by Gordon Barratt | Nov 4, 2020 | News
Marquee Resources has hired Swick Mining to complete a reverse-circulation (RC) drilling campaign at the West Spargoville gold-nickel project in Western Australia’s Goldfields region. The maiden 4000 metre RC drilling, which is scheduled to start this month will...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 3, 2020 | News
Chile’s Candelaria copper mine, owned by Canada’s Lundin Mining, said it had submitted a new contract offer to a striking union in a bid to end a nearly month-long walk-off at the deposit. Members of the “Mina” union halted activities on...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 3, 2020 | News
Junior Metallica Minerals has taken the decision to divest of its 50% interest in the Urquhart bauxite project, in the Cape York Peninsula, to private purchaser Clear Logistics Australia. Under the terms of the agreement, Metallica would receive an initial A$50 000 in...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 3, 2020 | News
ASX-listed TNG has established a vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) business as part of its vertical integration strategy for its Mount Peake vanadium/titanium/iron project, in the Northern Territory. “The VRFB market represents an exciting opportunity for the company...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 3, 2020 | News
Underground development at Ivanhoe Mines’ Kamoa-Kakula copper project, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), totalled 2 172 m in October. “This marks another new monthly record and brings total underground development to more than 24.7 km – about 7.9...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 3, 2020 | News
Scientists at Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) have improved the properties of available biofuels. According to the authors, they could obtain environmentally friendly fuel from peat and bran, which is comparable in its characteristics to brown coal. The study was...