All articles by Umar Ali

Q&A: how tech can improve miner health with BridgeHead

Umar Ali (UA): What are the challenges with managing the health and safety of mining workers? Georgina Hurst (GH): Often…
Exit stage left: the big miners moving away from coal

Anglo-Australian mining major Rio Tinto is the world’s second-largest mining company, and the first big mining company to divest from…
Australia’s mining workforce want list

Mining plant operators The Australian Resources and Energy Group (AMMA) predicts that of the 20,767 employees needed in Australia’s mining…
Are mining companies jumping the gun on lithium?

Is the Rush for Lithium Justified The lithium rush Global efforts to reduce emissions have driven demand for technology such…
Q&A: making nickel mining greener with Nornickel

Umar Ali (UA): Can you give me a brief overview of Nornickel's efforts to work on environmentally sound and renewable…

Critical minerals and the UK: 5 things to know

The UK has no specific critical mineral strategy Critical minerals are used to create products of strategic importance for many…
The future of nickel: tensions, trade bans and technology

Indonesia’s export ban With increased demand for stainless steel production and recent developments in technologies such as electric vehicles, demand…
Eye in the sky: how satellite positioning could help Australian mines

What is SBAS? Positioning data is a fundamental part of many modern technologies, used in GPS tracking for smartphones, navigation…
Serious Fraud Office launches bribery investigation into Glencore

The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced on 5 November 2019 that it has opened an investigation into suspicions of…
Going green: renewable energy projects at mines around the world

Renewable certificates at Rio Tinto’s Kennecott mine On 1 May 2019, Anglo-Australian mining multinational Rio Tinto announced that it would…