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....
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 2, 2020 | News
The cost of moving commodities like coal and iron-ore across the world’s oceans is surging as China lifts cargo purchases. Whether the rally will withstand the economic aftershocks of the coronavirus is a thornier question. Rates for giant capesize ships climbed to...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 2, 2020 | News
Anglo American is advancing plans to convert its fleet of giant diesel-fueled mine trucks to hydrogen power as the company seeks to burnish its green credentials. More than 400 mine-haul trucks could be rebuilt to use hydrogen fuel, with a pilot project starting next...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 2, 2020 | News
Image: Metso Australia. Metso has officially merged its minerals business with Outotec to form a new company with aims to become an industry leader across the minerals, aggregates, metals refining and recycling industries. The newly-formed Metso Outotec will fuse and...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 2, 2020 | News
Atlas Iron Corunna Downs project Source: MACA Atlas Iron has awarded MACA a contract to carry out open pit mining services at the Corunna Downs iron project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Corunna Downs, which is 100 per cent owned by Atlas Iron, is 33...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 2, 2020 | News
Prime Creative Media has surveyed more than 2200 business leaders across 15 industries, to capture sentiment as the country started to lift COVID-19 restrictions. The results paint a relatively positive picture of an industrial landscape experiencing its first...
