The joint venture Nurlikum Mining, set up by the French company Orano Mining and the State Committee on Geology and Mineral Resources (GeolCom) of Uzbekistan, will have the annual capacity to produce 1,500 tons of concentrated uranium oxide (U3O8), GeolCom said on Wednesday. In September, Orano and Goskomgeologiya signed an agreement on the establishment of ... Geology Committee, Orano Mining set up JV in uranium mining
MINEX Forum | December 6, 2019 The joint venture Nurlikum Mining, set up by the French company Orano Mining and the State Committee on Geology and Mineral Resources (GeolCom) of Uzbekistan, will have the annual capacity to produce 1,500 tons of concentrated uranium oxide (U3O8), GeolCom said on Wednesday. In September, Orano and Goskomgeologiya signed an agreement on the establishment of ... 
An automated system for monitoring mining vehicles, developed by VIST Group, has been deployed at EVRAZ’s Kachkanarsky mining and ore processing plant (KGOK) operation in Russia, the Zyfra Group subsidiary confirmed. The iron ore at KGOK is mined in four open pits: the Glavny, Zapadny, Severny and Yuzhny deposits. The ore is removed from the ... 
Epiroc has introduced 6th Sense, calling it a “game changer” that combines digitalization and automation to boost customers’ performance. There is a growing need for the mining and infrastructure industries to look to digital technologies to enhance productivity, sustainability and safety. 6th Sense is the Epiroc way to optimize customers’ processes by connecting machines, systems ... 
The world’s top diamond producer by output, Alrosa (MCX:ALRS), reported unearthing a gem-quality rough diamond weighing 63.15 carats from the Zapolyarnaya kimberlite pipe of the Verkhne-Munskoye deposit located in Yakutia. In a press release, Alrosa revealed that the stone has an octahedral shape with small chips on the edges and tops. The diamond is also ... 
There are at present 12 outstanding concessions for uranium exploration Kyrgyzstan is struggling to tamp down a mood of protest inspired by opposition to uranium mining, an industry that is lucrative but tainted by memories of Soviet-era practices. The capital city, Bishkek, has seen three anti-uranium demonstrations in the past week alone. The largest drew more than 200 people and ... 
Trans-Siberian Gold plc (TSG.LN), a low cost, high grade gold producer in Russia, announces the publication of its Notice of Annual General Meeting and confirms details of the timetable for payment of the proposed final dividend for the financial year ended 31 December 2018. The Company’s Annual General Meeting will be held at 11.00 a.m. (UK time) on ... 
The Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK ) has partnered with Zyfra Group’s subsidiary VIST Group, to develop an unmanned drilling technology at the Tugnuysky coal mine, located on the border between the Buryatia and Chita regions in south-central Siberia. Officially created in 1989, the open-pit operation has an annual output of approximately 12.5 million tonnes ... 
Each year Europe wastes millions of tonnes of valuable metals by landfilling or exporting them. How can policy measures increase the recovery of these materials? Most people know that raw materials like metals are valuable. This is why construction sites have heavy security – in order to keep people breaking in and stealing new or ... 
Vanadium, borate, bismuth, gallium – they may sound like planets from a science fiction movie, but in fact they are some of the most critical elements of the European Union’s economy. They are all on the European Commission’s ‘critical raw materials list’, which will be discussed at the EU Raw Materials Week starting today in ... 
Enterprises are focused on not only to attracting investments, but also to development of human capital and stimulation of personnel to search for advanced solutions. First of all, the companies introduce their own innovations taking into account the needs of the modern market. At the 7th International Scientific and Production Conference in Astana young specialists ... 
The finalists and the winners of the 11th Russian Mining Excellence Award competition were presented on 12 October 2017 at the Gala Dinner of the MINEX Russia 2017 Forum. Established in 2007 by MINEX Russia Forum The Russian Mining Excellence Award has become a “Russian Mining Oscar”. The award committee allocate high status to companies ... 
The Finnish company Mineral Exploration Network won MineTech – the 1st Russian Competition of Mining Challenges and Solutions. The company proposed a solution for the challenge offered by Polymetal International. The contest was organised alongside MINEX Russia 2017 Forum in Moscow on 12 October 2017. The innovative methodology of geochemical analysis, proposed by the Mineral ...