Archives: Precious metals

Two major manufacturers of mining machinery and equipment are now cooperating on the world market: GHH from Gelsenkirchen, Germany, and MacLean from Ontario, Canada, announced their cooperation at a plant inauguration in Mexico in February. MacLean intends to use the new production facility in Queretaro to reach customers in Latin America in particular, and to[…]

Eldorado Gold Corporation has announced a 15-year remaining mine life at Kisladag based on the completed long-cycle heap leach testwork and the replacement of the tertiary crushing circuit with a high-pressure grinding roll (HPGR) circuit. “Kisladag has been the cornerstone asset of Eldorado for over a decade, producing over 3 Moz of gold and generating[…]

It was a year of milestones for Torex Gold in 2019, with the Mexico-focused gold miner posting record operational and safety performance, alongside record EBITDA and free cash flow. The company produced 454,800 oz of gold in 2019 and is guiding for 420,000-480,000 ounces in 2020. From a technology perspective, the company also made significant[…]

Newmont’s Boddington operation, in Australia, is to become the world’s first open-pit gold mine with an autonomous haul truck fleet after the miner’s Board of Directors unanimously approved investment in an Autonomous Haulage System (AHS) from Caterpillar. The move, which will enhance safety and productivity and is expected to be fully operational in 2021, will[…]

Another highlight of Anglo American Platinum’s just released 2019 report was the revelation that electric narrow reef mechanised equipment is set for trials at its Tumela 15E underground platinum mine, part of the Amandelbult Complex in Limpopo province. These new narrow reef machines use lithium-ion batteries which can achieve up to 2,000 charging cycles. These[…]

Macmahon Holdings’ acquisition of underground contracting business, GBF Group, is already paying off, with GBF receiving a conditional letter of intent from Silver Lake Resources for further work at the Mount Monger gold operations in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. GBF has been operating at Mount Monger since 2014 and currently provides mining services to the Daisy[…]

A major focus in Anglo American’s FutureSmart Mining approach to innovation and sustainability has been so called Coarse Particle Recovery (or Rejection depending on how it is used) using flotation. CPR essentially allows the flotation of particles at sizes two to three times larger than normal which can achieve significant gangue rejection ahead of primary[…]

Liebherr’s new 240 t class T 264 electric AC drive truck is starting to make strides, with AngloGold Ashanti announcing that six units are being added to its Tropicana gold mine fleet in Australia, upping the ante from the current Caterpillar 793 227 t class fleet. The new machines are being operated by contract miner[…]

The new DeviGyro Overshot manufactured by Devico AS was recently trialled by Downhole Surveys at Northern Star Resources’ HBJ underground gold mine south of Kalgoorlie and according to Downhole produced “fantastic results.” A -50 degree dipping, 130 m NQ drill hole was selected to conduct multiple runs. Two surveys were conducted whilst pulling the core[…]

Outotec says it has been awarded a contract from Renaissance Minerals, a subsidiary of Emerald Resources, for the delivery of process equipment to the greenfield Okvau gold project, in Cambodia. The order value, booked into Outotec’s 2020 March quarter order intake, is around €13 million ($14.2 million). Outotec’s scope includes the delivery of an Outotec[…]