by Gordon Barratt | Dec 17, 2020 | News
POSCO, the world’s fifth-largest steelmaker by output, said it has agreed to buy a 15 percent stake in Black Rock Mining for US$7.5 million. The deal will pave the way for POSCO to secure graphite fines, a material required to make anodes, according to the...
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 16, 2020 | News
Caterpillar has built the 2021 Cat 7495 electric rope shovels (ERS), combining multiple upgrades to improve operating efficiency by 10 per cent. Drawn from Caterpillar’s 100-plus years’ experience in rope shovel design, the company has included enhancements including...
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 16, 2020 | News
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto sparked outrage after destroying Indigenous rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in Australia’s ore-rich Pilbara region in May Aboriginal landowners have called for a “reset” in Australia’s lucrative mining...
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 16, 2020 | News
The Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) and College of the North Atlantic (CNA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of new skills aligned with the latest advancements in mining technology. The Rio Tinto subsidiary will invest...
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 16, 2020 | News
Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) said its major coal-fired power plants’ power purchase agreements are expiring “with no like-to-like replacement” and that the government-controlled utility’s coal-fired power plant revenue contribution will not exceed...
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 16, 2020 | News
The future of coal looks like an ice cream truck parked half a kilometer down a mine shaft in China’s Shanxi province. The yellow and white vehicle is equipped with a 5G router from Huawei Technologies Co. to gather data for the mine’s control center, where...
