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IAMGOLD Corp has filed a NI 43-101 Technical Report on the PFS for the Boto gold project in Senegal, West Africa, reported in the news release dated February 12, 2018. The PFS was completed jointly by IAMGOLD and Lycopodium Minerals Canada, with inputs from technical studies completed by other consultants and has an effective date[…]

AngloGold Ashanti has signed the regulatory and fiscal agreements with the Government of Ghana that will provide the framework for the redevelopment of the Obuasi gold mine into a modern, productive mining operation. The Government of Ghana and AngloGold Ashanti have put in place several agreements including a Development Agreement, Tax Concession Agreement, Security Agreement[…]

Caterpillar and Minetec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Codan Limited, announce an agreement for the development and delivery of technologies targeting underground hard rock mining challenges. The collaborative work will deliver best-in-class site solutions for mining customers. The integrated solutions will be offered as part of Cat® MineStar™. Caterpillar expects the integrated solutions to focus[…]

The Global Mining Standards and Guidelines Group (GMSG) has announced that Michelle Ash, Barrick Gold Corporation’s Chief Innovation Officer, will become the new Chair of GMSG in May 2018. “The success of the mining industry is dependent on continued collaboration and innovation,” says Ash. “So when I was asked to become Chair of GMSG, whose[…]

In its annual report for 2017, Anglo American Platinum says it has continued its journey of innovation and technology development to achieve safety, productivity and cost benefits. Emphasis has been placed on modernisation (drill, blast and cleaning technologies) of underground, in-stope operations at Amandelbult, automation of blast hole drilling at the Mogalakwena open pit operations[…]

Pueblo Viejo’s semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mill has hit record throughput levels over the past four months following the implementation of a digital solution last year. The project is the result of a partnership between Pueblo Viejo, the Barrick Digital team, and an outside supplier. The SAG mill at the site grinds the gold ore which[…]

Assembly has started for the first of the two RopeCon® installations for the transport of platinum ore at the Booysendal concession. The South African mining company Booysendal Platinum (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of Northam Platinum Ltd, accesses the platinum ore deposit Booysendal South there. To transport the mined ore to an existing processing plant, Doppelmayr[…]

As reported in its just released 2017 Sustainability Report, development of a production dispatch algorithm and user-friendly software program to allocate load haul dump machines (boggers) and trucks in Telfer’s sub-level cave mine has resulted in increasingly systematic decision-making, taking into account the true complexity of the operation whilst improving safety. The new production software,[…]

Castle Silver Resources has changed its name to Canada Cobalt Works Inc because it is more a cobalt company than a silver company and changing the name will put the company more on the radar of battery tech investors. As Frank Basa, CSR President and CEO, stated: “With Cobalt prices at 10-year highs, and the[…]

DMCC, the world’s leading Free Zone for trade and enterprise, has announced that its Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE) signed a strategic partnership with Stargems, specialised in the sourcing and supply of the finest diamonds, to host a series of rough diamond tenders in 2018. The agreement enables international members, miners and suppliers to trade and[…]