This month's edition of Mining Magazine features an excellent review of energy consumption in copper concentrators for the 70's to the present. Written by Michael Nelson, Associate Professor and Chair of the Mining Engineering Department at the University of Utah; Dariusz Lelinski, Global Flotation...
11-Jun-2013
The Investor Group on Climate Change IGCC represents institutional investors with total funds under management of approximately $900 billion, and others in the investment community interested in the impact of climate change on investments. The IGCC aims to encourage government policies and investmen...
18-Apr-2013
From http://eex.gov.au/industry-sectors/mining/#fn-166-1
A range of opportunities are available in the mining and mineral processing sectors. These include opportunities in the following areas:
Embed energy efficiency into corporate and site management practices
Achieving progress on energ...
17-Apr-2013
Over the last 30 years, the average grade of mined Australian ore bodies has halved, while the waste removed to access the minerals has more than doubled.1 This has led to a 70% increase in energy consumption across mining operations.2 Energy costs currently constitute as much as 15% of total mining...
15-Apr-2013
CEEC was officially two years old on April 1st, and look at how we've grown!
Over 15 industry sponsors
Three comminution efficiency workshops across the globe
Over 650 members participating in CEEC's LinkedIn group discussions
Publication of the CEEC Roadmap resulting from the 2012 CEE...
03-Apr-2013
Industrial Minerals' assistant editor Laura Syrett has published an excellent online report covering the key mineral processing issues discussed at SME 2013. Declining ore grades and resource shortages, frequently documented by CEEC as drivers of change, are applying constant pressure for throughpu...
19-Mar-2013
In late 2012 ABB won an order to deliver an energy management system to Swedish mining company LKAB that will optimise energy use at its Kiruna and Malmberget underground iron ore mines, and its newest Svappavaara open pit mine.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="350"] Malmberget Iron Ore Mi...
14-Mar-2013
The striking infographic released today by CEEC International Ltd (Coalition for Energy Efficient Comminution) illustrates the immense opportunity for mining companies to improve earnings by optimizing their crushing and grinding practices known as comminution. Proven ore processing alternatives...
13-Mar-2013
For their outstanding achievements above latitude 60º North, Sandvik Mining and Atlas Copco have been presented with the first two 'Northern Lights' industry awards. These inaugural awards were announced last week during the RMG Exploration & Mining Investment Conference in Stockholm.
Sandvik...
13-Feb-2013
Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) is an industry-wide, performance-based program that was developed to help mining companies evaluate and manage their environmental and social responsibilities. The program’s main objective is to enable mining companies to meet society’s needs for minerals, metals a...
13-Feb-2013
“Sustainability in the Global Mining Industry 2012-2013: Market Trends and Opportunities, Profitability and Budget Forecast, Mining Industry Procurement and Marketing Initiatives” is a report that analyzes what sustainability means to the global mining market and how it is being implemented.
Key...
04-Feb-2013
In the mining industry, almost 1/3 of operating costs are from energy. Copper Mountain Mining Corporation from BC, Canada, finds success being a low cost producer. They're part of an innovative industry collaboration to maintain and improve the sector's reputation as responsible developers of B.C.'...
16-Jan-2013
Johnson
Abstract
In achieving the necessary liberation for separation of valuable minerals from ores, metallurgists have traditionally selected from the competing options for size reduction devices by making decisions based on various types of costs. While these costs remain important in s...
23-Aug-2006
Metallurgical Plant Design and Operating Strategies 2004
Oceana Gold (New Zealand) Limited operates the Macraes Gold Mine near Dunedin on the South Island of New Zealand. The ore body is mineralogically complex and comparatively low grade requiring a series of unit processes and resulting in a re...
22-Oct-2004