Latin American miners unhappy with costs, survey says
Latin American miners gave low grades to equipment manufacturers in a recent survey by data and intelligence firm Timetric.
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LEAD-ZINC: Canadian Zinc ups resource tonnage at Prairie Creek
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - Vancouver-based Canadian Zinc Corp. has increased the resource tonnages by 32% at its Prairie Creek lead-zinc-silver mine 200 km west of Fort Simpson.
SAFETY: Western Australia launches code for autonomous mining systems
WESTERN AUSTRALIA – Earlier this week Western Australia mining minister Bill Marmion approved the world’s first safety code of practice for autonomous mining systems.
MINING PEOPLE: GeoMegA, Geoscience BC, and SNC-Lavalin
GeoMegA Resources of Montreal has appointed Kiril Mugerman its new president and CEO. He holds an honours degree in earth and planetary sciences from McGill University, bringing both technical and financial experience to the post. Interim CEO...
LUBRICATION: Single point automated option
Mississauga, ON – Beka-Lube Products, a leader in aftermarket automated lubrication systems, introduced a single point lubricator, BekaONE, this year.
Premier’s Downie bullish on Hasaga in Red Lake
VANCOUVER — Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) is taking a new approach to exploration at its past-producing Hasaga gold property in the prolific Red Lake mining district of northwestern Ontario, and Ewan Downie, president and...
GOLD: Pretium secures $540M for Brucejack development
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Pretium Resources of Vancouver has secured a US$540-million construction finance package for the Brucejack gold development 65 km north of Stewart. Orion Mine Finance and Blackstone Tactical Opportunities will make...
DIAMONDS: Kennady arranges $48M private placement
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Kennady Diamonds of Toronto announced a private placement that will raise $48 million through the issuance of common and flow-through shares. The shares are priced at $2.75 and $3.40, respectively. The money will...
GOLD: Kaminak chooses Coffee road, First Nation agrees
YUKON – After examining several options, Vancouver-based Kaminak Gold Corp. has chosen a route for an access road to its Coffee gold project 130 km south of Dawson City. The preferred route results in the least amount of new road...
GRINDING: ABB’s brings advanced embedded control to mills
SWITZERLAND – ABB, the power and automation technology group, is launching an advanced control solution embedded within a variable-speed drive. Called SmartMill™, it utilizes real time data for continuous control of individual...
Noront CEO outlines big plans in the Ring of Fire
VANCOUVER — Noront Resources (TSXV: NOT; US-OTC: NOSOF) has emerged as a leader across the Ring of Fire region in the James Bay Lowlands of Northern Ontario, and it has a long term plan in the works it hopes will establish a world-class...
DIAMONDS: Renard construction on time, on budget
QUEBEC – Montreal’s Stornoway Diamond Corp. continues with the Renard diamond mine development on time and on budget. The project, 350 km north of Chibougamau in the James Bay region, is expected to reach commercial production in...
WORKSHOP: Efficient grinding meet in Vancouver
VANCOUVER – If you can’t make the CEEC-CMIC workshop to be held in Toronto on Sept. 28, 2015, attend instead the Energy Curve Workshop being organized in Vancouver on Sept. 24. The achievements and findings of the CEEC energy...
GOLD: New, high grade zone discovered at Valentine Lake
NEWFOUNDLAND – Marathon Gold Corp. of Toronto has discovered a new, high grade gold zone at the Valentine project 55 km south of Buchans. The find was made 550 metres along strike from the Sprite zone, where trenching was done in 2014.
Brazil court order shuts Sigma Lithium mine
Sigma Lithium (TSXV, Nasdaq: SGML; ASX: SAU) has halted all mining and processing at its Grota do Cirilo complex in Brazil, two […]