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12.05.2020 (746 Clicks)

Critical Metals can be profitably recovered from low-grade Ores and Waste

Critical and economically significant metals, such as cobalt and nickel, can be recovered profitably from metal refining wastes as well as ores with lower than usual concentrations. This was demonstrated by an EU project coordinated by VTT, which developed new and combined existing recovery methods. Various stakeholders interested in using low-grade ores and waste can evaluate the valorization of raw-material streams with the webtool developed in the project.

12.05.2020 (883 Clicks)

Strabag lands Infrastructure Project in Hungary

• 7.5 km bypass road for the city of Veszprém in western Hungary
• Completion scheduled for 2023
• Contract value: HUF 25.333 billion (approx. € 72 million)

12.05.2020 (707 Clicks)

Epiroc awards Recognize Automation and Battery Electrification

Epiroc’s two annual awards recognize close collaboration with a mining company that strengthened the customer’s productivity through automation as well as the development of battery electric equipment that brings multiple benefits to the mining industry.

11.05.2020 (857 Clicks)

Afry awarded Detailed Design Consultancy Services Contract for a 1200 MW Pumped Storage Project in India

On March 18th 2020, Afry India received Letter of Award from Greenko Energy Projects Ltd. (leading renewable IPP in India) for providing Detailed Design Engineering services of 1,200 MW, Pinnapuram Integrated Renewable Energy Pumped Storage Project in the southern part of India, a first of its kind Pumped Storage project to be developed by an IPP in India.

11.05.2020 (834 Clicks)

Afry and Iberdrola explore a holistic Roadmap towards a zero-emissions EU Energy Sector in 2050

This report prepared jointly by Afry and Iberdrola aims to identify the keys to a successful and efficient decarbonisation of the energy sector by 2050 in Europe, with a focus on Great Britain and Spain – the energy sector being in this study power generation, heat, and road and rail transport.

08.05.2020 (1214 Clicks)

Victaulic names new President

Victaulic, the world’s leading manufacturer of mechanical pipe-joining systems, announced Rick Bucher has been appointed to the position of President and COO, effective immediately.

08.05.2020 (744 Clicks)

Fugro maps Arctic Ocean for Norway’s Mareano Seabed Mapping Programme

The Norwegian Hydrographic Service has awarded Fugro another hydrographic survey contract as part of the Mareano seabed mapping programme, financed by Norway’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, and the Ministry of Environment.

07.05.2020 (834 Clicks)

Grosvenor Mine Incident in Australia

Statement by QRC Chief Executive Ian Macfarlane:

07.05.2020 (822 Clicks)

Keliber decides to increase Production Capacity and relocate the Future Concentration Plant

Keliber announced that through a review of its production plans, the company will be able to increase its annual lithium hydroxide production from 12,500 tonnes to 15,000 tonnes in its future mine and lithium concentration plant. In addition, the company has chosen to locate the future concentration plant to the Päiväneva area, which is located in the mining area approximately 10 km northeast from the nearest municipality, Kaustinen in Finland.

07.05.2020 (2640 Clicks)

Room for something new: Bauer Umwelt carries out Soil Remediation on the historic Diamalt Site in Munich

Anyone setting foot in Diamaltpark in the Munich district of Allach-Untermenzing is entering a historic site. It was here that, in 1903, the production of diastatic malt extract was started. It was a revolutionary ingredient that made the manufacture of bread and baked goods possible in the quantities that we are now accustomed to. Today, three heritage listed buildings at the center of the former factory site remind us of the illustrious boom period of Diamalt AG: A soup seasoning factory, a workshop building and a machine and boiler house. They will in future be landmarks in a new district that is being built on and around the empty site.

Bauer Umwelt, the environmental division of Bauer Resources GmbH, has played an important role in the preservation of this history after being commissioned with soil remediation and site clearance to make the former grounds of the baking agent manufacturer suitable for construction. The leading remediator of contaminated sites is also responsible for the construction of excavation pits for the new buildings as well as for explosive ordinance searches to certify the brownfield site is free of explosive ordinance. The remediation work was carried out in several phases and was executed between July 2017 and April 2020. In total, around 320,000 t of material was removed and disposed of.

The task definition at the start of the project was extensive: For example, although a large proportion of the contaminated backfill material and usage-based contamination had been determined, there were regular surprises in some areas. The soil conditions were extremely variable, reflecting a century of commercial and industrial use of the 7 hectare site. This showed that the ground conditions of a site such as this cannot be completely determined in preliminary investigations. Another challenge, according to Project Manager Burç Akker, was the mass movement of material and logistics in an inner city area. “The contaminated soil material was transported to the disposal facilities in more than 12,000 truck loads.”

Despite this, according to Stefan Haaszio, authorized representative of Bauer Resources, the remediation work was completed on schedule and the client, Isaria Objekt am Münchfeld GmbH, was presented with an almost completely decontaminated site. “The excavation works are largely completed, with only a small area that is currently inaccessible due to shell construction work left to be remediated in 2021.”

After project completion, Diamaltpark in the Munich district of Allach-Untermenzing will be a special new urban district: The historical buildings will finally be awoken from their slumber and brought back to life with 750 residential units, three childcare centers and 1.5 hectares of green space.

Source: Bauer Group