Archives: Mine operation news

Howden says it has secured a contract for its Ventsim™ CONTROL system at Gold Fields’ South Deep gold mine in South Africa. The mine is a world-class bulk mechanised mining operation reaching depths between 2,800-3,300 m below surface and is located in the Witwatersrand Basin. South Deep has invested in key infrastructure to ensure that[…]

CIMIC Group company CPB Contractors has been selected by Cadia Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of Newcrest Mining Limited, to deliver enabling works for the Cadia Tailings Storage Facility Recommissioning Project, in New South Wales, Australia. The project, to be delivered in an alliance partnership with Cadia Holdings, will support the operation of the Cadia[…]

Among the new applications, technologies and data analytics Freeport-McMoRan is advancing as part of a plan to improve copper recovery from its leach processes in North and South America is Jetti Resources’ patented catalytic technology, the company has confirmed to IM. In its December quarter and 2022 annual results, released late last month, the leading[…]

While the situation for some of the major miners in Peru remains challenging, Grupo Mexico-owned Southern Copper Corporation (SCC) has so far avoided being affected at its key operations there, namely Toquepala, Tia Maria, Los Chancas and Michiquillay. SCC’s current capital investment program for this decade exceeds $15 billion and includes investments in the Buenavista[…]

Nyiyaparli Traditional Owner Business, Resource Operations and Maintenance Services (ROMS) has been awarded a A$2.8 million ($2 million) contract to help with mine rehabilitation at BHP’s Newman Operations, on Nyiyaparli Country, in Western Australia. Work is underway on the eight-month contract for bulk earthworks and mine rehabilitation of two of the overburden stockpile areas at[…]

SRG Global says it has secured significant contracts with Northern Star Resources Limited worth some A$220 million ($157 million). This includes a new five-year drill and blast services, explosives management and grade control drilling contract at its Bronzewing gold operations in Western Australia, along with a two-year contract extension covering the same scope with Northern[…]

Shougang Hierro Perú has recently added Robit drilling consumables to its drilling arsenal, following a string of tests comparing down-the-hole (DTH) tools, the Finland-based company says. A large share of the drilling and earthmoving operations at Shougang Hierro Perú is conducted by Cosapi Mineria, a subsidiary of Cosapi S.A., one of Peru’s biggest construction and[…]

Northern Star Resources and Zenith Energy have signed a preliminary works agreement and term sheet related to the supply of electricity from a solar farm, battery energy storage facility and wind turbines to the Jundee gold mine in Western Australia. The aim of the initiative is to cut Jundee’s Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions[…]

Barrick’s North Mara gold mine is located in north-west Tanzania in the Tarime district of the Mara region. It is around 100 km east of Lake Victoria and 20 km south of the Kenyan border. North Mara started commercial production in 2002. The mine is a combined open pit and underground operation from two deposits,[…]

VoltVision, a UK-based specialist in digitised industrial power networks, says it has completed the first phase of a program to digitise the power networks at Endeavour Mining’s six West African gold mines. The project has been designed to help maximise the efficiency of Endeavour’s electrical power systems, enabling it to improve power quality, increase uptime[…]