GreenBiz

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Date/Time: January 24, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT) The sustainable business world enters 2022 flying high, as the world focuses with increasing urgency on many of its core issues: sustainable finance, the circular economy, clean energy, climate tech and more.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The mine in question — actually, thousands of them — can be found in the eastern Indian province of Jharkhand, just over 200 miles west of the cultural hub of Kolkata. Mica mining has become a growing problem for the image- and brand-conscious cosmetics industry. Inside Beautycounter’s quest to transform its mica supply chain.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Many of the topics discussed at the Energy and Mines World Congress earlier this month would have been borderline laughable just a few short years ago. The fact that a topic like this was being seriously debated is a reflection of just how much both the renewable energy and mining industries have evolved in recent years.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2023

However, they are typically mined overseas using methods harmful to the environment. By recovering the rare metals at the end of machinery’s lifecycle – including many of Scotland’s older wind turbines – manufacturers could re-use them to create new alloy metals instead of relying on imports of mined materials.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The Gateshead mine water heating scheme located in northeastern England has been hailed a great success six months after it officially started operations in March 2023. Heat is extracted from mine water from 150 meters below the Gateshead town centre via three boreholes that have been drilled into 200-year-old mine workings.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 1, 2021

Nowhere is this clearer than on territories of the Navajo and Hopi Nations, where for 50 years the coal-fired Navajo Generating Station (NGS) and Kayenta coal mine provided low-cost power to the Southwest, helping it to grow and prosper. Finally, we need to rethink how we do business in the 21st century.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 23, 2023

The critical deciding factor will be the result of a “heat check” or geothermal assessment being conducted by PT Ormat Geothermal Indonesia at the Toka Tindung gold mining concession area located in North Minahasa, North Sulawesi. The results of this assessment is expected by the middle of September 2023. Source: Kontan.co.id

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 15, 2024

Neptune Energy Germany GmbH (Neptune Energy) has been awarded by the State Office for Geology and Mining the mining permits for lithium and geothermal energy in Altmark in the State of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The mining permits pertain to an area that largely coincides with the already developed Altmark natural gas field.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 9, 2021

A firm supplying equipment for crypto mining to renewable generators in the farming sector says it has taken £5 million in sales bookings so far this year. Bury-based mining equipment supplier Easy Crypto Hunter says enquiries have surged since then. One site hosts 40 mining computers which run 24/7, and it is powered using AD.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Working towards this, the Provincial Department of Natural Resources recently granted 79 new geothermal mining rights transfers plans in 10 cities in Hebei including Chengde, Zhangjiakou, and Shijiazhuang. The new mining area rights adds 121.8

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Aiming to support the development and deployment of technologies that enable energy intensive businesses to transition towards a low carbon future, the programme has committed a total of £500m in grants for UK businesses, with £185m set to be spread across two windows in 2024 alone. You can access the application forms, here.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Image: Getty ExxonMobil is getting into the lithium production business. ExxonMobil says the DLE process “produces fewer carbon emissions than hard rock mining and requires significantly less land.” The company will produce the battery-grade lithium on-site, which it will call Mobil Lithium.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MAY 2, 2024

The bidding process is open to experienced business entities or consortiums with proven track record in geothermal, upstream oil and gas, minerals/coal mining, or electricity generation. Links to the registration form and other instructions for complete registration may be accessed at the official tender announcement page.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

Dawdon mine water treatment scheme (image credit: Copyright Coal Authority. A new white paper published by the Mine Energy Taskforce and Local Energy Hub network has called for greater support for mine energy as a key low carbon heat source in the UK that can contribute to government’s ambition to reach net zero by 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 13, 2022

Materials technology firm Betolar has been granted a patent for a method for converting mining waste material into a reinforcing binder. In the mining industry, the recovery and enrichment of metals generate large amounts of metallic effluent, sludge, and dregs, which are in many ways cumbersome to handle and risky for environmental safety.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The government grant, from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, will help us to cut the operating cost of our hydro energy storage system, whilst increasing its sustainability.

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Green Living Guy

MAY 24, 2023

Introduction to Mining Let’s talk mining with water management. For our modern society depends heavily on mining since it supplies the necessary raw materials for businesses and infrastructure. The social and environmental effects of mining. So it has sparked worry on a global scale.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 26, 2022

Demand management solutions provide CPower delivers flexible load management to Verakari Crypto Mines’ Pennsylvania site. CPower has implemented its EnerWise Site Optimisation service, which should enable Verakari’s crypto mining site to better align with price, demand and marginal emissions. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 12, 2023

ABB has signed an agreement with UK-based gravity energy storage firm Gravitricity to explore how hoist expertise and technologies can accelerate the development and implementation of gravity energy storage systems in former mines. The decommissioning of mine shafts is a costly and time-consuming process for mining companies.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 7, 2021

Sangha Systems, developers of an 82-MW cryptocurrency mining facility at a former steel mill in Hennepin, Illinois announced that it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with AEP OnSite Partners to develop a 2 – 5-MW behind-the-meter solar power array to begin to migrate its electricity consumption towards clean energy. ”

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GreenBiz

JUNE 30, 2020

To further move toward its larger goal of reaching carbon neutrality, Twomey-Madsen said Pandora is thinking about how the company might reduce its footprint in other parts of the business. Recycling metals uses fewer resources than mining new metals. One of the challenges is that the amount of recycled silver available is pretty low.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Many graphite miners and processors were already looking to North America to expand and diversify their capacity to mine and process graphite outside China. The China announcement is just one more uncertainty for many automakers as they consider how to scale their EV business. ” How dire is the threat to US battery makers?

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 31, 2022

The organisation has also highlighted environmental concerns saying the ending of the exemption will encourage illegal operators to undercut compliant businesses through fly-tipping and other forms of illegal waste dumping. Brian Ritchie, Chair of RMAS said: “Today may be April Fool’s Day but unfortunately the Red Diesel ban is no joke.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Skeleton Technologies has introduced a new product that combines supercapacitors and batteries, and has joined a coalition of nine members, including Shell , that aims to electrify mining equipment. The SuperBattery doesn’t use any cobalt, copper, nickel or graphite. The company says it can last for 50,000 cycles.

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Charged

JUNE 1, 2022

Graphite mining and processing company Northern Graphite has completed the acquisition of two graphite mines. Northern Graphite acquired the Lac des lles (LDI) mine in Quebec from a subsidiary of Imerys. Formerly a fluorspar mine, the Okoruso plant has been retrofitted to process graphite.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 25, 2023

In attendance were researchers and professionals from different public and private organizations including the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain (IGME), GEOPLAT , and Hunosa. This was enabled by the work undertaken by Hunosa to connect the heat network to mine water supply from the Barredo well annex. .”

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altenergymag

OCTOBER 1, 2022

This follows the company's success in providing SPS to farming, mining, business communities and homeowners in parts of rural Western Australia at the beginning of 2018, who have greatly benefited from this innovative and cost-effective power source.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The company says it will source critical battery components such as cobalt, lithium and nickel from certified mines, providing full transparency of extraction methods and ensuring responsible mining. “We

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2021

A quarter of UK homes and businesses are said to be situated on former coalfields, according to Mine Energy Taskforce. Heat energy sourced from former underground mines could play a key role in decarbonising UK homes, according to fresh research led by a coalition of firms from North East England.

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Charged

JANUARY 14, 2022

Finnish mining and battery chemical company Keliber Technology has been granted up to €7 million [$7.9 million] in funding from Business Finland, some of which will be used for equipment to manage the analcime sand by-product of its planned lithium plant at Kokkola Industrial Park. Source: Keliber.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 3, 2022

Sandvik and Hindustan Zinc have signed an agreement for a battery-electric underground equipment fleet to be supplied to Sindesar Khurd Mine. The fleet will help the mine achieve its carbon neutrality ambitions and will be the first underground battery electric vehicle (BEV) fleet deployed in India. Read more in our press release.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Also, an investment of US$50 million from Mitsui, Pallinghurst and Investissement Québec will support the next operational milestones for the Matawinie Mine and the Bécancour Battery Material Plant. The deal includes a multi-year offtake agreement between NMG and Panasonic Energy for a significant portion of NMG’s active anode material.

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Global Renewable News

JANUARY 9, 2024

Earlier this year Saskatchewan-based business, Prairie Clean Energy received a $1.1 million grant from the Mining Innovation Commercialization Accelerator (MICA) Network for their innovative greenhous.

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Charged

AUGUST 17, 2021

Industrial machinery manufacturer Komatsu has formed an alliance with customers Rio Tinto , BHP , Codelo, and Boliden, to develop zero-emission mining equipment. The Komatsu Greenhouse Gas Alliance will collaborate on product planning, development, testing and deployment of zero-emission mining equipment and infrastructure.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

Lauren Roman, Everledger’s Business Development Director for Metals & Minerals Ecosystems, explained why LIBs in portable electronics are too often disposed of rather than recycled: “First, many products containing LIBs are not marked, so unknowing consumers throw them in the trash when no longer useful.

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Charged

JUNE 28, 2023

Electronics giant ABB has opened a new manufacturing, distribution and repair center in Mechanicsville, Virginia, to support its Motion Traction business. The new facility will produce converters and batteries for the railway and transportation industries, electric off-road construction and mining machinery and electric buses.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 7, 2023

Eric Menard is Vice President Strategy and Business with Swiss satellite communications firm Astrocast. Weather monitoring stations are transforming the efficiency and environmental performance of remote copper mines and helping farmers to safeguard crops and livestock in a changing climate.

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