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Australia’s Harmony Eva Copper Mine Project awards ABB contract 

ABB has been awarded a contract to deliver gearless mill drive (GMD) and ring-geared mill drive (RMD) technology for Harmony’s Eva Copper Mine Project, in Queensland, Australia. With global copper demand estimated to surge 24% by 2035, according to a Wood Mackenzie report, Eva Copper is set to become a major new open-pit copper mine...

Sunfire Launches New 50-Megawatt Electrolyzer  

Sunfire has launched the HyLink® Alkaline 23, a new outdoor pressurised alkaline electrolyzer system, significantly reducing total installed costs (TIC) for industrial electrolysis projects.  

At the core of HyLink® Alkaline 23 is Sunfire’s proven second-generation 30 bar(g) pressurised alkaline stack. The higher operating pressure significantly reduces downstream hydrogen compression requirements. The stack technology is already in operation in industrial plants across Europe,...

SPM to upgrade SCA Obbola paper mill operations 

SPM has received a major order of more than 1,100 vibration sensors from SCA Obbola. 

The delivery of the advanced and multifunctional online system, Intellinova Parallel EN from SPM, for the PM2 kraftliner machine, a machine designed to produce paper within a mill. The process involves an online system measuring the forming, pressing, and drying sections of the facility. It will also include the installation of...

Ships pass blockade in Strait of Hormuz

Ships are reported to have transited the Strait of Hormuz, after two ships u-turned yesterday (13th April) due to the US blockade.

A Comoros-flagged bulk grain carrier has “appeared” in the waterway according to marine intelligence company Windward, after its communications went dark on 28th February, hiding its exact location....

BEUMER group and Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics partner on robotics

BEUMER group and Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML have begun a three-year joint ‘Enterprise Lab’ for the development of scalable platform for mobile robots (MR).

The partnership will serve as the technological basis for various mobile robotic applications, from sortation robots for parcel centres to smart baggage...

New Grain Facility opens in USA

A new grain processing plant has opened in Bismark, North Dakota, processing pulse crops to meet local demand.

The Columbia Grain Pulse Processing Plant in Valley City has the capacity to process 40,000 tons of pulse crops, dried seeds of legumes.

The plant was opened by Senator John Hoeven, who...

Rio Tinto boron assets attracting bidders

Rio Tinto Group has drawn interest from a multitude of potential bidders, including WE ​Soda, Magris Resources and U.S. Silica Holdings, for its US boron assets.

Boron is currently on the critical minerals list due to supply concerns with limited substitutes and heavy production outside the US. The mineral is...

Gericke introduces GFS Gen3 

Gericke has launched the Gericke Formulation Skid GFS Gen3, a new continuous manufacturing platform for the formulation of OSD (oral solid dosage). It is designed to speed up pharmaceutical production, making it simpler and safer. 

“At its core, GFS Gen3 reflects a different way of thinking about continuous manufacturing,” said Bernhard Meir, Head of...

Gericke GFS Gen-3

10 years in Birmingham for Minebea Intec

This year, Minebea Intec is marking 10 years since relocating its UK head office to Birmingham.


Over the last decade, Minebea Intec, a manufacturer of industrial weighing and inspection technologies, has delivered innovative solutions for customers operating across a range of sectors, bringing performance, safety, and efficiency gains to production...

Mesabi Metallics secures funding for iron ore mine and pellet plant

Mesabi Metallics has secured $150 million  (€128 million) from Macquarie Group, supporting the startup of its Direct Reduction (DR) grade iron ore mine and pellet plant. This falls in line with the USA’s agenda to strengthen industrial supply chains and reduce reliance on imported raw materials.

This funding is in...