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TSX-V-listed Volt Lithium has started US field operations in the Permian basin in Texas, shifting from development to production. The first-lithium production milestone, president and CEO Alex...
Technology group Wärtsilä is gearing up to install six of its 32 model diesel engines at a 17 MW power plant at Moroccon miner Managem’s Boto gold mine, in Senegal. Wärtsilä was awarded the...
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The Botswana Ministry of Minerals and Energy has granted a mining licence for the project
Beneficial occupation of the regional tailings storage facility is targeted for the second half of 2027.
Completion is expected by the end of the second half of the 2025 financial year.
Orion Minerals is finalising studies to start early production from the Flat Mines Area.
Akobo Minerals has completed a crosscut between the Western and Eastern tunnels of its Segele gold mine.
The bankable feasibility study is on track for completion in the December 2024 quarter.
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BHP has become the first customer to announce plans to trial Caterpillar's newly launched Cat Dynamic Energy Transfer (DET) system on its battery-electric and diesel-electric mining trucks. The...
Two acronyms were drummed into new mining entrants in the days of yore – GIK and WAR. GIK is short for ‘grade is king’ and at the opposite end of the scale, everyone was urged to declare war on...
One of the largest rough diamonds in recorded history, a 2,492-carat stone, was recovered last August by Lucara Diamond Corp. with TOMRA X-Ray Transmission (XRT) technology at the Karowe Mine in...
Canadian diversified miner Teck Resources has shut down one of the four sections of its electrolytic zinc plant at the Trail Operations in British Columbia, following a localised fire on Tuesday....
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) has awarded South32’s Worsley Alumina the ASI Performance Standard V3 (2022) Certification, recognising the company’s sustainability achievements across...
Amid a challenging period for aim-listed Hummingbird Resources and its stakeholders in the face of operational and market headwinds, CEO Dan Betts says the company has made significant strides in...
Dual-listed Gemfields expects to report earnings a share of R11.80 for the six months ended June 30 – a 21% decrease from the earnings a share of R14.90 reported for the first half of 2023....
Johannesburg- and London-listed gold mining company Pan African Resources has joined Harmony Gold, DRDGOLD, Gold Fields and AngloGold Ashanti on the Van Eck Gold Miners’ GDX index, an exchange...
Coal mining and trading company Minergy says its new strategic and operational drive towards business improvement has paid off in the financial year ended June 30, with the company experiencing...
One of the largest rough diamonds in recorded history, a 2,492-carat stone, was recovered last August by Lucara Diamond Corp. with TOMRA X-Ray Transmission (XRT) technology at the Karowe Mine in...
Denver-based SSR Mining is preparing to restart operations at its Seabee mine in Saskatchewan, Canada, by the second half of October, following a significant reduction in wildfire activity near the...
Already 15,000 units of the upgraded system have been ordered by mines eager to benefit from the latest version of Hexagon CAS, the industry-standard collision avoidance system that has been...
Tianqi Lithium vowed to continue its battle for a say in a planned deal to share ownership of one of the world’s biggest lithium operations, a case the company sees as crucial for future Chinese...
Australia approved the expansion of three coal mines, sparking criticism of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s administration and its efforts to keep emissions in check. The government cleared an...
G7-backed push to close coal power plants in emerging markets is facing further delays after a July deadline passed without a deal on the early closure of an Indonesian power plant that would be...
Fortescue said on Wednesday it has signed a $2.8-billion partnership with German-Swiss equipment manufacturer Liebherr to create one of the world's largest zero-emission mining fleets. The two...
Diamond mining company Petra believes that diamond prices will stabilise through to the end of this year with some improvement expected in 2025. The average diamond price realised by Petra in...
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has formally published Eskom’s much-anticipated and much-criticised allowable revenue application for the coming three years ahead of what is...
NYSE American-listed Uranium Energy Corp (UEC) announced on Monday its acquisition of Rio Tinto's Wyoming assets, which include the Sweetwater plant and a portfolio of mining projects, for...
Canada-based First Quantum Minerals on Monday announced the passing of an employee at its Kansanshi operation, in Zambia, owing to a traffic accident involving a tracked dozer and a light vehicle....
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Half of the employees of the emerging Prieska Copper Zinc Mine in South Africa’s prospective Northern Cape were, as of June 30, made up of members of the host community towns of Prieska, Marydale,...
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