by Gordon Barratt | Oct 14, 2021 | News
Epiroc, a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, has won a large order for mining equipment from Eti Bakir in Turkey. The machines will be used to expand three underground copper mines while making the operations...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 14, 2021 | News
Melbourne: Orica today announced its ambition to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, covering scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and its most material scope 3 GHG emission sources1,2. The ambition builds on Orica’s previously announced medium-term target to...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 14, 2021 | News
Zinc prices climbed to their highest level in 14 years on Thursday on supply concerns after producer Nyrstar announced a plan to cut its output due to high power prices in Europe. The most-traded November zinc contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange surged as much...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 14, 2021 | News
BHP’s Olympic Dam mine in South Australia. Source: BHP BHP is on the decarbonisation hunt at Olympic Dam, announcing it will enter renewable energy supply arrangements with Iberdrola to reduce its emissions at the South Australia copper-uranium mine. As part of...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 14, 2021 | News
Aurizon has forecast the continued growth of Australia’s coal sector to 2030, after which point a decline in the commodity may appear. Australia’s largest rail freight operator delivered 202 million tonnes of coal for its customers during the 2021 financial year,...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 14, 2021 | News
Rio Tinto is working to remove coking coal from its steelmaking process, replacing it with plant matter for a cost-effective and sustainable alternative. As Australia exported about 182 million tonnes of metallurgical coal in 2019-20 at a value of $35 billion, the...
