Environment
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Supercritical CO2 power plants may help miners reach renewable energy targets
Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization CSIRO and U.S.-based GTI, a company that uses technology to address energy and environmental challenges, are joining forces to develop a supercritical CO2 (sCO2) power plant that could assist mining companies to reach…
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Centerra Gold joins CEEC as a sponsor to accelerate energy and water efficiencies
Canadian-based gold miner Centerra Gold has joined the Coalition of Energy Efficient Comminution (CEEC) as a new sponsor. In announcing the sponsorship, Alison Keogh, CEEC CEO welcomed Centerra to a global network of visionary miners, mining supply companies and researchers…
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Approaching circularity in mining
The role of sensor-based sorting in future green mining
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Teck copper mine in Chile switches to renewable energy
Teck Resources has signed a long-term agreement that will provide its Carmen de Andacollo copper operation in central Chile with 100% renewable power, eliminating 200,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – the equivalent of taking 40,000 cars off the…
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Nearly a tonne of CO2 emitted per oz of gold produced in 2019 – report
Gold mines emitted on average 0.8 tonnes of CO2 equivalent for every ounce of gold that was produced in 2019, according to a report from S&P Global. Strong price performance has led to a large number of new gold mines…
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REGULATIONS: MAC slams fed decision to join environmental review of Teck’s Castle project
OTTAWA – Canada’s national association for miners, the Mining Association of Canada (MAC), is weighing in on the federal government’s decision to review Teck Resources‘ proposed Castle Mountain metallurgical coal project in B.C., saying the additional review is unnecessary as…
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SUSTAINABILITY: New global tailings standard guidelines aim for zero harm
The Global Tailings Review (GTR) has released the first ever Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management, aimed at strengthening current best practices around tailings dams in the mining sector, with the goal of zero harm to people and the environment.…
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SURVEY: Canadians want to seize opportunity in critical metals
TORONTO — Coinciding with National Mining Week, the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has released a new national poll that highlights public enthusiasm for Canada to grow market share as a preferred global supplier of critical minerals, based on abundance…
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ENVIRONMENT: CETCO launches adsorbent for PFAS remediation
PENSYLVANIA – CETCO, the construction technologies unit of Minerals Technologies, has launched the Fluoro-sorb adsorbent, a proprietary, third party-certified product that effectively treats multiple variants of PFAS. PFAS, known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of man-made chemicals used…
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REPORT: Miners’ response to Brazil dam disaster still weak
More than a year after the tailings disaster at Vale’s Brazil Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine that killed 270 people, the mining industry is still slow on adopting changes needed to prevent similar catastrophes, a new study shows. According to Amsterdam-based Responsible Mining Foundation (RMF),…
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Considering climate change
How the design of tailings facilities is changing to factor in climate change
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Advances in tailings tech
FLSmidth reports on advances towards dewatering large volumes of tailings
