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Strong demand for vanadium

Ferro-Vanadium. Photo: Oswal Minerals Limited
Ferro-Vanadium. Photo: Oswal Minerals Limited
Published by
Markku Björkman - 22 Jan 2019

Vanadium can be found in abundant quantities in Sweden, including at Österlen. According to a recent forecast, global demand for vanadium will grow very sharply.
Vanadium is used primarily in steel alloys (90 per cent of consumption), but also in so-called flow batteries.
It is the construction industry in China that is driving the increased demand as it will prioritize the use of steel with higher vanadium content. At the same time, China's new environmental legislation has limited its own production and import of vanadium-containing slag.

All the major vanadium-producing countries - and Australia - are expected to increase production. The global consumption of vanadium is estimated to increase by 3 per cent by 2023. The report "La fiche de criticité du vanadium" has been published by the French institute BRGM and is available on the site minéralinfo.fr

Several companies are dealing with mining waste. Global EcoProcess Services EPSE), is a privately owned Finnish company established in 2012 and specializing in the treatment of industrial hazardous waste and mining waste waters. The product of EPSE is a patented new technology for the treatment of waste containing soluble metals, which are the major environmental risk in mining and industrial waste treatment industries. Foto: ESPE
Several companies are dealing with mining waste. Global EcoProcess Services EPSE), is a privately owned Finnish company established in 2012 and specializing in the treatment of industrial hazardous waste and mining waste waters. The product of EPSE is a patented new technology for the treatment of waste containing soluble metals, which are the major environmental risk in mining and industrial waste treatment industries. Foto: ESPE

New methods developed for the management of extraction waste

"particularly demanding"

The Finnish Geological Research Center (GTK) has completed a three-year-long project that developed...

Kelibers ore marker marks boreholes. The Kaustinen area and its surroundings have been known for their spodumene pegmatites since the turn of the 1950s and 1960s. The first indications of the presence of that lithium-containing mineral, spodumene, in the Kaustinen bedrock was obtained in the village of Nikula in 1959. Since then the area has been studied for several decades in several stages. Today, lithium spodumene reserves in Central Ostrobothnia in Finland are among the most significant in Europe. Photo: Keliber
Kelibers ore marker marks boreholes. The Kaustinen area and its surroundings have been known for their spodumene pegmatites since the turn of the 1950s and 1960s. The first indications of the presence of that lithium-containing mineral, spodumene, in the Kaustinen bedrock was obtained in the village of Nikula in 1959. Since then the area has been studied for several decades in several stages. Today, lithium spodumene reserves in Central Ostrobothnia in Finland are among the most significant in Europe. Photo: Keliber

Keliber expects 20 years of mining and lithium extraction.

Finnish mining company Keliber recently arranged a well-attended information meeting for the public...

Since the completion of the first test shipments in July 2018, Rio Tinto increased the number of autonomous tours along the Groups iron ore lines in Western Australia in a controlled manner. Now, Rio Tintos trains have travelled over one million kilometres completely autonomously. Photo credit: Rio Tinto company
Since the completion of the first test shipments in July 2018, Rio Tinto increased the number of autonomous tours along the Groups iron ore lines in Western Australia in a controlled manner. Now, Rio Tintos trains have travelled over one million kilometres completely autonomously. Photo credit: Rio Tinto company

The world's first mining-related railway network for autonomous trains was opened

"improves productivity"

The mining company Rio Tinto's AutoHaul ™ program, which is expected to cost $ 940 million, is...

Debmar Pacific is engaged in diamond mining operations off the coast of Namibia. With modern gensets, the lifetime of the vessel is extended and its specific fuel oil consumption (SFOC) is reduced. In addition, the new equipment is more reliable and needs less maintenance, reducing disruptions in operations and OPEX expenditure. Photo: Wärtsilä
Debmar Pacific is engaged in diamond mining operations off the coast of Namibia. With modern gensets, the lifetime of the vessel is extended and its specific fuel oil consumption (SFOC) is reduced. In addition, the new equipment is more reliable and needs less maintenance, reducing disruptions in operations and OPEX expenditure. Photo: Wärtsilä

De Beers’ diamond mining operations secured by Wärtsilä

"outfitted"

Wärtsilä and De Beers Marine have signed an agreement for the replacement of generating sets aboard...

Diagram of the carbon cycle. The black numbers indicate how much carbon is stored in various reservoirs, in billions of tonnes - GtC stands for gigatonnes of carbon. The purple numbers indicate how much carbon moves between reservoirs each year. The sediments, as defined in this diagram, do not include the ≈70 million GtC of carbonate rock and kerogen. Photo: Wikimedia, credit: Kevin Saff
Diagram of the carbon cycle. The black numbers indicate how much carbon is stored in various reservoirs, in billions of tonnes - GtC stands for gigatonnes of carbon. The purple numbers indicate how much carbon moves between reservoirs each year. The sediments, as defined in this diagram, do not include the ≈70 million GtC of carbonate rock and kerogen. Photo: Wikimedia, credit: Kevin Saff

New minerals are capturing and storing carbon

"combating climate change"

Research confirms new minerals are capturing and storing carbon in a new paper by University of...

Since the construction of its first plant in 1995, Dead Sea Magnesium Ltd., a subsidiary of Israel Chemicals Ltd. -ICL, has remained a principal producer of different forms of magnesium and magnesium alloys in Israel. The present production rates of Dead Sea Magnesium is approximately 33,000 TPY. Photo: Creative Commons, credit: lehollaender
Since the construction of its first plant in 1995, Dead Sea Magnesium Ltd., a subsidiary of Israel Chemicals Ltd. -ICL, has remained a principal producer of different forms of magnesium and magnesium alloys in Israel. The present production rates of Dead Sea Magnesium is approximately 33,000 TPY. Photo: Creative Commons, credit: lehollaender

Researchers: More than 1 billion tons of bromine in the Dead Sea

"diamonds too"

Israel is mentioned in the Bible as "the land of milk and honey", but the country has actually much...

Palladium is a chemical element with symbol Pd and atomic number 46. It is a rare and lustrous silvery-white metal discovered in 1803 by William Hyde Wollaston. He named it after the asteroid Pallas, which was itself named after the epithet of the Greek goddess Athena, acquired by her when she slew Pallas. Photo: Wikimedia, credit: Jurii
Palladium is a chemical element with symbol Pd and atomic number 46. It is a rare and lustrous silvery-white metal discovered in 1803 by William Hyde Wollaston. He named it after the asteroid Pallas, which was itself named after the epithet of the Greek goddess Athena, acquired by her when she slew Pallas. Photo: Wikimedia, credit: Jurii

The Palladium Price climbs to new top levels

"steady rise"

The palladium price continues to rush and now pays a higher price than gold for the first time in 16...

Apprenticeship training with specialisation in the chemical industry leading to a vocational qualification in the process industry is scheduled to launch in the spring of 2019, and the intention is to start similar training 1–2 times a year as needed in the next few years. The two-year training is carried out entirely at Terrafame’s industrial site in Sotkamo, Finland. Photo: Terrafame
Apprenticeship training with specialisation in the chemical industry leading to a vocational qualification in the process industry is scheduled to launch in the spring of 2019, and the intention is to start similar training 1–2 times a year as needed in the next few years. The two-year training is carried out entirely at Terrafame’s industrial site in Sotkamo, Finland. Photo: Terrafame

Metal company Terrafame cooperates with educational institutes

"principal lecturer"

The company is making a principal lecturer donation to a university of applied sciences and...

Autonomous drones ability to map an unknown environment is one of two missions that the robotics researchers from Luleå University of Technology are involved in under the SIMS, Sustainable Intelligent Mining Systems project. The second is to further develop the use of remote control knobs. The pushbuttons are combined with augmented reality to create a more physical and real interface for the operator who controls the machine. Photo: Courtesy of Drone Deploy
Autonomous drones ability to map an unknown environment is one of two missions that the robotics researchers from Luleå University of Technology are involved in under the SIMS, Sustainable Intelligent Mining Systems project. The second is to further develop the use of remote control knobs. The pushbuttons are combined with augmented reality to create a more physical and real interface for the operator who controls the machine. Photo: Courtesy of Drone Deploy

Drones secure the mine after the blast

"drones can much"

Autonomous drones who inspect hard-to-reach mining shafts after blasting in the mountain will...