by Gordon Barratt | Apr 24, 2020 | News
OZ Minerals’ Prominent Hill copper-gold mine in South Australia has become the first mine in the world to trial tele-remote operation of Sandvik’s development drills. Contract miner Byrnecut Australia has successfully used a new automation and tele-remote package for...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 24, 2020 | News
Dual-listed Champion Iron told shareholders on Friday that the company would start ramping up operations at its Bloom Lake mining complex, in Quebec, after the provincial government declared mining to be a “priority service”. The announcement meant that...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 24, 2020 | News
The US is giving $12.1-million in aid to Greenland but denies the help is part of a long-term scheme to buy the island from Denmark, regardless of what President Donald Trump may have said in the past. While the money involved is small, it’s revived a furor in Denmark...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 24, 2020 | News
South African utility Eskom Holdings SOC is seeking proposals on how to repurpose the Komati, Grootvlei and Camden coal-fired power plants once they reach the end of their operational life. The proposals should support low-carbon growth, enterprise development and...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 24, 2020 | News
The founders of A-property, a Russian businessman of Armenian descent Albert Avdolyan and Serguei Adoniev, became buyers of Mechel, the largest coking coal deposit in Yakutia, Vedomosti reported. Mechel’s Igor Zyuzin completed the sale of the Elga coal project...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 23, 2020 | News
Multinational commodities trader and miner Glencore will take Katanga Mining private, the TSX-listed subsidiary, which has operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), announced on Wednesday. Glencore International (GIAG) will take Katanga private by way of...
