Codelco talks future, spotlighting effort to extend mine life

Codelco’s board recently met at the Ministro Hales division to discuss its “DMH Future Development” project and its efforts to extend the life of the Chilean deposit by 28 years. The group, meeting for the first time in 2024, toured the Ministro Hales mine as well as its equipment maintenance garage and concentrator plant. General manager Gonzalo Lara also offered…

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PPX brings in help for plant construction application

PPX Mining has retained Asesores y Consultores Mineros S.A. to aid in a modified environmental impact study application that would bring its plant at the Callanquitas mine at the Igor 4 concession in northern Peru to fruition. The current permit for the facility at the gold-silver asset allows for the construction of a heap leach beneficiation plant. However, after a…

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