by Gordon Barratt | Feb 19, 2021 | News
Port of Dampier cargo wharf. Photo courtesy of Pilbara Ports Authority. Rio Tinto will be able to ship its Western Australian iron ore directly to Singapore thanks to a new commercial freight shipping service. The service from the Port of Dampier to Port of Singapore...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 19, 2021 | News
Illawarra Metallurgical Coal. Image: South32 South32 has withdrawn its guidance for the Dendrobium coal mine extension in New South Wales after the state’s Independent Planning Commission blocked the extension project earlier this month. The extension was aimed to...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 19, 2021 | News
The first image NASA’s Perseverance Rover took on Mars. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. A rock from Marble Bar in Western Australia’s Pilbara region could hold the key to confirming if there was life on Mars NASA sent a 3.5-billion-year-old ultramafic dunite...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 18, 2021 | News
Photo by Bloomberg Glencore heading for a future without any coal production. The export of South African coal to China is poised to continue while China decides not to buy Australian coal, Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg said during this week’s Glencore media...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 18, 2021 | News
Some resource-rich developing countries are seeking to rewrite mining contracts and accelerate dividend payouts, which can take years to materialize under deals that experts said are tilted in companies’ favor. Any move to renegotiate agreements will trigger...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 18, 2021 | News
Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm. Rio Tinto chief executive officer Jakob Stausholm has flagged greening the company’s operations and repairing relationships with Traditional Owners as key priorities for 2021. The company has set its first scope 3 goals to reduce...
