On April 15, the unique reinforced diesel-electric ice-class container ship, the Norilsk Nickel, which had been officially handed over by the Aker Finnyards shipbuilding company, set sail from the port of Murmansk under the Russian state flag. The dry cargo vessel has been registered at the port of Murmansk.
It was launched in Finland in December […]

A new US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report shows that the metal mining industry managed to slash total substance or chemical disposals or releases by the most of all US industries for calendar year 2004. The EPA’s latest Toxics Release Inventory Report (TRI), released April 12, found that 2004 disposals and releases from metal mines […]

Gibca Crushing and Quarry Operations is supplying large quantities of armour rock for Dubai’s Palm Island projects. Gibca Crushing at Kadrah, some 25 km east of Dhaid, is the biggest among a number of quarries in the region to recognise the performance provided by its Sandvik Tamrock hydraulic crawler drills and Sandvik rock tools working […]

BioteQ Environmental Technologies has signed a development agreement with Columbia Metals Corp for the development of a water treatment plant at its La Jojoba gold property located in the State of Sonora, Mexico. The water treatment plant is a new application of BioteQ’s sulphide technologies where BioteQ will provide a plant to Columbia for the […]

Cameco’s Inkai uranium test mine located in the Kazakh Republic has achieved BSI OHSAS:18001 and ISO 14001:2004 certifications - internationally recognized standards for health and safety and environmental performance. "These certifications demonstrate that Cameco upholds high standards for protecting workers and the environment at its operations in Central Asia," said Sergei Breus, General Director of […]

Norilsk Nickel and Interros will acquire 35% of the shares of a leading US designer of environmentally clean and reliable energy products, Plug Power. The deal is being made through Smart Hydrogen, a 50-50% joint venture of Norilsk Nickel and Interros, formed to participate in the global hydrogen economy.
“Norilsk Nickel has long been the […]