by Gordon Barratt | Aug 29, 2022 | News
RCT says it has been selected as the preferred automation partner of Kalgoorlie-based contract mining company WestAuz Mining. Westauz Mining is an underground mining specialist planning to equip two of its Komatsu WX07 7-t-payload LHDs with RCT’s Digital Automation...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 29, 2022 | News
Environmentalists warned against plans by a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation (SMC) to undertake large-scale coal mining operations in South Cotabato. Lawyer Noel Ben, director of the Marist Hope Center for Justice and Good Governance, said the San Miguel Energy...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 29, 2022 | News
Hastings’ Yangibana project in WA. Wyloo Metals has announced a $150 million cornerstone investment in Australian rare earths developer Hastings Technology. Hastings aims to become the world’s next producer of neodymium and praseodymium concentrate used in the...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 29, 2022 | News
Whitehaven Coal has reported a record net profit after tax of $2 billion for the year ended June 30, 2022, and EBITDA of $3.1b, a significant increase on the $204.5m in the prior year. The outstanding year results also include: An 8 per cent improvement in safety...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 26, 2022 | News
LIMA – Peru on Thursday lowered the country’s economic growth forecast to 3.3% this year, the finance minister said, and officially abandoned a plan to hike taxes on the mining industry amid falling metal prices, high inflation and slowing...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 26, 2022 | News
The new US Inflation Reduction Act offers great opportunities for Sibanye Stillwater’s diversification into battery materials and it may look to add more such assets, CEO Neal Froneman said. Enacted this month, it includes climate and clean energy policies and...