by Gordon Barratt | Sep 1, 2021 | News
As the German election looks like anything could be possible, the leading incumbents continue to be haunted by the late coal-exit date they set in 2020. With the German elections less than a month away, the country’s agreed 2038 coal exit looks increasingly untenable....
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 1, 2021 | News
The Christmas Creek ore processing facility. Image: Fortescue Metals Group Fortescue Metals Group will look to roll out its new hydrogen-powered haul truck in the second half of this decade with the company having commenced testing of the new vehicle. It comes as...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 1, 2021 | News
An application for a new coal mine in New South Wales has been rejected by the state’s Independent Planning Commission, with the project’s potential impacts deemed to outweigh its benefits. Hume Coal had sought planning approval for a new underground mine seven...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 1, 2021 | News
Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions have released a new 15-tonne size class loader, the Toro LH515i. The next generation of Sandvik’s current 14-tonne LH514, the loader has a one-tonne greater capacity than its predecessor as it looks to evolve the strengths of the...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 31, 2021 | News
The government says more coal mining will create jobs and give the country’s power supply a much-needed boost, but critics warn the environmental cost is too high Government opens more coal mines to boost power supply and jobs Plan sparks fears over harm to...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 31, 2021 | News
Kal Tire has joined forces with tech specialists Pitcrew AI to create a new automated solution for the detection of hot tires, tire separations and other tire and mechanical damage on mine sites. Any inspection anomalies are automatically transmitted into Kal Tire’s...
