Finance & business

Deswik has entered a partnership with Australian environmental consultancy RGS Environmental that will allow both companies to deliver comprehensive life of mine planning solutions to their clients.

Greatland Gold plc has announced that its new CEO, Shaun Day, has commenced his role at the company.

Glencore has confirmed that its Colombian subsidiary, Prodeco, will commence the process of handing its mining contracts back to the Republic of Colombia through the National Mining Agency.

Baru Gold Corp has announced that the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has upgraded its Sangihe Gold Project contract of work to operation production status after a 3 month delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia.

SunMirror AG has announced that it has received a letter of intent to subscribe to new shares from Barracuda Group Ltd.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Appian Capital Advisory as sponsor on the project financing of the Serrote copper and gold mine in Brazil, owned by Mineração Vale Verde do Brasil Ltda.

IronRidge Resources Ltd has announced that it has now completed the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Joy Transporters Ltd.

Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Ma’aden) has reported its financial results for 4Q20.

Metso Outotec has signed a contract with Beijing Shougang International Engineering Technology Co. Ltd on the delivery of environmentally sound technology for an iron ore pelletising plant to be built in south-west China.

Mining software company, K2fly, has expanded its suite of governance and technical assurance solutions following the announcement of its purchase of Decipher mining.

Perenti Global Ltd has announced its subsidiary, leading hard-rock underground miner Barminco, has been awarded a contract extension at Gold Fields’ Agnew Gold Mine in Leinster, Western Australia.

Grote Industries has announced that Kristin Bridges has joined the company as its Marketing Manager.

BHP has signed a renewable power purchasing agreement to supply up to 50% of its electricity needs at the Kwinana Refinery from Merredin Solar Farm.

Caterpillar Mining and ThoroughTec Simulation have concluded a global cooperation agreement that will bring simulator-based equipment training solutions to Caterpillar customers.

Endeavour Silver Corp. has granted an option to purchase a 100% interest in its Guadalupe y Calvo gold-silver exploration project in Chihuahua, Mexico to Ridgestone Mining Inc.