After 23 years of operations and more than 150 million carats of rough diamonds produced before exhausting its economic reserves, Rio Tinto’s Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories of Canada has celebrated its final day of production. Full story.
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Majestic Gold Corp. has resumed operations and production at the Denggezhuang (DGZ) underground mine, located within its Mujin gold project in the eastern Shandong Province of China, after a mandatory shutdown in February. The low-cost junior gold producer announced on February 10 that the Yantai Emergency Management Bureau told all gold mining operations in Yantai to cease production immediately until…
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Mining contractor Macmahon announced the execution of a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Wolfram Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bumi Resources, for the restart of operations at the Mount Carlton gold mine, located 150 kilometres south of Townsville in North Queensland. Macmahon’s offering of surface and underground mining services, as well as civil infrastructure services, forms the basis of…
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Virginia Tech’s Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering launched a new research agreement with Hindustan Zinc Limited, one of the world’s top zinc and silver producers, to improve silver recovery across its lead-zinc processing plants in India. The collaboration will focus on advancing the science behind flotation. The process is used to separate valuable minerals from ore, increasing silver recovery,…
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Artemis Gold has resumed full milling operations at the Blackwater mine in central British Columbia, Canada, following an unplanned shutdown on March 11 due to a gearbox failure on the ball mill. Full story.
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Due to rising costs and global trade challenges, Volvo Construction Equipment said it will close its UK-based Rokbak articulated hauler business and concentrate resources on its portfolio of other hauling solutions. Production is expected to stop in the second half of 2026, subject to a consultation process. For more than four decades, Rokbak – formerly Terex Trucks – has supplied…
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EACON has expanded its deployment of battery-electric autonomous haulage trucks at China Baowu Steel Group’s Taihe iron ore mine in southwest China, adding 12 more vehicles to the fleet. The trucks will operate alongside six SANY electric mining trucks equipped with EACON’s autonomous haulage solution ORCASTRA, which have been running continuously at the site for more than a year. “After…
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Stantec has been selected by St. Augustine Gold & Copper to provide study and engineering services for the Kingking copper-gold project on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. Kingking is one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper-gold deposits, with 960 million tonnes of reserves. Stantec will deliver integrated, pit-to-port, sustainable solutions for the estimated US$2.37 billion project. “The St.…
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Artemis Gold reported an unplanned mill shutdown at the Blackwater mine in central British Columbia, Canada. The miner said it is currently experiencing a production outage at the mine due to the failure of a ball mill gearbox that occurred on March 11. Artemis Gold has a suitable replacement spare gearbox available, but it will take between eight and 10…
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI) announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for up to $500 million to expand U.S. critical mineral and materials processing and derivative battery manufacturing and recycling. Full story.
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