January 2020 - Clean Earth Technologies

Clean gold captures the international spotlight

January 24, 2020

Clean Gold, Clean Mining, Cyanide Free, Mercury Free, Mining Magazine Award, Responsible Mining, Thiosulphate

Clean Earth Technologies’ flagship mining product has won top honours in the prestigious 2019 international Mining Magazine Awards, announced today (24 Jan 2020). The industry-choice awards celebrate excellence and innovation in the global mining industry, shining a spotlight on those who have demonstrated outstanding commitment to advancing the industry in the past 12 months. CET’s…

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Putting the “gold” back into the Gold Coast

January 21, 2020

Clean Gold, Clean Mining, Gold Mining, gold mining africa, the gold coast

Many countries around the world—Australia, the United States, and Korea, to name a few—have rallied behind gold as a financial safe haven at the turn of the decade, and West Africa seems primed to be a new(er) source of the precious metal in the near future. Miners and investors alike have started prospecting in historically…

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Staying ahead of the sustainability game clean earth

Staying a step ahead of the sustainability game

January 21, 2020

Clean Mining, CSIRO, Cyanide Free, Mercury Free, Mining Indaba, Responsible Mining

Public concern about sustainability and environmental impact have increased significantly in recent years as the effects of climate change take hold. The mining industry is firmly in their sights as awareness grows around the industry’s reliance on toxic chemicals, like cyanide and mercury, and the major risks they present to health and the environment. Clean…

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Eco-drawcard for mining millennials press releases

Eco-drawcard needed for millennials in mining

January 20, 2020

climate change, Gold Mining, Mining Indaba

Environmental responsibility is a top priority for millennials and could be the drawcard the mining industry needs to address a shortage of talent in the industry, according to experts heading for an international mining conference in Africa next month, from 3rd – 6th February 2020. The Africa 2020 Mining Outlook, released ahead of Investing in…

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Clean tech features as global miners focus on future

January 20, 2020

African Mining Indaba, Clean Gold, Clean Mining, Gold Mining, Mark Cutifani, Responsible Mining

Sustainability and Clean tech in 2020 and beyond will be the focus as leading players in the global mining sector gather at the world’s biggest mining investment event—the Investing in African Mining Indaba. In his keynote speech at the conference—which takes place in Cape Town, South Africa, from 3rd – 6th February 2020—Anglo American CEO…

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Stopping the sun from setting on South African mining

January 20, 2020

Clean Gold, gold mining africa, Kevin Fell, Mining Indaba, Paul Hanna, Paul Kelly

South Africa has some catching up to do in the mining industry. Exploration methods and technologies will require healthy innovation before the industry can see marked improvement. Minerals Council SA suggests mining investment for the country “could almost double in the next four years,” but as Scarlett Evans of Mining Technology reports, “to achieve this,…

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Are current oil spill clean-up methods clean enough?

January 4, 2020

Oil Spill, Polysulfides, Remediation, Reusability, Scalability

The impacts of serious oil spills can be felt for decades, with some damage being completely irreparable. Doused with suffocating black sludge, the waterways, marine life, land animals, plant biodiversity, infrastructure and economy in affected areas are all at risk. Fast, efficient, economical and responsible oil spill clean-up techniques are vital if nature and the…

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Costs of gold mining are on the rise, impacting producers and the environment

January 2, 2020

Clean Mining, Finews Asia, Gold Mining, non-toxic, Thiosulphate

The gold mining industry is facing a harsh truth. It has to deal with an increasing number of health issues faced by miners, and account for the damage it causes to the environment. As reported by Finews Asia, “gold mining happens on every continent except for Antarctica and is extracted from mines of widely varying…

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Down the drain: from ‘fatbergs’ to fertilisers

January 1, 2020

cooking oil, Fatbergs, Fertilisers, polysulfide-fertiliser, wastewater

A slice of one of the UK’s biggest fatbergs stunned visitors when it went on show at the London Museum, drawing attention to the impact of cooking oils congealing in our sewers. From palm to peanut, coconut to olive, soya bean to sunflower – cooking oils are used across the globe. Much of the used…

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