South African firm Sibayne-Stillwater has partnered with Wits Mining Institute (WMI) to help make mines safer and more productive.
Myanmar Metals, together with its local partner Win Myint Mo Industries, has secured East Asia Power (Mining) (EAP) as a project-level investor in the development of the global tier-1 polymetallic Bawdwin Mine.
As reported by Reuters and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ (ICIJ), Mongolia’s former finance Minister Bayartsogt Sangajav has been arrested as part of an investigation into suspected abuse of power during investment talks for the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in 2009.
As previously announced, in the late afternoon of Friday 9 March 2018, a limited breakthrough of tailings material was identified at the Cadia northern tailings facility embankment. This breakthrough was and remains contained within the southern tailings facility. There were no injuries as a result of the event and Newcrest continues to believe there is no ensuing threat to personal safety.