by Gordon Barratt | Mar 17, 2020 | News
The majority of members at two unions of Colombian coal miner Cerrejon voted in favor of a strike relating to a dispute over contract agreements, a union leader said on Monday. A strike at Cerrejon, which is owned equally by BHP Group , Anglo American and Glencore,...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 16, 2020 | News
Drilling of kimberlite L030 with the mobile Hanjin rig in the Canguige catchment area at Lulo. Image: Lucapa Diamond Company Lucapa Diamond Company has confirmed a 25 per cent increase in the mine’s reserve to 100,700 carats. The independent estimate, completed by an...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 16, 2020 | News
Image: Battery Minerals. Battery Minerals has agreed to acquire the remaining 33 per cent of a prospective copper-gold project adjacent to the high-grade Stavely Minerals site in Victoria. The company will acquire the project via Gippsland Prospecting, as it purchases...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 16, 2020 | News
Exploration firm Rambler Metals and Mining Canada has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with Maritime Resources to evaluate the former’s Nugget Pond gold plant. The Nugget Pond plant is located in the Baie Verte peninsula in northeastern Newfoundland, Canada. The LoI...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 16, 2020 | News
Due to emergency situation regarding the first COVID-19 case in Mongolia, Mongolia Mining-2020, Mongolia’s largest international mining and oil expo, planned to take place between 8 – 10 April 2020 in Ulaanbaatar has been postponed. A new date for the expo is...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 16, 2020 | News
China’s coal output in the first two months of 2020 fell 6.3% from the same period a year earlier as the coronavirus outbreak stopped miners from getting back to work after the Lunar New Year holiday was extended in a bid to contain the epidemic. China churned out...