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Komatsu shapes diverse future of mining

Monday, August 3rd, 2020

Image: Komatsu. Komatsu senior mining engineer Melinda Court has commended the company’s efforts to diversify its work environment, helping women to overcome the challenges of read more >

Gold prices hit $US2000/oz

Monday, August 3rd, 2020

Gold has traded above $US2000 ($2805), another record high for the precious metal, before settling just below this peak. CNBC listed a price high of read more >

Rio Tinto to advance mining automation skills

Monday, August 3rd, 2020

Copyright © 2018 Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto has pledged almost $60 million to accelerate the development of automation skills in Western Australia’s mining workforce. Automation read more >

More investors get coal bed methane claims

Monday, August 3rd, 2020

Zimbabwe has granted coal bed methane (CBM) special grants to six investors in Matabeleland North province as it seeks to tap into cleaner fuel for read more >

Zambia’s Mines have Suffered an Alarming drop in Revenue

Monday, August 3rd, 2020

THE Zambia Chamber of Mines says the country’s mining companies have suffered an alarming drop in revenue over the three months from February-April 2020, illustrating read more >

China Push Sees Coal-Fired Generation Rise to Record in Pakistan

Friday, July 31st, 2020

A pile of coal sits at the Sahiwal coal power plant, owned by China’s state-owned Huaneng Shandong Rui Group, at sunset in Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan, read more >

Ottawa orders federal review of Alberta coal mine expansion

Friday, July 31st, 2020

Ottawa will re-examine a major expansion planned for the Vista coal mine in Alberta, saying Thursday a federal environmental assessment is necessary given how much read more >

Metro considers closing Bauxite Hills early for wet season

Friday, July 31st, 2020

Image: Metro Mining Metro Mining may shut down the Bauxite Hills mine in Queensland for the wet season early if sales don’t pick up over read more >

Rio Tinto advances Serbian lithium project

Friday, July 31st, 2020

Rio Tinto has invested nearly $US200 million ($277 million) to progress the Jadar lithium-borate project in Serbia to the next stage of development. The funding read more >

Australia becomes China’s top source of coking coal

Thursday, July 30th, 2020

Australia became the largest exporter of coking coal to China in the first half of the year due to a strong rebound in steel production read more >

Kazakhstan produced 53 mln t of coal

Thursday, July 30th, 2020

Following the results of 6 months of the current year, the country’s coal mining companies produced 53 million tons of coal which is 2.9% more read more >

Gold Mining Trio Gets $3 Billion Richer Riding Bullion’s Surge

Thursday, July 30th, 2020

Tech and pharma may be getting the attention these days, but three mining billionaires are quietly padding their fortunes with an investment that’s decidedly more read more >

Pilbara Minerals prepares to strike as lithium resurgence nears

Thursday, July 30th, 2020

The Pilgangoora operation. Image: Pilbara Minerals Pilbara Minerals is set to receive $US110 million ($153.3 million) in financing, positioning it to capitalise on the growing read more >

Rio Tinto overcomes COVID-19 to declare $US2.5bn dividend

Thursday, July 30th, 2020

The Winu project. Image: Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto has stood on the strength of its iron ore portfolio and declared a substantial dividend despite the read more >

CIMIC in talks to offload 50% of Thiess

Wednesday, July 29th, 2020

CIMIC Group has flagged that it is selling a portion of Thiess’ ownership stake to London-based funds management company Elliott Advisors. CIMIC is in an read more >

Hargreaves sees revenues fall 26% as HS2 delays impact results

Wednesday, July 29th, 2020

Hargreaves Services Major North East employer Hargreaves Services saw revenues fall by more than a quarter as it was hit by project delays, in a read more >

Energy Minister checks winter preparations of coal mines

Wednesday, July 29th, 2020

  Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Minister of Energy N.Tavinbekh checked on site the winter preparations of Baganuur and Shivee-Ovoo JSCs. Baganuur coal mine that alone satisfies 60 read more >

Gold Mining Initiative to Fetch Nigeria N261.9 Billion Yearly’

Wednesday, July 29th, 2020

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc. Olamilekan Adegbite, has said the Presidential Artisanal and Gold Mining Initiative (PAGMI) could fetch Nigeria $675 million read more >

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