by Gordon Barratt | Mar 14, 2023 | News
Rio Tinto has officially turned soil at the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia, the crown jewel in 2022 takeover of Turquoise Hill. Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene joined Rio Tinto chief executive Jakub Stausholm on-site to celebrate the...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 13, 2023 | News
Coal mining equipment multinational Eickhoff is using South Africa as a base from which to ramp up its penetration of the global market for continuous mining machines. Eickhoff MD Reinhard Jahn tells Mining Weekly Online in a video interview that...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 13, 2023 | News
Poland intends to push for the EU proposal to reduce and track methane emissions to allow mines to emit eight rather than five tons of methane per one kilotonne of coal mined, as well as exempt coking coal from new regulations, Poland’s Deputy Minister of State Asset,...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 13, 2023 | News
Junior Austral Resources has resumed drilling and blasting activities in Queensland over the weekend, after suspending operations following heavy rainfall. The ASX-listed copper miner said that 134 t of copper cathode was dispatched from the site over the weekend,...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 13, 2023 | News
ASX-listed Australian Vanadium’s ambition to divest its Coates nickel/copper/platinum group elements project and Nowthanna Hill uranium project tenements, in Western Australia, is advancing. The company last year signed an option agreement with unlisted Mining...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 10, 2023 | News
Caterpillar’s new High-Performance Circle (HPC) for Cat® 24 and 24M Motor Graders improves machine performance, efficiency and uptime availability when maintaining haul roads at large mines. When paired with Cat exclusive extended life blade rail wear strips, the HPC...