Archives: Mining people

The COVID-19 global pandemic has been a wake-up call for many industries, and Wabtec says, in mining especially, it is highlighting the incredible importance of digital transformation and adaptability, testing the capabilities of whether businesses can alter their practices almost overnight. ”In these times of increasing instability and unpredictability, mining operations worldwide have had to[…]

Kognitiv Spark says it is partnering with Gimò Technology Solutions in Santiago, Chile with the RemoteSpark remote worker digital communications support solution available to the South American mining sector. Gimò is a company with extensive experience in providing services to mining and other industrial sectors, that also supporting its customers with innovative technological solutions for[…]

Metals Consulting International Ltd (MCI), the independent iron and steel sector management consulting firm, has announced the merger of its advisory business with that of Saint Barbara, advisors to the world’s metals, minerals and mining industries. MCI mostly undertakes iron and steel sector due diligence and feasibility study work for clients in Western, Central and[…]

Engineering, design and advisory company Aurecon is part of a national consortium to support regional Australian communities facing mine closure which has secured A$30 million in funding from the Australian Government. Led jointly by the University of Western Australia and the University of Queensland, the consortium will now form a Cooperative Research Centre on Transformations[…]

Freeport-McMoRan Inc has announced that to comply with the Peruvian Government’s Supreme Decree and declaration of a National Emergency in its efforts to contain the outbreak of COVID-19, its huge Cerro Verde copper mine has temporarily transitioned to a care and maintenance status for a 15-day period which commenced on March 16, 2020. During this[…]

Newmont Corporation announced today that coronavirus-related government restrictions in Peru will require safely ramping down mining operations at Yanacocha gold mine while gold production from leach pads and managing critical safety and environmental activities will continue. Yanacocha has been operating normally since the beginning of the year and represents approximately 3% of the company’s 2020[…]

The effect of the coronavirus (COVID-19) spread is now being felt in slowdowns at some of the biggest mining projects that are in the construction phase, and notably two world class copper projects, namely Anglo American’s Quellaveco in Peru and the underground development part of Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi in Mongolia. Anglo American has announced[…]

In January 2018, Kinross Gold Corp launched the ‘Innovation Opportunity Fund’ for employees to submit innovative ideas to improve the mining group’s global operations by sharing best practices and promoting continuous improvement. A recently-funded idea came from the Technical Services team at the Tasiast gold mine in Mauritania who developed a technology for a new[…]

Norsk Bergindustri (Norwegian Mineral Industry), the national mining association in Norway, has announced that it will adopt the Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) initiative, a corporate social responsibility program developed by the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) to improve environmental and social practices in the mining industry. Norsk Bergindustri joins seven other mining associations around the[…]

RPMGlobal says it has bolstered its in-house environmental, social and governance (ESG) capabilities with the appointment of Luke Stephens as Principal Social Specialist for the company’s Consulting & Advisory division. Stephens, a mining social performance professional with more than 20 years’ of international experience, has a strong track record in social licence, community relations, social[…]