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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.
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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.

Andrea Trivella, Tesmec, Italy, lays out a system for size gradation control being used at a mine site in the Ivory Coast.

Trilogy Metals Inc. has announced positive results of its feasibility study for the Arctic copper-zinc-lead-silver-gold project in the Ambler mining district of Northwestern Alaska, USA.

Mexus Gold US has provided an update on its 1Q20 results.

Nexa Vazante (Nexa Resources) has used Orica’s wireless technology to reduce ore dilution and improve safety.

Dargues Gold Mine, owned by Diversified Minerals, a company associated with PYBAR, has celebrated with the production and export of its first gold concentrate in June.

The Solntsevsky coal mine, a key mining asset of the Eastern Mining Company, has introduced a modern high-speed refuelling of mining equipment.

The Minerals Council of Australia recognises the distress caused to the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura People by the destruction of the Juukan Gorge caves and the effect on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and the broader Australian community.

IAMGOLD Corp. has recently announced remaining assay results from its 2020 exploration diamond drilling programme completed on the Lac Gamble Zone at the Rouyn Gold Project, Canada, optioned from Yorbeau Resources Inc.

Calibre Mining Corp. has recently announced the closing of the transaction with IAMGOLD Corp.

The global bauxite mine production is expected to be marginally affected by the temporary suspension of mines due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to GlobalData.

The drill and blast team at OceanaGold’s Haile Gold Mine recently added Epiroc's remote technology to its blast hole drilling techniques.