Teranga Gold Corp was officially awarded the 2017 Environmental & Social Responsibility Award at the PDAC Awards Gala last week, recognising Teranga’s outstanding leadership and commitment to making lasting contributions to the communities surrounding its Sabodala gold mine in Senegal. “We believe that our success is tied to the achievement of the goals of our host[…]
CASE Construction Equipment introduces the DL450 compact dozer loader – AKA ‘Project Minotaur’ – a first-of-its-kind fully integrated design that matches the best operating characteristics of a compact track loader (CTL) with a crawler dozer. A launch/production date for the machine has not been confirmed, but CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 represented a new and advanced phase in[…]
The Gahcho Kué diamond mine received its third major award last week, as the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) presented the Viola R. MacMillan Award during the PDAC Awards Gala, held in conjunction with its annual international convention. The award, for demonstrating leadership in management and financing for the exploration and development of[…]
The World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) Platinum Quarterly has raised the predicted platinum market deficit for 2017 to 120,000 oz for the year. The upward revision comes after confirmation that the market ended 2016 270,000 oz in deficit, a deeper shortfall than previously estimated. Automotive demand remains resilient Total supply is predicted to fall by[…]
Roque Benavides, President of Cía. de Minas Buenaventura, presented a keynote address at the PDAC’s opening session last week, entitled What Drives Success in Our Industry? Benavides outlined several initiatives that have helped the 64-year-old Peruvian precious metals producer adapt to change and succeed. One of the main things for Buenaventura is staying a[…]
Thor Mining Plc advises that the intersection of 51 m of mineralisation from the second drill hole designed to test for extensions to the Desert Scheelite deposit at the Company’s wholly owned Pilot Mountain tungsten project in Nevada, USA. 51 m of scheelite mineralisation including 9 m of visible sulphide mineralisation, including visible chalcopyrite, intersected[…]
Digital is here to stay. It’s not a project or program that has a beginning and an end. It just has a beginning, and we are excited to be a part of it, says Barrick’s Gordon Chiu. “When people talk about disruptors in other industries, everyone talks about Uber to the taxi industry, Airbnb to[…]
The focus of exploration in British Columbia (BC) is shifting to grassroots and early-stage exploration, according to a new survey – a joint initiative between EY, the Government of British Columbia’s Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) and the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME). “We’re seeing a number of projects that supported exploration[…]
At the recent PDAC conference in Toronto, Ontario, MacLean showcased its battery propulsion program that is able to offer full-fleet EV solutions across the company’s ground support, ore flow, and utility vehicle product lines. It is providing a battery powered fleet to Goldcorp’s Borden project in Chapleau, Ontario, expected to be the world’s first all-electric[…]
DJI, which claims to be “the world’s leading maker of unmanned aerial vehicles,” has released a white paper concluding the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) set its weight standard far too low for determining which drones pose the lowest risk to people. While the FAA’s 2015 Registration Task Force (RTF) said drones weighing up to[…]