by Gordon Barratt | May 4, 2021 | News
Major oil producers, for decades the natural resource industry’s top earners, are being eclipsed by once-smaller mining peers who are churning out record profits thanks to red-hot metals markets. The mining windfall is the latest sign of a boom in iron ore, copper and...
by Gordon Barratt | May 4, 2021 | News
Inspecting a Linatex lined piece of equipment at Ulaanbaatar service centre Weir Minerals is collaborating with TAFE NSW to upskill its employees with targeted training in rubber lining. Rubber lining is widely used in the mining, sand and aggregate, and general...
by Gordon Barratt | May 4, 2021 | News
Rio Tinto has revised how it will manage tailings facilities to comply with the Global Industry Standard for Tailings Management (GISTM). In August 2020, Rio Tinto and other International Council on Mining & Metals companies pledged to implement the GISTM. The...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 30, 2021 | News
The Czech Republic filed a lawsuit against Poland in February, saying Warsaw had violated the bloc’s law with an earlier extension of mining at Turów until 2026. Poland’s climate ministry has extended a mining concession for the open-pit coal mine in Turów until...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 30, 2021 | News
Chile plans to close half of its coal-fired power plants by 2025, 15 years ahead of a deadline to eliminate the fossil fuel from its power mix, Energy Minister Juan Carlo Jobet said April 28. “We are continuing to consolidate the age of clean energy and leaving behind...
