Weeks after the West Australian Government raised concerns that Alcoa’s mines posed a risk to the Serpentine Dam and 1/5 of Perth’s drinking water, it has been discovered that the US miner has risked another WA dam. Alcoa applied for approval to build pipelines over WA’s Waroona Dam to pump PFAS contaminated water from firefighting …
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Newcrest has rejected Newmont’s $24.45B takeover bid after week-long deliberation. Newcrest’s board said it is still open to negotiations but thought the offer didn’t represent sufficient values for shareholders. The missing men whose vehicle fell into a hole approximately 100 meters underground in the collapse in the Dugald River underground mine have died. …
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The West Australia government fears heavy rains could wash polluted water from Alcoa mines into the state’s biggest dam, making the water undrinkable. The US aluminium giant that mines bauxite within 300 metres of the water’s edge at Serpentine Dam changed its methods about five years ago, increasing the risk of sediment flowing into the …
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Boss Energy has appointed James Davidson as general manager of its Honeymoon Uranium project and Jacobus van Rooyen as its construction manager. Boss Energy managing director, Duncan Craib said James Davidson “has immense experience across project management and construction, with particular emphasis on uranium metallurgy and operations.” Craib also said “Kobus is a team player, …