The Pueblo Viejo gold mine – a joint venture between Barrick Gold (60%) and Newmont (40%) – has made an early tax payment this month to help contribute to the stability of Dominican Republic and aid the country in containing the spread of Covid-19.
Pu…
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Dual-listed Kirkland Lake on Wednesday announced new drill results from the Macassa mine, in Ontario, which CEO Tony Makuch described as “extremely encouraging”, identifying a high-grade corridor near the new #4 Shaft being developed.
The new drill re…
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For the duration of South Africa’s 21-day Covid-19 lockdown period, Creamer Media is providing free digital access to our flagship Engineering News & Mining Weekly news magazine. Click now to read our latest edition.
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The temporary closure and imminent reopening of mines across the country in the coming weeks provides an opportunity for mine bosses to assess and rethink their impact on communities, say Louise Scholtz and Khodani Mulaudzi of the World Wide Fund for N…
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The fire that broke out underground in the Zinkgruvan mine, in Sweden, has not resulted in any material damage and operations in the unaffected areas of the copper and zinc mine have resumed.
Surface operations are also continuing and scheduled maint…
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Gold mining major Newmont has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.25 a share of common stock, in line with its January announcement that it would boost its dividend to about $1 a share annually.
The hike represented a significant increase to its “indu…
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Vancouver-based Great Panther Mining which owns mines in Brazil, on Tuesday announced Rob Henderson new CEO, David Garofalo new board chairperson and the appointment of three new directors.
Henderson is a professional engineer and seasoned mining exec…
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Canadian rare earths company Geomega has begun modifying its rare-earth pilot plant, located at the National Research Council in Boucherville, Quebec, to be able to produce hand santiser.
In a statement announcing the initiative, Geomega says that the…
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Despite lockdown measures in place, Russian gold miner Petropavlovsk remains on track to commission the second flotation plant at the Pioneer mine in the fourth quarter, doubling the group’s flotation capacity from 3.6-million to 7.2-million tonnes a y…
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Canadian base metals miner Lundin Mining had to evacuate its underground personnel at the Zinkgruvan operation, in Sweden, on Monday, after a haulage truck caught fire on the 1 140 m level of the mine.
There were 58 people underground at the time. All…
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