by Gordon Barratt | Sep 28, 2020 | News
Looking over the Mt Owen site. Image: Thiess. Thiess has secured a $340 million contract extension with Glencore to provide mining services at the Mt Owen coal operations in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales. The 18-month extension will lengthen Thiess’ time at the...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 28, 2020 | News
Rescuers wait outside the Songzao Coal Mine near Chongqing, in southwest China on September 27, 2020. At least 16 workers in southwest China were killed after they became trapped underground in a coal mine and exposed to unsafe levels of carbon monoxide, Chinese state...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 25, 2020 | News
The Granny Smith gold mine in Western Australia. ABB has partnered with the Enterprise Transformation Partners (ETP) and the University of Western Australia (UWA) to digitalise Gold Fields Australia’s Granny Smith mine in Western Australia. The collaboration will...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 25, 2020 | News
The Altura lithium mine showing processing plant and product stockpiles. Image: Altura Mining Altura Mining has ramped up operations at the Altura lithium project in Western Australia as workers returned to pre-COVID-19 rosters. Altura reported that production had...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 25, 2020 | News
Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite (left); his Senior Special Assistant, Olu Adedayo; Director, Press and Public Relations, Edwin Opara and Special Assistant Administration, Mayowa Ojo, during their courtesy visit to the corporate...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 25, 2020 | News
The World Bank’s private-sector arm has introduced new climate change conditions for its investments in commercial banks to encourage the lenders to wind down support for coal projects in Africa and Asia. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), which owns equity...
