by Gordon Barratt | Jun 25, 2020 | News
The NSW government’s new strategic statement on coal exploration and mining has been unveiled, just as COVID-19 accelerates the energy transition away from fossil fuels. The statement optimistically maintains that global demand for thermal coal will only drop by...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 24, 2020 | News
Advisory firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) have urged miners to adopt strategies to mitigate against further economic and social risks post the Covid-19 crisis. PwC’s forecast for 2020 suggests the global top 40 miners would take a modest hit to earnings before...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 24, 2020 | News
The Namoya mine, in the Democratic Republic of Congo Canadian miner Banro Corporation has agreed to sell its Namoya Mining gold mine in Democratic Republic of Congo to a consortium of investors including Baiyin International Investment and Shomka Resources, it said in...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 24, 2020 | News
Cat 793F autonomous mining truck. Fortescue has rolled out its 100th autonomous haul truck conversion at its Chichester Hub in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Complete conversion of its 108 haul truck fleet at the Chichester Hub is expected to complete in...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 24, 2020 | News
Image: Marmota. South Australian exploration company Marmota is using biogeochemical sampling of tree leaves to unearth new gold deposits in the prospective Gawler Craton. Marmota has already used the tree sampling technique to advance exploration in the area, which...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 24, 2020 | News
(File) Miners search for jade stones at the HpaKant jade mining area, Kachin State, northern Myanmar At least two jade scavengers were killed and five others injured in a landslide in Myanmar’s northernmost state of Kachin on Tuesday, a local official said,...
