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In the spirit of responsible mining and a strong commitment to environmental conservation, Kinross Gold U.S.A., Trout Unlimited and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation have come to an agreement to protect and conserve important fish and wildlife habitat adjacent to Yellowstone National Park. As part of its remediation and reclamation plans for the Mineral Hill[…]

Atlantic Gold Corp reports that its Moose River Consolidated (MRC) mine in Meguma gold belt, Nova Scotia, one of Canada’s next open pit gold mines, is still on target for commissioning next month Base case LOM will produce 87,000 oz/y gold over a minimum 8.5-year mine life at All-in Sustaining Costs of $552/oz New Resource[…]

Trelleborg Wheel Systems industrial and construction tyre operation, will show its solid and pneumatic tyres at Steinexpo from August 30 to September 2. Amongst the products on show will be the company’s latest radial and diagonal pneumatic tyres for wheel loaders and graders, and its solid tyres for extreme environments. For extreme environments such as[…]

Last week, specialty metals producer, Wolf Minerals Ltd updated the market on operations at its Drakelands open pit mine at its Hemerdon tungsten and tin project in Devon, southwest England. In the June Quarterly Report released on July 28, the company announced the implementation of a detailed operating turnaround plan designed to achieve a sustainable[…]

Rye Patch Gold Corp has secured financing for the purchase of four additional Caterpillar 785C haul trucks for a total of $3.67 million dollars, growing the Florida Canyon gold mine truck fleet to 15. “This purchase will enable the company to increase its production by taking advantage of excess capacity at the crusher. The crusher[…]

The National Mining Association (NMA) has recognized Dyno Nobel’s achievement of independent certification under its CORESafety® system. Dyno Nobel Inc, a global manufacturer of explosives, is the first non-mining company to receive independent certification under NMA’s signature safety program. “The safety and health of our employees and contractors extends far beyond the mines – it’s[…]

Oniqua Intelligent MRO’s Oniqua IQ Inventory is now available. This is an award-winning, cloud-based MRO Inventory Optimization platform that combines sophisticated statistical analyses, prescriptive analytics and optimization algorithms to help users in asset-intensive industries reduce costs, improve margins, increase service levels and minimize unplanned downtime. The company reports that asset-intensive organizations around the world –[…]

BHP has approved capital expenditure of $2.46 billion for the Spence Growth Option (SGO) at the Spence open-pit copper mine in northern Chile, which will extend the mine life by more than 50 years. BHP’s Pampa Norte consists of two wholly owned operations in the Atacama Desert – Spence and Cerro Colorado. During FY2016, Spence[…]

Alan Taylor (AT), Metallurgical Consultant/Managing Director of ALTA Metallurgical Services has provided notes of the discussion. As he explains, “the contributions of the panel members and delegates are not presented verbatim, but rather have been paraphrased and condensed for clarity and brevity. They are not recorded in order, but are grouped into major topics. Also,[…]

Greatland Gold, a precious and base metals exploration and development company, has begun a Mobile Metal Ion (MMI) surface geochemistry survey at Ernest Giles East. In addition, a ground gravity survey across Ernest Giles East is expected to commence within the next few weeks. Results of the exploration program are expected to be disclosed in[…]