Mining

Anglo American plc has announced the value of rough diamond sales (Global Sightholder Sales and Auctions) for De Beers’ seventh sales cycle of 2023.

Rio Tinto and First Quantum Minerals have completed a transaction to form a joint venture that will work to unlock the development of the La Granja project in Peru.

AngloGold Ashanti Brasil has placed the Corrego Do Sitio Mine in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state on care after sustained challenging operating results characterised by poor production and high costs.

Predictive Discovery Ltd has provided an update on regional exploration at Argo within the Bankan Gold Project in Guinea, including initial RC and additional auger drilling results.

At BHP’s Newman Operations in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, iron ore extraction and loading are being reimagined through innovative technology.

E3 Lithium Ltd has successfully produced lithium carbonate, the last major step in a conventional process before conversion to battery quality lithium hydroxide monohydrate.

American Pacific Mining Corp. has completed a first phase of sampling and property evaluation at its recently acquired Danny Boy Project.

RWE has commenced construction of a photovoltaics plant with integrated battery storage system at the Hambach lignite opencast mine.

Lucara Diamond Corp. has announced the recovery of a 692.3 carat diamond from its Karowe Diamond Mine located in Botswana.

Uranium Energy has announced that it has closed a purchase agreement with Rio Tinto Exploration Canada to acquire a portfolio of exploration-stage projects in the Athabasca Basin.

Newmont has announced that, following a review by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, it has been cleared to proceed with its proposed acquisition of Newcrest.

Hexagon has partnered with MMG to deploy the HxGN MineProtect operator alertness system on 11 underground mining trucks at its Rosebery mine in Tasmania, Australia.

Galan Lithium Ltd has announced that full Phase 1 pond construction has commenced at the Hombre Muerto West lithium brine project in Catamarca Province, Argentina.

Trigon Metals Inc. has placed an order with Epiroc South Africa to purchase underground mining equipment to the value of US$8.93 million.

Bowman has been awarded more than US$1.7 million in two new engineering and survey contracts for separate mining projects in Southern Arizona.