Photo credit: RDCL In-situ measures of seismic data is one of the key inputs in many infrastructure projects across Philippines. Understanding a project site’s seismic response is key to designing and engineering above ground structures, without it, you are guessing and often overengineering. There are many ways to gather seismic data, such as Vp...
Photo: SciAps XRF X-200 for mining site exploration (Philippines) and SciAps LIBS used by NASA for Mars exploration The year 2021 has been the transition from the pandemic-stricken year 2020 towards economic recovery and full adaptation on the ‘new normal’, as the mining industry successfully sustained and continues to move forward with the countr...
The construction industry is today the second least digitised industry in the world. This lack of digitisation costs the industry as much as US$500 billion a year, in rework alone. Companies in the ASEAN region are starting to realise the benefits of going digital and those who are succeeding understand how imperative it is. In an increasingly competit...
by Engr. Jeffrey Q. Geronimo Mining remains an essential industry in the COVID-19 pandemic even though it has experienced devastating impacts. According to S&P Global Market Intelligence, this pandemic disrupted 275 mining operations across 36 countries. Not only that, over $8.8 billion in total revenue is continually at risk. Therefore, the strate...
Photo: Semi-Mobile Sizer Stations leverage the flexibility of truck haulage with the efficiency of conveyor haulage. Mining is an industry that requires investing wisely and looking at all available options when considering the setup of a new plant or attempting to reduce costs in a brownfield operation. Many considerations focus around the lifecycle o...
Metso Outotec and Donum Industrial Corporation have signed a distribution contract concerning aggregate crushing and screening solutions in the Philippines. The contract covers Metso Outotec’s track-mounted Lokotrack® and Nordtrack™ equipment, the Nordberg® NW Series wheel-mounted equipment, Metso Outotec crusher wear and spare parts and Trellex® scree...
Construction of the 19 stations of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) Calamba is set to begin in 2022. During a site visit at the PNR Balagtas Station, Department of Transportation Undersecretary for Railways Timothy John "TJ" Batan said construction works are set to begin as bidding for all nine contracts of the project is "almost complete." "T...
Metallic mineral production value sustained growth at 22.34% from PhP99.03 billion in January to September 2020 to PhP121.16 billion in January to September 2021, a difference of PhP22.12 billion. The strong metal price coupled with the better mine production of nickel ore during the review period was the vital factor for this development. Prices of le...
Photo credit: Hinatuan Mining A grand slam win for a mining company simply means being the best in class in its responsible conduct of business; in its forest management and environment enhancement and protection; its social responsibility programs and in providing safety in the workplace and the communities. Hinatuan Mining Corp. (HMC), a subsidiar...
Photo: Bataan nuclear power plant Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is considering nuclear and solar energy as a possible alternative or additional sources of energy in the country. Gatchalian, Senate energy committee chairman, said he favors “in principle” smaller nuclear reactors instead of the bigger ones for flexibility and safety. “Small ones are m...
Photo credit: Inkl The chair of the House Strategic Intelligence Committee on Tuesday said oil drilling activities in Recto Bank must proceed as scheduled amid rising tensions with China. Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel said the Sampaguita gas field could yield up to USD18.2 billion, or around PHP910 billion, in future royalties for the governm...
Photo credit: Department of Public Works and Highways The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has received from the JICA - Japan International Cooperation Agency latest masterplan for the development of High Standard Highway (HSH) in the Philippines. This is in support of the country’s effort to invest in high-quality infrastructure for i...
Weir Minerals has upgraded its range of Trio® TC live-shaft cone crushers. The Trio® TC84XR features all the robust design elements that have made live-shaft crushers a fixture of the mining and sand and aggregate industries for generations, while also incorporating the latest technology to ensure it remains integral to flowsheets long into the future. ...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) stated last 3 Nov. 2021 that they plan to buy coal power plants in Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam with an objective to shut them early and to replace them with clean and renewable energy options. This will be made possible through Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM), a private-sector-led initiative that will be finan...
Last 28 October 2021, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) released a list of candidates for the National and Local Elections on 9 May 2022. A total of 97 individuals formally notified the commission and filed for candidacy to run for president. The list includes Senator Panfilo Lacson, Former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr., Manila May...
Phil. Gold Processing & Refining Corp. and the Provincial Government of Masbate through its Masbate Tourism Office, the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) have forged a partnership to prime up two key development projects: organizing 10 cooperatives in the Municipality of Batuan and the full research and doc...
Graduation and Distribution of Starter Toolkits and turn-over of Desktop Computers to Cantugas Cultural National High School Hinatuan Mining Corp. (HMC), a subsidiary of Nickel Asia Corp. (NAC), has turned over 3 computer desktops and printers to Cantugas Cultural National High School during the Graduation and Distribution of Starter Toolkits at Cantug...
Froth Recovery Upgrade package The flotation process can be divided into two stages: formation of the bubble-particle aggregates in the slurry and recovery of these aggregates in the froth. Historically, most attention – both from the theoretical and practical point of view – has been given to the first part of this process. But due to a newly devel...
DMT Consulting Limited, United Kingdom Globalisation of economies and technological advancements as well as the increased level of communication between the investors and project owners around the world has intensified the race to bring many existing and mining projects into the market place. Prior to the 2008 financial crisis, the financing of the...
Coal trading is a very competitive landscape. While end customers buy the quality of coal based on what is compatible with their boilers and furnaces, the traders need to be vigilant in sourcing and supplying right grades. Buyers impose price discounts if the coal’s calorific value and other key parameters fall short of expected values. To secure the cont...
The journey of CBMM/Keepmining® started in the mining and quarry domain as a trader, and transitioned to a distributor with over 15 years of resounding customer success stories. Our success lies in identifying specific customer irritants and pain points, and solving them through disruptive design and engineering with our crack team of accomplished indu...
The infrastructure program anchored on the Build Build Build (BBB) initiative still remain among the top economic priorities of the government. With the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) as one of lead implementing agencies of the BBB Program, Acting Secretary Roger "Oging" Mercado highlighted at the 2021 Philippine Economic Briefing with ...
Photograph courtesy of Aboitiz Construction The Cebu-based construction firm Aboitiz Construction on Thursday said it has finished the construction work on the British firm’s CD Processing (CDP) Ltd. copper ore sorting and processing plant in Carmen Copper Corporation’s operations center in Toledo City. To manage mining wastes, the plant is seen to ...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced the start this December 2021 of the detailed engineering design (D.E.D.) for the proposed Laguna Lakeshore Road Network Project (LLRN). This after DPWH Acting Secretary Roger "Oging" Mercado with Undersecretary for Unified Project Management Office (UPMO) Operations Emil K. Sadain; UPMO Road...
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