Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks the flight to iron-ore quality being a demand trend that favours South Africa’s high-quality iron-ore, the all-female exploration crew that has begun drilling in the Northern Cape and Menar’s R250-million, ca…
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Pan African does it again with exciting rich vein of gold at New Consort; And, Menar’s R250m cash-funded solar-served East Manganese project is under way
Chilean copper mine Collahuasi has entered into a long-term power purchasing agreement (PPA) with independent solar power producer Sonnedix for the delivery of 150 GWh/y. The PPA with Sonnedix constitutes about 12% of Collahuasi’s power requirements.
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Canadian mining company Ivanhoe Mines says it has had and continues to have strategic discussions regarding its Western Forelands project, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and its Platreef project, in South Africa. The company points out …
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Thankfully the RB1 physical discount has narrowed, with some supply demand balance returning to physical markets. This helped FOB RBCT to push back above the $50 mark, although RB3 and lower grades remain more heavily discounted. European power, natura…
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In this week’s Second Take, Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks the factors influencing the gold price, the high-grade gold vein at Pan African’s New Consort mine in Barberton and South32’s Metalloys smelter being placed under temporary care an…
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This week: Covid opens up opportunity for more constructive, purposeful dialogue; Global mining sharing knowledge in response to Covid-19; And, Platinum boosts hydrogen electrolyser performance exponentially
The Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has approved and issued an amended environmental compliance approval (ECA) for air and noise emissions at the PureGold mine, located in Red Lake, TSX-V- and LSE-listed Pure Gold Mining rep…
PureGold Red Lake mine achieves permitting milestone Read More »
British Columbia-focused Skeena Resources has announced an underground constrained mineral resource estimate for the Snip gold project, in the Golden Triangle.
The underground constrained indicated resources include 244 000 oz of gold hosted within 53…
Skeena unveils maiden Snip resource estimate Read More »
Precious metals miner Pan American is moving its Huaron and Morococha operations, in Peru, into care and maintenance in response to several workers at the mines recently testing positive for Covid-19.
Testing and tracing of the Covid-19 virus are part…
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