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31 Aug 2018
J.H. Fletcher – leading innovator in underground development
James Herbert Fletcher is the underground development inductee to the IM Technology Hall of Fame....
29 Aug 2018
John Van Nostrand Dorr joins the IM Technology Hall of Fame: Concentration
J.V.N. Dorr’s first development was  the Dorr classifier.  John Dorr was one of the great...
23 Aug 2018
Global gold output to hit record highs in 2019-2020
Although gold production grew for nine consecutive years to reach an all-time high in 2017,...
22 Aug 2018
Haile gold mine: Safety comes first
Located in between two former gold mines – the Ridgeway and Brewer mines – the...
27 Jul 2018
Jack Holmes nominated for metallurgy to the International Mining Technology Hall of Fame
For his massive contribution to the large-scale commercialisation of solvent extraction of copper, in Zambia...
25 Jul 2018
David Noon, GroundProbe, nominated to International Mining Technology Hall of Fame; ‘Safety’
David Noon co-founded GroundProbe in 2001 after co-inventing the original Slope Stability Radar (SSR) whilst...
23 Jul 2018
Hecla completes Klondex aquisition
Hecla Mining and Klondex Mines report that Hecla’s acquisition of Klondex is complete. “With this...
05 Jul 2018
LKAB’s new technology alliance to produce strategic minerals from mine waste
LKAB is now investing in pilot plant facilities and, together with environmental services company Ragn-Sells,...
29 Jun 2018
MSC provides smelter conversion update
Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) is engaged in a project to convert a lead smelter in...
22 Jun 2018
SME Annual Conference 2019 – get your abstract in
August 1, 2018 is the closing date for papers to be submitted for the 2019...
21 Jun 2018
Kalamazoo acquires major Victorian gold project
Kalamazoo Resources Ltd has been granted Exploration Licence EL006679 covering the Wattle Gully gold project,...
20 Jun 2018
South Africa’s new draft Mining Charter – mixed verdict
It sets new potentially controversial targets for BEE ownership - but past deals recognised and...