by Gordon Barratt | Feb 16, 2021 | News
When plans for a coal mine were recently given the go-ahead by Cumbria County Council, green campaigners, journalists and quangocrats were outraged. They demanded that MPs, ministers and the prime minister intervene, and overrule the decision. They complained that if...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 16, 2021 | News
Copper climbed to the highest level since 2012 as a risk-on mood across global markets helped to lift equities and put pressure on the dollar. Prices have soared on optimism that the use of coronavirus vaccines will aid a rebound in global growth. Prices climbed 5.3%...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 16, 2021 | News
Victoria’s gold industry production value has jumped by almost $1 billion in the past year, according to Earth Resources Regulation Statistical Report 2019-2020. The report found that gold mining is worth $1.84 billion in 2019-20, compared with $1.015 billion in...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 16, 2021 | News
The Christmas Creek ore processing facility. Image: Fortescue Metals Group Fortescue Metals Group has awarded a five-year, $150 million contract for maintenance and shutdown services across its rail and port sites in Western Australia to SRG Global. SRG Global will...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 15, 2021 | News
Exploration and development company Bluejay Mining on Monday announced that it had received a letter of intent (LoI) for $208-million to fund the capital requirements of its Dundas ilmenite project, in Greenland. The LoI is from the Export-Import Bank of the United...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 15, 2021 | News
ASX-listed Alicanto Minerals has secured tenure over the historic Sala silver mine, in Sweden. The project, which was once Europe’s largest silver producer, is some 100-km from Alicanto’s existing Greater Falun copper/gold project. Sala ceased production in 1962,...
