by Gordon Barratt | Sep 2, 2020 | News
A reduction of the allowable limits for respirable coal and silica dust in Queensland has taken effect. The limit for respirable coal dust has been cut from 2.5 milligrams per cubic metres down to 1.5 milligrams. The allowable limit for silica dust has also been...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 2, 2020 | News
Copper mining in Peru, the world’s No. 2 producer, is almost completely recovered from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, a government official said. Peru’s copper production, however, fell 2.2% in July, compared with the same period a year earlier,...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 2, 2020 | News
Shares of Coal India were up 2.5 per cent at Rs 136.90 on the BSE in the early morning trade on Wednesday after the company registered a 7.1 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth in coal output at 37.17 million tonnes (MT) in August 2020. The state-owned company said...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 2, 2020 | News
BHP has committed to reducing the electricity needs at its Queensland coal mines by half and has signed a firm renewable power purchasing agreement with the Government-owned CleanCo. BHP’s Hay Point coal terminalBHP’s Queensland coal mines are predominantly...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 1, 2020 | News
The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) has appointed Kim Pelletier CEO of its newly formed Get Diamonds business-to-business trading platform. The federation says Get Diamonds is the only nonprofit diamond trading platform with a focus on “by the industry, for...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 1, 2020 | News
The largest workers union at the Colombian coal mine Cerrejon walked out on strike on Monday, the group said, after its members voted overwhelmingly to support the move following a collapse in contract negotiations. Some 99% of members of the Sintracarbon union who...
