First Majestic Silver has initiated a restart plan for its Jerritt Canyon gold mine in Nevada, driven by an expanded Mineral Resource base, stronger long-term gold price assumptions, and successful drilling results over the past two years. Full story.
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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.
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Alpha Metallurgical Resources confirmed the death of a shuttle car operator at its Horse Creek Eagle mine in Raleigh County, W.Va., following an accident on April 2 when a piece of rock struck him. Full story.
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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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MacLean Engineering has entered a new testing partnership with Ontario-based Northern Construction Academy (NCA) to accelerate the introduction of the GR8 EV Surface Grader to the global mining industry. Full story.
Read MoreDraslovka confirmed it has been selected to supply sodium cyanicde (NaCN) to the U.S.’s largest gold mine, Barrick Mining’s Nevada Gold Mines. Full story.
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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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Final preparations are taking shape for the third annual West Virginia Coal Show, scheduled for March 31-April 1 at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center in Charleston, W.Va. Check out more of the exhibitors planning to attend the event – now just weeks away. Read more.
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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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Rio Tinto announced the death of a contractor following an incident at the Bingham Canyon mine, part of the Kennecott complex outside of Salt Lake City, Utah, on March 12. Full story.
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