In July, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality awarded its 2021 Excellence in Mining Reclamation award to Antelope Coal for its reclamation work to reconstruct Spring Creek, which neighbors the mine site near Douglas. The Antelope team, the agency said, reconstructed over 18,000 linear feet of Spring Creek, a tributary of Antelope Creek, to reconnect the two creeks. The work…
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Virtual reality hazard awareness training program developed
Underground and surface mines can be hazardous places, so when it comes to safety training in the mining profession, the old saying “practice makes perfect” holds true. To improve hazard safety instruction, a team at South Dakota Mines has spent the past year developing a virtual reality (VR) training module that mimics a mining environment.
Read MoreUArizona adds School of Mining and Mineral Resources
In June, the University of Arizona announced its new School of Mining and Mineral Resources, which will be jointly housed in the university’s College of Engineering and College of Science. Citing statistics from the World Bank, which estimated demand for copper could grow 200% by 2050 (Arizona produces 74% of the nation’s copper and is the sixth-largest copper producer in…
Read MoreRio, BYU partner for reclamation research
Rio Tinto’s Kennecott and one of the state’s schools, Brigham Young University, are collaborating together to look for ways to establish more sustainable reclamation techniques at the miner’s Bingham Canyon operation outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. In June 2020, students and professors from the BYU Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry broke…
Read MoreEnergy Fuels’ White Mesa sends rare earths to Estonia
Energy Fuels and Neo Performance Metals announced July 7 that they had launched the first commercial shipment of mixed rare earth carbonate from the former’s White Mesa mill in Utah to Neo’s Silmet separation facility in Sillamäe, Estonia.
Read MoreRio Tinto building tellurium plant at Kennecott in Utah
Rio Tinto has set a start date in the fourth quarter of this year for its plant to recover tellurium from its copper refining at the Kennecott mine near Salt Lake City, Utah.
Read MoreNevada Copper reports update
Nevada Copper, owner of the Pumpkin Hollow project in Nevada, released an operational update in late May as it worked to file its first quarter earnings.
Read Morei-80 closes Getchell acquisition
Nevada-focused mining operator i-80 Gold said April 15 it completed its acquisition of the Getchell gold project near Winnemucca.
Read MoreHecla releases 2020 Sustainability Report
Idaho-headquartered producer Hecla in May released its sustainability report for 2020, dubbed “Small Footprint, Large Benefit,” spotlighting its work towards its environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals, performance and focus areas.
Read MoreRMCMI meeting in June
The Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute will hold its annual meeting and conference, June 27-29, at the Steamboat Grand in Steamboat Springs, Colo.
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