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Warning sirens are wailing again in the Brazilian mining state of Minas Gerais after an independent monitoring team warned the Sul Superior tailings dam at Vale’s Gongo Soco iron ore mine is in a critical condition.
The mine in Barão de Cocais, 50km SE of the state capital Belo Horizonte, has been closed and residents downstream of the dam evacuated since Feb 8 because of heightened safety concerns after a dam collapse at the Córrego do...
Wet weather impacts on barge availability and ore handling have delayed Axiom Mining’s long-awaited first shipment of nickel ore from the San Jorge mine in the Solomon Islands until mid-April, just outside its predicted March qtr target.
The Australian-based company says its main focus with the first shipment is proving its ability to deliver consistent quality and grade of ore that sustains the high demand for its production.
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Australian gold producer Centennial Mining has succumbed to the struggle to improve the performance of its A1 mine in Victoria, appointing voluntary administrators to pursue a recapitalisation.
Administrators Richard Tucker, John Bumbak and Leanne Chesser of KordaMentha Restructuring are holding discussions with potential investors to secure funding that will allow Centennial and wholly owned subsidiary Maldon Resources to continue to...
Communities and mining operations across the top of Australia are battening down as 2 cyclones gather strength and hit the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia coasts from tomorrow morning.
Commodity giant Glencore has suspended operations at its McArthur River mine, one of the world's largest zinc-lead-silver mines in the Gulf of Carpentaria, 970km SE of Darwin, in the NT, with a state of emergency in the region...
Western Australia’s Gwalia gold mine, already the deepest in the country, will stick with truck-based operations as it targets deeper underground operations after a feasibility study by operator St Barbara rejected newer technology ore haulage options relying on hydraulic hoisting.
St Barbara MD-CEO Bob Vassie said the study, which included input from subject matter experts, backed the use of an optimised truck fleet together with...
Delays in the completion of underground operational upgrades have led St Barbara to reduce forecasts of production and costs performance at its Gwalia gold mine at Leonora in Western Australia for the year to end June (FY19).
Gwalia’s new paste aggregate fill circuit is now expected to begin operations in the June qtr, some 6 months behind schedule.
St Barbara predicts FY19 production at Gwalia will be 235,000-240,000oz (previously...
Consolidated Zinc plans to appeal after a Mexican Federal Court judge terminated a land access agreement at its 90%-owned Plomosas zinc mine in Chihuahua state.
The recommissioned Plomosas mine achieved commercial production in Jan 2019 after a delayed ramp-up.
CZL says a local rancher's claim that the land access agreement had been improperly transferred to the mine operating subsidiary were rejected by two local civil courts...
Mining giant Vale has had a rare victory in the Brazilian courts, with a lower court in Belo Horizonte lifting the suspension order on the Laranjeira tailings dam and Brucutu iron ore mine in Minas Gerais.
The court ordered the shutdown of Brucutu, reportedly the largest of Vale’s many mines in the state with annual production of about 30M tons, in February after it was omitted from a company list of temporary closures to decommission...
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