Opencast mine news

Fortescue Metals Group has announced the successful operational deployment of autonomous light vehicles at the company’s mining operations in the Chichester Hub.

Newcrest Mining Ltd has announced that it has commenced construction of the box cut for the exploration decline at its Red Chris mine in British Columbia, Canada, following receipt of the necessary regulatory approvals.

Rockfire Resources plc has announced that the company's 100% owned Plateau Gold Deposit, in Queensland, Australia, has surpassed a JORC (2012) mineral resource of 200 000 oz of gold.

Shandong Pengxiang Auto has specified Allison’s 4800 Off Road Series fully automatic transmission for its latest wide body mining dump truck.

OceanaGold Corp. has announced the receipt of permits for the Golden Point Underground Mine, Deepdell North Stage III opencast extension, and the Frasers West expansion.

Global Mining Review Editor, Laura Dean was recently joined by Simone Fiorini, Ennio Alessio, Cristian Mantoan, and Alessandro Castelli from Tesmec to discuss the company’s latest innovations and projects around the world.

Ariana Resources plc has recently announced new resource and exploration drilling results obtained from the Kiziltepe Mine, Turkey.

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.

Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. has reported the successful completion of commissioning of the primary and secondary crushing circuits and the start of stacking ore on the heap leach pad at the Lindero gold project, Argentina.

Codelco has decided to stop smelting at Chuquicamata, decrease the refinery’s endowment to ensure sanity measures and will operate at one third of its capacity.