Historically known for their highly innovative use of composites in manufacturing mining and industrial ventilation fans, TLT MechCaL has been named as the Composites Centre of Excellence for the global TLT brand by TLT-Turbo GmbH – a move that has the potential to put South Africa’s composites expertise on the world map by creating jobs and further developing skills in this field.
They also claim miner offloaded the asset to avoid paying for environmental damage caused by an accident at its floating dock, which killed six people and dragged vehicles, equipment and large amounts of iron ore into the Amazon River.
In today’s mining environment, every percentage matters. Small incremental improvements or reductions in performance can add up to millions of dollars of impact.
Starting up a new mine in Germany today is a real challenge. Erzgebirgische Fluss- und Schwerspatwerke GmbH (EFS) made it happen by questioning the way things are being done, using modern technology and by optimizing the process.
With a Life Cycle Services maintenance contract, the mine also experienced growth in the mechanical availability of its crushing process, with improvements of 0.6% on crushing line 1 and a increased availability of 2.1% on line 2. The improvements were achieved with zero accidents. Due to these achievements, Anglo American gave Metso the following award: “Commitment to Zero Harm and Living the Anglo American Way 2017”
Imagine that for every million people on Earth, there was a single dot on a map. What if we went back in time, watched dots accumulate over human history?
ALROSA and GfK research company conducted an extensive research of diamond consumers in the US and China. What they discovered was interesting.
Consulting and partnering with First Nations isn’t just a way to get social licence – it can also provide real solutions to labour challenges.
Dutch non-profit organization claims Rio and its Canadian subsidiary Turquoise Hill used a complex network of tax haven subsidiaries and lending money to itself at high interest rates.
Now in its fourth year, the competition aims at raising awareness and interest in the sector among junior high and high school students in Canada's Nova Scotia.