by Gordon Barratt | Oct 4, 2021 | News
China has announced, at international forums, that it won’t finance any new coal-fired power plant project outside its country anymore. This has sent shock waves among stakeholders in Pakistan who were counting on technology and finance from China to utilise the huge...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 4, 2021 | News
Chinese regulators plan to be more prudent in their response to mining accidents as authorities ask coal producers to ramp up output to help stave off the country’s deepening power crisis. The National Development and Reform Commission told miners at a meeting on...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 4, 2021 | News
Coburn’s existing site access road. Image: Strandline Resources Strandline Resources has awarded Mine Site Construction Services (MSCS) with a seven-year mining services contract at the Coburn mineral sands project in Western Australia. The contract will see...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 4, 2021 | News
Image: Rio Tinto.sulphate Rio Tinto’s fleet of rail cars at its Pilbara iron ore operations in Western Australia is set to grow by 50, with the company to release a manufacturing tender for the project. The tender will be released through the miner’s Buy Local portal,...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 4, 2021 | News
Nickel West. Image: BHP. BHP has produced the first nickel sulphate crystals from its Kwinana nickel sulphate plant south of Perth in Western Australia. Nickel sulphate is a key material in the lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles (EVs), with more than...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 1, 2021 | News
The European Union Horizon 2020 project NEXT, was created to develop new geomodels, novel sensitive exploration technologies and data analysis methods which together are fast, cost-effective, environmentally safe, and potentially more acceptable to local actors and...
