AngloGold Ashanti has said that Colombia’s environmental regulator published a decision to “archive” the environmental permit application for its Quebradona project in the Middle Cáuca region. The South African miner has yet to receive a formal notification of the decision by Autoridad Nacional de Licencias Ambientales (ANLA) and said it would study the formal archive decision once received. Generally, a…
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Sibanye-Stillwater acquires nickel, copper assets in Brazil
South African miner Sibanye-Stillwater has purchased the Santa Rita and Serrote mines in Brazil from Appian Capital Advisory for US$1.0 billion. The deal adds two low-cost, producing assets to the company’s green metals portfolio. “The transaction is a significant additional step in Sibanye-Stillwater’s ongoing strategy to position the business for continued value creation during our transition into a climate change…
Read MoreGreat Panther picks safety, re-idles Tucano UCS pit
Canadian-based gold and silver producer Great Panther Mining has, for the second time in five months, opted to suspend operations at the Urucum Central South (UCS) pit at its Tucano gold mine in Brazil over safety concerns. The company’s geotechnical committee has advised of additional remediation work that needs performed at the pit to improve safety factors; pit wall issues…
Read MoreCodelco’s Radomiro Tomic selects Foresight
Chilean miner Codelco has submitted an order with Metso Outotec for delivery of its Foresight semi-mobile primary gyratory (SMPG) crushing plant for its Radomiro Tomic copper mine near Calama, El Loa province. Financial details for the order were not released, but Metso Outotec said it has been booked with its 3Q21 received orders under its minerals arm. A timeline for…
Read MoreBrazil’s next underground mine advances
Nexa Resources said Oct. 13 that it has received the operating licence for its Aripuanã polymetallic project in Mato Grosso, Brazil. The project, which will be the company’s sixth underground mine, was given its license from the Environmental Secretariat of the state of Mato Grosso (SEMA) on Oct. 7. Aripuanã’s resource includes zinc, lead and copper. The site will also…
Read MoreVale reopens Onça Puma after government idle
After informing its shareholders on Oct. 4 that it was suspending operations at the Onça Puma nickel mine in Para state, Brazil, after government notification of its noncompliance with its lining license, owner Vale has returned the mine to production.
Read MoreFire stops production at Vale’s Salobo
Vale has confirmed that a fire on Oct. 5 at its Salobo copper mine in the Pará state, Brazil, has temporarily idled production.
Read MoreWorld Copper confirms targets at Escalones project
World Copper has announced exploration results from the northern targets at the Escalones project located southeast of Santiago, Chile.
Read MoreVale halts Onça Puma mine operations on licensing issue
Vale has confirmed the suspension of operations at its Onça Puma nickel mine in the Para state, Brazil, after being notified by government officials it was out of compliance with its mining license. The miner said Oct. 4 that the Environmental and Sustainability office of the Para State (SEMAS), which according to local reports issued the notification on Oct. 1,…
Read MoreABB to power, automate Gold Fields’ Salares Norte
Gold Fields has entered an order with ABB to bring a power and automation system to its remote Salares Norte project in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. The scope of the work includes six electrical rooms and an integrated digital system based on ABB’s Ability 800xA distributed control system (DCS) and will serve to help the mine’s location and…
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