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,...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 4, 2021 | News
Nickel West. Image: BHP. BHP has produced the first nickel sulphate crystals from its Kwinana nickel sulphate plant south of Perth in Western Australia. Nickel sulphate is a key material in the lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles (EVs), with more than...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 1, 2021 | News
The European Union Horizon 2020 project NEXT, was created to develop new geomodels, novel sensitive exploration technologies and data analysis methods which together are fast, cost-effective, environmentally safe, and potentially more acceptable to local actors and...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 1, 2021 | News
A Navajo Nation company is taking over the operation of a coal mine it owns in northwestern New Mexico. The Navajo Transitional Energy Co. has owned the Navajo Mine since 2013 but had contracted with a subsidiary of the North American Coal Corp. to run it. Clark...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 1, 2021 | News
Australia’s powerful mining sector has backed a 2050 net-zero carbon target, heaping pressure on the country’s coal-championing government to follow suit. The Minerals Council of Australia – which represents mining heavy hitters like BHP Group PLC and...
