by Gordon Barratt | Apr 1, 2021 | News
Mining major Rio Tinto has joined Japan’s Green Value Chain Platform Network (GVC Network) to engage on innovative approaches to reduce Japan’s carbon footprint. The GVC Network is a collaboration established by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment to lead...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 1, 2021 | News
Greenland holds an election next week that could decide the fate of vast deposits of rare earth metals which international companies want to exploit and are vital to the Arctic island’s hopes of economic recovery and independence. The government called the April...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 1, 2021 | News
OceanaGold has increased its gold reserves for 2020 following a string of exploration activities across its New Zealand and United States assets. According to OceanaGold, its proved and probably (P&P) gold reserves increased by 14 per cent year-on-year to 143...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 1, 2021 | News
CITIC is set to strike a deal with Mineralogy chairman Clive Palmer to mine a further one billion tonnes of iron ore in Western Australia. The move follows a judgment from the Supreme Court of Western Australia, where Justice Ken Martin ordered CITIC and Mineralogy to...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 30, 2021 | News
Image: Red 5 Red 5 has awarded a gas and solar power supply contract to Zenith Power to power operations at the King of the Hills (KOTH) gold mine in Western Australia. The agreement includes an on-site power station and solar generated power with a capacity of 30...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 30, 2021 | News
ABB and Hitachi Construction Machinery have agreed to work together to develop electric, automated and digital solutions for mining trucks and excavators. Under the memorandum of understanding (MoU), Hitachi Construction Machinery will use its trucks and excavators...
