by Gordon Barratt | Nov 18, 2021 | News
Diversified major Rio Tinto will invest $87-million to increase its low-carbon aluminium production in Canada with 16 new smelting cells at its AP60 smelter, in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec. The investment will increase production at the smelter by...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 18, 2021 | News
Colombia will easily attract major mining investment by solving licensing and regulatory bottlenecks and dealing with security issues comprehensively, the vice minister of mines said on Wednesday. Colombia has long sought to tap its gold, copper and other mineral...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 18, 2021 | News
Western Australia Iron Ore. Image: BHP Monadelphous has secured new contracts and contract extensions with BHP and Rio Tinto in the Pilbara region of Western Australia (WA) worth approximately $110 million. The engineering company has secured a 12-month extension to...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 18, 2021 | News
The Federal Government has invested in future quantum technologies with the release of the Blueprint and Action Plan for Critical Technologies, focussing on mining, defence and communications. The Action Plan outlined nine technologies for initial focus to be...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 17, 2021 | News
Coal mining chief executives said the fuel they produce is far from being consigned to history, regardless of stricter global climate action agreed at the COP26 summit last week. Demand remains robust in Asia and has picked up in Europe and North America as well this...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 17, 2021 | News
Canadian miner Teck Resources said recently that its logistics chain between west coast terminals and BC operations had been temporarily disrupted, owing to heavy rain, flooding and mudslides. Teck stated that it had implemented measures to mitigate the effect of the...
