by Gordon Barratt | Jun 18, 2021 | News
Chinese coking coal futures climbed by more than 4 percent on Friday to their highest in over a month amid supply concerns due to production inspections, while steel prices were also fuelled by sentiment on output controls and resilient demand, Reuters reports....
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 18, 2021 | News
FILE PHOTO: PGE Turow Power Station is seen in Bogatynia Poland is optimistic of an agreement with the Czech Republic over a disputed open-pit coal mine, Climate Minister Michal Kurtyka said on Thursday, as negotiations were about to start. In February, Prague filed a...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 18, 2021 | News
Diversified miner Rio Tinto has started operations at a new commercial-scale demonstration plant to produce high-quality scandium oxide at its Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (RTFT) metallurgical complex in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. The $6-million project, in which the government...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 18, 2021 | News
DeGrussa copper-gold mine. Image: Sandfire Resources Sandfire Resources has exported its highest-value shipment of copper concentrate from the DeGrussa operation in Western Australia. The company completed a 23,374-wet-metric-tonne shipment of copper concentrate,...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 18, 2021 | News
Gold prices suffered a dramatic loss on Thursday, falling to $US1775 ($2348) per ounce, as the United States federal reserve indicated a number of interest rate hikes by 2023. The fall was the worst seen since the beginning of 2021 but was assumed to be a speculative...