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Canada forces Chinese firms to divest from lithium miners

November 4, 2022November 29, 2022 NAM Staff

Canada has ordered the Chinese investors of three junior lithium explorers to divest from the Canadian companies, citing national security concerns, reported Reuters. The news agency said that Canadian Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne ordered the divestitures after “rigorous scrutiny” of foreign firms by Canada’s national security and intelligence community. Sinomine (Hong Kong) Rare Metals Resources was asked to sell its…

Polydeck expands South Carolina manufacturing operations

November 4, 2022November 29, 2022 NAM Staff

Polydeck Screen Corp. announced the grand opening of a highly anticipated manufacturing expansion on October 31 at its Spartanburg, S.C., headquarters. The company has purchased an additional building with more than 36,000 square feet next to its current campus that will help increase capacity and keep up with current and expected future demand. Along with the additional square footage, the…

Standard Lithium one step closer to DLE patents

November 1, 2022November 29, 2022 NAM Staff

Standard Lithium said the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued Notices of Allowance for two of three pending U.S. patent applications for elements of its innovative Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) processes. The Canadian-based technology and lithium development company anticipates the issue of the formal registration of the “Process for Recovering Lithium from Brines” patents (serial no.16/410,523 and…

Teck Resources sells Fort Hills interest

October 31, 2022November 29, 2022 NAM Staff

Canadian miner Teck Resources has agreed to sell its 21.3% interest in the Fort Hills Energy LP and certain associated downstream assets to Suncor Energy for C$1 billion in cash. The Fort Hills Energy LP owns the Fort Hills oil sands mine in northern Alberta. The deal boosts Suncor’s stake in the project to 75.4%. Total E&P Canada holds the…

SEMCO Publishing hosted Weir Minerals webinar

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 NAM Staff

The ASIA Miner and North American Mining magazine recently hosted Weir Minerals Australia for a free educational webinar, “Mud Management with the Multiflo Mudflo Pump.” The webinar, which ran approximately 45 minutes, was held live on Thursday, October 13 with a global audience. The featured speaker was Weir Minerals Australia Applications Engineering Business Manager Aaron Schot, who discussed diverse problems…

Kohmuench appointed Eriez COO

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 NAM Staff

Separation technology supplier Eriez has selected Jaisen Kohmuench for the newly created position of chief operating officer (COO). Eriez President and CEO Lukas Guenthardt said that, as COO, Kohmuench will manage all Eriez’ major operations, including Eriez USA, Eriez Global Flotation and Eriez international businesses. He will continue to work closely with corporate executives and functional leaders to ensure Eriez’…

Capstone Copper’s Cozamin mine employee killed

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 NAM Staff

Capstone Copper said the week of October 18 an employee was fatally wounded in a security incident near its Cozamin mine in Zacatecas, Mexico. The miner said the employee was shot and fatally wounded on the main access road between the city of Zacatecas and Cozamin. The mine site remained secure and operational during the incident. “We are deeply saddened…

Weir, STM Minerals fast-tracking sustainability

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 NAM Staff

Weir Group has established an alliance with Swiss Tower Mills Minerals (STM), under which the latter’s vertical stirred grinding mills will be marketed for coarse grinding applications globally. Weir said the partnership will integrate the vertical stirred grinding mills into Weir’s own minerals processing flow sheet, giving customers throughput improvements and energy efficiency, helping them to meet goals for productivity…

De Beers appoints Cook, Cleaver to be CEO, co-chairman

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 NAM Staff

Anglo American’s De Beers will begin the new year with new leadership, as it has appointed Al Cook as its CEO and current CEO Bruce Cleaver to co-chairman of the company. The move, which will be effective in early 2023, comes as Cleaver opted to step back into a non-executive role after six years in his seat as CEO. Cook,…

First coal leaves New Consol mine

October 25, 2022November 29, 2022 NAM Staff

Consol Energy’s newest mine, the Itmann coal complex in Wyoming County, West Virginia, has commissioned its preparation plant and has loaded and shipped its first train. The plant started operating in late September. The first loaded train left Oct. 12. When fully operational, Itmann No. 5 is expected to produce about 900,000 tons annually of premium low-vol metallurgical coking coal…