Newmont’s Boddington operation, which has the distinction of being Western Australia’s largest gold operation, has met a significant target with the gold industry’s first autonomous haulage system: 100 million tonnes (110 million tons) hauled. Full article.
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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…
Read MoreAfter three years of construction, Lundin Gold has completed its South Ventilation Raise (SVR) project at the Fruta del Norte gold operation in southeast Ecuador, and it is operational. The project did encounter delays due to COVID and various technical challenges, but the work plan was revised last year from a traditional 5.1-metre raise bore to a 2.1-metre diameter pilot…
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Canadian-based, Papua New Guinea-focused gold producer K92 Mining said mining activity at its Kainantu gold operation in the Eastern Highlands province is progressing normally after a large earthquake hit the region earlier this month. Read full article.
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Asante Gold, which has been rehabilitating its Bibiani gold operation since acquiring it in 2021, has announced the first gold pour from the Ghana mine. The achievement of gravity gold concentrate recovered by the Knelson Concentrator comes after an early June start of commissioning and operation at the mine’s process plant. It has been in 24-hour operation from the facility…
Read MoreCanadian-based, Mexico-focused producer Altaley Mining has commenced pre-production mining as well as mill commissioning at its Tahuehueto gold operation in Durango, Mexico, and officials are now eyeing first deliveries of concentrate. Officials said the processing facility at the operation is online and now allows for milling from one ball mill of up to 500 t/d with flotation cells, concentrate thickeners…
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Canadian producer Orla Mining has announced commercial production has started at its Camino Rojo oxide gold operation in the Zacatecas state, Mexico. Read full article form North American Mining.
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A transport strike organized by several Spanish truckers’ unions has created a tear in the country’s supply chain and temporarily idled operations at Orvana Minerals’ Orovalle copper-gold operation in the Rio Narcea Gold Belt of northern Spain. The operation, also known as OroValle/El Valle or EVBC, has not been receiving its materials in a timely manner since the national strike began…
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Newcrest Mining has completed its acquisition of Pretium Resources and the Brucejack gold operation in northern British Columbia’s Golden Triangle region. See full article in North American Mining.
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Aurelia Metals has temporarily idled some production at its Dargues gold operation in southern New South Wales due to a significant rain that is causing flooding in the region. Read full article from The Asia Miner.
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