by Gordon Barratt | May 18, 2022 | News
US coal producers are seeking to boost exports to cash in on soaring prices since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but face big headwinds including shipping bottlenecks, labour shortages and a dismal long-term outlook discouraging investment in new mines. The outlook...
by Gordon Barratt | May 18, 2022 | News
The Pilgangoora operation. Image: Pilbara Minerals Pilbara Minerals, with its project partner Calix, has been awarded a $20 million grant from the Australian Government under the Modern Manufacturing Initiative (MMI) to support the further development and...
by Gordon Barratt | May 18, 2022 | News
The fine ore bin and ball mill grinding circuit layout. New Century Resources has obtained enviromental approvals for in-situ deposits Silver King and East Fault Block at the Century Mine in Queensland. As well, the optimisation study had reinforced the highly...
by Gordon Barratt | May 17, 2022 | News
Twiggy Forrest-owned Fortescue’s project to tap renewable energy on Washington state grid – where surplus hydroelectric power usually exported to Canada and western seaboard – for clean hydrogen production at Centralia site Fortescue Future Industries (FFI),...
by Gordon Barratt | May 17, 2022 | News
Critical mineral developers Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG) and Mason Graphite announced an investment agreement, which would focus on the development and operation of Mason’s Lac Guéret property, in Quebec. Pallinghurst-backed NMG, which owns the...
by Gordon Barratt | May 17, 2022 | News
A surplus in the platinum market should shrink this year and the palladium and rhodium markets are likely to move back into deficit, Johnson Matthey said in a report. The three metals are used in auto-catalysts that reduce emissions from vehicle engines, with platinum...