PUMPS: KSB targets energy savings with two new products
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario - KSB Pumps has introduced two innovative new product families aimed at helping pump owners reduce their energy bills.
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Sandstorm axes diversified metals and energy arm
VANCOUVER — According to Sandstorm Gold (TSX: SSL; NYSE-MKT: SAND) president and CEO Nolan Watson, the calls from shareholders requesting he "clean up" sister company Sandstorm Metals & Energy (TSXV: SND; US-OTC: STTYF) had been...
NICKEL-IRON: First Point test markets Decar concentrates
BRITISH COLUMBIA – The results of the first market test of awaruite (nickel-iron alloy) concentrates from the Decar project are positive, says First Point Minerals Corp of Vancouver. The project, located 80 km north of Fort St James, is...
LITHIUM: Concentrator restarts as weather warms
QUEBEC – RB Energy (formerly Canada Lithium) of Vancouver says it has restarted the concentrator at its Quebec lithium mine 60 km north of Val d'Or. This winter's unusually long and cold conditions forced a suspension of milling activity...
GOLD: More tests boost recovery for Sabina’s Back River project
NUNAVUT – Continued bench scale metallurgical tests on material from the Back River gold project have boosted gold recovery to 93.9% from 88.0%. The advanced exploration project is located in the West Kitikmeot region and owned by Sabina...
COPPER: Amerigo/Codelco extend tailings processing arrangement
CHILE – Amerigo Resources of Vancouver and Codelco, Chile's large state-owned copper producer, have signed an agreement extending Amerigo's right to reprocess tailings from the El Teniente operation to 2037.
CONVEYOR: Grieve offers heated belt conveyor
The Grieve Corporation's No. 864 is a 175°C, natural gas-heated belt conveyor oven currently used for drying gold ore samples at the customer’s facility. Workspace dimensions of this oven measure 1,980-mm wide by 10.7-metres long. The...
Goldcorp to end its fight for Osisko
Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) is bowing out of the race for Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK; US-OTC: OSKFF) by announcing it won’t amend its $3.6-billion hostile takeover offer for the junior producer and its large Canadian Malartic gold mine in...
COMMENT: Rumours of Barrick-Newmont merger
One of the worst kept secrets in the mining industry is the talk of a merger between Canada's Barrick Gold and Newmont Mining of the United States. Multiple reports have surface that the talks between two of the world's largest gold producers...
COAL: Ontario’s last coal-fired generating station closes
ONTARIO – When the Liberals came to power in Ontario in 2003, one of the first things then-premier Dalton McGuinty promised to do was to ban the burning of coal for power generation by 2007. That deadline came and went, but last week the...
PATENTS: KWG to acquire 50% of two chrome processes
TORONTO – KWG Resources has entered into an agreement to acquire 50% of two US provisional patent applications for the treatment of chromite ores. One relates to the production of chromium-iron alloys directly from chromite ore and the...
SRK Group celebrates 40th anniversary
SRK Consulting, an independent, global company providing services to the mining and water resource industries, is celebrating 40 years of business. From its small, 1974 beginnings in Johannesburg, South Africa, it has grown into an...
MP Materials accuses USA Rare Earth of magnet tech theft
MP Materials (NYSE: MP) has issued a lawsuit against USA Rare Earth (NASDAQ: USAR) alleging that its rare earth mining rival stole […]