by Gordon Barratt | Jan 6, 2022 | News
A collaboration between WesTrac and Rio Tinto has led to the creation of a tailored program to teach team members the fundamentals of operating within an autonomous mine site. Rio Tinto is quickly approaching first production at its Gudai-Darri iron ore mine near...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 5, 2022 | News
In a coal heartland of Germany stands a monument to the source of its economic might: a giant mine more than a half-mile deep that once produced the largest amount of coal in the world. Built at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the Zollverein mine cemented...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 5, 2022 | News
The residents on Tuesday staged a protest against the closure of coalmines in Ublan area in lower part of Orakzai and asked the district administration to lift ban on coal mining forthwith. The residents belonging to the Bezotkhel tribe in the lower part of Orakzai...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 5, 2022 | News
The University of Queensland (UQ) and Cobalt Blue Holdings will look into whether cobalt used for battery storage can be extracted from copper mine tailings in Mount Isa and Cloncurry. The joint research is part of the Queensland Government and UQ’s ongoing $1.03...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 5, 2022 | News
Bravus Mining & Resources has successfully delivered its first shipment of high-quality coal from its Carmichael mine to the North Queensland Export Terminal (NQXT) in Bowen. The coal was delivered during the testing and commissioning of Bowen Rail Company’s new...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 4, 2022 | News
Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has banned coal export from January 1-31 on all exporters holding IUP (Mining Business Licence), IUPK Production (Operation Special Mining Business Licence) and PKP2B (Concession Agreement), informed...