by Gordon Barratt | Feb 26, 2021 | News
Canadian miner Eldorado Gold has bolstered its gold production by 34% to 528 874 oz in 2020, achieving the guidance that it has set out for the year, despite the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. The higher output was primarily due to an increase in tonnes of ore...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 26, 2021 | News
ABB’s asset condition monitoring software commissioned at Shanyang Coal Mine. Credit: ABB. Swiss technology firm ABB has commissioned its asset condition monitoring software at Shanyang Coal Mine located in Heyang in the Chinese province of Shaanxi. The deployment of...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 26, 2021 | News
West Cumbria Mining plans to extract coking coal off the coast of St Bees. Photograph: Simon Evans/Alamy Stock Photo A Cumbrian campaign group has given notice to the communities secretary that it intends to seek a legal challenge of his controversial decision to...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 26, 2021 | News
North Korea has stepped up its use of forced labor from prison camps to mine coal for export so it can procure cash for its nuclear weapons program in defiance of United Nations sanctions, according to a human rights group. Satellite imagery shows an expansion of some...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 25, 2021 | News
Norilsk Nickel said recently it had partially suspended operations at its Oktyabrsky and Taimyrsky mines in Siberia because it had detected an inflow of water underground, sending shares of the Russian metals miner down more than 6%. Nornickel is the world’s...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 25, 2021 | News
Polish copper producer KGHM plans to maintain 2021’s projected output levels in subsequent years, with higher demand expected on the back of increased investment in green energy projects, its chief executive said. State-run KGHM had considered closing operations...
