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China and India Rejecting Renewables for Coal-fired Futures
February 24, 2020
Both China and India view energy as an amoral source of power that is to be used for survival and advancement during this century. The rest of the world should take careful note. China and India are not buying into
Outokumpu Selects Sandvik’s OptiMine Platform Digitalize Its Kemi Mine, Finland
February 20, 2020
Finnish stainless steel manufacturer Outokumpu has selected the OptiMine digital platform of mining automation and digitalization firm Sandvik to drive digitalization at Kemi mine in Finland. The platform which is used as an underground operations management system is expected to
Poland’s Miners Protest Coal Imports, Seen as Threat to Jobs
February 20, 2020
Miners in southern Poland worried that massive coal imports will eliminate their jobs on Tuesday blocked railway tracks on the import route. A few hundred miners with trade union flags in the southern coal mining region town of Slawkow also
Rights Group Says Criminals Terrorizing Miners in Venezuela
February 20, 2020
Criminal groups that run gold mines in the south of Venezuela have mutilated miners accused of stealing, extorted business owners and forced young children to work without security equipment as they tighten their grip on a region that is rich
Fatality at Centerra Gold’s Kumtor Mine, Kyrgyz Republic
February 19, 2020
Centerra Gold said that on February 15, 2020, a fatality occurred at the Kumtor Mine located in the Kyrgyz Republic. A Kumtor employee succumbed to a fatal injury while operating an excavator, which tipped and then slipped down into a
Strata Worldwide’s HazardAvert® Making Strides in Australia
February 19, 2020
Strata Worldwide has accomplished the first ever application of proximity detection on underground shuttle cars in an Australian coal mine. As a proactive safety measure, one of the world’s leading mining companies has been undergoing extensive research on Strata’s HazardAvert®
Cyclone Damien Disrupts Operations at Sandfire Resources’ DeGrussa, Australia
February 18, 2020
Sandfire Resources has felt the wrath of Tropical Cyclone Damien after heavy rainfall associated with the storm flooded a section of the DeGrussa copper-gold open pit mine in Western Australia. The company temporarily suspended operations at the DeGrussa mine after
Australia to Fund Study Into New Coal-Fired Power Station
February 18, 2020
The Australian government will give financial backing to a study into a new coal-fired power plant in Queensland that it said would lower power prices and improve grid reliability, drawing criticism from environmentalists who say it’s not doing enough to
Cambodia Approves Two New Coal-Fired Power Projects
February 18, 2020
The Cambodian government on February 7 approved the construction of two coal-fired power plants with a combined capacity of 965 megawatts, according to spokesperson of the government Phay Siphan. The approval was made during a weekly cabinet meeting chaired by
South African Miners Keen to Start Generating Their Own Power
February 18, 2020
Red tape has cost miners tens of millions of dollars in lost revenue over the past year, as power blackouts have dented their output at a time when they could have been generating their own power. South African miner Gold
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