Considering A Customized Flotation Reagent May Not Be At The Top Of Your Priority List. But As The Experts At BASF Explain, Optimizing Your Flotation Chemistry Could Bring A Range Of Welcome Benefits. By Jonathan Rowland Flotation reagents have one objective: to achieve the highest economical recovery of value-bearing minerals. There are, however, a range of considerations that determine what…
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Demand For Batteries From E-Mobility And Energy Storage Solutions Is Going To Explode In Coming Years. But Can Lithium Production Keep Up – And Do So In A Way That Is Sustainable, Ethical And Secure? By Jonathan Rowland Of all the elements that support 21st century life, you would be hard pressed to find one so misunderstood, yet so vital…
Read MoreAnother 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…
Read MoreThe annual joint gathering of the Pittsburgh section of the Society for Metallurgy, Mining and Exploration (SME) and the Pittsburgh Coal Mining Institute of America (PCMIA) is ready to roll out the red carpet to hundreds next week near Pittsburgh, Pa.
Read MoreGolden Minerals Co. announced the pending retirement of the company’s Chief Financial Officer Robert Vogels, planned to occur around the end of 2021. The Colorado-based gold and silver producer has begun the search for his replacement. According to company President and CEO Warren Rehn, Vogels had a nearly 40-year mining industry career as a finance and accounting professional, including 12…
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By Donna Schmidt Say what you want about the mining industry, it is nothing if not adaptable – be it to the market, the waves of technology and pressures of the future, cost changes, regulatory expectations and any other number of elements that play a role in the success or failure of any operation. This is also true – and…
Read MoreBy Caroline J. Sundbaum and Willa B. Perlmutter, Stoel Rives LLP Just a few short months ago, we would have thought that COVID-19 was almost behind us and that it was only a matter of time before mine operators would no longer have to worry about the spread of the disease at their worksites. It looked like face masks and…
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The Mine Safety and Health Administration reported that as of July 12, nine miners have been killed and 185 have been injured in accidents involving powered haulage equipment. Year to date, this is the highest number of powered haulage fatalities since 2006. That’s why the agency, on July 20, hosted a national Stand Down for Safety Day focused on powered…
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Canadian-based MacLean will be turning its focus even further to electrification, automation and digitalization at the Las Vegas Convention Center for MINExpo 2021, launching its Application Intelligence technology campaign. The push includes updates on the MacLean battery electric product line as well as teleremote technology, telemetry and virtual reality training technology. “We have been doing fit-for-purpose mobile equipment manufacturing for…
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