AREVA Initiates Mining Innovation Center Project

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng Leave a comment

AREVA (Paris:AREVA) initiated this week the project for the construction of the Mining Innovation Center at its Bessines site (Limousin, France). This facility for mining research and expertise represents an investment of 33 million euros and will entail the construction of a new building.

Current activities at SEPA (Service d’Etudes de Procédés et Analyses) are lead by a team of 80 people who develop new processes for mineral ore treatment. Created in the 1980’s, the SEPA is currently divided between two separate buildings: one unit for developing pilot projects and a dedicated analysis laboratory.

Read more at: http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140214-911269.html