Resolution Miners confirmed it has produced antimony trioxide product from large samples of stibnite at its Antimony Ridge historical open pits, part of the Horse Heaven antimony-tungsten-gold-silver project in Valley County, Idaho. Full story.
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Victory reports ‘breakthrough’ at North Stanmore
Victory Metals Limited has announced exceptional metallurgical leaching test results from its flotation concentrate at its wholly-owned North Stanmore heavy rare earth project in Western Australia. Test work on concentrate produced from the company’s recent flotation program revealed a 48-fold upgrade of the total rare earth oxide it processed, rejecting about 95% of the feed mass into tailings. The results…
Read MoreRio Tinto restarts operations at Pilbara ports
Rio Tinto has resumed its iron ore port operations after Tropical Cyclone Narelle recently passed over Western Australia’s Pilbara region. Its four port terminals closed – East Intercourse Island, Parker Point, Cape Lambert A and B – on 24 March. The miner said its employees remained safe and unharmed during the weather event. Ship loading at East Intercourse Island, Parker…
Read MoreHeliostar Metals secures Goldstrike project in Utah
Gold miner Heliostar Metals has entered into a binding agreement with Liberty Gold Corp. to acquire a 100% interest in the Goldstrike project in southwestern Utah. The property area totals 5,173 hectares. Full story.
Read MoreSeismic activity at Garpenberg to impact earnings: Boliden
In mid-March, abnormally high seismic activity was reported at the Garpenberg zinc mine in Sweden, prompting production to cease until inspections could be safely completed. Boliden reported that seismic activity has decreased and mining production will restart in the second quarter, but first-quarter throughput was lower than expected due to the situation. The miner said inspections are not yet complete,…
Read MoreByrnecut orders Sandvik AutoMine for five sites
Sandvik has received five AutoMine orders from underground mining contractor Byrnecut. Booked in the first quarter of 2026, all include AutoMine Multi-Lite systems for the Gwalia, Ulysses, Youanmi, and Gossan Valley mines in Australia and the Navachab mine in Namibia. “We now have the majority of our loaders running on AutoMine at our sites across the globe. Safety is Byrnecut’s…
Read MoreCodelco-Anglo American mining plan approved
Chile’s state copper miner Codelco has received approval from the country’s antitrust regulator for its joint mining plan with Anglo American at the Andina-Los Bronces project, Reuters reported. Last September, the miners finalized an agreement to operate their neighboring copper mines jointly. The deal aims to generate at least $5 billion from increased production and cost savings. The plan will…
Read MoreFinal production at Diavik diamond mine
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.
Read MoreMajestic Gold resumes DGZ operations
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…
Read MoreMacmahon to assist in Mount Carlton restart
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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