by Gordon Barratt | Jan 20, 2021 | News
The Jimblebar site. Image: BHP Civmec has won contracts with BHP, Rio Tinto, Roy Hill and Alcoa of Australia across Western Australia worth a combined value of more than $100 million. In the manufacturing division, Civmec will supply, manufacture, trial assemble and...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 20, 2021 | News
Western Australia Iron Ore. Image: BHP BHP has capitalised on a 35 per cent increase in prices for its iron ore mined in the Pilbara by delivering a production record for the second half of 2020. The company produced 128.4 million tonnes of iron ore (145 million...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 19, 2021 | News
Mineral Commodities has secured two additional graphite prospects near its existing Skaland graphite mining operations, in Norway. The company reported that it had entered into a landowner agreement to explore the Hesten and Vardfjellet graphite prospects, which are...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 19, 2021 | News
Czech Health Minister Jan Blatny in Prague, Czech Republic, 29 October 2020. [EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK] Czech health minister Jan Blatný is aware of the negative impacts of coal mining on the environment and human health. “Personally, I am in favour of a coal mining...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 19, 2021 | News
In response to growing backlash against the United Conservative Party government decision to open previously protected areas of Alberta’s Rockies and foothills to open-pit coal mining, Energy Minister Sonya Savage said the province has paused all future coal leases in...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 19, 2021 | News
Image: Port Augusta Operations. The South Australian Government has given Port Augusta Operations the go-ahead to build a port facility in the Upper Spencer Gulf that will service mining operations. The approval will see the former Port Augusta power station...
