RST advances technology for treatment of mine and power plant tailings dams
Reynolds Soil Technologies has developed a range of services to treat and rehabilitate tailings dams.
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Yancoal opens Lake Kepwari
World Coal Association member Yancoal, the operator of Premier Coal, has opened Lake Kepwari, near Collie in Western Australia, 50 years after opencast mining operations started at the site.
AUS$640 million investment in exploration for Queensland resources sector
Exploration activity across coal, petroleum, gold and copper deposits in Queensland continues to rise despite COVID and a drop in coal and petroleum prices, Queensland Exploration Council (QEC) Chair, Kim Wainwright, has said.
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Glencore enters partnership with Tre-Altamira
Glencore has entered a global agreement with Tre-Altamira to expand satellite monitoring to over 110 of its dams worldwide.
Bravus begins laying Carmichael Project railway
Bravus Mining and Resources has begun laying its 200 km railway line in Central Queensland at the Carmichael Project.
UK Government provides £31 for flooding and coal tip repairs
Welsh Secretary, Simon Hart, and Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Stephen Barclay, have agreed funding for coal tip and flood damage remediation work across Wales.
Cyient and Decipher sign MoU
Cyient has announced that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Decipher to support Decipher with the global rollout of their cloud mining platform for tailings and rehabilitation monitoring.
Speedcast launches next generation IoT platform
Speedcast International Ltd has launched a next generation Internet of Things platform designed to simplify connectivity, provisioning, and device management through a single console.
IWiM launches International Women in Resources Mentoring Programme
International Women in Mining has announced the launch of the 2021 International Women in Resources Mentoring Programme, in collaboration with Metisphere.
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VGK continues digitalisation programme of labour protection
At the Solntsevsky coal mine, one of the key production assets of the Eastern Mining Company, they have begun testing a video surveillance system using chest-mounted video recorders.
Solntsevsky coal mines opens oil analysis laboratory
The Solntsevsky coal mine has opened a laboratory for the analysis of technical fluids.
The Coal Authority’s latest collaboration wins awards
The Coal Authority’s latest innovative collaboration has been recognised with two awards.
EIA: US coal mine capacity fallen 28% since 2009
The US Energy Information Administration’s latest ‘Annual Coal Re-port’ has shown a 28% decrease from the peak productive coal mine capacity in 2009.
Solntsevsky coal mine mines record 10 million t of coal
A record figure of 10 million t of coal has been achieved since the beginning of 2020 at the key mining asset of the Eastern Mining Co. - the Solntsevsky coal mine.
New heat maps reveal heat stored in Britain’s abandoned coal mines
The British Geological Survey and Coal Authority have released maps which, for the first time, reveal the extent to which heat is stored in Britain’s abandoned coal mines.