Lumwana copper mine expansion on track

The expansion of Zambia’s Lumwana copper mine, with the construction of the new Chimiwungo pit, is progressing well, with equipment supplier Bateman Engineered Technologies’ (BET’s) bulk materials handling unit having delivered more than 90%...

Ausenco awarded A$250m Kwale contract

Mineral sands developer Base Resources has awarded fellow listed project house Ausenco with a A$250-million engineering, procurement, construction and management (EPCM) contract for the Kwale project, in Kenya. The Ausenco minerals and metals...

Productora copper/gold/molybdenum project, Chile

Hot Chili has formally started a scoping study on the project.

Samarco fourth pellet plant, Brazil

The project is in its initial stages, with 11% progress made on the pellet plant.

Royal Nickel eyes ferronickel production to boost recoveries

Royal Nickel Corp, the Canadian junior hoping to build a nickel mine in Quebec, on Monday said it had produced high-grade ferronickel using a lab scale sample of concentrate from its Dumont project. The results of the tests showed the company had...

Tucano gold project, Brazil

The project envisages constructing a 3.5-million-ton-a-year carbon-in-leach operation.

Samarco fourth pellet plant, Brazil

The project is planned to increase Samarco Mineração's iron-ore pellet production capacity to 30.5-million tons a year in 2014.

Beadell awards EPCM contract for Tucano gold project

The board of emerging gold miner Beadell Resources on Monday announced its decision to mine the Tucano project, in Brazil. The ASX-listed company has now awarded the A$75-million engineering, procurement, construction management (EPCM) contract...

Bellzone appoints consultants for Guinea project

Aim-listed Bellzone Mining on Wednesday announced the appointment of TWP Australia and Ausenco as the engineering consultants to conduct the detailed feasibility study (DFS) for the Kalia iron-ore mine in Guinea. Bellzone expected the studies to...

London Mining to study Marampa iron-ore expansion

Aim-listed London Mining plans to start work on potentially expanding the output at its Marampa iron-ore project, in Sierra Leone, to between five-million tons a year and eight million tons a year. The company told shareholders in a statement on...

Minefinders trims forecast

Vancouver-based Minefinders Corporation has lowered its production guidance for 2009, after crusher throughput was lower than expected and lower-grade ore was mined in July and August, at the firm's Dolores mine, in Mexico. Minefinders now...

Anvil's Kinsevere mine to reach commercial production in H1 2011

The construction of ASX- and TSX-listed Anvil Mining's Kinsevere Stage II copper project, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), will be restarted by the fourth quarter, and is likely to start commercial production by the first half of 2011,...