Greenland is tapping into new sources of materials in remote locations that require shipping large-scale waste management facilities to cope.
Environmental waste management has often not been a priority for mining companies, but they are now seeking environmental protections for their sites.
This article shows how non-destructive, large representative volume, high-resolution analysis of samples can be employed to understand and characterize gold mineralization over representative volumes of drill core using X-ray microscopy (XRM).
A study on the scientific journal Precambrian Research was recently published by researcher Sebastian Fuchs from the GEOMAR–Helmholtz Centre of Ocean Research Kiel (Germany) and his coworkers.
Steel has been used in mining equipment for many years due to its unique properties. Steel can be augmented in order to meet the needs of the mining industry.
By Isabelle Robinson
16 Sep 2018
As the utilization of lithium batteries continues to rise as a result of an increasing demand for this energy storage system, the use of cobalt, an element that arises as a byproduct of copper and nickel mining procedures, has also increased.
By Benedette Cuffari
16 Sep 2018
Located in the middle of the periodic table, cobalt is a transition metal long used in impure form as a pigment. Cobalt now appears in magnets, high-tech turbines and even in cancer treatments. It is similar to iron and nickel and can become magnetic.
By Brett Smith
16 Sep 2018
The development of a new plant turnaround is a major project that requires a significant financial investment, while also providing the potential for significant effects to occur to all involved parties.
A typical plant shutdown will occupy less than 5% of the working time, particularly in industries that demand continuous operation of their equipment.
Since their introduction into the industry, the use of electronic gas detectors has been traditionally associated with the use of pumps; however, to date, numerous workers continue to discuss the most appropriate time and situation in which these pumps should be used.