Anglo Platinum’s Turffontein mine is an ore-replacement project designed to keep production output at a constant 120,000 t/month. The first phase of the project is to expand the mine to 34 level. Only high-grade Merensky reef will be mined in this phase. Turffontein is expected to extend the life of mine to 2012 at current […]

On November 23, Pan Australian Resources completed the first gold shipment from its Phu Bia gold mine in Laos. Managing Director Gary Stafford said the heap leach mine had ramped up to its design ore mining and processing rate of 1.5 Mt/y and had already built a stockpile inventory of 260,000 t of ore grading […]

BioteQ Environmental Technologies has signed a development agreement with Columbia Metals Corp for the development of a water treatment plant at its La Jojoba gold property located in the State of Sonora, Mexico. The water treatment plant is a new application of BioteQ’s sulphide technologies where BioteQ will provide a plant to Columbia for the […]

European Union governments will delay a vote on the contentious REACH (registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals) discussed in IM’s leader in October. EU officials said the vote, planned for November 28-29, would be postponed after Germany requested more time in order to concentrate on its own ongoing negotiations to form a new coalition government. […]

European Union governments will delay a vote on the contentious REACH (registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals) discussed in IM’s leader in October. EU officials said the vote, planned for November 28-29, would be postponed after Germany requested more time in order to concentrate on its own ongoing negotiations to form a new coalition government. […]

In October/November, Lafayette Mining suspended processing activities at its Rapu Rapu polymetallic mine in the central Philippines whilst it investigated two discharges of process water. At the time, Rapu Rapu was moving from a dedicated gold production phase to base metals production. The company had ceased operation from the gold plant as it transferred the […]