by Gordon Barratt | Aug 10, 2020 | News
US base metals miner Freeport-McMoRan on Friday announced the appointment of Josh Olmsted as president and COO – Americas to succeed Harry ‘Red’ Conger upon his retirement. Following a 33-year career with Freeport-McMoRan, 64-year old Conger had elected to retire with...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 10, 2020 | News
Image: Lucapa Diamond Company. Lucapa Diamond Company has hit new monthly and daily alluvial diamond recovery records at the Lulo project in Angola, Africa. During July 2020, Lucapa hit a new monthly carat record of 3462 carats recovered, which was almost immediately...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 10, 2020 | News
As the black stuff burnt in the UK plummets to a level not seen since the early steam age, we trace its long, deep history and the problems left in its wake by Robin McKie Britain achieved an unlikely status as a power provider last year. Its annual consumption of...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 10, 2020 | News
A CENTURY from now, maybe sooner, it’s unlikely we’ll be using coal to make electricity. Or not much of it. Wind and solar are getting cheaper and they are easier to set up than building a power station that runs on heat, be it from coal, wood, rubbish or anything...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 10, 2020 | News
Pakistan’s biggest Tarbela Dam is observed from a helicopter in Tarbela, Pakistan, November 18, 2005. (AP) Mix of renewables to include mainly wind and solar power, but also geothermal, tidal, wave and biomass energy, according to Syed Aqeel Hussain Jafry,...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 7, 2020 | News
COVID-19 testing in Tabubil, Papua New Guinea. Image: Ok Tedi Mining. Ok Tedi Mining has halted operations in Tabubil, Papua New Guinea after the mining town recorded seven positive COVID-19 cases. The cases occurred despite Ok Tedi shutting down all charter flights...
