Mining News: OPEN PIT
By MiningNews.net,
February 8, 2010 at 7:12 AM -
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INTEGRA Mining has reported high-grade gold results for holes drilled below the historic Santa open pit at its Randalls gold project in the Goldfields. You are not logged in or not authorised to view this page. Get Your FREE 30 Day Trial Now! First Name
By Globe and Mail,
February 4, 2010 at 11:32 AM -
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EST When we last looked at BHP Billiton, the world's top mining company, it was dangling its legs over the rim of an open-pit mine, doing pretty much nothing. Yes, it had made a few investments, joint ventures and small acquisitions, but no move that
By Mining Magazine,
February 2, 2010 at 12:36 PM -
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MM JAN/FEB 2010 Author Carly Lovejoy Loading & Hauling Crushing & Conveying Surface miners have the potential to play a significant role in the future of open-pit mining. Carly Lovejoy looks at their uses, limitations and current applications
By ABC 3340,
February 2, 2010 at 2:49 AM -
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LOS ANGELES - Hundreds of workers remained locked out of California's largest open-pit mine Monday in a contract dispute that involves a corporation trying to keep its share of the global market and a tiny town that lives and dies by residents carving
By Boston Globe,
February 1, 2010 at 8:11 PM -
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BORON, Calif. --Hundreds of workers remained locked out of California's largest open-pit mine Monday in a contract dispute that involves a corporation trying to keep its share of the global market and a tiny town that lives and dies by residents carving
By Mining Weekly,
February 1, 2010 at 11:32 AM -
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Attached please find a press release on: (ASX: IGR - 'Integra') is pleased to announce an initial exploration target at the Maxwells gold deposit below the base of the planned open pit at the Company's Randalls Gold Project, located approximately 60km
By ASAPP,
January 30, 2010 at 12:07 AM -
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Tinto starts MP diamond mining study InfraNews Rio Tinto starts MP diamond mining studyWednesday, January 27, 2010 Rio Tinto has started in-house feasibility study for the open pit Bunder diamond mining project in Madhya Pradesh.
By Examiner.com,
January 26, 2010 at 9:18 PM -
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Mining giant Freeport-McMoRan has bought the long-closed Twin Buttes Mine site near Sahuarita for $200 million and may mine it once again, company officials said. Phoenix-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. bought 8,900 acres of the open-pit mine
By Poten & Partners,
January 22, 2010 at 5:51 AM -
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According to recent research from Edmonton, Canada, 'Reconstructing landscapes after open pit mining of the Canadian oil sands presents enormous challenges. Freshwater peatlands dominate the pre-disturbance landscape; however, elevated salinity in the
By InfoMine,
January 21, 2010 at 12:19 AM -
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International Wayside Gold Mines announced that it has discovered a new zone, outside and north west of the proposed Cariboo Gold Quartz open pit mine on Cow Mountain, of replacement-like gold mineralization in a rock type not known before to carry gold
By Mining Technology,
January 19, 2010 at 11:13 AM -
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Oceana Gold said that its New Zealand-based Macraes open pit mine has increased its gold reserves by 259,000oz, which will prolong the mine’s life to at least 2016. The total reserves at the mine, when combined with last year's increase of 495,000oz,
By InfoMine,
January 15, 2010 at 7:31 PM -
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SilverCrest Mines announced that mine construction activities at the Santa Elena mine, Sonora, Mexico, are progressing on schedule and currently under budget. The mine will be an open pit gold and silver, open pit heap leach operation expected to make
By InfoMine - CompanyProperty Mine,
January 8, 2010 at 8:33 PM -
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Saracen Mineral Holdings Limited announced wet commissioning of the Carosue Dam Plant located in Western Australia is now in progress. Mining at the Porphyry open pit mine, and ore haulage, have commenced.
By InfoMine - CompanyProperty Mine,
January 8, 2010 at 7:27 PM -
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Chariot Resources announced results of 136 additional holes, including copper intercepts outside the open pit at Mina Justa, Peru. Hole MJV-08-065 intercepted 130 m @ 1.07% Cu and included 22 m @ 2.83 % Cu from 244 m to 266 m.
By InfoMine - CompanyProperty Mine,
January 7, 2010 at 9:51 PM -
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Inspiration Mining announced that Micon International Limited has completed the National Instrument 43-101 compliant resource estimate report for the Langmuir north deposit and the Langmuir No 1 deposit. Pursuant to the Micon Report, resources in the
By InfoMine - CompanyProperty Mine,
January 6, 2010 at 11:43 PM -
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B2Gold announced that gold and silver production has commenced at the Company’s Orosi open pit mine in Nicaragua. The mine and milling facilities have passed mechanical completion and commissioning. Ore processing began on December 15th, 2009 with the
By RBC Dain Rauscher,
January 6, 2010 at 11:15 AM -
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B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO) ('B2Gold' or the 'Company') is pleased to announce gold and silver production has commenced at the Company's Orosi open pit mine in Nicaragua. The mine and milling facilities have passed mechanical completion and commissioning.
By Mineweb,
January 2, 2010 at 10:25 AM -
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Drilling equipment manufacturer Atlas Copco has produced a new 204 page free guide to blasthole drilling incorporating eleven technical articles and nine case studies
By International Mining,
December 30, 2009 at 4:38 PM -
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As mining operations face ongoing demand to increase productivity and decrease costs without sacrificing safety, a challenge exaggerated by a lack of highly skilled operators, Atlas Copco has published Blasthole Drilling in Open Pit Mining aimed at helping customers successfully meet these challenges. Atlas Copco shares the knowledge of its product experts and customers through 11 [...]
By Red Orbit,
December 20, 2009 at 1:14 PM -
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Roughly 55 kilometers (35 miles) south of Laverton, Western Australia, lies the . A gold deposit was discovered in the area in 1988, and by 1995, the mine was open for business. Started as an open pit mine, the operation expanded to include underground
By Forkliftaction,
December 17, 2009 at 7:45 PM -
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Omega Liftrecently delivered one of its 30,000 capacity, 4-wheel drive HERC Series forklifts to Lihir Gold’s open pit gold mining operation in Papua New Guinea. Omega Lift was sourced from Lihir Gold because of its expertise building heavy duty
By Mineweb,
December 16, 2009 at 7:44 AM -
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A new pre-feasibility study says the Yukon Territory's Minto copper-gold mine could last until 2018 and may accommodate an underground operation along with the current open-pit mine.
By J Taylors Gold, Energy & Tech Stocks,
December 14, 2009 at 10:01 PM -
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Midlands Minerals Corp. (MMC) is, in my view, one of the most undervalued and unrecognized emerging gold mining companies in the world. I say that on the basis of its flagship property known as the Sian Mine, located in the Ashanti Gold Belt, 30 kilometers northeast of the 8.7-million-ounce Akyem Property owned and operated by [...]
By StockHouse USA,
December 9, 2009 at 4:30 PM -
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ROXMARK MINES LTD RMK TORONTO, Dec. 9, 2009 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX News Network) -- Roxmark Mines Limited (TSXV-RMK) today announced that drilling continues to expand mineralization within the NN (Open Pit target) Zone at the Hardrock Project in
By Mineweb,
December 7, 2009 at 6:50 AM -
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As Barrick's Cortez Hills underground operation ramps up, a possibility exists that the open pit portion of the gold project could be temporarily delayed pending the results of an expanded environmental review.
By Resource Investor,
December 4, 2009 at 7:26 AM -
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SMD will be focused on restarting gold mining activity at the Smith mine, accessed through a portal from the Dash open pit. They will be solely responsible for the mining, backfill, and waste cleanup work within the mine, as well as development work
By Business Financial Newswire,
December 3, 2009 at 10:41 AM -
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Mining group Xstrata has approved investment of $542m to extend the life of its Ernest Henry operations near Cloncurry in north-west Queensland to at least 2024. It will transform open-pit mining operations to a major underground mine, together with the
By The Australian,
December 3, 2009 at 2:38 AM -
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XSTRATA has approved the $US542 million development of the Ernest Henry underground copper mine in Queensland. This will extend the life of the Ernest Henry operation to at 2024, through the transformation of open pit mining to a major underground mine.
By Trent Arthur,
December 2, 2009 at 10:54 AM -
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On November 18, a subsidiary of Canadian mining company, New Gold Inc. (NGD), based out of Vancouver, had their permit revoked for an open pit mine in Mexico. The Mexican government issued an order to stop production immediately. The next day, workers
By ABC Online,
November 23, 2009 at 6:26 AM -
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Commercial production has started at Newmont Mining's Boddington Gold Mine in the south-west. The open pit mine is expected to produce one million ounces of gold per year in the first five years. The Boddington Gold Mine has been touted as Australia's
By Canadian Mining Journal,
November 17, 2009 at 12:23 PM -
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AUSTRALIA — The Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization (CSIRO) has published what it calls the first new guidelines for open pit slope design in more than 30 years. According to CSIRO, the last handbook of this type was published in 1977 by
By Research & Development,
November 14, 2009 at 3:47 AM -
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Mexico revoked the environmental authorization Friday for a Canadian-owned open-pit gold mine that critics say threatens one of the most historic sites in the north-central state of San Luis Potosi. The Environment Department said in a statement that it
By Yahoo! Canada,
November 11, 2009 at 1:51 PM -
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Press ReleaseSource: Premier Gold Mines Limited Shares Issued: 82,657,779 THUNDER BAY, ON, Nov. 11 /CNW/ - PREMIER GOLD MINES LIMITED (TSX:PG - News) is pleased to announce drill results from the NN Zone, comprising the final results from drilling that
By Intercontinental Cry,
November 10, 2009 at 1:25 AM -
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Four weeks ago, one of Mexico’s highest courts, the ninth Tribunal of the first circuit, confirmed that an open-pit gold mine in Cerro San Pedro, a village in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi, is being operated illegally by Minera San Xavier, a
By futuresource.com,
October 26, 2009 at 7:59 PM -
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DOW JONES NEWSWIRES December gold futures are expected to open floor trading in New York around $1 an ounce lower Monday, based on electronic activity ahead of the pit session at the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. December silver
By Individual.com,
October 23, 2009 at 1:01 PM -
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Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)—December gold futures are expected to open floor trading in New York around $2 an ounce higher Friday, based on electronic activity ahead of the pit session at the Comex division of the New York
By Kitco,
October 23, 2009 at 2:50 AM -
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Global Research Russell Browne - russell_ browne@scotiacapital.com Strategist Contact Information Trading Contacts Gold & Silver Marketwatch Daily Update Market Commentary Gold opened at 1051.00/1052.00 and continued to retreat from its overnight highs,
By International Mining,
October 22, 2009 at 6:18 AM -
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International Mining’s December issue is approaching. The Operation Focus looks at Freeport’s great Grasberg open-pit mine in Indonesia and other features include German technology, rapid development, coal clearance and mine infrastructure. The Leader will examine China following John Chadwick’s attendance at China Mining this week. As always, if you have interesting news (of new technology or [...]
By Individual.com,
October 21, 2009 at 12:29 PM -
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(Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) -- DOW JONES NEWSWIRES December gold futures are expected to open floor trading in New York around $6 an ounce lower Wednesday, based on electronic activity ahead of the pit session at the Comex division of the New
By Individual.com,
October 13, 2009 at 10:40 PM -
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(McClatchy-Tribune Informa) The company that locked out 29 union perlite miners last week explained its decision Monday. Harborlite Corp., which operates an open pit perlite mine in New Mexico and shipping and maintenance operations in Antonito, said in
By Yahoo! Canada,
October 13, 2009 at 12:36 PM -
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NEW YORK, Oct. 13 /CNW/ -- Capital Gold Corporation (TSX: CGC; OTC Bulletin Board: CGLD) is pleased to announce an updated reserve statement and mine plan which shows increased reserves for its 100% owned El Chanate open pit gold mine in Sonora, Mexico.
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