by Gordon Barratt | Jun 18, 2021 | News
FILE PHOTO: PGE Turow Power Station is seen in Bogatynia Poland is optimistic of an agreement with the Czech Republic over a disputed open-pit coal mine, Climate Minister Michal Kurtyka said on Thursday, as negotiations were about to start. In February, Prague filed a...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 18, 2021 | News
Diversified miner Rio Tinto has started operations at a new commercial-scale demonstration plant to produce high-quality scandium oxide at its Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (RTFT) metallurgical complex in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. The $6-million project, in which the government...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 18, 2021 | News
DeGrussa copper-gold mine. Image: Sandfire Resources Sandfire Resources has exported its highest-value shipment of copper concentrate from the DeGrussa operation in Western Australia. The company completed a 23,374-wet-metric-tonne shipment of copper concentrate,...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 18, 2021 | News
Gold prices suffered a dramatic loss on Thursday, falling to $US1775 ($2348) per ounce, as the United States federal reserve indicated a number of interest rate hikes by 2023. The fall was the worst seen since the beginning of 2021 but was assumed to be a speculative...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 17, 2021 | News
Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is evolving its Leopard™ DI650i down-the-hole (DTH) drill rig to support fully autonomous operation. The new iDrill automation platform expands the existing on-board automated drilling cycle and matches seamlessly with AutoMine®...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 17, 2021 | News
(Reference image from Pxhere, Public Domain). The Coal Association of Canada says Ottawa’s recent ban on new thermal coal mining projects or plans to expand existing mines on environmental damage grounds will lead to the market gap left being filled with...
