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29.05.2020 (685 Clicks)

Fire in Crushing Station at Boliden Kevitsa

During last night a fire occurred in the building for primary crushing in Boliden´s mine Kevitsa, located in Finnish Lappland.

29.05.2020 (625 Clicks)

LKAB produces Apatite from Mine Waste in a new Pilot Plant

LKAB is developing technology to recycle mine waste to produce phosphorus mineral fertilisers, rare earth elements (REEs), fluorine and gypsum, in a project called ReeMAP. The first step is to use the mine waste to produce an apatite concentrate, something LKAB is now doing in their pilot plant.

27.05.2020 (710 Clicks)

EGEC: Carbfix and Eavor Geothermal Innovators of the Year

This year the Ruggero Bertani European Geothermal Innovation Award 2020 was earned by the Icelandic Carbfix project and German company Eavor on equal merit.

The Carbfix process captures CO2 and other sour gases from emission sources, transforming them into rocks underground in less than two years. This overturns the common view that mineral storage in Carbon Capture & Storage projects takes hundreds to thousands of years. Carbfix has global scaling potential in and beyond the geothermal industry for decarbonising the economy.

Eavor’s innovation is a novel and scalable closed-loop geothermal system of several deep horizontal wells connected to vertical wells. This overcomes the limitation of deep geothermal systems, which normally rely on vertical single wells only. By running on thermosiphon, it also enables the geothermal industry to offer both a baseload and dispatchable energy source.

Traditionally, the award is handed out at GEOTHERM Expo & Congress. This year the event has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 outbreak, so the winners have been announced during an online ceremony on 27 May 2020.

Miklos Antics, President of the European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC) and member of the jury, said “The choice has been so hard that for the first time we had to award two winners. These projects demonstrate that the geothermal community keeps innovating in so many different ways, from technical improvements that increase energy production, to climate change mitigation measures. We encourage companies to keep up with this standard and are sure to see as many excellent applications for next year as we did this year. The pace at which the geothermal industry is developing is unprecedented and so we believe this will be the ‘geothermal decade’.”

Edda Aradóttir, Chief Executive Officer at Carbifix, said “We are honored to receive this award and the recognition it entails. It reflects the increased interest and belief that the Carbfix process can be applied to significantly reduce the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and help our battle against climate change. Highlighting all the top-level research and innovation which is ongoing in the European geothermal sector and beyond is of great importance and supports the commercialization of new and improved technologies.”

Robert Winsloe, Executive Vice President at Eavor, added that “On behalf of my colleagues at Eavor and our partners around the world, I would like to thank the jury and the EGEC for this very prestigious award. I would also like to congratulate Carbfix and the other finalists, all of whom would have been worthy winners. Despite the challenges in the current environment, the recognition that comes with this award encourages us to continue building on the excellent progress we’ve made to date with both our commercial projects and the development of our Eavor-Loop technology.

As every year, the competition was very high-level. The finalists included: BAKKER OILFIELD SUPPLY (Netherlands), for Degasser, which consists in a product to separate harmful gases and oils from water and steam; VULCAN ENERGIE RESSOURCEN GMBH (Germany), that aims to extract lithium from geothermal brine with a zero-carbon process; and ZAE BAYERN (Germany), for their test rig that emulates the thermal behaviour of a real borehole heat exchanger of different lengths and underground properties.

The jury for 2020 was composed of Miklos Antics (France, representing EGEC), Adele Manzella (Italy, research expert), Sandra Kircher (Germany, representing Messe Offenburg), Fausto Batini (Italy, representing ETIP-DG, industry expert), and Javier Urchueguia (Spain, representing RHC-ETIP geothermal panel).

The Ruggero Bertani European Geothermal Innovation Award is an initiative of EGEC, the European Geothermal Energy Council, in collaboration with Messe Offenburg, organisers of the GeoTHERM fair and congress. It is given to companies which have made an outstanding contribution towards the field of geothermal energy in the form of innovative products, scientific research and project initiatives.

ABOUT EGEC – EUROPEAN GEOTHERMAL ENERGY COUNCIL

The European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC) is a not-for-profit organisation promoting all aspects of the geothermal industry. It was founded in 1998 to facilitate awareness and expansion of geothermal applications in Europe and worldwide by shaping policy, improving investment conditions and steering research.

Source: EGEC

                     

27.05.2020 (983 Clicks)

Petropavlovsk: Retirement of Chairman - Board Changes

Petropavlovsk PLC announced the appointments of Ms Fiona Paulus and Mr Tim McCutcheon as Independent Non-Executive Directors with immediate effect. It also announces that Sir Roderic Lyne will retire from the Board following the Company's Annual General Meeting on 30 June 2020 and will be succeeded by Ms Paulus as Chairman.

26.05.2020 (785 Clicks)

Solution Partner - SIEMAG TECBERG GmbH partners with SIEMENS AG for Automation and Drive Technology

SIEMAG TECBERG announced the expansion of a customer / supplier relationship and partnership that has existed for many years between Siemens and SIEMAG TECBERG.

Within the scope of this supplier relationship, Siemens produces and supplies automation and drive technology products based on the design and engineering of SIEMAG TECBERG.

25.05.2020 (794 Clicks)

More Gas Exploration for Queensland

Santos and Denison to pump more Queensland gas

Queensland continues to take the lead on gas supply for the domestic market, with Santos and Denison Gas the latest to take up the hunt in the state’s proven gasfields.

22.05.2020 (690 Clicks)

Hatch named one of Australia's Top Intern Programs

For the third year in a row, Hatch has ranked in a list of Australia’s Top Intern Programs for 2020. Hatch placed seventeenth in the list of the top forty intern programs, which are providing amazing educational opportunities for students and young professionals across the nation.

20.05.2020 (764 Clicks)

Femern A/S activates Contracts

On 12 May 2020 Femern A/S has activated the conditioned contracts on ’Tunnel North’, ’Tunnel South’ and ’Ramps and Portals’ that were signed between Femern A/S and the construction consortium Femern Link Contractors (FLC) on 30 May 2016.

20.05.2020 (715 Clicks)

Flatiron awarded Rehabilitation and Lane Replacements Project in Los Angeles

Flatiron has been awarded a contract for a key project to rehabilitate a nearly 10-mile stretch of State Route 210 in the Los Angeles community. Work on the more than $135 million contract for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is expected to commence later this spring. Flatiron is one of the largest infrastructure contractors in North America.

19.05.2020 (686 Clicks)

Mann+Hummel Filter Cubes now also provide clean Air in Heilbronn, South Korea and Brazil

• 26 filter columns to be installed on main traffic road in Heilbronn
• Filter Cubes in leisure park and residential complex near Seoul reduce air particulate matter
• In Brazil, Mann+Hummel is helping to reduce particulate matter in the center of Indaiatuba