to effectively separate critical minerals and introducing schemes to make manufacturers responsible for the entire product life-cycle.'

Source: GlobalData

                     

09.01.2020 (953 Clicks)

Safety Accessories for Heavy Machinery: Radio Remote Control from GHH

Safety first in mining and tunnelling: For this reason, the German machine manufacturer GHH is pushing the use of radio remote controls where ever it suits the application. Its T-RX100J model is particularly light, comparativly inexpensive and also works with other OEM equipment.