by Gordon Barratt | Jan 15, 2021 | News
Rio Tinto has found a way to extract Scandium from its titanium dioxide operation in Quebec, Canada. Source: Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto has commenced construction of a commercial scale scandium demonstration plant at the For et Titane (RTFT) metallurgical complex in Quebec,...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 15, 2021 | News
The labor and management of the Pukchang Area Youth Coal Mining Complex produced in excess of a thousand tons more coal over and above their plan by January 5. The Namdok, Hoean, Inpho, Songnam and Phunggok Youth Coal Mines increase the production of their coal in...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 14, 2021 | News
Weir Minerals operates a Total Asset Management plan at Tronox’s mineral sands mine in Western Australia. Image: Weir Minerals. Weir Minerals has implemented its total asset management plan at Tronox’s mineral sands mine in Cooljarloo, Western Australia to slash...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 14, 2021 | News
Australia’s largest independent coal producer, Whitehaven Coal, decided years ago to steer clear of exporting to China – a market that didn’t demand its particular brand of product. Fortuitous as Whitehaven’s decision appears today, there is no avoiding...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 14, 2021 | News
Florida Power & Light’s last coal-fired plant in that state has officially closed. The formal retirement of Indiantown Cogeneration Plant (pictured) came as the clock struck midnight on Dec. 31. FPL acquired the plant three years earlier for the sole purpose of...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 14, 2021 | News
Normally, China does not import coal from South Africa, but 2021 has seen a shift. Shipments to mainland China were reported on Monday by the African Source Markets’ Weekly Coal Index Report. “It could be a game-changer but we shouldn’t be too complacent,” African...
