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Fortescue Metals Group has approved the development of the Eliwana mine and rail project, located in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. Highlights • Estimated capital cost of $1.275 billion • 143 km of rail, a new 30 Mt/y dry ore processing facility (OPF) and infrastructure • Production commences December 2020 with a life of mine strip[…]

Nemaska Lithium Inc has entered into an agreement with National Bank Financia, BMO Capital Markets and Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corp, as co-lead underwriters and joint bookrunners, on behalf of a syndicate of underwriters, pursuant to which the Underwriters have agreed to purchase on a bought deal basis 280,000,000 common shares for gross proceeds of C$280,000,000.[…]

Greg Evans, Executive Director – Coal, Minerals Council of Australia explains that coal-fired power generation kept lights and air conditioners on and kept businesses running in Australia during the past summer, according to the latest figures from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO). AEMO has noted in its Summer 2017-18 Operations Review that “the NEM[…]

Margaux Red Capital and its wholly-owned subsidiary Sigma Lithium Resources have made an important step towards completing the feasibility study of Sigma’s foothold deposit at its Grota do Cirilo Property in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Sigma has finalized the environmental licensing process for its Dense Media Separation (DMS) pilot plant and expects to complete its[…]

Fireweed Zinc Ltd reports positive results of an independent PEA for its Macmillan Pass project in Yukon, Canada. The PEA was prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 by JDS Energy and Mining, with work on tailings and water by Knight Piesold Consulting. The picture shows drill core from the Tom West Zone showing layers of[…]

Larry Radford has been appointed COO of Hecla Mining Co, effective immediately, a promotion from his previous role of Senior Vice President – Operations, overseeing Hecla’s operations, development projects, pre-development initiatives. “Throughout his career Larry has demonstrated a strong ability to optimize operations, and you can see this in the improved performance of Greens Creek[…]

An innovative earth anchor-based approach minimises the environmental impact of solar, reduces costs, and increases relocatability of PV plants. This is found in the new NUANCE ENERGY-THEnergy Report “Modular, semi-portable mounting systems for solar in the mining sector”, which focuses on a product innovation that has several advantages for remote off-grid mines. This is mainly[…]

South Africa: the commissioning of the Barberton Mines Tailings Retreatment Plant (BTRP) regrind mill will be completed during the current week, on schedule and on budget. The BTRP is expected to reach annualised gold production of 21,000 oz in the next month, in line with previous guidance. The regrind mill enables the BTRP to sustain[…]

Developed by Australia’s national science agency CSIRO and brought to market by Chrysos Corporation, photon gold analysis is a faster, safer and more environmentally-friendly alternative to the conventional fire assay technique for gold analysis. Fully automated, it dramatically reduces the turnaround time on assays from days to minutes, providing critical data to miners on gold[…]

Together, GMG and METS Ignited are hosting half-day events in Perth and Brisbane, Australia to hear how interoperability is affecting Australian METS businesses. Interoperability of mining equipment and systems is a top priority for the international mining industry. Interoperability is seen as a necessity to maximize the capability and benefit of mining automation, integration, and[…]