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Compania Minera Sierra Gorda SCM (KGHM 55%; South32 45%) has announced that it has started to operate from this month with 100% renewable energy. This achievement is part of the company’s sustainability objectives and represents the removal of the emission of around 1 Mt of CO2 per year. The presentation of this important news took[…]

Swedish iron ore miner LKAB says it has identified significant deposits of rare earth elements in the Kiruna area, metals which are essential for, among other applications, the manufacture of electric vehicles and wind turbines. Following successful exploration, the company reports mineral resources of rare earth metals exceeding 1 Mt of rare earth oxides making[…]

Central Asia Metals has provided a Q4 and full year 2022 operations update for the Kounrad dump leach, solvent extraction and SX-EW copper recovery plant in Kazakhstan and the Sasa zinc-lead mine in North Macedonia.In 2022 summary there were zero lost time injuries (LTIs) at Kounrad and two LTIs at Sasa. There was record copper[…]

The Kamoa-Kakula Mining Complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) produced 333,497 t of copper in concentrate in 2022, achieving the upper-end of the original 2022 production guidance range of 290,000 to 340,000 t. Kamoa-Kakula’s 2022 production achievement represents a year-over-year increase of 215%. The 2023 annual production guidance for Kamoa-Kakula is estimated at[…]

Fluor Corp has announced that it has been selected by Hellas Gold Single Member SA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eldorado Gold Corp, to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for its Skouries gold-copper mining project located within the Halkidiki Peninsula of Greece. Fluor booked its share of the $845 million project investment value[…]

PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) has appointed Black & Veatch to design and manage the delivery of a seawater desalination plant for its Manyar Smelter in East Java, Indonesia, as part of its sustainable development commitments. The seawater desalination plant will support the processing of mine concentrates from the Grasberg mine in West Papua. The new[…]

Ivanhoe Electric Executive Chairman Robert Friedland and President and Chief Executive Officer Taylor Melvin have announce that Ivanhoe Electric’s subsidiary, Cordoba Minerals Corp and Chinese mine developer and mining contractor JCHX Mining Management Co Ltd have agreed to a strategic arrangement for the joint development of Cordoba’s flagship Alacran Project in Colombia. Ivanhoe Electric owns[…]

West Cumbria Mining has said it is delighted with the decision on December 7, 2022 of the UK Secretary of State for for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities , Michael Gove, to formally approve the Woodhouse Colliery planning application. It states: “The decision of the Secretary of State, which is supported by the Planning Inspector[…]

New Found Gold and its consultants, following detailed test work and a quality control program, have highlighted the Chrysos PhotonAssay™ method as an appropriate technique for determining gold content in samples from its Queensway project, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The company announced this alongside assay results from 14 diamond drill holes completed as part[…]

Centamin has announced the potential to expand the underground operation at its flagship Sukari Gold Mine in Egypt to 1.5 Mt/y of total ore mined, as supported by an independent option study. This is at the upper end of the previously indicated range and represents a 31% increase in ore mining rates from the current[…]