by Gordon Barratt | May 18, 2020 | News
Excavators operate at a coal mine owned by PT Berau Coal in Binungan, East Kalimantan. (JP/Indra Harsaputra ) United States chemical company Air Products & Chemicals will team up with two local companies, Bakrie Capital Indonesia and Ithaca Resources, to build a...
by Gordon Barratt | May 15, 2020 | News
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA conducts mine rescue competitions every year to maintain life-saving skills.(ABC Goldfields: Jarrod Lucas) Western Australia’s mining industry has a bloody history — nearly 1,900 workers have died on the job in the past 130...
by Gordon Barratt | May 15, 2020 | News
Australian gold prices have climbed back up to three-year highs, hitting $2673.56, according to data from ABC Bullion.Prices last week slumped to a stagnant $2611.57 on May 9-10, rising minimally to $2618.50 on May 11 before taking off again on Thursday. This is...
by Gordon Barratt | May 15, 2020 | News
Pembroke Resources has received a mine approval from Australia’s environmental and government authorities for the Olive Downs coal project in Moranbah, Queensland. The Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment provided Pembroke a clear pathway to...
by Gordon Barratt | May 15, 2020 | News
SolGold’s Alpala deposit at the Cascabel project in Ecuador. Image: SolGold. SolGold has signed a $US100 million ($155 million) agreement with Franco-Nevada Corp for the Alpala copper-gold project and the Cascabel license in northern Ecuador. The net smelter...
by Gordon Barratt | May 15, 2020 | News
Deng Yingtao presented a scathing critique of economic growth thirty years ago – finally we must listen.Deng Yingtao, a high-profile Chinese economist, called the world to action thirty years ago in his book A New Development Model and China’s Future: “We can no...
