Propeller Becomes the Bridge Between Blasting Giant, Orica & Union Bridge Quarry
Mines are notoriously difficult to digitize because many of the production processes are driven by environmental variables. There’s no way to know exactly how long...
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Silvercorp picks up Guyana gold project in C$105m deal
Silvercorp is diversifying with the acquisition of fellow-listed Guyana Goldfields, which operates the Aurora gold mine in Guyana. Silvercorp, which currently produces silver, lead and...
Zijin cuts 2020 gold output target after Porgera mine snub
China’s Zijin Mining on Monday revised down its gold production target for 2020 after Papua New Guinea (PNG) refused to extend the mining lease at...
South Deep gold mine trialling remote loading from surface
South Deep, the mechanised Gold Fields gold mine in western Gauteng, is putting remote loading to the test. “We’re trialling remote loading from surface, where...
Gold Fields looks for South Deep productivity boost with teleremote loading project
As part of plans to establish a sustainable footing for its South Deep mine in South Africa, Gold Fields is trialling teleremote loading in a...
OceanaGold restarts operations in New Zealand
OceanaGold has resumed mining operations in New Zealand after the government decreased the country’s Covid-19 alert level from four to three. The new alert level...
Ivanhoe and JMMC making rapid progress at Kamoa-Kakula in DRC
At the Kamoa-Kakula Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the first phase of development at the Kakula Copper Mine is in many respects...
Ivanhoe advances Kakula underground development at record pace
Ivanhoe Mines has now completed 13.5 km of underground development at the Kakula copper mine, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The company is 4.2 km ahead of...
First Quantum cuts 2020 guidance and capex
anada-based copper and gold miner First Quantum has lowered its guidance for 2020 by 75 000 t of copper and 30 000 oz of gold, citing a reduction in production expectations at the Cobre...
Freeport’s El Abra copper mine in Chile to scale back processing as prices plunge
SANTIAGO – Freeport’s El Abra copper mine in Chile said on Monday it would scale back copper processing by 40% and lay off workers as global...