by Gordon Barratt | Jun 1, 2020 | News
Surface of Seabed Manganese Nodule from South Korean operations. GETTY There are trillions of potato-sized metal nodules on the floor of the ocean around the world. Some of these nodules are being explored for economic potential. A major vote by a UN body on the...
by Gordon Barratt | May 29, 2020 | News
REMA TIP TOP presents a revised version of the REMA PERFORMANCEline 35/CN: The high-quality wear protection product for wet processing and conveying of sludges now achieves a first-class abrasion of only 80 mm³ according to DIN ISO 4649 for soft rubber linings and wet...
by Gordon Barratt | May 29, 2020 | News
Albemarle Corp said recently it wants to take control of Australia’s Greenbushes, the world’s largest lithium mine, signaling it intends to block any rival from buying Tianqi Lithium Corp’s controlling stake. Tianqi, which owns 51% of Greenbushes to...
by Gordon Barratt | May 29, 2020 | News
The Mabilo copper/gold project, in the Philippines, has been granted a mining licence, ASX- and TSX-listed RTG Mining reported on Friday. The company told shareholders that it had received written confirmation that the Mines and Geosciences Bureau had approved the...
by Gordon Barratt | May 29, 2020 | News
Tin mine developer Tin One Mining JSC has released its Feasibility Study for the Syrymbet project in Kazakhstan. The report indicates that the mine could operate for 14 years, producing an average of 6,500 tonnes of tin-in-concentrate annually. The new Feasibility...
by Gordon Barratt | May 29, 2020 | News
With Illinois Basin thermal coal output expected to decline by up to 30% on an annualized basin in order to better meet 2020 demand, it will require adjustments and restructuring from regional producers, according to analysts and executives. “In our opinion,...