US Ratification of the Ocean Treaty Will Unlock Deep Sea Mining
Per the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines, hundreds of former leaders are calling for the U.S. Senate to ratify the UN Convention on the Law of the…
MOSIMTEC Case Study – Sibanye-Stillwater Nye Backfill Simulation (Process Digital Twin)
MOSIMTEC supported Sibanye-Stillwater (SS) at their Nye Mine. SS produces platinum, palladium and gold. The Nye Mine in MT is ~4 miles long and 4500 feet from top to bottom. MOSIMTEC developed a…
MineTwin Simulation of Surface and Underground Mines
MineTwin (MT) is a configurable simulation-based decision support tool for underground and surface mines. It provides fast/powerful simulation models that consider constraints and inter-dependencies of real-world mines including: Development and production mining Flexible…
Demand Cools for EV Battery Metals
Per WSJ, Albemarle announced plans in 2023 for a $1.3 Billion lithium processing plant in SC to supply the growing electric vehicle (EV) industry. Fast forward to 2024 and they have deferred project…
The Race to Produce Rare Earth Materials
Per MIT Technology Review, China dominates the market for rare earth elements (REE), but the U.S. is racing to catch up. Reducing fossil fuels and adopting lower carbon technologies are the best options…
MOSIMTEC LLC at SME Annual Conference and Expo 2024
A $2 Million Coal Mine Might Yield $37 Billion
Twelve years ago, Randall Atkinson bought a coal mine in WY for $2 Million. Several years later, government researchers asked if they could test to see if the ground contained rare-earth elements. Recent…
Miners Look to Burnish Green Credentials
Per WSJ, the mining sector is working to change perceptions that mining hurts the environment by contributing to climate change. This perception is impacting efforts by some companies to get new projects permitted…