Mining companies are under intense pressure to increase production through the optimisation of their current plant and its resources. In order to achieve this, it is important they preserve and extend their assets, a tactic with which Weir Minerals is very familiar. “At Weir Minerals we recognise the demand within the industry and we have[…]
MinerAndina reports that Southern Copper Corp (SCC), a subsidiary of Grupo Mexico, and operator of Minera Mexico and Southern Peru Copper, has among its approved plans to start up the Tia Maria copper project in Peru (Arequipa) for the second quarter of 2020, at a production of 120,000 t/y and an investment of $1,480 million,[…]
Red Eagle Mining Corp has announced financial results for the year ending December 31, 2016 and business highlights to date including: Declared Commercial Production at the San Ramon gold mine on March 31, 2017 Acquired the high grade California gold project through Red Eagle Mining’s controlled public subsidiary Red Eagle Exploration Closed bought deal equity[…]
Aquila Resources has received the third of four necessary permits from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) for its zinc- and gold-rich Back Forty project. The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Permit (NPDES Permit) was issued by the MDEQ on April 5, 2017, following a comprehensive public commentary period that ended on November 3, 2016[…]
Some of the world’s leading volcanologists and geothermal engineers have signed up to a $100 million magma drilling project in a bid to help protect millions of people, towns and cities across the world from volcano disasters; and to make a strategic step in scaling up the use of geothermal energy. More than 30 magma[…]
Sandfire Resources announces that the feasibility study on the Monty copper-gold project, located 10km east of its 100%-owned DeGrussa copper-gold mine in Western Australia, has been completed and approved by the Springfield Joint Venture. It is a JV between Sandfire 70% and manager and Talisman Mining 30%. The robust life-of-mine (LOM) study outcomes include: Mine[…]
Barrick says “sprinting to success” is the “agile method [that] connects our in-house app developers with our mine operators to build, test, and refine new digital products that our people will actually want to use. “Frequent input from our mine operators is critical to the agile development process we’re using to create digital products for[…]
Official statistics from the Bolivian Ministry of Minerals and Metals reveal that while drought and delayed investment have impacted mined tin output, which fell 13.3% year-on-year to 17,460 t in 2016, refined tin production rose 8.7% to 16,810 t over the same period as more material was processed in-country. The data reveals that tin mine[…]
In a development that could have a tremendous positive impact on mine project development in arid regions and on those companies currently working on graphite projects, new research at the University of Manchester (UK) shows graphene can filter common salts from water to make it safe to drink. The findings could lead to affordable desalination[…]
Barrick Gold has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with Shandong Gold Group, the leading underground mining company in China, based in Jinan, Shandong province. As a first step in the new partnership, Shandong Gold Mining Co, the listed company of Shandong Gold Group, will acquire 50% of Barrick’s Veladero mine in San Juan province,[…]