Freeport-McMoRan said recently it remains in discussions with the government of Indonesia regarding rights to operate the Grasberg copper and gold mine past 2041. News reports earlier on Tuesday had indicated that Phoenix-based Freeport had agreed to divest a 12%...
Eskom CEO Dan Marokane reports that the State-owned company is being geared towards receiving no more than single-digit tariff increases in future in recognition of the affordability pressures being experienced by its business and residential customers. “We have it...
WestStar Industrial has won a critical contract, and will conduct a range of works on the Alcoa Pinjarra Alumina Refinery’s residue filtration stage two project. The contract, worth approximately $115 million, was signed by the industrial services company through its...
If the US government has its way, Americans will all get a big lump of coal in their Christmas stockings this year. According to the New York Times, the Interior Department this week said it would open 13.1 million acres of federal land for coal mining and...
Nigeria, with its landmass of 923,768 square kilometres, is endowed with various unique geologic features, holding over 44 different minerals in over 500 locations across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory. In regions such as Plateau,...
Mining is an industry built on movement, with conveyor belts providing the basis for ore transportation from one cog in the value chain to the next. When belts reach the end of their service life, the question of what to do with them has, until now, been met with few...
