Crowflight restarts Manitoba nickel mine

Vancouver-based Crowflight Minerals has restarted mining at its Bucko Lake nickel operation in Manitoba, the firm said on Monday. Crowflight said in early October that it would temporarily halt Bucko Lake to address operational issues, set up its...

Daily podcast – February 9, 2010

Chromex Mining restarts mining at its Stellite opencast chrome mine, in South Africa; and a key rail line in Australia's major coking coal region has been partially reopened.

Chromex restarts mining at Stellite as prices improve

Aim-listed Chromex Mining has restarted mining at its Stellite opencast chrome mine in South Africa. The company noted in a statement on Tuesday that improved pricing and chrome market conditions had led to the drawdown of its run-of-mine (ROM)...

Obtala resumes mining at Sierra Leone alluvial operation

Aim-listed Obtala Resources has restarted mining at the Konoma alluvial diamond operation, in Sierra Leone, which it acquired along with other exploration licences from African Minerals in a £4,3-million all-share deal, in January. This formed...

Crescent signs ore deal with Barrick, restarts operations at Laverton

ASX- and TSX-listed Crescent Gold has restarted mining and trucking operations at its Laverton gold project, in Western Australia. Crescent has initiated its second mining campaign at Laverton, following a 14-month development phase and the...

Potash Corp reopens largest mine closed by strike

The worlld's biggest potash producer, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, has restarted potash mining and milling operations at its Allan mine, the largest of three operations where workers began striking on August 7. The company had restarted...