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Endomines has started active development of the Idaho, USA gold assets acquired in February 2018. Based on the recent technical and permitting work, the previously announced target of commencing production at the Friday mine, as the first of five deposits, within one year from the acquisition remains intact. Endomines has recruited a core team of[…]

Rail-Veyor Technologies Global Inc announces that its Rail-Veyor system is now hauling all of the production material at Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd’s Goldex mine in Val-d’Or, Quebec, Canada for their Deep 1 project. Installation of the energy-efficient 3 km underground system began as part of Goldex’s new Deep 1 project which was started up in[…]

The Canada Mining Innovation Council (CMIC) along with partners from across Canada, submitted a proposal to the Government of Canada’s Innovation Supercluster Initiative in 2017. The objective was to transform the mining sector’s productivity, performance, and competitiveness by tackling the shared global challenges of water, energy, and environmental footprint, with bold targets of a 50%[…]

Agnico Eagle Finland Oy has awarded Pöyry with the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) assignment for the expansion investment of the Kittilä gold mine. The assignment includes services for the gold mine expansion project that will be carried out between 2018 and 2021. The Kittilä mine is the largest gold mine in Europe. Mining[…]

The factory of Kingnor Mining Equipment Co, the joint venture company formed by Normet Group and JCHX Mining Management has been inaugurated in Daye, Hubei Province, China. It will focus on manufacturing and assembly of multipurpose mining vehicles and related accessories for the Chinese mining market. The new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility is designed for efficient[…]

In the third of our series of online articles covering technology developments at Russia’s gold mining major Polyus, based on IM attendance of the Polyus Capital Markets Day in London, we look at the company’s antimony project which is focused on its Olimpiada operations. The project has mainly come about for two main reasons. Antimony[…]

Glencore Technology have introduced the first accurate online calculator for estimating the required cell installation for a given flotation circuit. The result shows what Jameson Cell installation is needed to deliver any given target concentrate. “The online calculator, available for free, takes key parameters like commodity and cell duty to decide what calculations are needed.[…]

Newmont’s Malozemoff Technical Facility (MTF) in Englewood, Colorado, is home to state-of-the-art mineral technology and world-class expertise. It’s where Lauren Hafla, Director of Newmont’s Metallurgical Services (NMS), and a crew of engineers, geoscientists and chemists create value through “delivery of new and industry leading technology across the portfolio.” Hafla brings 18 years of experience in[…]

The Mineros Group recently implemented the first phase of an expansion project at its extensive alluvial gold dredging operations in the Nechi River delta at El Bagre in Colombia.  The project was borne out of a successful pilot plant trial on a tethered barge which accepted a representative stream of Dobaibe gravity feed material. Gekko[…]

Wealth Minerals Ltd has entered into an agreement with the fully state-owned National Mining Company of Chile (ENAMI), whereby the parties have agreed to form a strategic alliance to develop and commercialise the company’s lithium projects in the Salar de Atacama and Laguna Verde. The Agreement provides that the parties will have 24 months during[…]