by Gordon Barratt | Jun 16, 2020 | News
It is no exaggeration to consider that the “Art of Negotiation” also applies to rare earth elements. If Washington isn’t serious about the rare earth resources of North Korea, then the winner, once again, could be Beijing. Moscow, too, could benefit from Washington’s...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 16, 2020 | News
Considering the negligible share of coal in Pakistan’s current energy mix, the Economic Survey has called for increasing its share in the energy mix by up to 30 percent by the year 2030.Given that base load could not be entirely replaced by renewables at this stage...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 16, 2020 | News
China will likely ease the pressure on local governments to shut older, inefficient coal mines as it seeks to meet rising demand of the most-polluting fuel to spur its economic recovery. Government officials are in the midst of preparing the country’s all-important...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 16, 2020 | News
Global miner Rio Tinto has no plans to take full control of its Canadian Arctic diamond mine, which faces closure and will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to clean up, court documents show. Rio, which owns 60% of the Diavik mine in Canada’s Northwest...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 15, 2020 | News
Professor of plant and microbial biology Arash Komeili and Bakar Fellows Program student Carly Grant. The future of iron ore mining could be in microscopic bacteria, according to a study by the University of California’s Bakar Fellows Program. Scientists discovered...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 15, 2020 | News
The Aurora mill, in Guyana. China’s Zijin Mining has been revealed as the international company that presented Canada’s Guyana Goldfields with a superior proposal, outbidding Silvercorp Metals with its C$323-million offer for the gold miner. Zijin and Guyana...
