Archives: Mining project news

On March 20, a ceremony was held at the heartland of the Catamarca Andes, at 4,100 m above sea level, to mark the start of construction of Zijin Mining’s 3Q lithium brine project, a project with an initial annual production of 20,000 t of lithium carbonate. Also in Argentina, Rio Tinto has announced that it[…]

MMG Ltd has announced progress with two major expansions at its mining operations – first off it has approved extending the life of its Kinsevere copper operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for at least 13 years; while in Peru, the Ministry of Energy and Mines has released the regulatory approval for the[…]

Barrick Gold Corporation and the governments of Pakistan and Balochistan have reached agreement on a framework that provides for the reconstitution of the Reko Diq project in the country’s Balochistan province. The project, which was suspended in 2011 due to a dispute over the legality of its licensing process, hosts one of the world’s largest[…]

Anglo American in its full year 2021 financial results released today says its Quellaveco copper project in Peru is on track to achieve first production in mid-2022, in line with the original project schedule despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic to date. 2021 saw the achievement of several major milestones and, as at[…]

Kalumbila Minerals Ltd in Zambia has changed its trading name to ‘FQM Trident Limited’ – a name that incorporates the mining firm’s identity as a 100% First Quantum Minerals-owned company and is inclusive of all the Trident Project operations. Since its inception, the company’s mining operations and project has incorporated three mining licences, namely Sentinel,[…]

Russia’s state owned FAI Glavgosexpertiza recently positively reviewed project documentation and engineering survey results for the mining and transport part of the production infrastructure for the development of Russian Copper Company’s planned Tarutinsky copper open pit mine. Glavgosexpertiza is a non-profit organisation established for executing works and rendering services to exercise the powers of the[…]

An interesting insight into the strategy and self-perception of China’s leading global miner, Zijin Mining, was given in a summary of its recent 2022 ‘Work Conference.’ Aside from its leading gold mining positoin,jJust looking at copper in 2021 alone – Zijin owns an equal stake with Ivanhoe Mines in the Kamoa-Kakula project in DRC where[…]

First Mining Gold Corp has provided an update on the ongoing technical work at its Springpole Gold Project located in northwestern Ontario which is one of the largest, undeveloped, open-pit gold deposits in Canada with reserves of 3.8 Moz of gold at 0.97 g/t, plus 20.5 Moz of silver at 5.2 g/t. The project is[…]

i-80 Gold Corp has announced its development plans for 2022 – a catalyst-rich year as the company commences its plans to build a comprehensive Nevada mining complex. i-80 is in the process of developing multiple mining operations to achieve its objective of building a Nevada focused mining company with a goal of ultimately producing more[…]

Firefinch Ltd has announced that mining activities have commenced as scheduled at the Morila Super Pit in Mali. Initial activities comprise pre–stripping of waste from the first stage of the Morila Super Pit, which will continue during Q1 2022. Ore mining is currently forecast to commence during Q2 2022, with the Morila Super Pit becoming[…]