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Sirius Minerals has secured up to 10 million tonnes per year of shipping capacity for its Woodsmith polyhalite mine in the northeast of England. The miner, through its York Potash Ltd subsidiary (YPL), has signed a materials handling agreement with Redcar Bulk Terminal Ltd (RBT) under which RBT will provide port and ship loading services[…]

SIMPEC is to provide “expert engineering services” for the ore handling plant area at BHP’s South Flank iron ore project in Western Australia. The award follows on from the engineer and mining services contractor conducting a constructability and estimate review desktop study for South Flank earlier this year. This study, in addition to others carried[…]

South Africa’s largest coal producer and black empowered mining group, Exxaro, has broken ground on a ZAR3.3 billion, first-of-its-kind digital mine. The Belfast Implementation Project (BIP) – the last good-quality A-grade, high-yield coal deposit in Mpumalanga – will start producing thermal coal in 2020. It will create close on 6,000 direct and indirect jobs during[…]

Red River Resources has confirmed PYBAR has been chosen to carry out contract mining at its Far West underground zinc mine, part of its Thalanga operations in Queensland, Australia, for a term of at least seven years. This is PYBAR’s third contract with Red River – it is already carrying out surface development work at[…]

Sasol has inaugurated its new Shondoni coal mine in Mpumalanga, South Africa, as part of a ceremony attended by Minister of Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe. Shondoni is part of the company’s ZAR14 billion (US$1.03 billion) mine replacement programme, which is geared towards keeping its southern African power facilities operational until 2050. Meaning ‘a place of[…]

The month of June saw the advance of lithium clay operations in Nevada, USA. Lithium Americas announced the release of a PFS for the Thacker Pass project (previously known as the Kings Valley project) and Australian company Jindalee Resources acquired the McDermitt project on the Oregon-Nevada border. The PFS published by Lithium Americas evaluates the[…]

Tajikistan’s state-owned Tajik Aluminium Company (Talco – pictured) and Chinese company Tibet Huayu Mining have entered into a joint venture on a new $200 million gold and antimony mining project in Tajikistan. The project is expected to produce 1.5 t/y of gold and 16,000 t/y of antimony with commissioning set for 2020. In addition, China[…]

Newmont Mining Corporation has achieved commercial production at its Twin Creeks Underground expansion project, adding higher-grade, lower-cost gold production at its Twin Creeks operation in Nevada. The project was completed on schedule for $42 million, slightly below guidance of between $45 and $55 million. The Twin Creeks Underground mine will add between 30,000 and 40,000[…]

Aus Tin Mining Ltd advises that test results for preliminary ore‐sorting test work for the Taronga tin project have been received from TOMRA Sorting Solutions, the results indicating that ore sorting is effective for Taronga ore. TOMRA undertook a suite of standard static tests on a 60 kg parcel of Taronga ore using X‐Ray Transmission[…]

Detour Gold Corporation has reported the details of its updated life of mine plan (2018 LOM Plan) for its Detour Lake operation located in northeastern Ontario. The 2018 LOM Plan, in conjunction with a stronger leadership team dedicated to implementing several key operational improvement initiatives, represents an intensified commitment to optimise the Detour Lake operation.[…]