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WATER MANAGEMENT: Outotec introduces 2nd generation paste thickener for consistent, efficient dewatering performance
FINLAND – Tailings dewatering and disposal is a challenge that every mining operation has to deal with. The Outotec 2nd Generation Paste Thickener is designed to maximize underflow density regardless of challenging mineralogy and tailings feed rate variation. It enables…
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OILSANDS: Canada invests $72M in clean technology for two Alberta companies
CALGARY – The federal government has announced plans to invest $72.3 million in clean technology for the Alberta oil and gas sector to address climate change and create jobs. Minister of Natural Resources Amarjeet Sohi made the announcement on March…
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TAILINGS: MAC releases second edition of tailings and water management guide
OTTAWA – On March 5, the Mining Association of Canada released its second edition of the Developing an Operation, Maintenance and Surveillance Manual for Tailings and Water Management facilities (the OMS Guide) which was first released in 2003. MAC also…
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TAILINGS: Inmarsat and Knight Piesold to deliver real-time, tailings dam monitoring
UNITED KINGDOM – Inmarsat, the world leader in global mobile satellite communications, today announced it will be joining forces with Knight Piesold UK to deliver highly accurate tailings dam monitoring, analysis and real-time management capabilities for the mining industry. The collaboration agreement with…
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TAILINGS: BHP looks to create international oversight for dams
BHP says it is stepping up its work to create an international and independent body to oversee integrity in the construction and operation of all tailings storage facilities across the industry. The Australian company is also calling for greater transparency…
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IRON ORE: Vale declares force majeure
RIO DE JANEIRO – Vale has declared force majeure on a series of iron ore and pellets sales contracts after a Brazilian state court ordered it to suspend production from its Brucutu mine in the state Minas Gerais. The court order…
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IRON ORE: Video shows exact moment when Vale’s dam collapsed
BRAZIL – What looks like a quiet field in a tropical landscape soon becomes a disaster area. A video made public by Brazilian television shows the exact moment when a dam at Vale’s Corrego do Feijao mining complex burst and…
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IRON ORE: Vale kicks relief efforts into high gear following dam failure
BRAZIL – Four days after the failure of one of its tailings dams at the Feijao iron ore mine in Brumadinho, owner Vale SA is kicking its relief efforts into high gear. The release of the rusty-coloured sludge when the…
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ENVIRONMENT: Second dam failure for Vale in Brazil
Every mine and mill operator’s worst nightmare is the failure of a tailings dam. Vancouver’s Imperial Metals faced this catastrophe in 2014 at its Mount Polley copper-gold mine in British Columbia. Fortunately no one died. The company remediated the problem…
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BACKFILL: Outotec to deliver paste fill system to Canadian mine
FINLAND – Outotec has been awarded a contract to design and deliver a mine paste backfill system to a nickel mine in Canada. The contract price is not disclosed, but similar deliveries are typically valued at C$30 million to $45 million. The order…
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ENVIRONMENT: Three people facing disciplinary hearings for roles in Mount Polley spill
BRITISH COLUMBIA – The regulatory body Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia is planning disciplinary hearings for three individuals with respect to the Mount Polley tailings spill in 2014. The regulator’s investigation committee alleges that three engineers involved in the design,…
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LITHIUM: Getting more value from brine – tech improvements reduce costs and increase recoveries for lithium
Bryan Schreiner, Jack Zhang and Lucinda Wood. The following is an excerpt from an article on the Saskatchewan Research Council’s (SRC) blog, From the Lab to the Loading Dock. Read the full version at www.SRC.sk.ca/blog. Lithium, the lightest metal on…
