by Gordon Barratt | Oct 23, 2020 | News
A new wonder is rising in the southern desert of Dubai against the backdrop of Persian Gulf beaches, but it’s not another skyscraper to grace the futuristic sheikhdom. Instead, it’s one of mankind’s oldest power sources gaining its own space on the oil-rich Arabian...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 22, 2020 | News
Prime minister Yoshihide Suga is expected to unveil plans to achieve carbon neutrality in a speech on Monday, following growing pressure on Tokyo to step up ambition Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan (Photo: DepositPhotos) Japan’s prime minister Yoshihide Suga is due to outline...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 22, 2020 | News
Some 911,600 tons of crude coal was extracted in Iran during the six-month period from March 20 to August 21, from which 350,000 tons of coal concentrate was produced, IRNA reported citing the data released by Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 22, 2020 | News
The Carosue Dam mine. Image: Saracen Mineral Holdings. Saracen Mineral Holdings has achieved record production at the Carosue Dam gold mine in Western Australia, boosting the company’s position to meet its 2021 fiscal year guidance. Saracen delivered nearly 55,000...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 22, 2020 | News
Image: Rio Tinto Rio Tinto’s Future Minds Accelerator program has provided future skills courses to kindergarten to year 12 students and educators in Western Australia. The Future Minds program ran from September 7 to 25, providing free remote classes at Parburdoo,...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 21, 2020 | News
The upcoming platinum demand of Hyundai alone could come close to taking up the total annual production of one of South Africa’s biggest platinum mines. Hyundai has stated categorically, in a double-page advertisement in The Economist of London, that it will be making...