Latest issue of International Mining Project News available (November 20): Gold projects are once again very prominent in this issue. Randgold Resources is fast-tracking its Gounkoto project in Mali after a successful scoping study estimating Inferred resources of 2.65 Moz of gold at 6.3 g/t Au. Aurizon Mines, after a positive prefeasibility study, is proceeding […]

Silver is forecast to pass the $20/oz level in the short term based on a continued surge in investment. A recovery in fabrication demand should support prices in 2010 even as investor interest eventually moderates. A small increase in mine production in 2009 will be offset by lower supply from scrap and government sales. Fabrication demand […]

IM’s January issue will feature automation, in the mine. But in the processing plant, ABB’s Expert Optimizer has recently been used to automate Boliden’s zinc flotation circuits. The Garpenberg plant in Sweden is benefiting from successful application of Model Predictive Control (MPC) to a complete flotation circuit.

Kenmare Resources’ development association, KMAD, has won the Nedbank Socio-Economic Award for its activities aimed at social and economic enhancement of the communities surrounding its Titanium Minerals mine in northern Mozambique. This was presented at the Nedbank Capital Green Mining Awards ceremony held in Johannesburg and was decided by a panel of independent and expert adjudicators following an […]

Control Risks, a leading world business risk consultancy, has launched RiskMap 2010 - its annual review and forecast of business risk for the year ahead, including a rating of 173 countries by political and security risk. It identifies five countries generally overlooked by investors because they are deemed to be too risky, but which from 2010 may […]

A new refractory material developed by by the US Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) demonstrates increased reliability and service life in commercial gasifier use. The new improved-performance refractory lining material has been successfully tested and could lead to greatly increased reliability and economics of gasification technology as a clean and efficient […]