Mining

RCT has successfully commissioned Evolution Mining’s underground loader fleet with its automation technology.

Fortuna Silver Mines, Inc. has announced the start of irrigation and leaching of ore placed on the heap leach pad at the Lindero gold Project.

Australian Bureau of Statistics data on minerals exploration spending shows exploration in Victoria reached a record high of AUS$39.7 million in 2Q20.

Golden Birch Resources Inc. has announced that it is preparing to begin a drilling programme at the Omu copper-gold prospect located within the company’s flagship Keveri property, located in Papua New Guinea.

The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has recently announced Richard Adkerson, President, CEO and Vice Chairman of Freeport-McMoRan as its new Chair, effective immediately.

Barrick Gold Corp. and AngloGold Ashanti Ltd have agreed to sell their 80% interest in the Morila gold mine in Mali to Mali Lithium Ltd for cash consideration estimated at between US$22 million and US$27 million, depending on closing adjustments.

sensemetrics Inc. has recently launched a tailored IIoT solutions that gives mining companies and their insurers real-time, end-to-end tailings storage facilities insights.

Boliden has invested €40 million in an expansion of its nickel operations at Boliden Harjavalta.

Orea Mining Corp. has provided an update on the 2020 exploration programme at the Maripa gold project located in French Guiana.

NQ Minerals Plc has announced that it plans to break a 10-year hiatus in exploration work at its highly prospective Hellyer Project.

K2fly has noted how organisations are having to review their reporting processes following the introduction of the Global Tailings Standards.

IronRidge Resources Ltd has announced that it has been accepted as a member of the European Battery Alliance.

South32 Ltd and Trilogy Metals Inc., partners in Ambler Metals LLC, have announced that the Board of Ambler Metals has appointed Ramzi Fawaz as President and CEO of Ambler Metals.

NETL researchers have developed a method to custom-formulate low-cost membranes to more effectively separate carbon dioxide from nitrogen in a high volume of flue gas.

Rio Tinto’s Kennecott site, Utah, USA is the first producer to be awarded the Copper Mark, the copper industry’s new independently assessed responsible production programme.