AUSTRALIA – With approval for a US$150-million investment in an autonomous haulage system (AHS) at its Boddington mine, Newmont will be the first gold miner with a driverless truck fleet. “Not only does Boddington continue to deliver strong performance…
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AUSTRALIA – RCT, an autonomous solutions provider, has finalized a material handling project with Qube Bulk, a port logistics and infrastructure specialist, at the Whyalla Port in South Australia. In 2019, RCT installed and commissioned its ControlMast…
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The winners of the Young Mining Professionals (YMP) awards this year are Ashley Kirwan of Orix Geoscience and David Cataford of Champion Iron. The YMP awards, presented in association with The Northern Miner, recognize two mining professionals under th…
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CHILE – Canada’s Lara Exploration reported that Australia’s Bifox (previously Phillips River Mining), has completed agreements with the Chilean government to settle outstanding environmental infractions and fines and lift the embargo on mining an…
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NEVADA – Gold Standard Ventures has released the results of an updated pre-feasibility study for the South Railroad portion of its wholly-owned 208-sq.-km Railroad-Pinion project in the Carlin trend. The PFS envisions development of the Dark Star and P…
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NEVADA – Americas Gold and Silver has announced that it has poured the first gold at its Relief Canyon mine and provided a two-year outlook for production growth. “Relief Canyon has successfully poured its first gold and the company is…
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MEXICO – Excellon Resources has released exploration results from its Evolucion and Platosa properties with high-grade intercepts expanding mineralized zones at both assets. At Platosa, host to an operating underground mine, drilling from surface inter…
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FINLAND – Outokumpu, a leader in stainless steel manufacturing, has selected Sandvik’s OptiMine digital platform as the underground operations management system to improve productivity at its Kemi chrome mine in Finland. “One of the key elements …
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Egypt has granted Aton Resources a mining licence for its Hamama development project – the second time in a decade that the government has greenlighted a mine since Centamin’s Sukari gold mine started commercial production in 2010. The 20-year mining l…
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QUEBEC – Spearmint Resources expanded its Perron-East gold prospects to 40.5 sq. km, from approximately 8 sq. km previously. The prospects now occupy five mineral claim blocks located in the Abitibi greenstone belt of northwestern Quebec. The new…
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