Archives: Mining project news

In a recent blog post, Goldcorp explained how ‘going electric’ at its Borden gold development project in Ontario, Canada, is having a positive impact on ventilation requirements and mine air heating. The company previously laid out plans to use all-electric equipment at the project with a fleet that includes Sandvik DD422IE automated battery/electric jumbos and[…]

DRA Global is to carry out the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for Hastings Technology Metals’ Yangibana rare earths project in Western Australia. Yangibana will be Hastings’ first rare earths project on the Australian continent, containing substantial neodymium and praseodymium resources, according to DRA. The project currently spans approximately 650 km² and is located in[…]

Pybar Mining Services has started up underground mining at Heron Resources’ Woodlawn zinc project in New South Wales, Australia, ahead of full commissioning by the end of the year. The company entered into a four-year underground mining contract with Pybar in February and the contractor has now kicked off mining. This includes the ground support[…]

West African gold explorer and developer Azumah Resources Ltd advises that a comprehensive technical and costs review underway at its Wa gold project in Ghana is indicating a higher plant throughput is achievable, whilst capital and operating costs can be materially lowered. This review, inclusive of an Ore Reserve update and revised financial metrics, will[…]

Royal Gold reports that the Peak Gold, LLC joint venture, of which its Royal Alaska, LLC subsidiary owns a 40% interest, has completed a PEA on the Peak Gold project located near Tok, Alaska, USA. The PEA presents a robust open pit mining operation with attractive economics at base case gold and silver prices. All[…]

The prefeasibility study on Denison Mines’ Wheeler River uranium project, in the Athabasca Basin of Canada, has brought with it a significant change in the mining process for the high-grade Phoenix deposit. Denison is now considering the use of in-situ recovery (ISR) mining at Phoenix, a lower cost method than the previously considered jet bore[…]

Roskill reports: “Pilbara Minerals has completed its first delivery of around 40 t of primary tantalite concentrate to the major capacitor manufacturer Global Advanced Metals (GAM) as part of the Mine Gate Off-take Agreement. It aims to supply GAM with 100,000 lb of 4-5% tantalum concentrate, for an initial two years, from its projected 321,000[…]

Adani Group has incorporated a new wholly-owned subsidiary Bailadila Iron Ore Mining Private Ltd as a special purpose vehicle for Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL) which will act as a contract miner for a major new iron ore mine in India. The new company has been set up to develop the Bailadila deposit #13 which is[…]

Harte Gold has been given the go ahead by the government of Ontario to start commercial production at its Sugar Zone mine, paving the way for full-scale output of 1,400 t/d in 2021. This approval means the company is fully permitted to mine, process ore and pour gold on site at Sugar Zone. Even though[…]

AIM-listed Chaarat has issued an update on its Tulkubash oxide gold deposit in the Kyrgyz Republic, saying mining contractor Çiftay Inşaat has started deploying equipment to site. A notice to proceed was issued to the contractor on August 31, with initial activities acting as a pre-cursor to full-scale construction at the heap leach project in[…]