by Gordon Barratt | May 7, 2021 | News
Stakeholders agree that it is a pity there had to be horrific tragedies before due attention was paid to dangerous tailings storage facility (TSF) practices. Australia-based tailings solutions consultancy Decipher states in the Major Tailings Dam Failures Guide,...
by Gordon Barratt | May 7, 2021 | News
Rare earth elements. Global demand for critical minerals could increase by up to six times by 2040, according to an International Energy Agency (IEA) report. The report – titled, ‘The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions’ – detailed the need to invest...
by Gordon Barratt | May 7, 2021 | News
A Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) report has revealed that more than 60 per cent of the world’s seaborne coal exports come from Australia, with second place hardly keeping its head above water. The report detailed the quality and importance of Australian coal and...
by Gordon Barratt | May 7, 2021 | News
Support for the proposed coal mine in Cumbria is dwindling, after the council announced that it was withdrawing its baking. Cumbria County Council has announced that it will remain “neutral with regard to the mine”, stating that it is neither for nor against the...
by Gordon Barratt | May 7, 2021 | News
Plans to turn a former opencast mine in Fife the size of 700 football pitches into a major ecotherapy attraction have taken a step forward. The 930-acre St Ninians and Loch Fitty site, just off the M90 motorway near Dunfermline, has sold. Images of how the “ecotherapy...
