by Gordon Barratt | Mar 11, 2022 | News
Thiess has been awarded a four-year contract by Covalent Lithium to deliver mining services at the Mount Holland lithium mine in Western Australia. Covalent Lithium is a joint venture between Wesfarmers and Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile, one of the world’s...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 10, 2022 | News
Australian and South African miners are exploring ways to supply coal and metals consumers in Europe scrambling for alternative sources to Russian supply, but logistics and cost constraints make it difficult to rapidly boost output, companies said....
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 10, 2022 | News
Rio Tinto became the first major mining company to announce it was cutting all ties with Russian businesses, joining a raft of leading Western companies in a pullout following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The global miner has previously said it has no...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 10, 2022 | News
The Canadian province of Alberta is expanding restrictions on all new coal exploration and development activities on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains until it finalizes new land use policies, the government said on Friday. The United Conservative Party...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 10, 2022 | News
The price of uranium has reached 10-year highs above $US53 per pound ($A158/kg) as supply concerns grow following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine contains the world’s sixth largest uranium reserve of roughly 46,000 tonnes and produces the ninth highest volume of...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 10, 2022 | News
Image: BHP BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has welcomed 51 new apprentices to its operations in the Bowen Basin, as the Queensland Government continues to help people find their way into the mining industry amid coal’s astronomical price spikes. The apprentice intake...
