Mining

By: Inspenet, October 18, 2022
The multinational Shell launched a consortium that seeks to help miners accelerate the adoption of electric trucks and reduce emissions without compromising efficiency or safety.

The Canadian company Sigma Lithium indicated that it would start operations of the Grota do Cirilo project in the state of Minas Gerais, in Brazil this month and aims to have the product ready for transport by the end of April.

By: Inspenet, October 27, 2022.
This week saw the official launch of pioneering work for the development of a regional mining strategy in Antofagasta 2023-2050, with the support of different Chilean and international institutions.

By: Inspenet, October 27, 2022.
The Supervisory Agency for Investment in Energy and Mining of Peru (OSINERGMIN) organizes the free webinar ‘Emerging technologies in the supervision of the hydrocarbon and mining sector’.

By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, October 11, 2022.
The second edition of the Virtual Seminar “Creating healthy soils from mining tailings and waste”, promoted by the Secretary of Geology, Mining and Mineral Transformation (SGM) of the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) will be held today Tuesday 11 , from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and will be broadcast on the Brasil Mineral YouTube channel.

Free translation by: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, October 10, 2022.
Cobalt is a crucial component of electric vehicle batteries and is on the US government’s list of critical minerals. Since 1994 it has not been produced in the US, according to data from the United States Geological Survey.

By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, October 6, 2022.
The National Pilotage Center (CNP) of Chile invites entrepreneurs, startups and technology-based companies to apply for the Impacta Minería 2022 national contest, which will have a prize of 25 million pesos for the design, preparation and execution of the test industrial pilot, with access to test sites in mining operations.

By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, October 4, 2022.
The Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) formed a sectoral working group to take actions to optimize exploration activities and an eventual stage of lithium exploitation in the country, said the head of the sector, Alessandra Herrera.

By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, September 30, 2022.
With the aim of promoting the development of the mining sector and promoting investments in four states, the Ministry of Mines and Energy, through the Geological Service of Brazil (SGB-CPRM), published notices for the transfer of mining rights in the areas of Kaulim do Rio Capim, Copper from Bom Jardim de Goiás and Phosphate from Miriri, located in the states of Pará, Goiás and Paraíba-Pernambuco, respectively.

By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, September 28, 2022.
Mexican senators presented a motion to establish a government body to promote the development of the state lithium industry.