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https://lnkd.in/guYQAy3S BCI mining lease granted for Australian salt operations Alison Saxby Governmental approvals boost Mardie project’s chances to commence in H1 2024. BCI Minerals has been granted Mining leases for the Mardie Salt Project by the Department of Energy, Mining, Industry Regulation and Safety, which follows the granting of the EIA in October last year. This follows the State Environmental approval the company obtained in 2023 and these are two important steps to take the project forward. The Mardie Salt and Potash Project is owned by Mardie Minerals Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BCI Minerals Limited (BCI). The project involves a 5.35Mtpy industrial grade salt solar evaporation operation on the Pilbara coast of Western Australia (WA) and will also produce 140ktpy of potassium sulphate (SOP). In another step, BCI also received approval for its Groundwater Monitoring and Management Plan (GMMP) from the Western Australian Department of Water and Environmental Regulation on 3 April. One of the last pieces of the jigsaw is to secure final approvals is the Research Summary Offsets Plan (RSOP), on which BCI is working with the Commonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW). Under the RSOP, BCI will provide approximately A$2.5M in total for regional-scale flora studies and an additional A$672,000 for research on threatened fauna along the Pilbara coastline. This new research will collect ecological data to inform strategic conservation initiatives and is additional to work already underway to deliver monitoring and management programmes for migratory birds, turtles and other important flora and fauna. An approvals strategy has been agreed with DCCEEW, aiming to obtain all outstanding Commonwealth environmental approvals in H1 2024. With these in place, BCI aims to commence operations and filling evaporation ponds within the next couple of months in H1 2024. The target for first salt production is H2 2026. The project already has off-take agreements in place for the salt with a terms sheet signed with Itochu (Japan), a binding agreement signed with a PT Chandra Asri Pacific Tbk subsidiary in Indonesia and is moving towards formal execution with Wanhua Chemical Group. Chandra Asri is proceeding with the construction of a new chlor-alkali plant in Java which will be supplied with BCI salt.

The green energy transition hinges on the availability of critical minerals, critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, and rare earth elements. Yet, as we forge ahead, we must ask ourselves: At what cost? Without robust environmental compliance, mining these essential resources risks jeopardizing the very sustainability goals they aim to support. I had the privilege of co-authoring this article with Mandy Hattingh, where we delve into South Africa’s environmental regulatory framework and its efforts to promote sustainable mineral extraction.

ClearBakk recently attended the Water In Mining Global Summit in Vancouver. The summit focuses on water stewardship in the mining industry. We’ve outlined a few key takeaways, and how ClearBakk can assist mining companies in this space.

Reducing water usage is key in mining. At Soilworks, our advanced dust control solutions replace water-based methods, conserving resources while stabilizing tailings to prevent erosion. Sustainability starts with smarter choices. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gg4Pz4a2

🌟 Unlocking the Secrets of Mining Chemicals – Part 2 🌟 In the latest installment of our blog series, we dive deeper into the fascinating world of mining chemicals, exploring their role in enhancing efficiency, sustainability and innovation across the industry. As a leading producer of high-grade phosphoric acid and specialized chemical solutions, Decachem continues to stand out as a trusted partner in the mining sector, delivering tailored solutions that power progress. Discover how cutting-edge chemistry meets industrial challenges in this insightful read! 📖 #Decachem #MiningChemicals #Innovation #Sustainability #ChemicalIndustry #Safety

We’re excited to be included in North American Mining magazine's latest article: Opportunities and Challenges in Dry Comminution. This insightful piece dives into how dry comminution technologies are shaping the future of mineral processing, addressing critical industry needs like reducing water use, improving energy efficiency, and lowering emissions. At CEEC International, we remain committed to driving eco-efficient practices through initiatives like the Energy Curves, Global Water Initiative and advancing solutions that promote sustainability and innovation. 🌱 💡 Read the full article to explore the opportunities, challenges, and collaborative efforts shaping the future of mineral processing. 📰 https://lnkd.in/e2AP_45e #Sustainability #MiningInnovation #DryComminution #WaterEfficiency #CEECInternational

ClearBakk recently attended the Water In Mining Global Summit in Vancouver. The summit focuses on water stewardship in the mining industry. We’ve outlined a few key takeaways below, and how ClearBakk can assist mining companies in this space. - The regulatory space is rapidly changing due to global climate change. Regulators prefer tried and true methods over untested methods, but are willing to work with companies on pilot projects. - Did you know that 80+ Percent of new mines are in water scarce areas? New mines are required to have extensive water efficiency and integrated planning from Day 1. - The large mining companies commit to reducing fresh water usage (2015-2018 baseline) by 30-50% by 2030. Reducing freshwater usage can be accomplished by capturing and recycling water used by the processing plant, capturing seepage from tailings to get recycled, using other dust suppression methods, and desalinating sea water to name a few. - Some mine sites have positive water balance, rather than negative water balance, which puts them in a unique situation. Stringent regulations (particularly salt and other contaminants) regarding discharge back to the environment is still proving tough for mining sites. - Building trust is extremely important. Many mining companies are working with their local and Indigenous communities to rebuild trust. Some mining companies have extensive integration within Indigenous communities and involve members on decision-making as well as mining operations. - While legacy mines are a financial and environmental liability, a few companies are exploring tailings re-mining to reprocess the tailings to recover valuable metals. Improvements in technology has made this financially viable. There are around 8,500 active, inactive and closed tailings storage facilities worldwide, with a collective footprint of 280 billion metric tonnes, and a value of $3.4 trillion in unmined metals. ClearBakk has extensive knowledge with dewatering and filtration, both of which are key to the re-mining of legacy tailings. ClearBakk, along with the support of our parent company ALSYS can help you achieve your water reuse / tailings re-mining goals with a complete solution backed by our ceramic membranes. Whether it's designing a pilot plant or complete detailed design, we are available every step of your journey. www.clearbakk.com 403-295-8054 clearbakk@alsys-group.com #water #waterinmining #waterstewardship #waterreuse

Sigma Lithium is honored to be featured in Mining Journal’s Mining Journal Intelligence Global Leadership Report. In the conversation, we demonstrated how we achieved Net Zero at Sigma Lithium. We are, in fact, the only global lithium company producing lithium with social sustainability and minimal environmental footprint: zero carbon, zero dirty power, zero tailings dams, zero use of drinking water and zero toxic chemicals—- the Quintuple Zero Green Lithium. Sigma Lithium has a carbon footprint of 0.261 of CO2 per tonne of lithium concentrate. That’s not only the lowest in the industry, it’s about 180 times less than the amount of greenhouse gasses (GHG) produced at a standard lithium industrial operation. We then offset that 0.26t of CO2 footprint with the purchase of carbon credits from the Brazilian Amazon ecosystem. Protecting the Guardians of the forest. Sigma Lithium Corp. (Nasdaq:SGML) is also the world’s first and only major lithium producer to dry stack its tailings instead of using tailings dams, which continue to be the blight of the mining and processing industry. We are also proud to say we are the world’s most water-efficient producer of lithium. We use sewage-grade water only and we reuse it. That’s extremely important given that most of the world’s known lithium deposits are in arid or semi-arid climates. We power our Greentech facility with 100% renewable electricity. We still have further to go. We use a blend of biofuel and diesel in our trucks. And we aim to increase the amount of biofuels in the blend to 50%, further reducing our relatively miniscule footprint by another 35%. We were also delighted to be featured in the Mining Journal’s Global Leadership Report with such an impressive gathering of women leaders, including Freeport-McMoRan's Kathleen Quirk, ICMM’s Bryony Clear Hill, The Carbon Trust’s Catherine Murphy, Ivanhoe Mines’ Marna Cloete, Stantec’s Debra Johnson, Wood Mackenzie’s Islay McIsaac, Hindustan Zinc’s Priya Agarwal Hebbar and Torex Gold Resources Inc’s Jody Kuzenko. This is an extraordinary review of the efforts taken by those leading the transformation of our industry from Mining Journal Intelligence Editor Sam Williams and the experienced and knowledgeable journalists at Aspermont Limited. https://lnkd.in/ePp_2PVn

BacTech Environmental Appoints the President of #EcuadorChamberofMines, #CarolinaOrozco, to Board of Directors | via #prospectornews #mining #investing #investors #juniormining #bioleaching #environmentaltechnology

Artisanal miners are literally at the ground level of value chains. Professionalizing #asm, shifting toward more stable fair predictable business relationships, by definition involves strengthening broader value chain relationships. 🏹 miners organized into coops, associations or companies are a basis for enabling broader fairer more predictable business 🏹 intermediates going from miner to refiner may need to be transformed as formalization takes hold, shifting away from predatory intermediaries; vulnerabilities are reduced 🏹 commercially realistic financing supports improvements in the dignity and productivity of work, reducing value chain risks; enabling apt governance for miners, transforming intermediate value chains and driving toward fair predictable supplier relationships takes money but delivers value 🏹 strengthening #traceability supports sustaining value chain gains, as it becomes more practical to validate responsible mineral flows into and through refineries Artisanal miners contribute #criticalminerals supply. Fast growth needed for the #energytransition is changing what value chains look like. OEM’s are locking in supply by becoming #mining investors, more broadly non-traditional #mininginvestment is coming to the table. ASM is an opportunity area for bridging long term supply gaps. Success includes: 🏹 tapping into formal value chains that support stable product flows 🏹 value for investors that productivity wins from formalization delivers 🏹 dignity of work combined with #sustainabledevelopment in areas where mining takes place A value chain based view shows why formalization that delivers stable fair relationships is so important for win/win outcomes. https://lnkd.in/g_wX6whz The Blended Capital Group and our partners are committed to reimagining outcomes in ASM. We know that commercially realistic dignity and productivity of work is a huge opportunity. We know that thinking across the broader value chain enhances gains while highlighting how focus on the ground adds win/win value. We know that now is the time. Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) Levin Sources BanQu Inc. Napier Meridian #impactinvestment #sdgs #esg #netzero https://lnkd.in/gd7YRx2Y