by Gordon Barratt | Jun 30, 2020 | News
DEADLINE: The June 30 deadline was set by the NSW government two years ago. TODAY is the last day Chinese coal mining giant Shenhua can apply for a mining licence for its Watermark project on the Liverpool Plains, before a clause is triggered that will allow the...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 29, 2020 | News
Morocco-focused potash development company Emmerson has appointed Graham Clarke as its new CEO, effective from July 1. Clarke is an experienced fertiliser industry executive with 26 years’ experience in underground potash mining and a proven ability to attract talent...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 29, 2020 | News
Australia’s resources and energy export earnings are set to fall from record highs, but the outlook is “still relatively strong”, according to the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources. The department, in its June Resources and Energy Quarterly,...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 29, 2020 | News
Rio Tinto has reached an agreement with its Oyu Tolgoi partners that will see the Government of Mongolia fund and construct a state-owned power plant for the copper-gold project. This is a revision of the original power source framework agreement (PSFA) signed in...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 29, 2020 | News
The Ormonde Group reported a loss after tax of €11.3 million compared with a loss of €1.65 million for 2018. Losses at Irish-listed mineral resource company Ormonde Mining swelled almost seven fold last year as it forced to dispose of its interest in a tungsten mine...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 29, 2020 | News
Leaked documents show a long history of dangerous methane gas levels at Queensland’s Grosvenor mine. A Queensland coal mine recorded dangerous methane levels at least 98 times in the four years before a blast severely injured five workers. Internal state...
