Gold Fields to produce 1m oz gold in S. America

Gold Fields, the world's fourth-largest gold producer, aims to produce one-million ounces of the precious metal per year in South America by 2015, the company's regional chief said on Wednesday.

Mining Weekly | September 15, 2011 | 12:20 am

US finds 1Mt rare earth deposit in Afghanistan

The US Geological Survey (USGS) said on Wednesday it estimated there were at least one-million tons of rare earth elements contained in resources in Afghanistan’s restive Helmand province.

Mining Weekly | September 15, 2011 | 12:00 am

Alcyone to commission silver mine by September

Mining Weekly reported that Alcyone Resources' (ASX:AYN) Texas project will be fully commissioned by the end of September. The miner said it would bring forward the start of mining in the Twin Hills openpit mine, to late September. This would provide a regular ore feed to the plant and would enable the company to ramp-up to production to the targeted annualised rate by the end of the year.

Mining Weekly | September 13, 2011 | 2:53 am

Inmet talking to big guns about Panama potential partnership

TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – TSX-listed Inmet Mining, which ditched plans to merge with Lundin Mining in March, said most major mining companies had expressed interest in buying a 40% stake in its Cobre Panama copper project, and that it had signed

Mining Weekly | September 9, 2011 | 8:40 pm

Sierra Leone’s Koidu diamond expansion project ‘on schedule and within budget’

Diamond-mining company Koidu Holdings reports that development on the Koidu kimberlite expansion project, in Sierra Leone, is on schedule and within budget, promising to ramp up mining production to 100 000 t/m by the second quarter of 2012. Some six

Mining Weekly | September 9, 2011 | 5:30 pm

Optimum Coal says alternative bidder withdraws

JSE-listed Optimum Coal, which Glencore and local businessperson Cyril Ramaphosa want to buy, said on Friday that an alternative bidder has withdrawn its interest in acquiring a controlling stake in the miner.

Mining Weekly | September 9, 2011 | 3:00 pm

Revision of forecast reveals improved Zambian copper output

Market research house BMI has over the past quarter made an upwards revision to its forecast for Zambian copper output for this year, increasing it to 913 000 t, up from 877,000 t.

Mining Weekly | September 9, 2011 | 12:36 am

Zambia projects in pictures

Zambia is famous for its significant reserves of copper and cobalt, located in the Zambian Copperbelt province, however, the country is also a miner and producer of selenium and silver. Gold, platinum, and palladium are also produced as a by-product of

Mining Weekly | September 9, 2011 | 12:36 am

Company plans to grow its training offering on Copperbelt

Recently launched occupational health and safety consultation and training company KBC Mauritius intends to expand its presence and service offering on the Copperbelt as demand for training is fuelled by growth in the Zambian mining sector. "KBC

Mining Weekly | September 9, 2011 | 12:29 am

Feasibility study for a new CIL gold plant awarded

Minerals processing and project management company MDM Engineering has been awarded the feasibility study for a 2.4-million-ton-a-year carbon-in-leach (CIL) gold plant, which will treat reclaimed tailings, and a flotation plant to process unrefined tailings for gold miner African Barrick Gold’s 100%-owned subsidiary, the Bulyanhulu gold mine, in Tanzania.

Mining Weekly | September 8, 2011 | 5:59 pm

Weir Minerals Africa to supply vibrating screens to Indian miner

Slurry equipment solutions provider Weir Minerals Africa has received its biggest order from India to date. This contract will see Weir Minerals provide seven Linatex vibrating screens of different sizes to RBSSN, a mining and metals company based in Hospet, in northern Karnataka.

Mining Weekly | September 8, 2011 | 5:59 pm

MMD Mineral Sizing Africa expands in Jo’burg

Mineral-sizing technology company MMD Mineral Sizing Africa has completed a R20-million, 6 000 m2 expansion of its Longmeadow manufacturing premises in Johannesburg.

Mining Weekly | September 8, 2011 | 5:54 pm

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