by admin-charles | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
The first solar-to-battery storage facility in the area is moving for Grand Rapids. A 2-megawatt solar array and 1-megawatt energy storage battery were approved by the Grand Rapids Public Utilities Board, a wholesale electricity customer of Minnesota Power, on...
by admin-charles | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Sand mining in Trempealeau County has proved to be a boom and bust business. The fortunes of local frac sand firms have fluctuated with oil prices and rivalry from generating scores of workers and taking in millions of profits to idling plants. The sector has been at...
by admin-charles | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The option of President Donald Trump to rule the U.S. until William Barr became President Department of Justice, in a federal criminal inquiry by the department, he represented Caterpillar Inc, a Fortune 100 company. Much was at risk for...
by admin-charles | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
India’s largest bank’s shareholders are posing questions over a planned loan to Adani Enterprises Ltd. to help finance the opening of the infamous Carmichael coal mine in northern Australia. New York-based BlackRock Inc. and Norway’s Storebrand ASA...
by admin-charles | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
PETALING JAYA: A writer on rare earth elements has advised science and not politics to be the foundation for debates on rare earth mining. Azizan Abu Samah, chairman of the Sustainable Mining Task Force of Akademi Sains Malaysia, said rare earth mining could be...
by admin-charles | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
The “bold idea” was unveiled last night at an event in Perth attended by Bill Johnston, the Western Australian mining and petroleum minister. “We are the leading province for capital internationally,” Johnston said. “They are still the...
by admin-charles | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Mothballed NT iron ore mines reopen amid soaring demand for steel in China As Chinese demand for steel soars and prices sit at a seven-year peak, Northern Territory iron ore mines are making a comeback. In the last few months, two mothballed mines have restarted...
by admin-charles | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
A more favorable market climate can be seen by miners and metal producers in 2021, as almost all mineral and metal prices (except iron ore) are predicted to average higher year-on-year (y-o-y) in 2021, Fitch Solutions forecasts in its latest study. While metal prices...
by admin-charles | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
The mining industry in South Africa may have shown resilience and weathered the COVID-19 hurricane, but businesses, particularly when it comes to environmental, social and governance (ESG) problems, still continue to concentrate on their strategies. This is according...
by admin-charles | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
A manufacturing business with a Northern Ontario graphite reserve, ZEN Graphene Solutions, has developed a mineral-based solution that when added to personal protective equipment (PPE), destroys the COVID-19 virus. A graphene-based virucidal ink coating was produced...
by admin-charles | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
BEIJING: After many recent deadly incidents, China has initiated a safety inspection campaign targeting all operating coal mines and coal mining ventures, a statement released by its State Council or cabinet on Tuesday showed. In 2020, more than 100 coal mining...
by admin-charles | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Last week, key senior MPs, including Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil, crossed the floor to join the opposition to PNG. Marape said they were within their rights to do so on Facebook, but he stayed prime minister in the meantime and lobbied for a greater return of...
by admin-charles | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
TOKYO (Reuters) – Funding for coal ventures is drying up at ever rising rates as more countries are seeking zero carbon emissions in the middle of the world’s energy transformation, participants said on Tuesday at Asia’s largest coal industry...
by admin-charles | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
For the year, sales fell 10 percent year-on-year to US$172 million, which the firm said was favorable relative to the June quarter’s 30 percent downturn. For the nine months to September 30, income was down 17 percent, or 15 percent after adjusted for foreign...
by admin-charles | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
To optimize the lifecycle of plant activities by digitisation, Rockwell Automation has introduced the PlantPAx 5.0 distributed control system (DCS). This is RockWell Automation’s new DCS which is capable of digitally transforming an enterprise by leveraging...
by admin-charles | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
MILWAUKEE—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Komatsu is pleased to launch a new jumbo drill and bolter that utilizes a revolutionary common underground hard rock mining carrier and control device engineered to fulfill the needs of the industry for higher efficiency and flexibility thus...
by admin-charles | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Mining robots will revolutionize the mining industry by automating the diverse activities involved in mining, from the discovery of minerals and other resources to excavation. As a consequence, the usage of mining robotics is helping to improve efficiency and...
by admin-charles | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
US mining industries anticipate Joe Biden’s presidency to lift certain barriers to the coking coal sector, but there is optimism that more attractive business dynamics can be fostered by infrastructure spending and a new approach to international ties. In the...
by admin-charles | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Nova Royalty (TSXV: NOVR) has entered into a royalty acquisition arrangement with Boart Longyear’s (ASX: BLY) affiliate to buy an established 2.4% net smelter return royalty on a portion of the Antofagasta PLC (LSE: ANTO) owned Twin Metals project. Twin Metals...
by admin-charles | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
One thing is clear, when the country still awaits the final vote count, and social media, talking heads and newspaper columnists scramble to decipher the tea leaves and what the result means: Minnesotans want politicians to advocate for the climate. Minnesotans have...