by Gordon Barratt | Apr 8, 2021 | News
Image: Rio Tinto Rio Tinto has started recovering battery-grade lithium from 90-year-old waste piles at the Boron borate operation in California, the United States. Using a demonstration plant at the 480,000 tonne operation, Rio Tinto expects to recover 10 tonnes in...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 7, 2021 | News
The value of iridium for proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysis technology alone could exceed R90-billion in the next ten to 20 years. This is the view of Professor Dmitri Bessarabov, the director of the Department of Science and Innovation’s...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 7, 2021 | News
Image: Mineral Resources Rio Tinto has awarded a contract to CSI Mining Services for the development of the Lens A/B pit at the Brockman 2 iron ore mine in Western Australia. The Mineral Resources (MinRes) subsidiary will engage a team of 150 people to assist in load...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 7, 2021 | News
Australia’s Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt has announced an inquiry into the financial sector’s treatment of Australia’s resources industry. The move follows suggestions that two major super funds, QSuper and Sunsuper, should abandon...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 6, 2021 | News
Romania’s Government will disburse another RON 97 million (EUR 20 mln) of state aid to the coal and power complex CE Hunedoara, currently under insolvency. The company will use the money to finance the closure of two coal mines: The state aid is part of a...
