by Gordon Barratt | May 23, 2022 | News
Imagine being a coal miner, descending into a deep, ageing, rickety mineshaft. Then imagine doing that in a war zone. “It’s scary, but what can you do? We don’t have many other options,” said Ukrainian nurse Ira Yusko, 30, smiling grimly, as...
by Gordon Barratt | May 23, 2022 | News
Uranium miners are racing to revive projects mothballed after the Fukushima disaster more than a decade ago, spurred by renewed demand for nuclear energy and a leap in yellowcake prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Spot prices for uranium have doubled...
by Gordon Barratt | May 23, 2022 | News
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Metso Outotec and Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, have signed a global exclusive cooperation agreement on the delivery of SwirlFlow agitation technology for the bauxite and alumina sector outside of China. The combination of the...
by Gordon Barratt | May 23, 2022 | News
AusLAMP instruments being deployed in the field in NSW in April 2021. A Geoscience Australia-led team of researchers have made it easier for explorers to strike gold, by uncovering previously unknown patterns in global geology that can be used to explore for gold...
by Gordon Barratt | May 19, 2022 | News
The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) has officially launched a two-year major partnership with global leader in equipment for the mining and resources industry, Epiroc. The key partnership between AusIMM and Epiroc is a collaboration focused on...
by Gordon Barratt | May 19, 2022 | News
Australian Vanadium has lodged an application with Western Australia’s Environmental Protection Authority to build and operate a vanadium processing facility in the state’s Midwest region, in the City of Greater Geraldton. The proposal includes a facility comprising...