by Gordon Barratt | Oct 20, 2020 | News
Mining major BHP has reported a solid quarter of iron-ore and petroleum production, while coal production in the September quarter decreased. “BHP has started the new financial year with a strong first quarter of safety and production performance. Group production...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 20, 2020 | News
China’s first privately built 5G mobile network for mining started operations on Saturday at a coal mine in the eastern coastal province of Shandong, pushing forward Beijing’s drive for industries to modernise with leading-edge digital infrastructure. The...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 19, 2020 | News
Clearing activities at Iron Ridge. Image: Fenix Resources. MACA has secured a $185 million six-year drill and blast, crushing and screening contract at Fenix Resources’ Iron Ridge iron ore project in Western Australia. The contractor has already started pre-production...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 19, 2020 | News
Coal exports will continue at high levels, but the latest World Energy Outlook forecasts a big transition to renewables in the next two decades.(Supplied) Demand for Australian thermal coal has peaked, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), and renewables...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 19, 2020 | News
While China is tightening its coercive campaign against Australia, now targeting the coal industry, its ambassador to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, last week led a protest of 26 nations against economic coercion by the United States.‘We continue to witness the...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 16, 2020 | News
CEO Jean-Sebastien Jacques Rio Tinto Group has made key changes to its cultural heritage management since the May explosions that damaged two Aboriginal Australian sites, outgoing CEO Jean-Sebastien Jacques told a Parliamentary hearing Friday. The miner is modernizing...
