Matthew Quinlan will be joining gold miner Pretium Resources (Pretivm) as VP finance on September 9, following the departure of Tom Yip as executive VP and CFO on October 30.
Yip joined the company in February 2011 as a member of its board of director…
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Richard Adkerson, president, CEO and vice-chairperson of US-based miner Freeport McMoRan, has been elected chairperson of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM).
Adkerson has been a member of the ICMM since 2005 and served as chairperso…
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A stronger rand is making life harder again for South African coal exporters. Richards Bay Coal Terminal prices slipped marginally on the week although Pacific and European markets were stronger, helped by news of strikes in Colombia, as well as strong…
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Drilling at the Vizcachitas project, in Chile, could be delayed by between six and eight months, owing to court action, TSX-V-listed Los Andes Copper said on Friday.
Ultimately, it could delay the prefeasibility study, the company stated.
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It remains uncertain when work on the shafts providing ventilation to support the production ramp-up for Panels 1 and 2 at the Oyu Tolgoi underground project, in Mongolia, will be able to resume. Rio Tinto-owned Turquoise Hill said on Friday that sinki…
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The government of Saskatchewan has announced C$31-million in funding for a rare earth processing facility, delivering on a key element of its 2030 Growth Plan.
The facility, to be owned and operated by the Saskatchewan Research Council, will be the fi…
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Swedish miner Boliden has announced a €40-million expansion of its nickel operations at Harjavalta, Finland.
The expansion in the nickel line at the nickel smelter will increase the feed capacity from 310 000 t/y to 370 000 t/y of raw material.
The e…
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Canadian junior Abcourt Mines is reopening the Sleeping Giant mine, halfway between Amos and Matagami in Abitibi, Quebec, with the aim of processing some ore at the end of September, or early October.
The TSX-V-listed company acquired the Sleeping Gia…
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TSX-V-listed Brixton Metals will acquire fellow-listed Kodiak Copper’s Trapper mineral claims, expanding its Thorn project, in northern British Columbia.
The Trapper claims are adjacent to the Thorn project and forms part of a larger district-scale co…
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Operations at the Camden power station resumed on August 27 after a four-month shutdown. The shutdown was implemented to relocate ash from an unsafe dam at the station.
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