The public inquiry over West Cumbria Mining Ltd’s plans for a metallurgical coal mine off the coast of Cumbria will be held on 7 September 2021. The Planning Inspectorate will conduct the inquiry, expected to last just over two weeks, on the future of the proposed Woodhouse Colliery. The move follows Cumbria County Council’s decision […]
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Cornish Lithium appoints advisory environmental consultant
Cornish Lithium Ltd has appointed Kathy Hicks as advisory environmental consultant. Ms Hicks is a mining geologist and chartered environmentalist with 17 years’ experience in the global hard rock mining industry and UK ground engineering sector. She has advised on environmentally-responsible practices and regulatory compliance for all stages of a project’s lifecycle. Ms Hicks is […]
Cornish Lithium appoints corporate development manager
Cornish Lithium Ltd has appointed Neil Elliot as corporate development manager. Mr Elliot has more than 17 years’ experience providing corporate finance advice and broking services to UK listed natural resources companies and TSX and ASX dual-listed companies. He was most recently a director in BMO’s UK ECM and Corporate Broking team, which he joined […]
Altona losses rise as rare earths plan takes shape
Altona Rare Earths plc reported higher losses in 2020 reflecting an increase in the companies’ move towards its new focus on rare earths elements (REEs). For the six months ended 31 December 2020, the company recorded losses of £119,000 (H1 2019: £78,000). The group had total liabilities of £536,000 at 31 December 2020 (H1 2019: […]
Altona nears 70% interest in Nankoma
Altona Rare Earths plc announced it had signed an option deed to acquire a 70% legal and beneficial interest in Leadway Group Ltd, owner of the Nankoma rare earths project in Uganda. The project is in exploration licence EL00115, covering an area of 67.5 km2 and is located some 50km east of Jinja, which lies 130km […]
Cairn faces Indian petition over arbitration award
Cairn Energy plc said that the Indian Government had petitioned the Dutch Court of Appeal to set aside its arbitration award, which was granted unanimously in the company’s favour. TRIBUNAL The independent oil and gas exploration and development company with headquarters in Edinburgh added it had “full confidence” in its own position. “As previously advised, […]