by Gordon Barratt | Oct 5, 2021 | News
Diversified miner Rio Tinto is hoping to resume full operations at its Kitimat aluminium smelter and the Kemano hydropower facility, in British Columbia, after reaching a new labour agreement with workers. The miner in September announced that it had reached an...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 5, 2021 | News
BHP Nickel West previously partnered with Toyota in January, 2021. Image: BHP. BHP has created the Green Electric Vehicle (EV) Ecosystem with two major Japanese businesses to supply nickel sulphate for EV batteries from BHP Nickel West in Western Australia. The...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 4, 2021 | News
China has announced, at international forums, that it won’t finance any new coal-fired power plant project outside its country anymore. This has sent shock waves among stakeholders in Pakistan who were counting on technology and finance from China to utilise the huge...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 4, 2021 | News
Chinese regulators plan to be more prudent in their response to mining accidents as authorities ask coal producers to ramp up output to help stave off the country’s deepening power crisis. The National Development and Reform Commission told miners at a meeting on...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 4, 2021 | News
Coburn’s existing site access road. Image: Strandline Resources Strandline Resources has awarded Mine Site Construction Services (MSCS) with a seven-year mining services contract at the Coburn mineral sands project in Western Australia. The contract will see...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 4, 2021 | News
Image: Rio Tinto.sulphate Rio Tinto’s fleet of rail cars at its Pilbara iron ore operations in Western Australia is set to grow by 50, with the company to release a manufacturing tender for the project. The tender will be released through the miner’s Buy Local portal,...
