Archives: Mining project news

Udokan Copper, the developer of Russia’s largest and one of the world’s biggest copper deposits, has received the first batch of 136 t BELAZ dump trucks as it prepares to begin industrial copper mining. The company says it will also consider using electric hybrid trucks in the future to reduce emissions during the works. The[…]

Tungsten West PLC, the mining company focussed on restarting production at the Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in Devon, England, has concluded a re-evaluation of the options for bringing the Hemerdon Mine back into production and announces its new development plan. The plan has been developed in response to global crises in power and diesel[…]

Snow Lake Resources Ltd has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Epiroc Canada Inc for Epiroc to assist with the technical and commercial design of the world’s first fully electric lithium mine at the company’s Snow Lake LithiumTM project in Manitoba, Canada. In addition, the company provided an update on its ongoing drilling campaign[…]

Clough has been appointed as lead Engineer and preferred EPC contractor for the development of TNG’s Mount Peake project located 235 km north-west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.  The Mount Peake Project, which is one of the largest undeveloped vanadium-titanium-iron projects in the world, has been awarded Major Project Status by both the[…]

Community and government stakeholders recently visited Lane Xang Minerals Ltd’s (LXML) Sepon gold mine to open the first modern underground mine in Lao PDR (Laos). “Sepon has thousands of years of mining history,” said Paul Harris, LXML General Manager. “This new development will use modern underground mining equipment, and advanced mining techniques, to transfer knowledge[…]

Alamos Gold Inc has announced the groundbreaking for its Island Gold Mine expansion. Already one of the most profitable mines in Canada, Alamos says the expansion will increase production, lower costs, and be an economic engine for the Algoma region. The expansion will also best position the operation to benefit from additional exploration success. John[…]

Worley has announced a new contract award from Sedibelo Platinum Mines Ltd. The project, in South Africa’s western limb of the Bushveld Complex, will take SPM’s Pilanesberg Platinum Mines from an open-pit operation to an underground mine. This project will extend the life of mine by 30 years from 2030 to 2060, with first ore[…]

Centerra Gold Inc has entered into a global arrangement agreement with Kyrgyzaltyn JSC  and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic to effect a clean separation of the parties, including through the disposition of Centerra’s ownership of the Kumtor gold mine and investment in the Kyrgyz Republic, the elimination of Kyrgyzaltyn’s involvement and interest in the[…]

OZ Minerals has announced the decision to increase the hoisting shaft capacity under construction at Prominent Hill from 6 Mt/y to 6.5 Mt/y. The Wira Shaft mine expansion project was approved in August 2021 with works well progressed and scheduled for completion in 2024. Project optimisation works identified the opportunity to increase the hoisting shaft[…]

Hawsons Iron Ltd (HIO) says it has engaged global specialists to examine optimum infrastructure pathways, process engineering design and decarbonisation opportunities to improve the economics and Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) outcomes for its Hawsons Iron Project. Worley has signed a feasibility services agreement with HIO to undertake, together with its subcontractor Mineral Technologies, the[…]