Swedish mining company Boliden is expanding the electrified trolley system that was in pilot mode at its Aitik mine in Northern Sweden. Boliden will spend nearly US$31 million to: Expand the electric trolley line at Aitik of 700 meters by another three kilometers Convert an additional ten diesel trucks to electric use at Aitik At the Read More
By Хакимов Хабир (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. Mining companies across the globe are confronting new challenges as the effects of climate change threaten existing and legacy infrastructure, particularly in the far north. "Look at what’s happening with what we once called 'permafrost'," Dennis Mahony, a partner at Torys LLP in Toronto, told Lexpert. Read More
Rob Lydan, Global Director Solar & Wind, Hatch has been heading the global Engineering and EPCM’s renewables for mines business development for over 3 years now and has an informed view on the challenges and necessary steps that will unlock further project potential. Along with Glencore’s wind-storage hybrid for Raglan Mine, Hatch has headed the advisory Read More
The global mining sector is facing a tough business environment with low commodity pricing, rising energy costs and constraints, increasingly remote locations and heightened stakeholder opposition. In this environment, the need to reduce operational power costs and gain stakeholder buy-in is critical to success and mining leaders are increasingly interested in the role that renewable energy Read More
Catharine Farrow is a professional geoscientist with over 20 years of mining experience. Since 2012 she has been leading TMAC Resources as CEO and Director. She also heads FarExGeoMine where she provides independent consultant services on integrated solutions to the mining industry. TMAC is a Canadian-based exploration and development company with current operations in the Arctic Read More
