by Gordon Barratt | Dec 21, 2021 | News
Researchers from the University of Sydney’s Centre for Internet of Things (IoT) and Telecommunications are developing a Wi-Fi system to achieve long-range communication, high data rates and low latency for the mining industry. The system is being created for...
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 20, 2021 | News
Metso Outotec has been awarded a contract to supply key grinding equipment for ArcelorMittal’s Las Truchas 2.3MTPA iron ore processing plant revamp project in Mexico. The value of the order is approximately EUR 17 million, and it has been booked in Minerals’ Q4/2021...
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 20, 2021 | News
Mining giant Glencore says its plan for a new metallurgical and thermal coalmine in Queensland can be accommodated within its climate strategy. The Anglo-Swiss multinational insists its proposed Valeria coalmine in Queensland will not upset ambitions for net-zero...
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 20, 2021 | News
Russian aluminium producer Rusal said on Friday it had launched production at its long-stalled Taishet aluminium smelter in Siberia. Hong-Kong listed Rusal, the world’s largest aluminium producer outside China, started work on the Taishet project in 2007....
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 20, 2021 | News
Australia’s resource and energy exports are expected to reach a record $379 billion in 2021-22, up from $310 billion in 2020-21, according to the Resources and Energy Quarterly for December 2021. The report found that high commodity prices, good volume growth and a...
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 20, 2021 | News
The Iron Bridge magnetite project. Image: Fortescue Metals Group. Fortescue Metals Group subsidiary Pilbara Energy Company has awarded a $30 million contract to GenusPlus for 98 kilometres of overhead transmission line in Western Australia. The transmission line will...
