Seven ways the resources sector can survive the COVID-19 crisis
The resources sector faces new and different challenges due to the current global crisis. From border lockdowns, new health protocols, falling demand and prices, production...
Category : Mining
How mining companies can reduce equipment purchasing cost and improve quality
I have often encountered a problem they described in making decisions on key longwall equipment for underground coal mining. It can be stated as follows:...
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...
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...
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...
Freeport-McMoRan announces cost cuts in response to virus
YSE-listed Freeport-McMoran (FCX) on Friday announced a 30% reduction in planned capital expenditure (capex) for 2020, as it unveiled a new operating plan in response...