by Gordon Barratt | Feb 22, 2022 | News
Abandoned collieries are coming back to life as geothermal heat sources for homes and businesses As coal mines closed around the UK, they filled with water. Due to the depth of the mine shafts, the water is naturally heated by the Earth. In general, the temperatures...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 21, 2022 | News
Canadian junior Star Diamond and Rio Tinto Exploration Canada (RTEC) are set to meet on March 4 to review data collected from the last two field seasons and to approve an interim expenditures budget for their Fort a la Corne (FalCon) joint venture (JV) project. The JV...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 21, 2022 | News
Micromine has further expanded its suite of digital mining products with Micromine Nexus, a web-based platform that offers a central, secure and streamlined data storage solution for mining projects. The company developed Nexus in response to customer feedback and...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 21, 2022 | News
Rio Tinto’s Bell Bay aluminium smelter in Tasmania. Rio Tinto has partnered with the Tasmanian Government to investigate the development of new industries and boost the resources sector’s contribution to the state’s economy. A Memorandum of understanding (MoU)...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 18, 2022 | News
At the COP26 climate conference last year, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chính unexpectedly announced a target of reaching net zero by 2050. The country also signed the Global Coal to Clean Power Transition statement, in which it committed to rapidly scale up...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 18, 2022 | News
A Belarusian potash miner that accounts for a major chunk of global supply has declared force majeure, shaking up a market that’s already contending with soaring prices. Belaruskali said around February 16 that it won’t be able to meet its contracts, according to a...
