Mining Companies Edge Towards Renewable Energy Options
Mining companies are starting to heed the transition towards a low-carbon future by investing in wind energy, solar and gas.
This was relayed at the annual African wind energy summit ...
Columbus Gold Says French Guiana Project Safe With New Paris Mining Delegate
Canada’s Columbus Gold (TSX: CGT) said on Tuesday that the future of its French Guiana Montagne d’Or gold project, a joint venture with Russia’s Nordgold, looks positive ...
Social Value Key To Our Future Profit: BHP
BHP says big miners’ profits will not survive if they simply pay lip service to the social and environmental toll of resource extraction, with the “social value” of a business ...
Australia's Fortescue Confirms Bid To Develop Guinea Iron-Ore
Australia's Fortescue Metals Group confirmed on Monday that it has submitted a bid to develop two blocks in the giant Simandou iron-ore deposit in Guinea.
Reuters reported on Friday ...
Telstra Flags 3G Switch Off Planned For 2024
Australia's incumbent telco Telstra has announced it is planning to switch off its 3G network in June 2024 and refarm the spectrum for its 5G network.
The telco said ...
Todd River Obtains Rights To Nanutarra Nickel Project
Todd River Resources has obtained the rights to a new nickel sulphide exploration terrain within the Nanutarra nickel project in Western Australia.
It has entered into an option to farm-in-agreement ...
Gold Rush Town Of Coolgardie Divided Over Plans To Explore Beneath Their Streets
Residents of one of Australia's most famous gold rush towns are divided over plans to explore for the precious metal beneath their streets, amid record prices for gold which ...
Havilah Resources Enters Exploration Agreement With BGC For Bassanio IOCG Target
Havilah Resources Ltd (ASX:HAV) has entered into an agreement covering exploration by Benagerie Gold & Copper Pty Ltd (BGC) of Bassanio Iron Oxide Copper Gold (IOCG) target in northeast ...
One Dead At Australian-Owned Gold Mining Pit Accident In Guyana
A man died early Tuesday morning in an accident at an Australia-owned Troy Resources Guyana Inc gold mining pit, Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman said.
Sources identify the dead ...
Growing Australia’s Minerals And METS Trade With Indonesia And Hong Kong
The Minerals Council of Australia supports the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) recommendation to ratify Australia’s free trade agreements with Indonesia and Hong Kong.
These agreements will grow ...
Kalium Lakes Fired Up At Beyondie Potash Project
Kalium Lakes says it has awarded a contract to design, supply, install and commission a 7.5 MW gas fired power station for its Beyondie sulphate of potash project (BSOPP ...
Vale Details Damages Payments, Speeds Dam Decommisoning
Brazilian mining company Vale SA has paid 860 million reais ($210 million) in emergency damages relating to the Brumadinho tailings dam disaster, it said in a presentation on Tuesday.
Breaker Launches Strategic Review As Buyers Circle Lake Roe
Breaker Resources has announced it will undertake a strategic review to fast-track the unlocking of value from the Lake Roe gold project in Western Australia.
The review will take place ...
Labour's Reversal On Eugenie Sage's Waihi Mine Decision Shows Green Party's Lack Of Ministerial Power - Greenpeace
The Labour Party overruling Eugenie Sage's decision to deny an overseas mining company from buying 180 hectares of land in Waihi has proven that the Green Party aren't ...
Gold: Pit Wall Fails At Avesoro’s New Liberty Gold Mine
Avesoro Resources has suspended mining activities in the Kinjor-East pit at its New Liberty gold mine, following the failure of a pit wall and ramp in the north side of ...
Tesla Warns Of Lithium-Ion Battery Mineral Shortage
Speaking at an industry conference in May, Tesla’s supply chain manager Sarah Maryssael called on the U.S. government to help ensure the ongoing availability of minerals needed to ...
Bowen Secures Farm-In Agreement With Sumitomo Over Hillalong Coking Coal Project
Queensland-based explorer Bowen Coking Coal (ASX: BCB) has secured a farm-in agreement with Sumitomo Corporation over the Hillalong coking coal project, approximately 105km west-southwest of Mackay.
The farm-in, executed between ...
Tasmanian Farmer 'Shocked' Proposed Woodbury Coal Mine Has 'Reared Its Ugly Head'
Third generation farmer Richard Headlam is well aware of the coal seam that runs beneath his Woodbury property in Tasmania's east.
He said he was approached by Midland Energy ...
New Technologies Can Make Mining Safer, Sunrise Industry – Mgojo
The utilisation of new technologies could make mining a sunrise industry while simultaneously addressing safety and health issues, Minerals Council South Africa president Mxolisi Mgojo said on Wednesday.
Responding to ...
Dacian Declares Maiden Gold Resource At Phoenix Ridge
Dacian Gold has reported the maiden mineral resource for its Phoenix Ridge deposit at the Mt Morgans gold operation (MMGO) near Laverton in Western Australia.
The operation has an estimated ...
For Mining CEOs, Pressure To Cut Carbon Footprint 'Growing Every Day'
More of the world's major miners will inevitably begin taking responsibility for the greenhouse emissions produced by their customers including steelmakers and power stations that burn the resources they ...
Kerman To Work On Wyndham Port Facility For Agrimin Mackay Potash Project
Having recently selected a suitable export site at Wyndham Port for its Mackay potash project in Western Australia, Agrimin has awarded Kerman Contracting the engineering design contract for the facility ...
Kinross: Setting A Gold Standard For Mining Communications
A flexible IT strategy is helping Kinross Gold plan for the future of its diversified operations
Kinross Gold’s (Kinross) diverse portfolio of mines stretches from Africa to Russia. The ...
Bis Scores Exclusive Materials Handling Contract
Mining services company, Bis, has been awarded a contract to become the single materials handling contractor for GFG Alliance in Whyalla, South Australia, effective 1 October 2019.
As part of ...
Heron To Raise $91 Million For Woodlawn Project
Heron Resources has secured $91 million in funding which it will use to progress the Woodlawn zinc-copper project in New South Wales.
Funds will be mainly allocated towards underground mining ...