by Gordon Barratt | Nov 2, 2020 | News
Part shells of the 36-foot SAG mill being loaded for transport. Image: Red 5 MACA has won a $129 million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract and bulk earthworks at Red 5’s King of the Hills gold project in Western Australia. The EPC contract and...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 2, 2020 | News
Australia’s mining industry has delivered a 10.4 per cent share of the Australian economy in 2019-20, making it the largest economic contributor with a $202 billion GDP, according to The Australian Bureau of Statistics. The ABS saw 4.9 per cent growth in 2019-20,...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 2, 2020 | News
Mining for nickel at Western Area’s Flying Fox underground mine Western Areas has cut its nickel production target for the 2021 financial year due to seismic activity at the Flying Fox underground mine in Western Australia. The seismic activity occurred in the lower...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 30, 2020 | News
Anglesey Mining PLC said its12%-owned associate Labrador Iron Mines Holdings (LIM) has started work on a Preliminary Economic Assessment for its Houston project in Labrador, Canada. It is the first development of LIM’s assets since production halted in 2014 because of...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 30, 2020 | News
Brazilian federal prosecutors on Thursday filed a lawsuit contesting a compensation package for victims from a 2015 collapsed dam jointly owned by mining giants BHP and Vale, arguing that the package is far too low. The move comes after prosecutors earlier this month...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 30, 2020 | News
Coal mining companies need to start looking at creating their own profitable circular economies around existing coal assets because it is possible, says African Source Markets CEO Bevan Jones. While still responsibly mining coal, coal-mining companies have an...
