by Gordon Barratt | Aug 12, 2020 | News
New South Wales authorities have approved a Whitehaven Coal plan to develop an expanded new coalmine in the state’s north-west. The decision allows 168m tonnes to be extracted from the proposed Vickery coalmine, near Boggabri, over 30 years. Between 60% and 70% of it...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 11, 2020 | News
Copper prices have rebounded this week as Chinese demand for the metal reached record levels during July. The London Metal Exchange (LME) saw the benchmark copper price rise by 0.9 per cent at $US6362 ($8868.85) a tonne on Monday, after facing a one-month low of...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 11, 2020 | News
Image: Sheffield Resources Sheffield Resources has inked a joint venture (JV) agreement with Yansteel for the Thunderbird mineral sands project in Western Australia. The JV will see Yansteel acquire 50 per cent of the project through a $130.1 million investment, with...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 11, 2020 | News
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy (CME) of Western Australia has flagged demand for an additional 8000 skilled workers over the next 12 to 18 months. Based on workforce modelling by the CME, there will be a continuation of COVID-19 related restrictions including...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 11, 2020 | News
Deputy Prime Minister Ya.Sodbaatar met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Mongolia Chai Wenrui, sharing views on the intensification of the implementation of “Green Gateway” temporary regulation. As world...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 11, 2020 | News
Cambodia’s embrace of new coal power projects is making the Southeast Asian state “less attractive” to international brands producing in the country. In a letter addressed to the Cambodian government and seen by the Nikkei Asian Review, several major...
