Blast it! How rock hardness inflates mining costs
Rock hardness, or the compressive strength of ore that has to be blasted, chipped or otherwise dug out of the earth, is an often-overlooked cost to mining. Research by Costmine…
Rock hardness, or the compressive strength of ore that has to be blasted, chipped or otherwise dug out of the earth, is an often-overlooked cost to mining. Research by Costmine…
The mining sector, a longstanding pillar of the global economy and even more important now with rising attention to critical metals and secure supply in Western nations, is facing emerging…
Industry financier Frank Giustra’s first foray into gold exploration struck it big Tuesday, reporting bonanza gold grades of more than a kilogram per tonne at its Rowan property in the…
ATEX Resources (TSXV: ATX) saw a significant boost in its share price Tuesday after it issued an updated resource estimate for the Valeriano project located in Chile’s Atacama region. The…
Canada’s Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) can proceed with a plan to extend the productive life of its Candelaria copper mine in Chile after local authorities approved a revised environmental impact assessment…
Sitka Gold (CSE: SIG; US-OTC: SITKF) says hole DDRCCC-23-46 in the Blackjack deposit at its RC gold project has intersected 108 grams gold per tonne over 1.2 metres, including a…
Aris Mining (TSX: ARIS) announced on Monday gold production of 19,406 oz. at its Segovia Operations in Colombia during August, the highest monthly production since the expansion of the Maria…
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our data provider…
Trading of Scotgold Resources (LSE: SQZ) shares was halted Monday amid the “highly uncertain” outcome of funding discussions. The company pursuing what could be Scotland’s first commercial gold-silver mine said that while…
The idled Minto mine in central Yukon, which began operations in 2007 and produced about 500 million lb. of copper since, is officially up for sale. PricewaterhouseCoopers, acting as the…
Gold has taken centre stage this year as a flurry of multi-billion dollar M&A deals have played out in the industry. Newmont’s (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) US$19.2 billion acquisition of…
Montage Gold’s (TSXV: MAU; US-OTC: MAUTF) updated resource estimate for its Koné gold project in Ivory Coast increases the tonnage, grade and potential output by adding a new deposit. The…
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