Copper Fox inks deal with Stewart Bulk Terminals
Copper Fox Metals (CUU-V) has signed an agreement with Stewart Bulk Terminals to secure the shipping requirements for storing and loading concentrate from its proposed Schaft Creek polymetallic mine through the Port of Stewart, B.C.
After completing a number of trade-off studies related to transportation, storage and concentrate loading, Copper Fox found the Port of Stewart has the required capacity and shortest distance to a deep water seaport, which makes it the most economic location from which to export concentrate.
The agreement reserves space for Copper Fox at Stewart Bulk’s facilities to build a concentrate storage warehouse for up to 50,000 tonnes of concentrate, and loading facilities to meet anticipated monthly loading requirements for the Schaft Creek project.
Veolia Water wins new contract, sponsors scholarship
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, a subsidiary of Veolia Water (VE-N), has been contracted to develop a wastewater treatment plant at Rio Tinto‘s (RIO-N, RIO-L, RIO-A) Eagle nickel mine in Michigan.
Veolia’s system will treat the mine water to meet and exceed water quality standards set by its mining permits.
The treatment process includes: precipitation softening; clarification, filtration and ion exchange softening; and a final two-pass reverse osmosis polishing system.
The system is designed to treat 400 to 1,900 litres per minute of mine water and will begin operations before 2012, with Veolia starting up and commissioning the facility.
The company has also announced it is sponsoring a $2,000 scholarship at the Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration’s 2012 meeting and exhibit in Seattle, Wash.
The scholarship requires that applicants show interest to pursue a career in water-related matters within the mining industry.
Genivar, Johnston-Vermette to complete feasibility study for Orbite Aluminae
Orbite Aluminae (ORT-T) has awarded a feasibility study contract on its planned metallurgical-grade alumina plant to engineering firms Genivar (gnv-t) and Johnston-Vermette.
“Upon closer examination of the project by Genivar and Johnston-Vermette, we have recognized the potential economic and environmental advantages that Orbite’s state-of-the-art process offers over the actual existing alumina production process, in particular the Bayer process,” André-Martin Bouchard, Genivar’s vice-president of environment, said in a press release.
Among other considerations, the feasibility study will review: process validation; capital and operational costs; engineering; marketing; environment issues; and health and safety. The report is expected in the first half of 2012.
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