Mining

Queensland has lost ground in the latest global survey of mining companies and investors, falling two places to number 15 in the world for investment attractiveness.

TOMRA has opened new regional headquarters in Johannesburg to strengthen its commitment to customers in southern Africa.

FLSmidth has recently appointed the Finnish digitalisation specialist Mikko Tepponen as its new Chief Digital Officer.

The National Mining Association has applauded the Senate’s ‘American Energy Innovation Act,’ which recognises that American mining is essential to all aspects of American energy.

Vehicle Management Systems has announced its partnership with TyreSafe Australia to provide real time tyre pressures to a major mining group.

Rio Tinto will appoint three new independent non-executive directors to the board.

PT Sumbawa Timur Mining has recently announced the discovery of the Onto copper-gold deposit in Indonesia.

The Queensland government’s North Queensland Regional Plan has reinforced a strong future for the resources sector.

In November 2019, local gunmen killed 37 employees of Canadian miner Semafo who were travelling to work at the Boungou mine in Burkina Faso, raising awareness of the dangers faced by mining majors operating in foreign countries.

Caterpillar has been chosen to supply and support an autonomous haulage system for Newmont’s Boddington gold mine.

Eurasian Resources Group is considering the construction of a lithium-ion battery precursor plant, to be exclusively supplied with cobalt hydroxide from its Metalkol RTR facility in the DRC.

Smartphones, electronic cars, and regenerative energies are a few of the hot topics of today. What they all have in common is battery technology requiring a formerly neglected material: lithium.

Persistence Market Research (PMR) has presented analysis and insights on the global market for mining flotation chemicals.

The UK mining sector has halved its overall investment positions in the EU since the Brexit vote, but earnings have increased by more than £2 billion in that time.

Rio Tinto has approved a US$98 million (100% basis) investment in a new solar plant at the Koodaideri mine in the Pilbara, Australia.