Archives: Mining project news

VIST Group (subsidiary of Zyfra), one of the Russian leaders in the field of digitalisation of large mining enterprises, has launched into pilot production a fleet management system for underground mining works at the experimental site of the Lunnoye deposit in the Magadan Region. The company’s specialists have successfully implemented a pilot project, which includes[…]

Calidus Resources has appointed GR Engineering Services to carry out the prefeasibility study (PFS) on its Warrawoona gold project in Western Australia. The PFS is scheduled to be completed in the September quarter. Calidus said: “GR Engineering are an ASX-listed engineering company that has successfully managed 19 gold feasibility studies and the construction of three[…]

The Drainage Gallery Ore (DGO) deposit that forms the basis of Rio Tinto’s planned underground production mining operation beneath the Kennecott Utah Copper open pit, has the potential to be much more than a high-grade boost to the copper mill feed. It is part of a larger strategic opportunity to add value to existing operations[…]

DRA Global has been awarded the contract for basic engineering services on the Kakula mine portion of the wider Kamoa-Kakula project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The contract scope includes the basic engineering and design associated with all underground mining infrastructure, the concentrator plant and all supporting surface infrastructure. Kamoa Copper SA, a joint[…]

Lundin Gold, the owner and operator of the Fruta del Norte gold project in southeast Ecuador, has announced its results for the year ended December 31, 2018. “During 2018 the team focused on the critical underground development and the start of construction on surface, and we are now halfway through construction,” said Ron Hochstein, Lundin[…]

Resolution Copper says, after completing the two-year-long rehabilitation phase of the underground mine, in Arizona, it is ready to move to the deepening phase of what could end up being one of the biggest copper mines in the world Resolution, owned 55:45 by Rio Tinto and BHP, is the owner of the massive Resolution copper[…]

Fortune Minerals Ltd is pleased to report that the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has announced that it has signed the agreement with North Star Infrastructure GP to construct the Tlicho All-Season Road to the community of Whati, Northwest Territories. Whati is located 50 km south of Fortune’s proposed NICO cobalt-gold-bismuth-copper mine. As part[…]

TAKRAF has reported on the recent start-up of Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG)’s Bauxite Production Expansion project in Kamsar, Guinea. The first ore milestone at the project, which sought to increase production from 13.5 to 18.5 Mt/y, was reached on schedule, on budget and, most importantly, safely, at the end of last year. TAKRAF,[…]

Exploration company QEM says it has engaged Velseis Pty Ltd to carry out a 22 km 2D seismic programme for the project site at Julia Creek in Queensland’s resource rich, NW mining precinct. QEM envisages the programme will commence on site within two months, subject to satisfactory weather conditions. Velseis is an Australia seismic exploration[…]

Broadway Gold Mining has announced that it has completed a Maptek Vulcan 3D model of its Madison Project in the Butte-Anaconda region of Montana. Based on the positive results generated, Broadway is planning a new multi-phased underground diamond drilling program. The Phase II and III programs will target the expansion of known high-grade gold and[…]