by Gordon Barratt | Nov 19, 2020 | News
Image: Capricorn Metals Capricorn Metals has awarded a contract to Way Electrical for plant electrical installation at the Karlawinda gold project in Western Australia. Capricorn stated that this was the final significant construction contract for the build of the...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 19, 2020 | News
The Bauxite mining in the Cockpit Country is anticipated to render a game-changing boost to the economy of Jamaica, despite potential long-term deforestation, at least in the short term, if the Government allows Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners II (NJBP II) to mine...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 19, 2020 | News
The trend for global financial institutions and companies to divest from coal is gathering pace. Though some Chinese institutions have responded verbally to this, policy changes have so far been lacking. On 9 September, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 18, 2020 | News
A hearing between Brazilian miner Vale and the government of Brazil’s Minas Gerais state ended on Tuesday without the two sides agreeing on a settlement over a Jan. 2019 disaster in which a Vale dam burst and killed 270 people. The mining waste dam burst in the...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 18, 2020 | News
BHP chief executive Mike Henry. Image: BHP BHP has underlined the importance of strengthening bilateral ties following the signing of the world’s biggest trade deal among 15 countries.The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was signed by ASEAN nations,...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 18, 2020 | News
Mining is anticipated to be the second hardest-hit industry in Australia should there be an inaction to mitigate climate change, according to Deloitte. In a Deloitte Access Economics report for November, the company predicts the economic loss in mining could amount to...
