by Gordon Barratt | Sep 3, 2020 | News
The New South Wales Government has released its Illawarra-Shoalhaven regional plan 2036, which factors in the challenges coal developments face in the future. The region is home to five underground colliery holdings, with three having planning approvals beyond 2030,...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 3, 2020 | News
Russian-Zimbabwean platinum venture Great Dyke Investments (GDI) expects to raise up to $500-million in funding it needs for the first phase of its mining project by the end of this year after the coronavirus delayed talks with lenders, its CEO said on Tuesday. GDI is...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 3, 2020 | News
Global mining consultancy MEC Mining has established a geotechnical services arm to fill the shortage of geotechnical engineers in the market. The division will be led by an internationally experienced geotechnical engineer, Erin Sweeney, who is also MEC Mining...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 3, 2020 | News
Brazil’s Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that tightens the safety rules and inspection for dams in the mining industry, setting fines of up to 1 billion reais ($187 million) for failure to comply. The legislation reinforces the prohibition of the use of upstream...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 3, 2020 | News
Glencore is reportedly looking to sell its entire stake in its subsidiary Mopani Copper Mines to Zambia’s mining investment company ZCCM-IH. Currently, the British multinational mining company holds a 73.1% stake in Mopani, while the remaining is held by ZCCM-IH and...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 2, 2020 | News
Keech Australia has shipped its next generation cast lip, the first to be released under the Keech KOBRA brand. Keech business development manager for open cut mining, Peter Hampson, said the KOBRA 660 cast lip was off to one of the Hunter Valley’s major coal mines...
