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26.01.2021 (578 Clicks)

SNC-Lavalin awarded Construction Management Services Contract by Coeur Mining for Rochester POA 11 Project in US

SNC-Lavalin announced that it has been awarded a $30 million USD contract by Coeur Rochester, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coeur Mining, Inc., to provide construction management services for the Plan of Operations, Amendment Number 11 (POA 11) expansion project at Coeur’s Rochester mine near Lovelock, Nevada. The contract commenced in fourth quarter 2020 and is estimated to be completed by the end of 2022. This win is aligned with SNC-Lavalin’s new strategy moving forward in the Services segment.

25.01.2021 (608 Clicks)

Metso Outotec ranked 8th on the Global 100 list of the world’s most sustainable companies

Metso Outotec is ranked 8th on the Corporate Knights 2021 Global 100 Index of most sustainable companies in the world, and places as a top-ranking company among its peers. The results were announced virtually today.

22.01.2021 (574 Clicks)

Geyser Batteries Manufacturing Carbon Footprint significantly lower than the Industry Average

Geyser Batteries, a Finnish cleantech startup offering its customers high-performance batteries designed on its proprietary water-based electrochemical technology, has joined forces with VTT and quantified its manufacturing carbon footprint, found it significantly below the industry average.

21.01.2021 (651 Clicks)

Tailings Risks: Maintaining Momentum

Two years after the tailings dam burst in Brumadinho, Brazil, the mining industry has shown its willingness to take the issue of global tailings risks seriously.

But the challenges remain great, if one considers the vast numbers of abandoned sites, the profit motive driving corporate decision-making, and the way that regulators have allowed companies to walk away from their responsibilities and externalise costs to society and future generations. The proposed establishment of an independent Global Tailings Institute is an opportunity to promote a more ambitious Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management, re-build trust in the industry, and use its independent status to foster inclusive international collaboration.

Despite growing disclosure on tailings storage facilities (TSF), the RMI Report 2020 reveals that the vast majority of large-scale mining companies are still unable to demonstrate that they review and report on how effectively they manage TSF-related risks, and take responsive actions as necessary.
The publication last year of the new Global Standard was most welcome, though RMF would support more ambitious aims for the standard as it evolves. These include:

• Raise accountability and responsibility to the CEO or the Board level;
• Make Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) a fundamental right, not a formality to be ineluctably obtained;
• Include protection of World Heritage Sites and other recognised protected areas;
• Include protection of riverine, lake, and marine environments;
• Specify that TSF should be located away from community and worker facilities;
• Specify that TSF should not be located in areas with moderate or higher seismic risk;
• Require more public disclosure of the effectiveness of measures taken to limit risk; and
• Revise the consequence classification matrix to classify as ‘Extreme’ any failure that would result in any loss of life, instead of the current threshold of 100+ human fatalities.

Moreover, the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management applies mostly to new TSF, with less attention being paid to existing and abandoned ones. Yet it is estimated that up to one-third of the current global portfolio of TSF are impaired and in need of urgent intervention; and that 25% to 30% of all TSF are abandoned, raising the question of responsibility over time.

The government of China acted incisively last year, after a tailings dam spill at a molybdenum mine that was the biggest tailings leak the country experienced in twenty years. But we need more coordinated and inclusive efforts worldwide to ensure leading practices on tailings management are implemented and enforced across the industry. Whatever the mechanism, clearly urgent action is needed to address the thousands of highest risk TSF that currently threaten the lives of many peoples around the world.

About the Responsible Mining Foundation

The Responsible Mining Foundation (RMF) is an independent research organisation that encourages continuous improvement in responsible extractives across the industry by developing tools and frameworks, sharing public-interest data and enabling informed and constructive engagement between extractive companies and other stakeholders. The Foundation does not accept funding or other contributions from the mining industry.

Source: Responsible Mining Foundation

                     

21.01.2021 (603 Clicks)

Innovative and practical: New features introduced by RTG Rammtechnik GmbH set Standards for Sheet Pile Wall Construction

Traditionally, large trade fairs such as Bauma in Munich offer an opportunity to present new developments in construction equipment technology to a wider professional audience. For years, RTG Rammtechnik GmbH, a company of the Bauer Maschinen Group, is impressively demonstrating its long-term commitment to innovation with a range of new features for the RG telescopic leaders.

21.01.2021 (615 Clicks)

Top 14 female Finalists vie for Queensland Resources Awards

They come from all over Queensland but have one key thing in common – a record of exceptional performance in the resources sector. The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) and Women in Mining and Resources Queensland (WIMARQ) announced state finalists for the 2021 Resources Awards for Women.

19.01.2021 (520 Clicks)

Next Project Phase of the Janina VI Shaft Hoisting project in Poland completed

In November 2020, Siemag Tecberg Polska Sp. z o.o., part of the Siemag Tecberg group - a world leader in the field of mining shaft lifts - completed the next stage of construction of the shaft infrastructure of the Janina VI shaft at the Janina Mine owned by Tauron Wydobycie S.A.

19.01.2021 (615 Clicks)

Hatch integrates Hydromantis into its Water Group

Evolving and emerging client challenges need proactive responses. Hatch, a leading enabler of water digital transformations, announces its integration with Hydromantis, the supplier of choice for innovative water resources recovery and water management software solutions

19.01.2021 (553 Clicks)

Revised Discharge Permit granted for the Engebø Project in Norway

The Norwegian Environment Agency has granted the revised discharge permit for the Engebø project. The revised permit is in line with the application submitted in June 2020 for the substitution of chemicals, following process test work proving that the consumption of chemicals could be reduced by 99% compared with the chemicals in the permit of 2015.

16.01.2021 (561 Clicks)

Investment Priority for predictive Maintenance

Predictive maintenance is investment priority for miners with 48% likely to invest in the next two years, says GlobalData