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...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 14, 2021 | News
Weir Minerals operates a Total Asset Management plan at Tronox’s mineral sands mine in Western Australia. Image: Weir Minerals. Weir Minerals has implemented its total asset management plan at Tronox’s mineral sands mine in Cooljarloo, Western Australia to slash...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 14, 2021 | News
Australia’s largest independent coal producer, Whitehaven Coal, decided years ago to steer clear of exporting to China – a market that didn’t demand its particular brand of product. Fortuitous as Whitehaven’s decision appears today, there is no avoiding...