Archives: Mining project news

Proof of concept has been established for in situ recovery (ISR) of copper at the Kapunda copper project, in partnership between Thor Mining and Environmental Copper Recovery SA (ECR). The project, in which Thor Mining has a right to earn into a 45% effective interest, holds an inferred JORC compliant resource of 119,000 t of[…]

Erdene Resource Development Corp has announced the results of an independent Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) study for its 100%-owned Khundii Gold Project in southwest Mongolia. The PEA was prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects by RPMGlobal Asia Ltd. The PEA envisions a high-grade, open-pit mine beginning at the[…]

Nouveau Monde Graphite’s latest concentrate results from its Matawinie graphite project in Quebec, Canada, have proven so favourable that it is upping production at its demonstration plant from next year. The company completed mechanical commissioning of the 3.5 t/h plant, in Saint-Michel-des-Saints, earlier this year, laying out plans to, in the next two years, process[…]

The maiden shipment of Fortescue Metals Group’s new 60.1% Fe content product, West Pilbara Fines, has recently left Herb Elliott Port in Port Hedland, Western Australia, bound for Hunan Valin Steel in China. Fortescue will produce 5-10 Mt of West Pilbara Fines in the year to end-June 2019 by blending higher iron, low alumina ore[…]

LKAB, in tandem with representatives from the University of Münster (Germany) and Luleå University of Technology, LTU (Sweden), recently flew a helicopter-borne survey system, around 90 m above the ground, around its Kiruna area in northern Sweden. The process works where a helicopter flies past 90 m above the ground with a survey instrument in[…]

Resolute Mining Limited has commenced sublevel cave ore production at the Syama Underground project in Mali, West Africa. The extraction of first ore from the southern end of the 1105 level of the Syama sublevel cave marks the anticipated beginning of the main caving operation at Syama and the achievement of a major milestone for[…]

Aluminium Bahrain BSC (Alba), the Bahrain-based aluminium producer, has successfully produced the first hot metal at its Potline 6 Expansion project. Potline 6, which is being executed by Bechtel as the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contractor, will make Alba the world’s largest aluminium smelter once at full production, Bechtel says. Adding 540,000 t/y[…]

Thor Mining has an upgraded and increased Mineral Resource Estimate containing tungsten, copper and now zinc, for the Desert Scheelite deposit at Pilot Mountain in Nevada, USA. Highlights: The Desert Scheelite mineral resource estimate now comprises 10.7 Mt at 0.26% WO₃, 19.38 g/t Ag, 0.15% Cu and 0.38% Zn (above cutoff grade of 0.15% WO3)[…]

The key outcomes of Explaurum Ltd’s updated Tampia feasibility study incorporate further metallurgical test work, mine design and scheduling together with refined capital and operating cost estimates. The updated study also includes the addition of the Mace supergene deposit. Pre-tax NPV of approx. A$156 million (up from A$125 million) and pre-tax IRR of about 70%[…]

The remote, resource-rich McArthur Basin has been the focus of a three-year research collaboration between CSIRO and the Northern Territory Geological Survey (NTGS) that aims to unlock the secrets of the region’s geology and attract commercial exploration activity. When it comes to understanding one of the most resource-rich parts of Australia’s geology, the greater McArthur[…]