Vale recently announced Gustavo Pimenta as the company’s next CEO. The executive was unanimously elected by the board of directors, after a rigorous selection process supported by an international headhunting company, in compliance with Vale’s bylaws, corporate policies, the board’s internal regulations and applicable legislation. Pimenta is an executive with global experience in the financial, energy and mining sectors, and…
Read MoreRamaco Resources said Fluor Corporation and Hazen Research are helping to advance the development of rare earth and critical mineral deposits at its Brook mine site in Wyoming. Fluor will conduct a techno-economic assessment of the mining operation, as well as design a rare earth and critical mineral refining and processing demonstration plant. The company is planning to start construction…
Read MoreThe National Mining Association (NMA) issued the following statement from President and CEO Rich Nolan on the D.C. Circuit Court’s decision in Earthworks, et al v. DOI, affirming the lower court’s decision that the Mining Law does not impose a strict limit on the number of mill sites that can be used for ancillary purposes. “By reaffirming the law and…
Read MoreThe Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has issued a final rule to better protect the nation’s miners from health hazards associated with exposure to respirable crystalline silica. It lowers the permissible exposure limit to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air for a full-shift exposure, calculated as an eight-hour, time-weighted average. If a miner’s exposure exceeds the limit, the…
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Well, it’s finally here. Like it or not, we are in the last few weeks of 2023, a time to wrap up projects, assess the status of others, and for some, to look introspectively at what’s to come. There are a number of newsworthy turns in the industry that involved parties did a great job of keeping details under wraps…
Read MoreSkeena Resources has selected Sedgman, a wholly owned subsidiary of CIMIC Group, to deliver the basic engineering and feasibility study update for its Eskay Creek revitalization project in northwest British Columbia, Canada. As part of the contract, Sedgman will support Skeena Resources to further optimize the overall project outcome, which involves flow sheet and site plan review. “Sedgman has the…
Read MoreThe Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has reminded producers that mining in hot work areas during the summer can cause serious health issues for miners. Everyone needs to recognize the hazards of heat stress and mine operators should provide heat-stress recognition training, monitoring and personal protective equipment. Symptoms of Heat Stress Heat Stress Prevention Treat Symptoms DO: DO NOT:…
Read MoreBurgex Mining Consultants recently had a mining dialogue – with an interviewee that exists only in the depths of technology. What did ChatGPT share about its knowledge of mining and artificial intelligence’s role in transforming operations and even reclamation? By Stuart Burgess Today I virtually sat down with one of the leading artificial intelligence (AI) platforms trained specifically in language…
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Net zero is one of today’s buzziest of buzz words. But it is more than clickbait. Achieving net zero is the challenge of a generation. What progress is being made and where to do we go from here? By Jonathan Rowland There are “few more pressing challenges facing all industrial and economic sectors than the need to rapidly decarbonize in…
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration released the findings of monthly impact inspections at 25 U.S. mines in January and February 2023. MSHA conducts impact inspections at mines that merit increased agency attention and enforcement due to factors that include poor compliance history; previous accidents, injuries, and illnesses; and other compliance concerns. The impact inspections resulted…
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