Sadiola mine, Mali

A gold operation located in south-west Mali.

Iamgold not ruling out acquisitions, will stick to gold

Gold miner Iamgold is looking to spend its growing cash reserves on brownfields expansions and developments around its existing mines, but that does not mean the company is not in the market for acquisitions, CEO Steve Letwin said on Thursday....

Iamgold boosts gold reserves 13%

Toronto-based Iamgold increased its gold reserves by 13% in 2010, while mineral reserves of niobium rose 34%, the firm said on Thursday. The company's total attributable proven and probable gold reserves rose 1,9-million ounces, net of depletion,...

Iamgold eyes 'significant' upside at Essakane

Canadian gold producer Iamgold believes there is a lot of potential to grow the reserves at its new Essakane project, in Burkina Faso, interim CEO Peter Jones said on Wednesday. Iamgold said a couple of weeks ago that it plans to begin production...

Iamgold pencils in 2013 production at Ecuador project

Gold-miner Iamgold could see first production from the firm's Quimsacocha project in Ecuador in 2013, company executives said on Friday, but warned that the timetable will depend on receiving the necessary approvals from local officials. All...

Iamgold, AngloGold approve Sadiola deep sulphides study

Toronto-based Iamgold and its partners will go ahead with a feasibility study on developing the large deep sulphide resource below the current pit at the Sadiola mine, in Mali, the company announced on Monday. The mine's owners, including...

Iamgold's Essakane project in budget, on time for August 2010 start-up

It is a case of 'no news is good news' for Iamgold's large Essakane gold project, in Burkina Faso, which continues to track within its $422-million capital budget, and is on schedule to begin commercial production 12 months from now....

Iamgold produced 997 000 oz in '08

Canadian gold-miner Iamgold increased gold production from its mines by 3% last year, to 997 000 oz, but expects output to slide to 880 000 oz in 2009, as it closes two operations and mines lower-grade ore at some others.

Contract miner Moolmans ousted at AngloGold's Yatela gold mine in Mali

Contract miner Moolmans has been ousted at the Yatela gold mine in Mali, where the mining contract has been awarded to Australian company African Mining Services (AMS), Mining Weekly Online learns. AngloGold Ashanti and Canadian miner Iamgold...

Siguiri mine's new CIP plant almost complete

The construction of a carbon-in-pulp (CIP) plant at AngloGold Ashanti’s Siguiri mine, in Guinea, is almost complete.

Mali gold-mine turnaround on track

South Africa’s largest and most globally diversified gold producer, AngloGold Ashanti reports that the plant expansion at its Morila gold-mine, in Mali, was operating at design capacity by the end of the third quarter, 2004.

Smelter recovers 6 t of gold a year

One of Rand Refinery’s best-kept secrets is its precious-metal smelting facility, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere.