2020 November in Review
2020 November in Review
AMERICAS
- S. Steel loses $589million
- BHB betrays international safety efforts
- Mid-season shipping update amidst the current pandemic
- Council of Ely allows IRRR funding for Piragis
- Copper rally could prompt Mount Polley to restart
- What Does Steel Megadeal Mean For Minnesota?
- US bank to provide £19.3m in funding for UK’s TechMet
- Researchers produce magnetic ‘Fool’s gold’
- Fatigue Science launches 14-Day Fatigue Forecasting solution
EQUIPMENT
- ABB and UWA join to realize the future of digital mines
- BHP finalizes its first blockchain iron-ore trade with China Baowu
- Epiroc reports successful winter trial for EVs
- Mining efficiencies via a range of digitalization solutions
- Chile demands protection for its mineworkers in light of Covid-19
- South Africa’s COSATU leads union protests over coronavirus impact
- Future-proof wireless connectivity can improve digitalized mining
- Vale CFO confirms iron ore production target
- Zyfra does a trial of 5G on autonomous mining dump trucks in Russian territory
- Laser Mining the light at the end of the tunnel?
GLOBAL
- 350 retrenched due to closing of Alabama mine
- First Energy Metal will obtain control over gold exploration territory in Canada
- Clear information on Poland’s coal mine closures by 2049: two-state thermal coal companies only
- Gauging the mining industries response to the Covid-19 disaster
- Dalian iron ore futures set for 6th monthly gain amid strong steel demand
- Emesent achieves ‘industry first’ flight with DJI drone
- Don’t Worry the world is a long, long way from running out of gold
- Equatorial Guinea and Russia kick off a historic geological mapping project
- Britain cancels proposals for new coal mine in the Northeast of England
- Mining county asks lawmakers for open meetings law exemption
- Worley aims to assist miners on their aims to create underground mining change
STATISTICS
- September 2020 crude steel production
- The 11th Steelie Award winners announced