by Gordon Barratt | Oct 7, 2021 | News
Thiess has been awarded a three-year mining services contract by Austral Resources at its Anthill copper project near Mount Isa in Queensland. The contract will see Thiess operate and maintain two mining fleets, while also being responsible for mining services to...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 7, 2021 | News
Sprint Robotics Roadshow in Perth, Western Australia. Image: Chaos Theory for Nexxis Nexxis has been awarded a $675,000 grant as part of Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre’s (AMGC) Commercialisation Fund to assist the company market its Magneto robot. Nexxis’...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 6, 2021 | News
Hyperion Metals has reported a maiden mineral resource estimate of 431-million tonnes, grading 2.2% total heavy mineral (THM), for 9.5-million tonnes of THM for its Titan rare earths project, in Tennessee. The resource estimate included a high-grade core of...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 6, 2021 | News
Australian Environment Minister Sussan Ley has approved a third coal mine extension in the space of a month. The extension at Glencore’s Mangoola thermal coal mine in New South Wales follows extensions at the Whitehaven coal mine and the Wollongong coal mine in...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 6, 2021 | News
New Delhi: India is grappling with an escalating crisis as stockpiles of coal, the fuel used to generate about 70% of the nation’s electricity, dwindle to the lowest in years just as power demand is set to surge. Coal-fired power stations have an average of four...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 6, 2021 | News
South Africa is abuzz with plans to meet a more ambitious climate target it recently set, centered around how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants. The easiest first step could be not to build new plants. South Africa’s national Integrated...