JUWI has confirmed that it is in the final stages of commissioning what it says is the world’s largest solar hybrid project at Centamin’s Sukari gold operation in Egypt. The system at the operation about 400 kilometres south of Sharm El-Sheikh is made up of a 36-megawatt solar farm and a 7.5-MW battery-energy storage system. Both have been integrated into…
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Gold miner Centamin has received a report back from its independent consultant Entech that revealed its expansion of the Sukari underground mine in Egypt could return a 31% improvement in its mining rate. The West Africa-based miner said 15 November that the study supports the potential to expand to 1.5 million tonnes per year of total mined ore – the…
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Following an independent contractor tender process, gold producer Centamin has confirmed it will transition underground operations at its Sukari gold operation in Egypt from contractor mining to owner-operator mining, effective immediately. The company said in a regulatory filing that the adjustment will provide significant cost savings, and it also will improve its operational control and mining flexibility, including upskilling its…
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