Coal • Jan 4, 2022
Indonesian coal miners demand an end to a
Coal miners in Indonesia want the government's coal export ban quickly lifted since it has caused fuel costs to soar and threatens to disrupt the energy…
Mo Shine
Mo Shine covers the geopolitics, logistics and diplomacy of critical-mineral extraction in the Global South, with a focus on how African statecraft shapes what investors and operators can actually build. He spent more than a decade in newspaper journalism, as sub-editor and executive editor, and has worked with Skillings since 2009. His current work tracks the Lobito Corridor and other Western-backed rail routes, and what they change for working capital, regional diplomacy and operator resilience across the Central African Copperbelt.
Blog • Jan 4, 2022
Shutdowns and concerns about supplies from
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes For the mining business, inflation may be a double-edged sword since rising input costs can reduce profit margins. Inflation, on the…
Blog • Jan 3, 2022
Bulk of advertised positions and subsequent
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Workers in their hometown have proved so scarce that they have constructed a new warehouse in Sydney, Australia, for this manufacturing…
Mining Technology • Jan 3, 2022
Rethink Mining’
"Collaboration Mining" will be a significant business intelligence (BI) trend in 2022. Because new technologies are constantly being developed all around us, it isn't easy to…
Steel • Dec 31, 2021
On-site electric arc furnace mills for the
To be precise, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said the country had released a development plan that calls for reducing energy consumption in…
Blog • Dec 30, 2021
U.S. Biggest Coal Mining Organization Praised
The biggest coal mining union in the United States released a statement the day after West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin seemed to kill Build Back Better.…
Blog • Dec 30, 2021
20 permits in Spain: Atalaya acquires 51%
Atalaya Mining (AIM: ATYM, TSX: AYM) of Cyprus has become a prominent player in the Ossa-Morena Metallogenic Belt in the Badajoz province of southwestern Spain, thanks…
Mining Finance • Dec 29, 2021
Inflation: Double-Edged Sword For The Mining
Everyone agreed that Royal Road Minerals was deserving of the award for all of the hard work it puts in at its South American ventures However,…
Blog • Dec 29, 2021
Osisko Mining Inc. Increased Covid-19 Testing
One Canadian gold miner has virtually shut down its Arctic activities due to increased infections from the omicron strain of COVID-19, which is threatening to postpone…
Iron Ore • Dec 29, 2021
Iron Ore: A 2021 brief and is ahead in 2022
In 2021, the price of iron ore took a wild journey. In May, prices soared to a high of $237 per tonne before plummeting to around…
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