13.07.2023

Metso and Avalon sign MoU for potential partnership to advance the building of first battery-grade lithium facility in Canada

Metso has entered into a strategic partnership with Canadian mineral development company, Avalon Advanced Materials, to establish terms to develop a lithium hydroxide production facility. The facility will process lithium mineral concentrates that are essential for the North American electric vehicle (EV) value chain development.  

12.07.2023

Hexagon strengthens its mining automation and safety solutions with acquisition of HARD-LINE

Hexagon AB, the global leader in digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies, today announced the acquisition of HARD-LINE, a fast-growing, global leader in mine automation, remote-control technology and mine production optimisation.  

11.07.2023

Fugro to continue mapping Norway’s seabed to help preserve marine resources

The Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS) has awarded Fugro a new hydrographic survey contract for the 2023 MAREANO seabed mapping programme. This is the latest in a series of contracts that Fugro has won for the MAREANO programme, and it demonstrates the company's long-standing commitment to champion sustainable development in the marine environment.  

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11.07.2023

Webuild – from Linate Airport to downtown Milan in 12 minutes on new M4 Metro Line

Webuild: from Linate Airport to downtown Milan in 12 minutes on new M4 Metro Line – Ribbon-cutting ceremony for San Babila and Tricolore stations with Italian Infrastructure and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini, Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala (Credits: Webuild Group)

Metro M4 Milano, Stazione San Babila

• By 2024, all of the other stations towards the other end of the line at San Cristoforo will be inaugurated
• As of today, eight stations are open to the public along the new M4
• Urban renewal in the areas near the stations recently opened along the M4

Milan’s Linate airport is now just 12 minutes away from the city’s historic centre following today’s inauguration of the San Babila Station of the new M4 metro line. The Tricolore Station, which precedes San Babila along the line’s route from the airport, has also opened to the public. Present at the official ceremony, alongside Webuild Chief Executive Pietro Salini, were Italian Infrastructure and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini, and Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala.

"Italy is back up and running again with the new infrastructure that the country is equipping itself with. It is closing a decade-long investment gap in the sector that limited its competitiveness. We are particularly proud to have built this technologically advanced metro line, which strengthens Milan's leadership in Europe as one of the most liveable cities. Some of the best trades and managers in the industry were put to work on this project to overcome very complex engineering challenges in a densely populated city. Even in this project, we have worked alongside the superintendencies for the recovery of archaeological artefacts. We have shown how – as with the Metro C line in Rome – it is possible to develop cities all the while safeguarding history and the culture of the generations that preceded us. In other words, we once again managed to work together – public and private – to realise the works that this country and its citizens need,” said Pietro Salini, Chief Executive of Webuild.

San Babila and Tricolore join the six stations of the M4 that are already in operation, running from Linate Airport to Piazzale Dateo, before heading to the centre via the Repetti, Stazione Forlanini, Argonne and Susa stops. Once fully completed, the line will have 21 stations and 15 kilometres of track, running across the city to connect the eastern end where the airport is located with the western end to the San Cristoforo terminus.

Milan's M4 is one of the most significant underground sustainable mobility projects in Europe. To date, 6,000 passengers use the line every day on the route from Linate to Dateo, and these numbers are set to grow with the opening of the two new stations. In 2024, all the other stops up to the terminus San Cristoforo will also be open, including Sforza Policlinico, which will ensure a connection with the M3 line. Once completed, the M4 will help take 180,000 vehicles off the streets, producing significant benefits in terms of reducing CO₂ emissions.

The M4 is a fully automated light rail system that runs entirely underground. It is driverless, and the carriage doors open only at the station stops, with the platforms separated from the moving cars by protective glass in order to guarantee maximum safety for all passengers.

As has already happened with Viale Argonne, the inauguration was also an opportunity to return public spaces to the city such as Piazza San Babila with urban regeneration in mind. As the construction sites are completed one by one, a radical renewal under the green and sustainability banner will be conducted, with the streets that cross squares being opened to pedestrians rather than vehicles, along with new green areas and bicycle paths.

Webuild has a remarkable track record in the field of sustainable mobility, which includes the construction of more than 800 kilometres of metro lines. Among the most innovative projects underway in Italy is the construction of the Metro C line in Rome, where work recently started on the Venezia Station in the city centre. In Paris, there is Lot 2 of Line 16 of the Grand Paris Express, while in Riyadh, the Group is building Line 3, the longest of the lines under construction in the Saudi capital, with an extension of approximately 42 kilometres and a total of 22 stations.

Source: Webuild

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11.07.2023

Cimic´s Sedgman acquires Canadian engineering and metallurgy company Novopro

Cimic Group company Sedgman has acquired Novopro Projects Inc., an engineering and metallurgy company based in Canada that provides engineering services and process equipment to projects in North America, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Australia. Novopro’s core business and speciality is project development and operational optimization in minerals processing for lithium projects, as well as in potash, salt, magnesium and soda ash.