by Gordon Barratt | Feb 8, 2022 | News
Aurubis, Europe’s top copper smelter, is reaping big profits from booming metals prices, but warned that the region’s lingering energy crisis may start to hurt its bottom line. A spike in power and gas prices has wreaked havoc on many industrial plants, with several...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 8, 2022 | News
Norway-based Akobo Minerals is confident that it will pour first gold from its flagship Segele project, in Ethiopia, by the fourth quarter of this year. The company considers this a remarkable achievement, since many other gold companies listed on the...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 8, 2022 | News
The Western Australian Government has continued its investment in mineral exploration by adding considerable funding to the Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS). Applications open today for Round 25 of the EIS’ highly popular co-funded drilling program and Series 3 of...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 8, 2022 | News
Image: BHP BHP’s world first LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax bulk carrier transporting iron ore between Western Australia and Asia has set sail. On its maiden voyage, MV Mount Tourmaline arrived at Jurong Port in Singapore for its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 7, 2022 | News
Base metals major KGHM continues to see the Ajax copper and gold project, which in 2017 was denied an environmental certificate, as a priority and is continuing to engage with First Nations, Vancouver-based partner Abacus Mining and Exploration reports. In an Ajax...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 7, 2022 | News
A central Montana coal mine must pay a $1 million fine for violating environmental and employee safety regulations by failing to report worker injuries and improperly disposing of mine waste, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Montana said. Signal Peak Energy, through a...