by Gordon Barratt | Mar 20, 2020 | News
Image: West African Resources West African Resources has poured first gold at the Sanbrado gold project in Burkina Faso, with the bars weighing 23.9 kilograms. The company completed construction and commissioning activities in all areas, passing three million hrs...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 20, 2020 | News
Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology has launched AutoMine for Trucks, an industry first for autonomous ramp haulage in underground mines. The AutoMine system allows for unmanned truck haulage, reducing equipment damage and repair work while bringing high efficiency...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 20, 2020 | News
BHP Olympic Dam. Image: BHP BHP will reduce payment terms for small, local and Indigenous businesses to support communities around Australia during the coronavirus pandemic. The major miner will immediately pay outstanding invoices, quickly delivering more than $100...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 19, 2020 | News
Australia’s mining, resources and energy industry has received healthy salary growth despite an overall drop in SEEK job advertisements, according to the latest employment data from the recruitment agency. Job advertisements on SEEK decreased by 7.4 per cent between...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 19, 2020 | News
MOSCOW – Canada’s Kinross Gold has isolated its Kupol mine in Russia’s Far East after two workers were hospitalised with suspected coronavirus infections in the biggest mining lockdown since the outbreak of the disease in December last year. The plant,...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 19, 2020 | News
From using drones for field inspections to stockpiling cyanide, miners are scrambling to maintain output amid the coronavirus pandemic, a task made trickier in underground mines where social distancing is nearly impossible. The virus has claimed 8 700 lives and...