by Gordon Barratt | Sep 14, 2020 | News
Process plant crystalliser being installed on site. Image: Salt Lake Potash Salt Lake Potash has reached a 60 per cent completion at its Lake Way project in Western Australia, which is on track to deliver its first sulphate of potash (SOP) next year. Company chief...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 14, 2020 | News
Australian miner Malachite Resources is trying to enter Solomon Islands’ minerals sector by making deals to acquire two companies for its plan to mine nickel in Isabel Province. The ASX-listed company announced it had finalised plans to acquire Sunshine...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 14, 2020 | News
Coal production in Colombia, the world’s fifth-largest coal exporter, fell by 48.8% in the second quarter because of coronavirus quarantine measures and low international prices, the government said on Friday. The South American country produced 9.7-million...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 11, 2020 | News
Rio Tinto chief executive Jean-Sébastien Jacques is stepping down from his role following a board review of the company’s destruction of the Juukan Gorge rock shelters in the Pilbara, Western Australia. Jacques has mutually agreed with Rio Tinto to step down once a...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 11, 2020 | News
Resolute Mining has withdrawn its full-year production and cost guidance after being notified of a possible worker strike at the Syama gold mine in Mali, West Africa. The company received a notice from the Union Nationale des Travailleurs du Mali SOMISY-SA, warning...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 11, 2020 | News
BHP has pledged to reduce emissions from its operations by 30 per cent by 2030, adding that it will continue to thrive under net zero emissions in the future. In its climate change report 2020, the company said it will speed up the 30 per cent reduction of it...