by Gordon Barratt | Jan 18, 2021 | News
FLSmidth is in talks to acquire thyssenkrupp’s mining business, potentially creating further consolidation in the global mining equipment and technology space. thyssenkrupp put its Plant Technology division up for sale in October last year after reporting a €235...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 15, 2021 | News
Battery metals are set to rebound this year as an electric-vehicle boom is bolstered by post-pandemic push for a green economic recovery. US President-elect Joe Biden has indicated the sector could get a boost, while China wants new energy vehicles to account for...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 15, 2021 | News
Overseas travellers returning to Queensland may be made to quarantine in mining camps. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is mulling over quarantining overseas travellers returning to the state at mining camps to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading in the...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 15, 2021 | News
The Syama gold mine. Image: Resolute Mining. Resolute Mining has poured 89,888 ounces of gold in the December quarter despite disruptions at the Syama gold mine in Mali. The company produced 395,136 ounces of gold during the 2020 calendar year, which was just under...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 15, 2021 | News
Rio Tinto has found a way to extract Scandium from its titanium dioxide operation in Quebec, Canada. Source: Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto has commenced construction of a commercial scale scandium demonstration plant at the For et Titane (RTFT) metallurgical complex in Quebec,...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 15, 2021 | News
The labor and management of the Pukchang Area Youth Coal Mining Complex produced in excess of a thousand tons more coal over and above their plan by January 5. The Namdok, Hoean, Inpho, Songnam and Phunggok Youth Coal Mines increase the production of their coal in...