by Gordon Barratt | Sep 21, 2020 | News
Alltype Engineering has won a contract to build an iron ore mining plant at Rio Tinto’s Koodaideri project in the Pilbara, Western Australia, via managing contractor Laing O’Rourke. Under the $6 million contract, Alltype Engineering will complete the phase one...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 21, 2020 | News
Sandvik has updated its operator training simulator Digital Driller to safely train underground drill operators and maintenance teams. The upgraded Digital Driller family now includes DS422i to provide advanced simulator trainig to improve operator and drilling...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 21, 2020 | News
Skyrocketing gold is providing a welcome windfall to the mining industry, but it’s also attracting a broader base of investors who are demanding greater attention to environmental, social and governance topics. Interest in ESG issues has moved to the forefront in...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 21, 2020 | News
For many years, Chinese companies have been on the receiving end of claims that they are not transparent in their operations and are destroying ecosystems in their search for raw materials in Africa. But when Zimbabwe last week reversed its decision to license Chinese...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 21, 2020 | News
Greece has committed €5 billion ($5.9 billion) to phase-out the use of coal by 80% by 2023, to reduce the nation’s carbon footprint. According to data and analytics company GlobalData, these are highly optimistic targets, particularly considering the fact that back in...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 21, 2020 | News
Scott Morrison has walked back a declaration from last week that 1,000MW of new generation will be needed once the ageing Liddell coal plant leaves the system, and declined to sign up to a net zero target by 2050, because he is “more interested in the doing”. As part...
