by Gordon Barratt | Sep 3, 2020 | News
Global mining consultancy MEC Mining has established a geotechnical services arm to fill the shortage of geotechnical engineers in the market. The division will be led by an internationally experienced geotechnical engineer, Erin Sweeney, who is also MEC Mining...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 3, 2020 | News
Brazil’s Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that tightens the safety rules and inspection for dams in the mining industry, setting fines of up to 1 billion reais ($187 million) for failure to comply. The legislation reinforces the prohibition of the use of upstream...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 3, 2020 | News
Glencore is reportedly looking to sell its entire stake in its subsidiary Mopani Copper Mines to Zambia’s mining investment company ZCCM-IH. Currently, the British multinational mining company holds a 73.1% stake in Mopani, while the remaining is held by ZCCM-IH and...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 2, 2020 | News
Keech Australia has shipped its next generation cast lip, the first to be released under the Keech KOBRA brand. Keech business development manager for open cut mining, Peter Hampson, said the KOBRA 660 cast lip was off to one of the Hunter Valley’s major coal mines...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 2, 2020 | News
A reduction of the allowable limits for respirable coal and silica dust in Queensland has taken effect. The limit for respirable coal dust has been cut from 2.5 milligrams per cubic metres down to 1.5 milligrams. The allowable limit for silica dust has also been...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 2, 2020 | News
Copper mining in Peru, the world’s No. 2 producer, is almost completely recovered from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, a government official said. Peru’s copper production, however, fell 2.2% in July, compared with the same period a year earlier,...
