by Gordon Barratt | Apr 22, 2021 | News
The Pilgangoora operation. Image: Pilbara Minerals Pilbara Minerals has set a quarterly production record for spodumene concentrate at the Pilgangoora lithium operation in Western Australia while commencing improvement projects at the site. According to the company’s...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 22, 2021 | News
Aim-listed Shanta Gold remains committed to enhancing its robust fundamentals to protect long-term sustainable returns, following the announcement of its maiden dividend earlier this year, CEO Eric Zurrin says. The company announced a maiden dividend of 0.10p apiece...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 22, 2021 | News
Specialist graphite and graphene developer Tirupati Graphite has opened its second mine in Madagascar – Vatomina – where it remains on track to start commissioning the first 9 000 t/y processing plant in the second quarter. To support increasing demand for its...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 21, 2021 | News
Major Rio Tinto’s Alma smelter, in Quebec, has been tapped for the first installation and demonstration of an inert anode technology developed by the ELYSIS joint venture (JV), at a commercial size. The demonstration plant will have a capacity of 450 kiloamperes (kA),...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 21, 2021 | News
“Gas will be a repeat of coal but quicker. When we look at power generation, you can see that going really, really quickly.” This is what the head of company search at the Carbon Tracker Initiative told Bloomberg this month in comments on the future of natural gas in...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 21, 2021 | News
Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) Government is reportedly planning to purchase a mining permit granted to China Shenhua Energy for the Watermark coal mine. The Watermark coal project involves the development of three mining areas. Credit: Martina Janochová /...