Fleet Space, Stanford University’s Mineral-X team up to advance space-enabled climate innovation
Australia-based Fleet Space Technologies, developer and operator of microsatellites, announced Monday that it has been named an industrial affiliate of Stanford University’s Mineral-X program — a research organization combining expertise in geoscience, resource optimization and artificial intelligence (AI) to enable a decarbonized mineral supply chain.
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Innovation in EVs seen denting copper demand growth potential
Mining News Pro - New electric vehicles from Tesla and rivals are being engineered for efficiency in a way that cuts copper content, changes that could limit demand growth for the metal as the next-generation of EVs hits the road, industry analysts say.
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Copper Innovation Hub launched in Colombia
Mining News Pro - Ten companies from Colombia, Chile, Peru, Sweden, New Zealand and Australia have launched the Copper Innovation Hub, an initiative led by consultancy firm Quintil Valley.
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Vale creates $100 million venture capital arm to spur mining innovation
Mining News Pro - Vale SA, the world’s No. 2 iron ore producer and one of the biggest nickel suppliers, has created a corporate venture capital arm to back startups focused on developing game-changing innovations for mining and metals challenges.
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Ucore, Innovation Metals’ rare earths processing plant expected in Q1 2022
Mining News Pro - Canada’s Ucore Rare Metals and its subsidiary Innovation Metals announced that Q1 2022 will see the commissioning of the RapidSX demonstration-scale plant, where the processes of separation and purification of rare-earth elements will take place.
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Ucore, Innovation Metals’ rare earths processing plant expected in Q1 2022
Mining News Pro - Canada’s Ucore Rare Metals and its subsidiary Innovation Metals announced that Q1 2022 will see the commissioning of the RapidSX demonstration-scale plant, where the processes of separation and purification of rare-earth elements will take place.
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OZ Minerals invests in mining innovation and flexibility
Mining News Pro - OZ Minerals has revealed the companies selected to participate in its Scalable and Adaptable Mining Challenge – an initiative aimed at fostering innovative solutions for integrated mine design.
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OZ Minerals’ funds innovation centre
Mining News Pro - OZ Minerals has established the Arkani Ngura Innovation and Technology Centre with funding from the 2021-22 South Australian budget.
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Majors push for electric vehicle innovation
Mining News Pro - BHP, Rio Tinto and Vale have collaborated with Austmine to introduce the Charge On Innovation Challenge, an electrification competition for mine truck fleets.
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Elon Musk offers $100 million for best carbon capture innovation
Mining News Pro - Tesla boss Elon Musk is offering $100 million to the winner of a new X Prize Foundation four-year global competition focused on developing carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies.
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Kirkland Lake maps out Fosterville technology innovations
Mining News Pro - Kirkland Lake Gold has outlined zero harm and a lower environmental footprint in its requirements for technology innovation at the Fosterville gold mine in Victoria.
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Mining companies get behind regional WA schools for STEM Innovation Day
Mining News Pro - Australian Potash, AngloGold Ashanti, St Barbara and Firetech have given local schoolchildren insight into mining operations and careers at the inaugural Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) Innovation Day in Laverton, Western Australia.
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Innovation drives mining efficiency, but also accessibility for women
Mining News Pro - Even though the mining industry has come a long way in providing more opportunities for women, women still only make up 12% of the industry’s workforce.
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BHP to drive innovation with Curtin partnership
Mining News Pro - BHP and Curtin University have formed a partnership to drive research and innovation projects in the resources and energy sector, with a goal to provide it with job-ready graduates.
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BHP announces supplier innovation competition
Mining News Pro - BHP has announced a unique method of sourcing suppliers in the Australian mining, equipment, technology and services (METS) sector through a new program launched with Austmine.
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BHP announced as key sponsor for Austmine 2021 innovation event
Mining News Pro - BHP is backing Austmine’s next mining innovation conference, which will be held in Perth May 25-27, 2021.
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Finland’s mine construction materials innovation project UPACMIC moving to next phase
Mining News Pro - UPACMIC is a LIFE+ project which aims to demonstrate that there are technically and environmentally feasible alternatives for constructing new mining facilities and remediating the existing ones without the extensive use of non-renewable natural materials.
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Ucore to test Innovation Metals’ REE oxides extraction technology
Mining News Pro - Ucore Rare Metal has executed a binding technical services agreement with Innovation Metals Corp. (IMC) to kick off a testing program for the processing of mixed rare-earth element concentrates into separated REE oxides.
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Bechtel opens new innovation centre for mine technologies
Mining News Pro - Global engineering, construction, and project management company Bechtel has opened the Bechtel Mining & Metals Innovation Center to lead, it says, “the development of new technologies that boost productivity, promote environmental sustainability and improve worker safety for the copper industry.”
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Global Steel Industry Moguls Gather in Dubai for SteelVia – The Global Steel Innovations Forum
Mining News Pro - Leading lights from the global steel industry and eminent speakers assembled at SteelVia, the Global Steel Innovations Forum, that kicked off in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 25 September, 2018.
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Chinese Steel Mills Gear Up for Technological Innovations to Improve Margins
Mining News Pro - According to the latest data released by China Iron and Steel Association recently, the Chinese steel industry this year has registered growth through innovations and its revenue in the first half of the year has increased substantially.
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A major event is on the way / Conducting the International Conference on Iron and Steel Innovations in Sep. 2018
Mining News Pro - The international steel and iron and steel innovations conference (Steel Mint) will be held from 3 to 5 October this year (September 25-27, 2018) at the Le Meridien Hotel in Dubai.
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Innovation and safety in mining is being stifled by the cost of ownership
Mining News - Glyn Jones, Group Chairman and CEO Trolex, a global supplier of gas and dust detection, connector solutions, strata monitoring and infotainment systems to the mining, hazardous industry and transportation markets, explores how the cost of ownership is stifling innovation and safety in industry.
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Iron Ore Price Forecast - Australia’s Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
Mining News Agency - Australia`s Department of Industry, Innovation and Science in its latest Resources and Energy Quarterly report forecast that iron ore price forecast to gradually decline following short-term support. It said "The iron ore price is forecast to average USD 53 a tonne (FOB Australia) in 2018, and decline to average USD 49 a tonne in 2019. The iron ore price is expected to experience some ongoing volatility in early 2018, as the market responds to uncertainty regarding the impact of winter production restrictions on iron ore demand."
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