by Gordon Barratt | Nov 16, 2021 | News
Chile’s mining sector is looking for certainty amid political fog in the world’s top copper producer, which is redrafting its constitution and on Sunday is headed for a polarized vote led by outsider candidates on the far left and right. The front-runners have kept...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 16, 2021 | News
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Australia’s coal industry is fighting hard to assure itself that a ‘phasing down’ of coal power, as agreed upon at COP26, would not mean the end of coal altogether. The final day of the United Nations’ Climate Change...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 16, 2021 | News
Gold remains the fundamental safe-haven investment as shown during the COVID-19 pandemic. Spot gold prices have hit another five-month high – the second time in 2021 they’ve peaked at such an interval – reaching $US1866 ($2544) per ounce to end Friday, November 12....
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 15, 2021 | News
Copper miner First Quantum Minerals on Monday announced that COO Tristan Pascall would take over from Philip Pascall as CEO in May at the Toronto-listed miner’s annual general meeting. Philip would retire from his role as CEO, but would continue to serve as...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 15, 2021 | News
The agreement reached Saturday at global climate talks in Glasgow will be pivotal in the fight to stop global warming, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. The conference hosted by the UK produced a “game-changing agreement that the world needed to see,” Johnson said...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 15, 2021 | News
Rio Tinto in the Pilbara. Credits: Csfoto – Christian Sprogoe (photographer) Babylon Pump and Power has secured a contract for the supply of off-site repair services with Rio Tinto in Western Australia. The contract does not provide any commitment or guarantee...
