Mining news updates

Girls from Moranbah State High School, Moranbah, Australia, were given a tour of the underground workings of Anglo American’s Moranbah North coal mine.

Kaz Minerals has provided its results for the first half of the year, with a key highlight being an increase in revenue.

The drilling results from the Eleonore South continue to validate the spatial continuity of the mineralisation identified to date and, importantly, demonstrate that high grades are recurrent along strike and dip.

Voith launches its BeltGenius ALEX which can help reduce energy consumption and idler wear in conveyor systems.

Mining Turkey 2018 offers a suitable platform for presentation of potential in the national and international mining arena.

Gold Fields Ltd announces plans to carry out further restructuring at its South Deep operation in South Africa.

Osisko Mining Inc. has entered an agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Beaufield Resources Inc.

A brief submitted by CMIF details seven policy areas where collaboration and action by federal, provincial and territorial governments can boost Canada’s ability to attract new mineral investment.

Bluejay Mining plc has appointed Ian Henderson as the company’s new Non-executive Director, effective immediately.

Lake Resources is set to begin drilling operations at the Cauchari project, which adjoins to the proven 14.8 million t LCE world-class lithium brine project.

Perseus Mining Ltd provides an update on its recent exploration activities at its Sissingué and Yaouré properties on the Ivory Coast, with a key highlight being the identification of potential to increase mineral resources at Yaouré.

NETL researchers have discovered that the extraction of rare earths from underclay deposits shows great promise as a new way of securing a domestic supply.

RCT transforms two of Metals X’s Nifty mine site’s existing troop carriers into mobile automation centres.

The EPA will host a Smart Sectors meeting with Utah mining industry leaders on 14 August.

Minnovare and Northern Star Resources’ ongoing collaboration leads to the establishment of an official ‘Technology Collaboration’.

The CEO of the Minerals Council of Australia advises governments to back the National Energy Guarantee as a way of ending energy wars.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides details of its Public Availability Session and Public Meeting for the Big River Mine Tailings/St Joe Minerals Corp. Superfund Site in St. Francois County (Missouri).

South32 completes its acquisition of the remaining 83% of issued and outstanding shares of Arizona Mining.

The Board of Directors at Nevsun Resources Ltd (Nevsun) rejects Lundin Mining Corporation’s (Lundin) hostile offer to acquire all of Nevsun’s outstanding shares.

Gensource Potash Corporation achieves an important environmental assessment milestone at its Vanguard One Project in Canada, enabling a quicker and more efficient path of project development.

Rubicon Minerals Corporation (Rubicon) has begun processing the bulk sample mineralised material extracted from test mining activities at the Phoenix Gold Project.

IAMGOLD's Board of Directors have announced the appointment of Ronald Gagel as a new director.

Corporate governance authorised the optimisation of the mine’s design, which initially considered four levels of depth, and that now, after the reformulation, will be only three.

It is anticipated that an additional 13 drill holes will be completed as part of the first phase of the 2018 campaign.