Archives: Mining project news

Community and government stakeholders recently visited Lane Xang Minerals Ltd’s (LXML) Sepon gold mine to open the first modern underground mine in Lao PDR (Laos). “Sepon has thousands of years of mining history,” said Paul Harris, LXML General Manager. “This new development will use modern underground mining equipment, and advanced mining techniques, to transfer knowledge[…]

Alamos Gold Inc has announced the groundbreaking for its Island Gold Mine expansion. Already one of the most profitable mines in Canada, Alamos says the expansion will increase production, lower costs, and be an economic engine for the Algoma region. The expansion will also best position the operation to benefit from additional exploration success. John[…]

Worley has announced a new contract award from Sedibelo Platinum Mines Ltd. The project, in South Africa’s western limb of the Bushveld Complex, will take SPM’s Pilanesberg Platinum Mines from an open-pit operation to an underground mine. This project will extend the life of mine by 30 years from 2030 to 2060, with first ore[…]

Centerra Gold Inc has entered into a global arrangement agreement with Kyrgyzaltyn JSC  and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic to effect a clean separation of the parties, including through the disposition of Centerra’s ownership of the Kumtor gold mine and investment in the Kyrgyz Republic, the elimination of Kyrgyzaltyn’s involvement and interest in the[…]

OZ Minerals has announced the decision to increase the hoisting shaft capacity under construction at Prominent Hill from 6 Mt/y to 6.5 Mt/y. The Wira Shaft mine expansion project was approved in August 2021 with works well progressed and scheduled for completion in 2024. Project optimisation works identified the opportunity to increase the hoisting shaft[…]

Hawsons Iron Ltd (HIO) says it has engaged global specialists to examine optimum infrastructure pathways, process engineering design and decarbonisation opportunities to improve the economics and Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) outcomes for its Hawsons Iron Project. Worley has signed a feasibility services agreement with HIO to undertake, together with its subcontractor Mineral Technologies, the[…]

On March 20, a ceremony was held at the heartland of the Catamarca Andes, at 4,100 m above sea level, to mark the start of construction of Zijin Mining’s 3Q lithium brine project, a project with an initial annual production of 20,000 t of lithium carbonate. Also in Argentina, Rio Tinto has announced that it[…]

MMG Ltd has announced progress with two major expansions at its mining operations – first off it has approved extending the life of its Kinsevere copper operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for at least 13 years; while in Peru, the Ministry of Energy and Mines has released the regulatory approval for the[…]

Barrick Gold Corporation and the governments of Pakistan and Balochistan have reached agreement on a framework that provides for the reconstitution of the Reko Diq project in the country’s Balochistan province. The project, which was suspended in 2011 due to a dispute over the legality of its licensing process, hosts one of the world’s largest[…]

Anglo American in its full year 2021 financial results released today says its Quellaveco copper project in Peru is on track to achieve first production in mid-2022, in line with the original project schedule despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic to date. 2021 saw the achievement of several major milestones and, as at[…]