Teck Metals and the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Applied Science announced a $4-million investment into a new tailings management professorship. The professorship will be housed within the university's Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering and will focus on providing opportunities for students to research and innovate tailings management as the demand for tailings engineers grows.
Mining entrepreneurs showcased technologies that could streamline decarbonization in the industry to a panel of investors at the Canada Mining and Innovation Council’s (CMIC) ReThink Mining event during PDAC. The session included pitches for technologies such as surgical mining for narrow-vein deposits, sunlight-heated steam power and lower-energy comminution machinery.
Metallurgist Brenna J. Y. Scholey spoke to CIM Magazine about her 34-year career in the mining industry. Scholey’s career has moved from the lab to the processing plant, the corporate office and the courtroom, giving her detailed knowledge of mining law, arbitration and consulting along with technical expertise. It is the first of our new Modern Miner series of articles, which showcase mining professionals from a range of backgrounds and highlight the ways they are leading, innovating and pushing the industry forward.
Vale will contribute $1.6 million each to the Mining Innovation, Rehabilitation, and Applied Research Corporation (MIRARCO) and the University of Toronto to fund academic research, as reported by Northern Ontario Business and Mining.com. Announced at PDAC, Vale’s contribution to MIRARCO will boost its efforts to start a commercial-scale pilot plant that uses bioleaching and bioremediation processes to recover critical minerals from tailings. Its contribution to the University of Toronto will focus on decarbonization and the energy transition, including improving the commercial recovery of low-grade nickel from ultramafic ores.
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