by Gordon Barratt | Jul 3, 2020 | News
The Grosvenor operation in Queensland. Image: Anglo American Anglo American suspects a “brief ignition event” occurred in the Grosvenor underground coal mine in Queensland during June, in addition to the blast that injured five people earlier in the year. This was...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 3, 2020 | News
Komatsu’s Western region general manager Glen Swift and Downer Group’s general manager – open cut west Andrew Haslam share a COVID-safe elbow tap while handing over the Komatsu 830E-5 trucks. Image: Downer Group. Downer has taken delivery of five...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 3, 2020 | News
Copper concentrator at the Oyu Tolgoi mine at night. Image: Rio Tinto Rio Tinto has recommended a new underground mine design for the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold operation in Mongolia, bumping up its development capital by $1.3–$1.8 billion. This concerns Panel 0 of the...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 2, 2020 | News
The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t stop the world’s largest gold mining complex from surpassing all expectations during its first year of operation, according to Barrick Gold Corp. CEO Mark Bristow. The Elko, Nevada-based Nevada Gold Mines, a joint venture between...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 2, 2020 | News
Out of Spain’s 15 coal-fired plants, seven ceased operations on June 30. Four more will soon follow, putting Spain on track to ultimately become coal-free. The country closed all its coal mines two and a half years ago as a result of the European Union banning their...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 2, 2020 | News
We’ve always had difficulty understanding why US electric companies have not simply closed down old, smaller and least efficient coal-fired power plants quickly. From a simple bargaining perspective we thought the US utility industry would have jumped at the chance....
