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Join the Jobs Boom: Northwestern Ontario is the next mining powerhouse

October 3, 2022 admin article position 3, jobs, Mining, Natural Resources, northern ontario, Ontario, sponsor content, Thunder Bay, Work, work in Canada

Credit to Author: Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission| Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2022 11:30:31 +0000

As a regional exploration hub, mining is big business in Thunder Bay. Approximately 850 Thunder Bay residents work at mines, and 400 Thunder Bay mine service and supply companies support mining. In recent years, new discoveries and a strong metals market have driven interest in exploration and mining in Northwestern Ontario. Similar in size to […]

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Fortescue Moves to Eliminate Fossil Fuel Risk

September 24, 2022 admin clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, fortescue metals group, green economy, iron, iron ore, Manufacturing, Mining, Solar energy

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 23:10:34 +0000

Fortescue Metals Group has announced that it will invest US$6.2 billion by 2030 to eliminate fossil fuel use in its iron ore operations. This will enable FMG to supply its customers with a carbon free product. The elimination of diesel, natural gas, and carbon offset purchases from its supply chain is expected to reduce operating […]

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Pan African Resources’ 9.9 MW Solar Plant In South Africa Saves $170K Per Month On The Gold Mine’s Electric Bill

September 16, 2022 admin africa, clean power, Mining, Solar energy, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2022 16:37:32 +0000

Pan African Resources, a mid-tier African-focused gold producer with a production capacity in excess of 170,000 ounces of gold per year has just presented its Annual Results for the financial year ended June 2022. Pan African Resources’ website says it owns and operates a portfolio of high-quality, low-cost operations and projects located in South Africa. […]

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VW Group and Canadian Government Team Up To Secure Battery Minerals

August 30, 2022 admin batteries, Canada, cars, clean transport, cobalt, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, lithium, lithium-ion batteries, Mining, nickel, policy & politics, powerco, subsidies, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 11:10:57 +0000

Rare earth minerals and other battery materials are shaping up to be very important on the geopolitical stage. As this piece at Quartz points out, China’s grip on the minerals that drive not only clean technologies, but other important things like medical imaging, came to a head for Japan in 2010. China was able to […]

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Should Tesla Invest In Indonesia’s Nickel Mines & Build A New Gigafactory There?

July 29, 2022 admin batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, elon musk, Energy Storage, ev batteries, indonesia, lithium-ion batteries, Mining, nickel, tesla, tesla batteries

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:38:49 +0000

How can the company, which has a mission to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy, sign onto environmental devastation inherent with new nickel mining investments?

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Glencore Places Order For Battery-Powered Mining Vehicles

July 10, 2022 admin Canada, clean transport, Electric vehicles, glencore, Mining, northvolt

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2022 18:45:59 +0000

Glencore is using electric mining machines from Epiroc to provide emissions free raw materials for electric vehicles.

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Converting Mines Into Hydro-Powered Batteries

July 10, 2022 admin Energy, Energy Storage, Mining, pumped hydro storage, pumped storage hydro technology, renewable energy, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2022 18:15:57 +0000

What does it look like to enhance electrical grid and community resilience through repurposing decommissioned mines into underground pumped storage facilities?

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Hydrogen Fuel Cell News For Passenger Ferries & Mining Trucks

July 6, 2022 admin clean transport, cummins, electric ferries, Electric vehicles, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, komatsu, Mining, Norway

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 14:39:29 +0000

The hydrogen fuel cell is finding a home in new fast ferries in Norway and in giant mining trucks from Cummins and Komatsu.

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Impossible Mining Closes $10.1 Million in Seed Funding

June 23, 2022 admin batteries, impossible mining, lithium, lithium-ion batteries, Mining

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 00:10:00 +0000

Impossible Mining recently closed $10.1 million in seed funding and announced its key advisors. I recently interviewed the CEO of Impossible Mining, Oliver Gunasekara, for a two-part interview series that can be viewed here and here. According to the press release, the funding was led by Justin Hamilton and had additional participation from a select […]

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Impossible Mining — Interviewing CEO Oliver Gunasekara, Part 2

June 21, 2022 admin batteries, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, impossible mining, INTERVIEWS, lithium-ion batteries, Mining, oliver gunasekara, polymetallic nodules

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 23:10:37 +0000

This is part 2 of my interview with Impossible Mining CEO Oliver Gunasekara. In part 1, we talked about reinventing the mining industry, how the 2020 wildfire season inspired Oliver to start his company, and the three fundamental problems he is tackling with Impossible Mining. If you haven’t read part 1, you can go back […]