An auction for a controlling stake in a Chinese lithium mine has garnered 3,448 bids, underscoring the scramble to secure the battery metal that’s key to the clean-energy transition.
The 54.3% stake in Yajiang Snowway Mining Development, which owns the mine in Sichuan, a southwestern province in China, was sold for about 2 billion yuan ($299 million), according to the JD.com’s judicial auction platform. That’s nearly 600 times higher than the starting price of about 3.35 million yuan. Details of the winning bidder weren’t immediately available.
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Stay tuned to see how you can be the first to grab exciting opportunities to showcase your company and align your brand in all new ways at the premier conference on explosives engineering. Sponsorship and exhibit booth opportunities at the next Annual Conference on Explosives & Blasting Technique open in just a few weeks. Full details will be released on the ISEE website. Keep your eyes out on https://isee.org/conferences/2023-conference, and don’t miss your chance to let your company shine in front of your customers and the leading experts in the blasting community.
About the Annual Conference on Explosives & Blasting Technique
The ISEE Annual Conference on Explosives & Blasting Technique will be held Feb. 3-8, 2023, at the Grand Hyatt in San Antonio, Texas. The conference, created by the International Society of Explosives Engineers (ISEE), is the largest conference in the blasting community, fostering discussions and presentations on the latest explosives-related technology and techniques.
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The exclusive ISEE member spring sale is ending soon! Friday, May 27 is the last day ISEE members can save 15% on springtime apparel along with conference proceedings books and flash drives. Don't miss out! Head on over to our online store and spring into savings today!
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The Black Hills and Northern Plains ISEE chapters hosted an exciting Best in the West Drill and Blast Conference in Spearfish, South Dakota, in April 2022. Attendees, exhibitors, speakers and sponsors came together to create a successful conference with valuable training and networking.
Three pre-conference events were held in the morning: the Crazy Horse Mountain Tour, Paul Muehl Scholarship Trap Shoot, and the Bob Martin Scholarship Golf Tournament. The conference included a regulatory session and panel discussion, active exhibit hall, exceptional speakers covering a range of topics, welcome back party, scholarship presentations, awards banquet and live auction.
Proceeds from the BITW Conference support explosives and mineral industry student scholarships, which promotes and perpetuates the mining and explosives industry. Over $12,000 was presented to students this year as a result of the conference and auction.
Make plans now to attend the 34th Annual Best in the West Drill and Blast Conference on April 19, 20 and 21, 2023, at the Spearfish Holiday Inn & Convention Center in Spearfish, South Dakota. See you there!
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The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has remade the Blasting page (formally ARblast) at the OSMRE.GOV website. Blasting information is found under the Programs tab and includes three subsections: Blasting, Blaster Certification and Blaster Training guidance.
Blasting contains a description of the adverse effects of blasting and the historical documentation for evaluations and limiting the adverse effects of blasting which is listed under ARblast – All Resources on Blasting. Soon to be added will be a public information section.
Blaster Certification guidance is provided to help the applicant through the Federal application process. The certification program requires experience, training and testing components similar to many of the States. But where a State program may focus on the specific blasting applications within its boundary, the OSMRE certificate requires a diverse test to cover all potential blasting applications and products across the nation. Therefore, the Federal certificate is a good surface mining credential for blasters anywhere in the United States.
Blaster Training lists the blasting topics that will be included on the test and provides resources to help the blaster prepare for the test. The resources include training modules, Federal rules applicable to the use of explosives, and blasting technical literature. With the thorough review of this information, the applicant for blaster certification will be well prepared to pass the examination.
The Federal blaster certificate is a good surface mining credential for blasters anywhere in the United States and is recognized by many State regulatory authorities for reciprocity blaster certificates. As such the training guidance provided here will also help prepare apprentice blasters with the necessary training to achieve State certifications. For additional information, contact Ken Eltschlager at keltschlager@osmre.gov or (724) 263- 8143.
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The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement recently annoucned $122.5 million in fiscal year 2022 funding for Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization grants. The six Appalachian states with the highest number of unfunded high priority abandoned mine land problems and three Tribes with approved AML programs are eligible for the grants.
Established in 2016, the AMLER program funds projects that return legacy coal mining sites to productive uses through economic and community development. High priority abandoned mine land problems pose an immediate threat to health, safety, and the general welfare of communities. Abandoned mine land problems include clogged streams/stream lands, dangerous piles or embankments, dangerous highwall, underground mine fire and polluted water.
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Electric vehicles (EVs) overtook smartphones and other high-tech devices for the first time last year as the main driver of cobalt demand, with the sector consuming 59,000 tonnes of the battery metal, or 34% of the total globally.
According to a report published on Tuesday by the Cobalt Institute, cellphones manufacturers consumed 26,000 tonnes of the metal used in lithium-ion batteries, while laptops and tablets accounted for 16,000 tonnes of the total demand, which reached 175,000 tonnes.
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Missouri S&T 2022 Explosives Summer Camp #36
June 5-10, 2022
Rolla, Mo.
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Missouri S&T 2022 Explosives Summer Camp #37
June 12-17, 2022
Rolla, Mo.
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Kentucky Bluegrass Chapter’s 8-Hour Refresher Training
June 17, 2022
Knott County Ky.
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June 21-23, 2022
Buxton, UK
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June 22-24, 2022
London, UK
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June 26-29, 2022
Santa Fe, N.M.
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