Graco debuts tank monitoring system

Graco has launched the Pulse Level Tank Monitoring system to optimize deliveries, margins and customer service. The system allows users to track tank levels, capture and apply data, and allocate inventory quickly, accurately and confidently. “Tank monitoring is not a new technology, but Graco now offers the most cost-effective long-term solution on the market,” said Tyler Salminen, product marketing manager…

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Metso Outotec digital solutions to optimize iron ore pelletizing

Leveraging the company’s extensive experience as the original inventor of the pelletizing process, Metso Outotec has developed a suite of new digital solutions to ensure the optimal operation and maintenance of iron ore pelletizing plants over their entire life cycle. Metso Outotec said that the solutions will improve process performance, production capacity, and product quality while at the same time…

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RPMGlobal introduces suite-wide reporting feature

Global firm RPMGlobal has released environmental disturbance modeling and reporting capabilities to its XPAC line of mine scheduling software.  The company, which has been working to advance its functionalities for environmental, social and governance (ESG), wrapped up on-site testing in September with a Canadian mining client with which it collaborated for development of the module. With the addition of the…

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Electra receives permit for refinery project

Canadian-based Electra Battery Materials Corp., formerly known as First Cobalt, in late October received the second of three key permits that will recommission a hydrometallurgical refinery in Ontario, Canada, in time for positive market trends. The company said it has received the air and noise environmental compliance approval from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. The third…

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Allegiance takes over Drummond’s Short Creek

Australian miner Allegiance Coal, which is growing its operational presence in the United States, said in late October it plans to acquire Drummond Coal’s Short Creek underground mine outside of Birmingham, Ala.  The $4.4 million cash transaction for the Tier 1 hard coking asset also includes $11.5 million to replace the mine’s state reclamation bond. Allegiance noted the acquisition will…

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Reflecting on the year

Another year is coming to an end. It seemed to go quickly (just like everything feels like it does now after our collective experience that was 2020), but it was also very busy. It was not just an active year for commodity markets, for better and worse, it was also a surprisingly active year for mining industry events and was…

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