by Gordon Barratt | Jul 10, 2020 | News
View photos Copper prices are surging, and for once it’s not because the economy is booming. The metal — known colloquially as Dr. Copper because its performance is often used to gauge the health of the overall economy — has surged by a staggering...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 10, 2020 | News
Having fallen sharply in mid-March, the silver price has recovered strongly and further gains are forecast for the rest of the year, owing to the precious metal’s safe-haven status and a belief among investors that silver is undervalued in absolute terms to gold. The...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 10, 2020 | News
The Lake Vermont operation. Image: CIMIC Group Thiess has won a $2.5 billion contract extension with Jellinbah Group for the Lake Vermont joint venture coal project in Queensland. The five-year extension will continue Thiess’ full service mining operations including...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 10, 2020 | News
The Jimblebar site. Image: BHP Veris subsidiary Aqura Technologies has accepted a contract to provide managed support for BHP’s in-room communications and entertainment system services across its Pilbara mining accomodation villages in Western Australia. The...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 10, 2020 | News
Legend has $30 million in cash and receivables and a further $19.5 million of options in the money so is very well funded to execute the current drilling program. Further drilling success will see continued upward trajectory for Legend’s share price Legend Mining Ltd...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 9, 2020 | News
The latest figures on the consumption of hard coal in the European Union (EU) show a further annual decline, down to 176 million tonnes in 2019. Inland consumption of hard coal in the EU decreased steadily during the 1990s and then stabilised at around 300 million...