Mining

Kangra Coal's mine, located in Saul Mkhizeville in the province of Mpumalanga, South Africa, has restarted mining operations with the opening of Pit C.

MineTech Machinery has conducted training on the operation of the new Hitachi EX1200-7 excavator for the operators of the Solntsevsky coal mine.

Resource exploration spending in Queensland increased by almost AUS$130 million or 23% in 2020, according to new data released by the Australia Bureau of Statistics.

Golden Energy and Resources Ltd has announced its full year results for the financial year ended 31 December 2020.

The National Mining Association has applauded President Joe Biden’s Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains, which recognises the key role that minerals play in securing the availability of critical and essential goods and materials.

Thiess’ Mount Owen team has led environmental management to ensure dust, noise and blasting emission impacts are minimised on local communities.

Teck Resources Ltd has announced its unaudited annual and 4Q20 results and guidance for 2021.

A recent exploration forum in Brisbane revealed Queensland’s resources industry has grown exponentially over the past decade, and by 77% in the past 3 years.

Huawei has recently inaugurated the new Intelligent Mining Innovation Laboratory in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China.

Although the pandemic-related impacts and measures reduced productivity in all businesses and postponed the start-up of the new iron ore assets in 2020, Vale remains confident to achieve 400 million tpy capacity by the end of 2022.

Glencore has confirmed that its Colombian subsidiary, Prodeco, will commence the process of handing its mining contracts back to the Republic of Colombia through the National Mining Agency.

The Queensland Resources Council will ask the State government to provide certainty around the process required to approve an expansion of New Hope Group’s New Acland coal mine.

Caterpillar Mining and ThoroughTec Simulation have concluded a global cooperation agreement that will bring simulator-based equipment training solutions to Caterpillar customers.

MC Mining Ltd has provided an update for the three months ended 31 December 2020, the second quarter of the company's 2021 financial year.

Teck Resources Ltd has been recognised as one of the 2021 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations by Corporate Knights.