by Gordon Barratt | Apr 6, 2021 | News
The 144 carat Type IIa D-colour diamond recovered from mining block 46 Image: Lucapa Diamond Company Lucapa Diamond Company has announced the recovery of the 23rd 100-plus carat diamond from the Lulo alluvial diamond mine in Angola, Africa. The 144 carat Type IIa...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 2, 2021 | News
Coal power plant in Datteln, Germany, at the Dortmund-Ems-Kanal. (Image by Arnold Paul, Wikimedia Commons.).Germany is shutting down more than 1.5 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired generation by December 8 this year, the country’s energy regulator said on Thursday,...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 2, 2021 | News
Polish mines sold 4.7 million tonnes of coal in February 2021, an increase from 4.32 million tonnes in the previous month and 4.18 million tonnes in February last year, a state agency has reported. The data covers all Polish coal producers, the Industrial Development...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 2, 2021 | News
Four proposed projects are undergoing environmental review in the Kootenay Rockies, where open-pit coal mining is tied to longstanding pollution concerns. In the face of widespread public backlash, the Alberta government agreed to rethink its plan to open parts of the...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 1, 2021 | News
Sandvik has launched an updated version of iSURE®, its underground rock excavation software that provides instrumented face drilling rigs with the necessary information for optimised drilling and blasting. iSURE® works seamlessly with Sandvik’s i-series drill...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 1, 2021 | News
Seismic technology provider Stryde, through ongoing work with geophysical technology and data acquisition company Explor, has finalised a seismic imaging trial for a project on mountainous terrain in the Rocky Mountains of Canada. Mountains present a significant...
