Новости за 16.09.2019

Optimum Coal Mine in Middelburg, Mpumalanga went up in flames after a fire set the mine's conveyor belts alight on Sunday. The Middleburg Observer reports that while it is unclear what caused the fire, it is believed that it may be sabotage.

Canadian miner B2Gold and South Africa’s AngloGold Ashanti have agreed to amend the ownership percentages of their joint venture (JV) on the Gramalote gold project, in Colombia, with the Vancouver-headquartered company set to increase its shareholding and take over as manager. The companies have agreed that B2Gold will sole fund the next $13.9-million of expenditures on the Gramalote project to increase its ownership from 48.3% to 50%.

TSX-listed Semafo has set an exploration budget of $5-million for the Karankasso portion of the Bantou project, in Burkina Faso, for the remainder of this year. The exploration programme will focus on testing an extensive number of soil anomalies, many of which are located along the Karankasso trends that host the existing 805 000 oz inferred mineral resource at Bantou.

A nickel mining hub in the southern Philippines, which produces mostly high-grade material, has suspended extraction operations indefinitely as the regional government conducts an industry audit, a top government official told Reuters on Monday. The government of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has suspended operations of all four mining companies in its jurisdiction, said Environment, Natural Resources and Energy Minister Abdulraof Abdul Macacua.

Aim-listed Petra Diamonds achieved a solid operational performance for the financial year ended June 30, generating operating free cash flow of $70.5-million, despite a weaker market, and during the company’s transition from its expansionary capital expenditure (capex) phase towards steady-state production. Following a strategic review of the business, in the short term, the company remains focused on the execution of Project 2022, which is expected to reduce its high net debt levels against a backdrop of a challenging diamond market... Читать дальше...

The Brazilian state of Minas Gerais has signed a protocol of intent with Sul Americana de Metais, a unit of Chinese miner Honbridge, for the construction of a 9.1-billion reais ($2.2-billion) mining complex, newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo reported on Saturday. The agreement, signed on Thursday, will include the construction of a 845-million square meters tailing dam, which will be one of the largest in Brazil, according to the report.

Newmont Goldcorp said on Sunday it has temporarily suspended operations at the Peñasquito gold mine in Mexico after the resumption of a previously lifted blockade by a trucking contractor and some members of the Cedros community.

The Lindero gold project has entered its “final stretch” of construction, with the Argentina-based mine project now 70% complete and preproduction mining under way. The initial blasting on mineral reserves started earlier this month and the mine is planned to build stockpiles of reserves ahead of stacking on the leach pad by the fourth quarter.

A contracted helicopter conducting operations for dual-listed SolGold on one of the company’s regional exploration concessions has crashed, killing the pilot and contractor technician. The accident happened on Sunday morning, north of the town Salinas, in Imbabura province.