by Gordon Barratt | Sep 1, 2022 | News
Leading miner Agnico Eagle will explore the benefits of battery electric underground technology by trialling the Sandvik LH518B underground loader at its Fosterville Gold Mine in the second half of 2022. The Fosterville operation, located 20 kilometres from Bendigo,...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 1, 2022 | News
Canada’s First Quantum Minerals is hoping to increase its copper production from its current 800 000 t/y output to one-million tonnes a year within the next five years. Speaking at the second day of Paydirt’s Africa Downunder conference, in Perth, First Quantum...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 1, 2022 | News
Vancouver-based Montage Gold has made top management changes as the company gears up to materially step-up exploration at the soon-to-be-expanded Koné project area, in Côte d’Ivoire. The firm has appointed Richard Clark as CEO...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 1, 2022 | News
Exploration and development company Alien Metals has entered into a mandate letter with Anglo American, giving the diversified major an exclusive right to negotiate project funding and offtake arrangements for the Hancock iron-ore project, in Western Australia. Alien...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 1, 2022 | News
Ian Macfarlane. A new report has found that the Queensland Government’s decision to impose the world’s highest royalty taxes on coal producers will lead to higher unemployment in the mining sector. According to data from the Queensland Resources...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 31, 2022 | News
Construction of the Motheo copper mine, in Botswana, is continuing on time, with construction costs only slightly higher than anticipated. Speaking at the first day of Paydirt’s Africa Downunder conference, in Perth, Sandfire Resources MD and CEO Karl Simich said that...
