- 1. Perth’s Middle Island moves closer to sale of West African gold project
- (Latest)
- Middle Island Resources has finalised the transaction for the divestment of the Reo Gold Project in Burkina Faso, West Africa. A formal Option to Purchase Agreement with Tajiri Resources Limited (Tajiri) ...
- Created on 18 May 2018
- 2. On the Move - Q2 2018
- (Mergers & Acquisitions)
- Barrick Gold Corporation Barrick Gold Corporation announced the passing of the Company’s Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Peter Munk. Munk founded Barrick in 1983 and built it into the world’s largest ...
- Created on 17 May 2018
- 3. Angkor Gold continues its partnership with JOGMEC in Cambodia
- (Around the Region)
- With exploration partner Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), Angkor Gold continues as the operator to develop the primary target on the Oyadao South License, which is a copper porphyry ...
- Created on 15 May 2018
- 4. Toxic waste leaks into central Vietnam river
- (Around the Region)
- Vietnamese media has reported that a tailings pond at a gold mine in Tam Lanh Town, Quang Nam Province had breached its banks, releasing pollutants into a nearby river, contaminating the water and killing ...
- Created on 15 May 2018
- 5. Newcrest ups Wafi-Golpu development cost
- (Around the Region)
- In an updated feasibility study released mid-March 2018, Newcrest Mining has added almost US$170 million to the forecasted costs to develop the Wafi-Golpu copper-gold project in Papua New Guinea (PNG), ...
- Created on 15 May 2018
- 6. Gold mining resumes at Crater Mountain HGZ
- (Around the Region)
- The Mineral Resources Authority of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has given approval for Crater Gold Mining to recommence operations on its flagship Crater Mountain project. View of the Crater ...
- Created on 15 May 2018
- 7. Kin Mining hits “pause” on Leonara Gold Project
- (Latest)
- Kin Mining has suspended construction of the $35 million Leonara Gold Project in Western Australia due to concerns of a substantial cost blow out. Having received a preliminary report from Como Engineers, ...
- Created on 10 May 2018
- 8. Georgian Mining Corp reaches agreement on Kvemo Bolnisi project
- (Around the Region)
- Georgian Mining Corporation has agreed to a 2018 Work Programme with its partner Caucasian Mining Group (CMG) to proceed with the development of the Kvemo Bolnisi gold-copper project and to perform further ...
- Created on 09 May 2018
- 9. Rio Tinto committed to domestic power solution for Oyu Tolgoi
- (Around the Region)
- ... Located in Mongolia’s South Gobi Desert, Oyu Tolgoi is one of the world’s largest copper-gold developments. Since 2012, operations have been mining ore from the Oyu Tolgoi open pit and producing copper-gold ...
- Created on 09 May 2018
- 10. Barrick’s Lagunas Norte turns its waste to energy
- (Waste to Energy)
- ... located on the western flank of the Peruvian Andes at an elevation of over 4,000 meters above sea level. The open-pit, crush, valley-fill heap leach operation produced 387,000 ounces of gold in 2017, with ...
- Created on 09 May 2018
- 11. Asiamet Resources completes CoW amendment negotiations
- (Around the Region)
- ... in mid-2018, together with a pipeline of opportunities such as the BKZ polymetallic discovery and the BKS, BKW and Baroi prospects along with numerous other gold and base metal targets. Securing long ...
- Created on 09 May 2018
- 12. PT Freeport Indonesia’s woes deepen
- (Around the Region)
- PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI), the subsidiary of the US mining giant Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX), which operates large copper and gold mines in Papua, battles a string of ecological damage ...
- Created on 09 May 2018
- 13. Nusantara hits 2Moz at Awak Mas
- (Around the Region)
- Nusantara has increased the Mineral Resource estimate at its keystone Awak Mas Gold Project by 12% to more than 1.9 Moz of gold. Oblique View Looking North-NorthEast. Extended Model ...
- Created on 09 May 2018
- 14. Australia answers the lithium call
- (Features)
- ... 1990s gold boom. “The market and financial institutions are underestimating the huge disruptive change and the speed of change occurring in the technology of the battery market. “The very demanding ...
- Created on 09 May 2018
- 15. Future of coal – to jump or not to jump. That is the question
- (Features)
- ... intellectual property. But, coal mining companies can no longer afford to go it alone. Albeit not a coal mining operation, advances in tailings management and water recycling are supporting Goldcorp’s ...
- Created on 09 May 2018
- 16. GeoProMining and Glencore Technology to promote proven Albion Process
- (Latest)
- ... and targets. GPM are now evaluating a second line of Albion Process. The new agreement combines GPM’s expertise in Albion Process operation and their knowledge of the Russian refractory gold market with ...
- Created on 09 May 2018
- 17. Robots and mines. Welcome to the future.
- (Latest)
- ... big data, losing seismic and reserves data would be damaging to their ongoing operations. The key to mitigating the cyber threat will be information sharing. Companies like Goldcorp and a group of Canadian ...
- Created on 09 May 2018
- 18. Caterpillar Produces 5000th 793 Mining Truck
- (Latest)
- ... to a mining customer in Australia. The largest populations of 793s are operating in Australia, North America and South America where the trucks work to mine iron ore, copper, coal, gold and other minerals. ...
- Created on 04 May 2018
- 19. Cadia Hill open pit approved for tailings disposal
- (Latest)
- ... using the Cadia Hill open pit as a tailing storage facility, it is likely, subject to further study, that the existing Ore Reserve containing approximately 1.5Moz gold and 0.13 Mt of copper and Mineral ...
- Created on 27 April 2018
- 20. Duterte: plant more trees or lose your rights to open pit mining
- (Latest)
- ... ban include the $5.9bn copper-gold Tampakan project in the southern region of Mindanao island. A total of 26 mines have either been suspended or shut down since last year due to environmental damages. ...
- Created on 20 April 2018