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Rio Tinto awards Koodaideri contract to Alltype Engineering

Monday, September 21st, 2020

Alltype Engineering has won a contract to build an iron ore mining plant at Rio Tinto’s Koodaideri project in the Pilbara, Western Australia, via managing read more >

Sandvik’s Digital Driller simulator provides convenient learning

Monday, September 21st, 2020

Sandvik has updated its operator training simulator Digital Driller to safely train underground drill operators and maintenance teams. The upgraded Digital Driller family now includes read more >

Mining companies face increasing ESG scrutiny as investors flock to gold

Monday, September 21st, 2020

Skyrocketing gold is providing a welcome windfall to the mining industry, but it’s also attracting a broader base of investors who are demanding greater attention read more >

China throws toys out of the pram after Hwange coal mining ban

Monday, September 21st, 2020

For many years, Chinese companies have been on the receiving end of claims that they are not transparent in their operations and are destroying ecosystems read more >

Greece sets ambitious targets to phase out coal by 2028

Monday, September 21st, 2020

Greece has committed €5 billion ($5.9 billion) to phase-out the use of coal by 80% by 2023, to reduce the nation’s carbon footprint. According to data read more >

Scott Morrison refuses to commit to net zero emissions target by 2050

Monday, September 21st, 2020

Scott Morrison has walked back a declaration from last week that 1,000MW of new generation will be needed once the ageing Liddell coal plant leaves the read more >

Chile court shuts gold mine over environmental fears

Friday, September 18th, 2020

Chile’s environmental court confirmed a final order to close Canadian company Barrick Gold’s huge Pascua Lama mining project, on hold since 2013 over environmental concerns. read more >

Czech utility EPH to close 600MW coal plant in France two years early

Friday, September 18th, 2020

Czech utility EPH is to shut down its 600MW Provence coal power plant in France only a year after buying it. The firm has announced read more >

NSW endorses Russell Vale coal mine expansion

Friday, September 18th, 2020

The New South Wales Government has recommended that the Independent Planning Commission approves the expansion of Wollongong Coal’s Russell Vale mine. The state’s Department of Planning, read more >

SA exploration challenge unveils new mineral targets

Friday, September 18th, 2020

South Australia hopes to unlock mineral deposits in the Gawler region through the results of exploration challenge ExploreSA. The challenge, run by the South Australian read more >

Newmont CEO sees gold ‘elevated’, but will keep plans grounded

Thursday, September 17th, 2020

Newmont CEO Tom Palmer  The world’s biggest gold producer sees the price of the precious metal remaining “elevated” as governments continue pandemic stimulus spending, but read more >

Peabody’s farewell

Thursday, September 17th, 2020

Peabody Energy has bid farewell to its long-standing chief operating officer Charles Meintjes, who has resigned from the company. The company alerted the United States Securities and read more >

BHP optimises NSW coal assets despite sale rumours

Thursday, September 17th, 2020

Image: BHP Billiton BHP is continuing to review its Mt Arthur coal operations, including making moves to lower operating costs, despite the mining giant expressing read more >

Last hopes for demand growth set to disappoint thermal coal exporters

Thursday, September 17th, 2020

The world’s largest thermal coal exporter is eyeing new markets as its largest export destinations threaten to cut imports. Indonesia is targeting Bangladesh, Pakistan and Vietnam as read more >

Poland’s PGE targets zero carbon emissions by 2050

Thursday, September 17th, 2020

Poland’s largest utility, Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE), is planning to phase out coal and offer zero emission energy by 2050, CEO Wojciech Dabrowski said Sept read more >

Bulgaria wants another 2.6 GW of renewables by 2030 – and coal

Thursday, September 17th, 2020

The government’s energy strategy targets new clean energy capacity this decade but all existing coal power plants will also remain active, gas pipelines could be read more >

Former mine in North Bohemia filled to create country’s largest pit lake

Wednesday, September 16th, 2020

 A new water reservoir created by filling a former brown coal mine has officially opened in North Bohemia, near the town of Most. With a read more >

China Pressured Over New Coal Power Projects

Wednesday, September 16th, 2020

China is facing widespread criticism for building dozens of coal-fired power plants that the country doesn’t need, but so far, there are no signs that read more >

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