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Addressing Regulatory Trends with UVC LED-based Sensors

December 8, 2015March 2, 2017 by Jennifer Hermes

Global environmental concerns over water and air pollution are leading to new regulations over effluents that require real-time monitoring. Existing regulations are being tightened to monitor lower concentrations of compounds and more compounds are being brought under regulatory control. As a result, companies and utilities will need to develop a ... Read more »

Top Mining Companies Risk $10 Billion in Earnings from Carbon Price

November 23, 2015November 24, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The world’s largest mining companies face a collective $10 billion risk if global carbon pricing tightens following the COP21 Paris climate talks, which begin next week, according to report from CDP. The 11 ranked companies in the report account for around 85 percent of mining emissions. A $10 billion risk ... Read more »

ASARCO to Pay $163.5M, Cut Toxic Emissions

November 5, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

ASARCO has agreed to a settlement with the EPA and US Department of Justice that requires the company to spend $150 million to install new equipment and pollution control technology to reduce emissions of toxic heavy metals at a large copper smelter in Hayden, Arizona. The company will also fund ... Read more »

Hybrid Gensets Can Help Solve a Big Problem for the Mining Industry

October 6, 2015 by Carl Weinschenk

Solar-diesel hybrid gensets balance the solar output with the guaranteed output from the diesel element. THEnergy Consulting and Danvest have released a study suggesting that these hybrid platforms are perfectly suited to the mining industry. The study shows that low-load gensets almost double use of solar and enable the diesel ... Read more »

Alcoa to Separate into Two Companies

September 29, 2015September 28, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Lightweight metals manufacturer and recycler Alcoa has adopted a plan to separate into two publicly traded companies. The Upstream Company will comprise five strong business units that make up Alcoa’s Global Primary Products: Bauxite, Alumina, Aluminum, Casting and Energy. The Value-Add Company will include Global Rolled Products, Engineered Products and ... Read more »

Water Risk Tool Focuses on Mining Sector

September 23, 2015September 23, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Water availability is increasingly recognized as a material risk for many businesses. To address this, Bloomberg and the Natural Capital Declaration have launched a tool that enables analysts to incorporate water risks into company valuations across the mining sector. The Natural Capital Declaration is a global finance-led initiative supported by ... Read more »

The Use of Renewables in Mining Operations

September 2, 2015 by Carl Weinschenk

Mining operations consume a tremendous amount of energy. These firms, therefore, are interested in solar power. The attraction of solar is even greater due to the fact that mines often are far from the grid. A German company, Cronimet Mining Power Solutions, has built a solar-diesel hybrid power plant at ... Read more »

Tips for Reducing Energy Consumption in the Mining Industry

August 24, 2015August 2, 2019 by Karen Henry

Electricity accounts for 32 percent of a mine’s total energy use, so finding ways to reduce energy use can result in significant savings for mining companies. Grinding and ventilation offer the greatest potential for reducing energy use in the coal mining industry, according to an article on the World Coal website. ... Read more »

Businesses, Farms Face Losses Following Mine Spill

August 14, 2015August 13, 2015 by Karen Henry

Businesses in the Durango and Silverton, Colorado, areas that rely on the Animas River to drive their operations are closed and will remain that way until at least Aug. 17 as a result of the Aug. 5 Gold King Mine spill. Aug. 17 is the earliest date the EPA said ... Read more »

EPA Spills 3M Gallons of Wastewater into Animas River

August 11, 2015August 11, 2015 by Karen Henry

More than 3 million gallons of mustard-colored wastewater has poured into the Animas River in San Juan County, Colorado, since Aug. 5 as the result of the Gold King Mine spill caused by the EPA. A team from the EPA was investigating contamination at the abandoned mine when loose material that ... Read more »

BioteQ Completes Gold Mine Water Treatment Pilot

August 6, 2015August 5, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

BioteQ Environmental Technologies has completed a pilot water treatment campaign for the removal of selenium from waters occurring at mining company Seabridge Gold’s KSM Project — a major gold and copper mining project — located in Northwestern British Columbia, Canada. The pilot plant was operated by BioteQ in 2014 and ... Read more »

Risk Management Drives Gas Detection Market

August 4, 2015August 3, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The North American gas detection market is on a steady growth path. The market earned revenues of $777.4 million in 2014 and is projected to reach $900.4 million in 2019, according to a Frost & Sullivan report, Analysis of the North American Gas Detection Market. The need to avoid industrial ... Read more »

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