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Strong demand for vanadium

Ferro-Vanadium. Photo: Oswal Minerals Limited
Ferro-Vanadium. Photo: Oswal Minerals Limited
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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

The property lies in the famous Cobalt province and is approximately 47 km south of the town of Cobalt. The picture shows an old mine in the town of Cobalt. In the early 1900s, the area was heavily mined for silver; the silver ore also contained cobalt. By 1910, the community was the fourth highest producer of silver in the world. Mining declined significantly by the 1930s, together with the local population. In late 2017 one publication referred to Cobalt as a ghost town, but the high demand for cobalt, used in making batteries for mobile devices and electric vehicles, is leading to great interest in the area among mining companies. Photo: Wikipedia, credit: P199
The property lies in the famous Cobalt province and is approximately 47 km south of the town of Cobalt. The picture shows an old mine in the town of Cobalt. In the early 1900s, the area was heavily mined for silver; the silver ore also contained cobalt. By 1910, the community was the fourth highest producer of silver in the world. Mining declined significantly by the 1930s, together with the local population. In late 2017 one publication referred to Cobalt as a ghost town, but the high demand for cobalt, used in making batteries for mobile devices and electric vehicles, is leading to great interest in the area among mining companies. Photo: Wikipedia, credit: P199

Quantum Cobalt Completes First Pass Exploration Near Temagami, Ontario

Sotkamo Silver consists of the parent company, Sotkamo Silver AB, with one wholly-owned subsidiary in Finland: Sotkamo Silver Oy. Sotkamo Silver develops silver, gold and zinc deposits in the Nordic region. The Company has completed the Definitive Feasibility Study for the Silver Mine project and is working on project financing issues. Photo: Sotkamo Silver
Sotkamo Silver consists of the parent company, Sotkamo Silver AB, with one wholly-owned subsidiary in Finland: Sotkamo Silver Oy. Sotkamo Silver develops silver, gold and zinc deposits in the Nordic region. The Company has completed the Definitive Feasibility Study for the Silver Mine project and is working on project financing issues. Photo: Sotkamo Silver

New silver mine opened in Finland

"150 trucks pro year"

The production of the first silver mine in Finland has started in Sotkamo. the mine of the Sotkamo...

The joint initiative called HYBRIT of SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall – here with their three representatives at the fair, from right, Martin Pei technology manager at SSAB, Jan Moström CEO of LKAB and Martin Lindqvist, CEO of SSAB. HYBRIT is now on exhibit as an exciting sustainability collaboration at one of the worlds largest industrial trade fairs in Hanover. The CEOs of the three companies are in Germany to show the rest of Europe that it is possible to produce fossil free steel. Photo: SSAB
The joint initiative called HYBRIT of SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall – here with their three representatives at the fair, from right, Martin Pei technology manager at SSAB, Jan Moström CEO of LKAB and Martin Lindqvist, CEO of SSAB. HYBRIT is now on exhibit as an exciting sustainability collaboration at one of the worlds largest industrial trade fairs in Hanover. The CEOs of the three companies are in Germany to show the rest of Europe that it is possible to produce fossil free steel. Photo: SSAB

The Swedish steel industry exposes at the Hanover Fair

"revolutionary steel industry changeover"

- The Swedish initiative for fossil-free steel production, HYBRIT, participates this week at the...

Pöyry Oyj is an international consulting and engineering firm that serves clients globally across the energy and industrial sectors and provides local engineering services in its core markets. Its focus sectors are power generation, transmission & distribution, forest industry, chemicals & biorefining, mining & metals, transportation and water. Photo: Pöyry
Pöyry Oyj is an international consulting and engineering firm that serves clients globally across the energy and industrial sectors and provides local engineering services in its core markets. Its focus sectors are power generation, transmission & distribution, forest industry, chemicals & biorefining, mining & metals, transportation and water. Photo: Pöyry

Pöyry invests in the comprehensive management of mining waste

"include valuable materials"

- The company Pöyry operates in all fields of mining waste management, informs the latest newsletter...

The copper mine is set to open in Kvalsund, a village of painted wooden houses on the Repparfjord with around 1,000 inhabitants. The area contains an estimated 72 million tonnes of copper ore, Norway's largest reserve, according to Nussir ASA, the company which will operate the mine. Photo: Wikipedia, credit: Mikkel Berg-Nordlie
The copper mine is set to open in Kvalsund, a village of painted wooden houses on the Repparfjord with around 1,000 inhabitants. The area contains an estimated 72 million tonnes of copper ore, Norway's largest reserve, according to Nussir ASA, the company which will operate the mine. Photo: Wikipedia, credit: Mikkel Berg-Nordlie

Norway authorized the copper mine to the northern tip of continental Europe

"largest copper ore reserves"

The Norwegian government authorized the copper mine in Kvalsund, northern Norway. Local reindeer...

The Borden Lake project in Ontario, Canada has the potential to further enhance the long-term economics of Porcupine. All material required permits, including the Advance Exploration permit, have been allowed for the construction of a ramp into the deposit and the extraction of a 30,000-tonne bulk sample. Photo: Dumas Corp.
The Borden Lake project in Ontario, Canada has the potential to further enhance the long-term economics of Porcupine. All material required permits, including the Advance Exploration permit, have been allowed for the construction of a ramp into the deposit and the extraction of a 30,000-tonne bulk sample. Photo: Dumas Corp.

Switching from diesel to electric transmission means pure savings

"energy cost of clean air"

Traffic is becoming more electrified and automated both on land and within the country, in mines....

Aerial photograph of Talvivaara mine in Sotkamo, Finland. June 2013. In November 2012, there was a major leak from the gypsum waste pond, which is contaminated with nickel, uranium and other toxic metals. Finlands Environment Minister visited the site, after calling it - a serious environmental crime. The mining firm posted a 4.3 million euro loss in the third quarter of 2012, blaming weak output and low nickel prices. : Wikipedia, credit: Antti Lankinen
Aerial photograph of Talvivaara mine in Sotkamo, Finland. June 2013. In November 2012, there was a major leak from the gypsum waste pond, which is contaminated with nickel, uranium and other toxic metals. Finlands Environment Minister visited the site, after calling it - a serious environmental crime. The mining firm posted a 4.3 million euro loss in the third quarter of 2012, blaming weak output and low nickel prices. : Wikipedia, credit: Antti Lankinen

"Terrafame is not going to compensate Talvivaara's destruction"

"compensated by the Environmental Insurance Center"

Terrafame, currently running the Talvivaara mine, should not take part in any legal proceedings,...

- According to a report by the Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy, carried out in 2011, underlined that the ownership of the mines is not a very important issue for the economic impact. This is because the money invested in mining remains largely in the region and is directed, among other things, to the business, procurement and services of subcontractors, said the Director of Mining and Battery Development, Matti Hietanen.
- According to a report by the Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy, carried out in 2011, underlined that the ownership of the mines is not a very important issue for the economic impact. This is because the money invested in mining remains largely in the region and is directed, among other things, to the business, procurement and services of subcontractors, said the Director of Mining and Battery Development, Matti Hietanen.

"It is dangerous to think that we would be free to impose new fees on mining"

"a frequent view"

Matti Hietanen, Director of Mining and Battery Development, was newly commenting ongoing heated...

For over 100 years has Svalbard lived almost entirely on coal mining. Recently, it became clear that the largest mine, Svea Nord, is closed for good. Within a few years, it will be a good night for the last active mine in the main town of Longyearbyen. It is hoped that increasing tourism will replace many of the lost mining jobs. Photo: Creative Commons, credit: Gus880.
For over 100 years has Svalbard lived almost entirely on coal mining. Recently, it became clear that the largest mine, Svea Nord, is closed for good. Within a few years, it will be a good night for the last active mine in the main town of Longyearbyen. It is hoped that increasing tourism will replace many of the lost mining jobs. Photo: Creative Commons, credit: Gus880.

Svalbard: from mining to tourism

"coal mining disappears"

Major changes shaking the Svalbard high up in the Arctic. The climate is getting warmer and at the...

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...