Environment & sustainability

Boliden has signed an agreement with Agder Energi for fossil-free electricity supplies in Sweden and Finland.

Earlier in 2020 representatives from Maptek South Africa, Europe, the UK and Russia undertook an extensive mine measurement training course in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The technology group Wärtsilä will supply the engineering, equipment, and technical advisory for a 44 MW power plant to be installed at the Mansourah & Massarah Gold Project mine in Saudi Arabia.

Autonomous solutions provider RCT has stated that it will remain open for business and will continue to support its customers, suppliers and stakeholders around the world while carefully monitoring the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic.

Eurasian Resources Group has announced it will imminently commit 4.5 billion tenge (US$10 million) for the creation of a national foundation in the Republic of Kazakhstan to combat the continuing spread of the COVID-19 virus.

Lundin Mining Corporation has announced the company and each of its operations are continuing to manage and respond to COVID-19.

The CIM 2020 Convention will gather more than 5000 participants in Vancouver for knowledge sharing, business and networking.

Modular Mining installed its DISPATCH®, ProVision®, and MineCare® systems at the Boliden Kevitsa mine in Northern Finland.

For the new Cummins C25G gas generator series, Liebherr will provide fully equipped gas engines, which comprise ignition and control systems for natural gas and biogas applications in 50 Hz and 60 Hz markets.

Glencore has announced that it has joined the membership of the Global Battery Alliance (GBA), an initiative from the World Economic Forum.

Norsk Bergindustri, the national mining association in Norway, has recently announced that it will adopt the Mining Association of Canada’s Towards Sustainable Mining initiative.

Climate and clean energy experts convened in Washington, DC (USA) for the ninth annual Forum on carbon capture and storage hosted by the Global CCS Institute.

The Mining Association of Canada supports the recent announcement of the government’s commitment to write-off the full cost of clean energy equipment.

Rio Tinto has recently announced plans to invest approximately US$1 billion over the next 5 years to support the delivery of its new climate change targets and a company objective for a net zero emissions from operations by 2050.

Smartphones, electronic cars, and regenerative energies are a few of the hot topics of today. What they all have in common is battery technology requiring a formerly neglected material: lithium.