by Gordon Barratt | Jul 8, 2020 | News
Public hearings for an mining safety inquiry, set up after a central Queensland coal mine explosion that seriously injured five men, will begin in August. The board of inquiry established by the state government following the May 6 Grosvenor mine incident will hold...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 8, 2020 | News
Safety first: Gold Fields will test every worker returning to its South Deep mine. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/WALDO SWIEGERS For way too long mining communities and mineworkers have had their fate decided by other vested interests It’s almost impossible to discern what...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 7, 2020 | News
Barrick Gold’s Kibali gold mining joint venture in Democratic Republic of Congo will be able to get $500-million out of the country very soon, CEO Mark Bristow told Reuters on Monday. The gold miner has been in discussions with Congo’s government over how...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 7, 2020 | News
Image: BHP BHP has flagged the start of a new travel arrangement called remote-in, remote-out, which emerged in response to the travel restrictions caused by COVID-19. The company used wearable mixed reality devices such as Microsoft’s HoloLens to allow its...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 7, 2020 | News
Copper prices have continued their resurgence, finishing yesterday’s trading on the London Metal Exchange worth $US6112.50 ($8781) a tonne. The prices of copper are expected to continue their upward trajectory as the global supply gets impacted by the increased spread...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 7, 2020 | News
The Gwalia mine is three kilometres south of the town of Leonora, Western Australia. Image: St Barbara St Barbara has produced more than 100,000 ounces of gold in the June quarter, the first time it has achieved this milestone since mid-2018. It produced 108,612...
