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Vale on June 11 announced the milestone achievement of first ore production at its ambitious Voisey’s Bay Mine Expansion Project in northern Labrador. Voisey’s Bay is home to one of the largest nickel deposits in the world. Located on the north coast of Labrador, about 35 km south of Nain, Voisey’s Bay has been producing[…]

The Abra base metals project in Western Australia is racing forward to first production in 2023 after the project owners signed off a positive final investment decision (FID) for the mine’s development. The FID was made following the satisfaction of key conditions to draw in excess of $30 million under a debt facility. As of[…]

BHP has today achieved first ore at its US$3.6 billion South Flank mine in the central Pilbara, Western Australia. South Flank is an 80 Mt/y sustaining mine, and will be the most technically advanced high quality iron ore mine in Western Australia. Together with the existing Mining Area C, it will form the largest operating[…]

Greatland Gold PLC, the precious and base metals exploration and development company, has announced commencement of the underground decline at the Havieron Gold-Copper Project which is a JV with Newcrest (Newcrest 60% Greatland Gold 40%). Shaun Day, Chief Executive Officer of Greatland Gold plc, commented: “This is a momentous step in the development of Havieron[…]

Kinross Tasiast gold mine continuous improvement (CI) and mobile maintenance departments have teamed up to develop and implement two new CI initiatives that are saving the mine in Mauritania approximately $250,000 per year. In 2019, the mobile maintenance team noticed that replacing halogen lights on the Cat 793D trucks had contributed to 146 hours of[…]

Gold Fields Ltd advises that its Board of Directors has given the green light for the construction of a 40 MW solar plant at the South Deep gold mine mine in South Africa. This follows the granting of a licence by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa on 25 February 2021. The 40 MW[…]

A 19 km overland conveyor system, designed and installed by the TAKRAF India office, for the greenfield Utkal Alumina Project includes the longest single flight conveyor system to be installed within Indian territory to date. Utkal Alumina is a 100% subsidiary of Aditya Birla Group company Hindalco. The project is in Tikri in the Rayagada[…]

Barrick Gold Corporation’s giant Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex in western Mali has seen its third underground mine reach its first mining level and it is scheduled to start delivering ore tonnes to the plant during the current quarter, President and Chief Executive Mark Bristow told a recent media briefing. At the same time, a prefeasibility study[…]

Morupule Coal Mine (MCM) has awarded a 5 year mining services contract to a joint venture between Bothakga Burrow, a local citizen owned company, and Basil Read Mining, the South African based company, for the development of an open cast coal mining operation at the MCM, Motheo project. The BR-BB (JV) mining contract was signed[…]

Aris Gold Corporation says it has taken several key steps in advancing the Lower Mine project at the Marmato Mine in Colombia. This includes following the completion of a competitive tender process the awarding of the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract to Wood, a global leader in consulting and engineering with extensive experience[…]