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EPA Recommends Environmental Approval for Fortescue’s Eliwana Iron Ore Mine Project, Australia
July 2, 2019
The Eliwana Iron Ore Mine Project is planned to be developed by Fortescue Metals Group in Western Australia’s Pilbara region Fortescue Metals Group’s proposed $1.275 billion (£1 billionn) Eliwana Iron Ore Mine Project in Western Australia has been recommended for
Peabody and Yancoal’s Middlemount Coal Mine Closed After Fatality, Queensland
July 1, 2019
Operations were suspended at Australia’s 5.3mn t/yr Middlemount coking coal and pulverized coal injection (PCI) mine in Queensland following a wall collapse that killed one worker earlier this week. Middlemount said it is co-operating with an investigation into the incident
Tata Chemicals to Build UK’s First Large Carbon Capture Plant
July 1, 2019
Tata Chemicals Europe plans to build Britain’s most powerful carbon capture plant by 2021, which will stop the equivalent of 22,000 cars worth of emissions a year rising into the atmosphere. The plant will reduce TCE’s emissions as the company
Dundee Begins Commercial Production at Ada Tepe Gold Mine, Bulgaria
June 25, 2019
Canadian gold miner Dundee Precious Metals (DPM) has started commercial production from the Krumovgrad gold mine in Bulgaria, which has been renamed as Ada Tepe. DPM said that the forecast capital cost for the Ada Tepe gold mine will continue
SL Mining Ships First Iron Ore Delivery from Freetown Port, Sierra Leone
June 25, 2019
SL Mining has announced that the first shipment of iron ore concentrate, branded ‘Marampa Blue’ set sail on MV Cooper from Freetown Port (Queen Elizabeth II), located in Sierra Leone. The loading of over 55,000 tonnes of high grade greater
Tech Firms to Check Suppliers After Mining Revelations in Tanzania
June 25, 2019
Electronics companies, including Canon, Apple and Nokia, are re-evaluating their supply chains following reports they may be using gold extracted from a Tanzanian mine that has been criticized for environmental failures. Over the past 10 years, at the North Mara
Climate Protesters Storm Garzweiler Coal Mine in Germany
June 25, 2019
Police in western Germany are removing climate change protesters from an open-cast coal mine after hundreds of them stormed the site. Activists broke through a police cordon on Saturday to get into the Garzweiler mine, in a campaign against fossil
Pro Civil to Acquire Gem Diamonds’ Ghaghoo Diamond Mine, Botswana
June 24, 2019
Gem Diamonds has entered into a binding agreement with Pro Civil for the sale of 100 percent of the share capital of Gem Diamonds Botswana Proprietary Limited (GDB). Pro Civil is a company registered in Botswana. GDB’s primary asset is
Newcrest Mining Deploys Private LTE Network at Lihir Mine, Papua New Guinea
June 24, 2019
Newcrest Mining has deployed a private LTE network built by Telstra at its remote Lihir gold mine in Papua New Guinea. The miner said that the new private network would “allow for greater levels of safety, remote operation and automation”
Rio Tinto Completes Deployment of Automated Rail Network in Pilbara, Australia
June 24, 2019
UK-based mining firm Rio Tinto has completed deployment of AutoHaul, a A$940 million (£512.4 million) program focused on automating trains transporting iron ore in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Said to be the world’s first automated heavy-haul long distance
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