by Gordon Barratt | Jan 21, 2021 | News
In 2020, fossil fuel production in the United States declined by an estimated 6% from the 2019 record high of 81.3 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu). Based on forecasts in the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) January 2021 Short-Term Energy Outlook...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 21, 2021 | News
Zambia is buying the Mopani copper mine from Glencore. Glencore is lending the bankrupt – well, it’s in default, anyway – country the money to buy the mine. This is going to be a fascinating experiment. We can’t help but think that the timing’s a little...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 21, 2021 | News
The Australian Government is conducting a qualification trial to deliver faster training to the mining sector.This is aimed to improve the national vocational education and training (VET) system. The trial will test the concepts of qualifications that are based on...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 21, 2021 | News
Coronado Global Resources is hopeful that China’s suspension of Australian coal imports may have a positive long-term effect, with the impact to be offset by global steel producers restarting activities. The coal miner stated that while the nature and duration of the...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 20, 2021 | News
RPMGlobal has announced it has concluded the first sale of its latest integrated mine planning and scheduling product developed for the underground potash industry. The first sale of Underground Potash Solution (UGPS) was concluded following completion of a successful...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 20, 2021 | News
Coal production increased 4.3 times — from 570,000 tons to 2,460,200 tons in Kyrgyzstan from 2010 to 2020. The Vice Prime Minister of the republic, Ravshanbek Sabirov, voiced such data at a meeting. Participants of the meeting outlined relevant topics related to the...
