by Gordon Barratt | Jul 28, 2020 | News
Peter McKenna remembers the trickle of visitors who started panning for gold in the Sperrin mountains of County Tyrone in the 1970s. “We put them in the same bracket as the leprechauns and the ringforts, end of the rainbow type stuff.” It turned out there really was...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 28, 2020 | News
Brazilian major Vale has agreed to contribute up to $500-million of a $900-million working capital funding package as part of a possible divestment of its 95% interest Vale Nouvelle-Caledonie (VNC), which owns the Goro nickel and cobalt mine, in New Caledonia....
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 28, 2020 | News
Photo by Creamer Media Ivanhoe Mines co-chairperson Robert Friedland Canadian mining company Ivanhoe Mines says it has had and continues to have strategic discussions regarding its Western Forelands project, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and its...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 28, 2020 | News
Image: Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto has made a promising discovery two kilometres east of the Winu copper-gold deposit in Western Australia that enhances the project’s potential. The mining giant is targeting first production from Winu for 2023, subject to necessary...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 28, 2020 | News
Lynas’ Mt Weld rare earth mine. Image: Lynas Corporation. Lynas Corporation has overcome a political hurdle in the United States to secure a contract for a rare earth facility in Texas. This is key to Lynas’ 2025 growth plan as the facility will be the only...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 27, 2020 | News
Poland’s biggest coal producer, state-run PGG, is likely to announce within days deep cuts in coal output and the closure of a number mines as part of a restructuring plan that is expected to prompt protests by miners, industry sources said. Poland generates almost...
