Finance & business

Kodal Minerals has advised that the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (‘ESIA’) application for the Bougouni Lithium Project has been approved.

ASI has improved an algorithm for autonomous vehicles to detect drop-offs and other large negative obstacles often found in the environments in which automated off-road vehicles operate.

Rio Tinto will work with leaders in Australia’s education and innovation sectors in a new, disruptive approach designed to tackle a looming skills gap in the nation’s future workforce.

Flexco recently announced that its Grand Rapids facility will be expanding its operation and moving to a new location.

Lucara’s success at the Karowe mine continues, most recently with rare gem quality blue and pink diamonds recovered in September 2019.

The Ghanaian Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has approved the recommendation for the grant of a 10-year mining lease on the Akrokeri and Homase Licences.

The Queensland Resources Council has participated meetings to help drive the region's critical minerals potential to attract more overseas investment, drive more international trade and create more jobs and economic prosperity.

The award for Technology Transfer recognises perception-shifting innovations that demonstrate effective use of existing technology from one sector to another in an alternative way.

Armadale Capital plc has confirmed that the mine design for the Mahenge Liandu Graphite Project is now being finalised for inclusion in the definitive feasibility study.

Metals and mining industry mergers and acquisitions (M&As) worth US$1.9 billion were announced in September 2019.

BHP has approved US$44 million for BHP Billiton Brasil’s share of funding for work related to the restart of one concentrator at Samarco Mineração S.A.’s operations at its Germano complex in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Newmont Goldcorp Eleonore mine won the ‘Eureka Prize’ from Écotech Québec for its 10th anniversary, Écotech celebrated the pioneers in Quebec who chose to adopt clean technologies.

At its Capital Markets Day, FLSmidth launched MissionZero, a new sustainability programme aimed at significantly reducing emissions across the global cement and mining industries by 2030.

Canada’s metals & mining industry saw a drop of 17.5% in overall deal activity during September 2019, when compared with the last 12 month average, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

Total metals and mining industry M&A deals in September 2019 worth US$1.9 billion were announced globally, according to GlobalData’s deals database.