by Gordon Barratt | Oct 13, 2021 | News
The exports of lithium concentrate (spodumene) at Port Hedland have jumped from 10,494 dry metric tonnes in August to 62,230 dry metric tonnes in September, according to monthly data from Pilbara Ports Authority. In July, Port Hedland recorded 26,383 dmt of lithium...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 13, 2021 | News
Queensland Alumina Limited operations. Image: Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto has become the first company to sign a statement of cooperation with the Queensland Government to secure the growth of the state’s future green industries. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 12, 2021 | News
American mining giant Freeport McMoRan broke ground on Tuesday in construction of one of the world’s biggest copper smelters near its existing refining operations in Indonesia. The $3-billion facility in Gresik, East Java, will have capacity of 1.7-million...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 12, 2021 | News
Researchers from the University of Arizona have investigated the mineral compositions of two near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), finding potential iron, nickel and cobalt resources exceeding Earth’s global reserves. The asteroids – named 1986 DA and 2016 ED85 – present...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 12, 2021 | News
Rayven, the combined artificial intelligence (AI) and internet of things (IoT) platform, has announced the launch of I4 Mining: a new suite of completely interoperable digital mining solutions designed to accelerate the mining sector’s transition to a profitable...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 12, 2021 | News
China may begin clearing stockpiled Australian thermal coal imports into its domestic markets as demand ramps up across the country, according to Wood Mackenzie. With electricity demand increasing with dropping temperatures, and the Chinese Government restricting the...
