In May, the company produced a feasibility study that demonstrated the potential for Troilus to be amongst the largest gold producers in Canada.
BQE's scope includes recommendations for updates to the existing water management infrastructure.
The police sealed off access to the Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein several weeks ago to deny the miners access to food and other essentials.
Globally, artisanal and small-scale gold mining accounts for about 20% of annual gold production.
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Eddie Beer
Anyone know what the fuel consumption is per hour by these marvels? What happens when we run out of fuel to run these behemoths? ( yes this is a rhetorical question)
Avijit Bandyopadhyay
You have missed P&H model 4100XPC Electric Rope Shovel
The Real John Smith
Good call. That’s what Rio Tinto Kennecott used to clean up the slide here at Bingham Copper Mine. Their “99” is bigger than my house.
The Real John Smith
“The world’s largest…in the world…” That one made me laugh. Thanks for the infographic, but seriously the editing is horrid.
Martin
Bucyrus was bought by Cat some time ago. Now it´s called Cat 6090. Originally it was the O&K RH400. The former Bucyrus 495HF now Cat 7495HF Rope shovel weights about 1400 tonnes and lifts 100 tonnes, model similar to The P&H4100XPC.
Randolph Crane
You missed “The Shelia XXLSize16”. (My ex-wife, the world’s largest gold digger.)
rayban
797 Cat 51 feet and 9 feet ? Really 51 feet and more like 59 feet or did I miss understand ?