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25 Mar 2020
Quebec miners shut down operations following COVID-19 government order
The latest provincial government-mandated restrictions to address the COVID-19 situation have seen miners down tools...
24 Mar 2020
Premier Coal replenishes fleet with Liebherr R 9400
Premier Coal has recently taken delivery of a new Liebherr R 9400 hydraulic excavator at...
23 Mar 2020
Endeavour looks to consolidate West Africa gold sector with SEMAFO acquisition
Endeavour Mining is to acquire fellow West Africa-focused gold producer SEMAFO in a friendly, all-share...
23 Mar 2020
Newmont withdraws 2020 guidance as four mines go into care and maintenance mode
Newmont says it is withdrawing its full-year 2020 guidance after placing four of its operations...
23 Mar 2020
Zenith Energy to power up Plutonic gold mine
Zenith Energy says it will add a further 6 MW of installed capacity at Billabong...
19 Mar 2020
New thyssenkrupp stacker starts up at Rio Tinto’s East Intercourse Island facility
thyssenkrupp is celebrating the first ore aboard a new stacker at the bulk handling facilities...
19 Mar 2020
West African moves into new phase at Sanbrado following gold pour
West African Resources says it has poured first gold at its Sanbrado gold project, in...
18 Mar 2020
Cisco IoT solution underwrites Boliden automation transition at Garpenberg
Cisco says it has helped Sandvik and Boliden deliver a safe, autonomous and efficient operation...
18 Mar 2020
Buenaventura and Sierra Metals scale back Peru operations
Compañia de Minas Buenaventura and Sierra Metals have become the latest companies to scale down...
18 Mar 2020
NRW Holdings to upgrade Olympic Dam airport
NRW Holdings’ wholly-owned subsidiary, NRW Contracting, has been awarded an airport upgrade contract with BHP...
17 Mar 2020
Freeport’s Cerro Verde is the latest COVID-19 casualty among Peru’s big mines
Freeport-McMoRan Inc has announced that to comply with the Peruvian Government's Supreme Decree and declaration...
17 Mar 2020
Vale to ramp down Voisey’s Bay nickel mine for a month
Vale has become the latest miner to react to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, saying it...