by Gordon Barratt | Jan 13, 2021 | News
Members of the San Carlos Apache tribe in Arizona on Tuesday said they have sued the Trump Administration to block a pending land swap that would give Rio Tinto the land it needs to build its Resolution Copper project. Apache Stronghold, a non-profit organisation that...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 13, 2021 | News
BHP’s in-house capital unit, BHP Ventures, has participated in Boston Metal’s $US50 million ($64 million) funding to develop a technology that converts iron ore to steel with zero carbon emissions. Iron ore, an essential ingredient in steelmaking, makes up the highest...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 13, 2021 | News
RPMGlobal’s Strategic Design Optimiser (SDO) for stope development and design will hit its first mine site in 2021 following an inaugural sale to a Canadian mine. During RPMGlobal’s extensive testing period, the company perfected SDO’s ability to evaluate and analyse...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 13, 2021 | News
Amid the coldest winter recorded since 1966, provinces across the People’s Republic of China (PRC) struggled with the worst electrical blackouts seen in nearly a decade (OilPrice, January 8). More than a dozen cities across Zhejiang, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Inner...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 12, 2021 | News
Image: Sandvik Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has upgraded its DD210 development drill rig by introducing the DD212, a single-boom, electro-hydraulic drill for tunnelling and mining development. Suitable for narrow vein operations, Sandvik DD212 allows operators to...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 12, 2021 | News
A machine unloads coal imports at a port in Lianyungang, East China’s Jiangsu Province, on December 3, 2016. Photo: CFP Chinese traders are importing more coal from neighboring countries such as Russia and Mongolia, bringing the security of a healthy supply chain amid...
