Cadia East Bounces Back As Australia’s Top Gold Producer
Newcrest Mining’s Cadia East operation in New South Wales has taken top spot as Australia’s largest gold producer in the September quarter as it edged closer to a ...
Making Complete Underground Automation A Reality
With a proven track record of successfully implementing automation solutions Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology is playing a critical role in establishing Africa’s first fully-automated underground mine.
Speaking on ...
Eldorado Gold’s Bolcana Project Has 6.5M Ounces Of Gold
A maiden resource estimate on Eldorado Gold’s (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) Bolcana copper-gold project in Romania, about six km from the company’s Certej project, has delivered 6.5 ...
Peru Stops Miners From Exploring Rainbow Mountain Tourist Area
Clashes between tourism and mining are not rare in Peru, a country peppered with historic and touristic sites that’s also the world’s second-largest producer of copper, zinc and ...
Prospect Of Harsher Rules Causes Mexican Mining Companies To Fall Even Farther
Mining companies operating in Mexico extended a sell-off, with Southern Copper Corp. falling the most since 2011, even as a Mexican lawmaker attempted to calm market worries over the prospect ...
‘Stunning’ Drill Hits By Greatland Gold Add To Paterson Province Buzz
Excitement over the prospectivity of the Paterson province in the East Pilbara has kicked up another gear after a London-based explorer announced an eye-watering drill intersection from its ground about ...
BIS Wins Whitehaven Contract Extension At Gunnedah
Whitehaven Coal has awarded mining services company Bis a contract extension to provide haulage services at its Tarrawonga and Rocglen coal mines in New South Wales.
Bis plans to deliver ...
Gold Production To Grow In The Next Four Years: Report
A report by Fitch Solutions states that the period 2018-2022 is seeing a growth in gold production because slightly higher prices and stronger company financials are encouraging greater mine investment ...
Genesis Unveils Ulysses Scoping Results
A scoping study into the Ulysses gold project, in Western Australia, has found that an underground operation could produce about 358 000 oz over a four-year, with the project’s ...
The Yellow Goods Indicator Is Showing A Surge In Australia's Mining Industry
EY’s Yellow Goods Report — tracking availability of construction and earth moving equipment — has found tightening demand for mining and construction equipment and labour in Australia.
“While we have not ...
Fortescue, CSIRO To Develop Hydrogen Tech In $20M Partnership
Fortescue Metals Group has agreed to fund CSIRO’s hydrogen R&D and select technologies for the next five years.
The $20 million partnership will initially focus on commercialising CSIRO’s ...
China Stone Thermal Coal Mine Gets Coordinator-General Approval But Conservationists Unhappy
A new nearly $7 billion mega-mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin is a step closer after gaining approval from the state's coordinator-general, who released has an evaluation of the ...
Medgold Hunts For Gold In Serbia With Fortuna Silver
Medgold Resources (TSXV: MED; US-OTC: MGLDF) is wrapping up a nearly 5,000-metre exploration program at its Tlamino gold-silver-lead-zinc project in southern Serbia that partner Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI ...
Copper Benchmark Deal Signals Shifting Supply Dynamics In 2019: Andy Home
Copper supply has surprised this year, but not in the way everyone expected.
It was supposed to be a year of mine disruptions, with the market anticipating that multiple labour ...
BHP Vows To Fight $8.9B Lawsuit Over Brazil Dam Disaster
Mining giant BHP says it will fight an unprecedented English lawsuit filed by hundreds of thousands of Brazilians for multi-billion pound damages over Brazil's worst environmental disaster.
SPG Law ...
Antipa And Rio Tinto Launch Airborne Electric Magnetic Survey From At Citadel Project
A major joint venture has launched an airborne electromagnetic (AEM) survey to identify gold-copper targets as part of a $60mn investment.
Antipa Minerals announced in a statement this week that ...
DENR Says 9 Suspended Mines Can Resume If Conditions Met
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources said 9 suspended mines would be allowed to resume operations if they rectify previous violations of environmental regulations, a move that could boost ...
Southern Gold Charts Gold/Silver Target For Korean Mine
ASX listed gold producer Southern Gold has provided an insight into the initial potential of its Kochang underground project in South Korea, outlining an exploration target of between 500,000 ...
Australian Demand For Key Mining Equipment Tightening
New data by advisory firm Ernst & Young (EY) has indicated a tightening demand for mining and construction equipment, with the value of the Australian mining fleet value index increasing ...
Spanish Government Invests In Re-Skilling Miners For Clean Energy Jobs
The Sánchez government has set a model for Europe by dedicating EUR 250m to re-skilling miners for clean energy jobs as Spain pivots away from coal
Following the recent announcement ...
Australian Potash Harvests First Potassium Salts From Lake Wells SOP Project
Australian Potash has completed its final brine transfer at the Lake Wells sulphate of potash (SOP) project in Western Australia.
The 40-tonne transfer into the final harvest pond signals the ...
Great Bear Buys Royalty-Free Ontario Gold Project
Great Bear Resources (TSXV: GBR) announced that it completed a series of payments aimed at gaining 100% royalty-free interest in its flagship Dixie gold project.
The 9,140-hectare project is ...
Sudan, Turkey Sign Mining Accord For Gold, Minerals
Sudan signed an agreement with a state-owned Turkish company on Thursday allowing it to mine for gold and other minerals in Sudan’s Red Sea state, a source at the ...
Expansion In Aussie Coal Mining Activities To Benefit Sime Darby
Sime Darby Bhd reported 57% year-on-year (y-o-y) core net profit growth in the first quarter ended Sept 30, 2018 (1QFY19) to RM192 million, after excluding RM78 million one-off gains from ...
Zinc Smelter Bottlenecks Propping Up Prices, For Now
An expected surge in refined zinc output after a clutch of new mine openings has been derailed by bottlenecks at smelters across Asia, putting the brakes on an eye-watering price ...