Mining

By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, September 23, 2022.
Australia inaugurated its first renewable energy sustained crypto mining hub in the city of Whyalla. It is a Bitcoin mining center powered by solar energy, with an operating capacity of 5 megawatts (MW) from the company Lumos Digital Mining.

By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, September 21, 2022.
The 18th International Conference on Mineral Processing and Geometallurgy, Procemin-Geomet 2022, will take place from October 5 to 7 in online mode, with a face-to-face networking cocktail on October 9 at the Sheraton Hotel, in Santiago, Chili.

By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, September 21, 2022.
Ecuador projected that the two main mines in the country, the copper mine; Mirador and the gold one; Fruta del Norte, allocate investments of USD 60 million throughout 2022.

By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, September 20, 2022.
The Canadian company Bitfarms —whose founders are Argentines— began Bitcoin mining operations in its mega-farm located in the city of Río Cuarto, in the province of Córdoba, Argentina.

By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, September 19, 2022.
One of the biggest events in cryptocurrency history finally came to fruition last Thursday, with the merger of the Ethereum mainnet with its beacon chain proof-of-stake system.

By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, September 19, 2022.
Chihuahua Mining Cluster reported that employment in the mining sector has registered an increase of 11% from the end of 2021 to date. The president of the Chihuahua Mining Cluster, Pablo Méndez Alvídrez, detailed the reasons that have driven job growth.

By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, September 16, 2022.
PERUMIN is the most important mining convention in Latin America and the second most important in the world. It will take place from September 26 to 30 at the Cerro Juli Convention Center, in Arequipa, Peru.

By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, September 14, 2022.
The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (MINCETUR) explained that, from January to July 2022, China was the main destination for mining exports. According to its statistical bulletin, China condensed 51% of national mining exports.

By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, August 30, 2022.
The mining company Guanajuato Silver Company Ltd. reported a 22 percent increase in its production of precious metals in the second quarter of the year compared to the first quarter.

By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, August 29, 2022.
The Mexican national newspaper published a decree approved by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, on the creation of a state company to exploit lithium, a metal nationalized since last April.