Mining News: OPEN PIT

Santa delivers for Integra

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

A complacent BHP lets the opportunities slip by

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

Scratching the surface

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

Calif. mine locks out 550 workers over contract

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

Calif. mine locks out 540 workers over contract

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

Company Announcement: Maxwells Underground Production Potential

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

Rio Tinto starts MP diamond mining study...

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.

Freeport buys Twin Buttes Mine near Sahuarita

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

Studies conducted at University of Alberta on ecology recently published

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

CARIBOO DRILLING RESULTS - INTERNATIONAL WAYSIDE GOLD MINES LTD.

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

Oceana's Macraes Mine Increases Gold Reserves

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,

SANTA ELENA MINE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE - SILVERCREST MINES INC.

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

CAROSUE DAM COMMISSIONING COMMENCED - SARACEN MINERAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

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.

MINA JUSTA DRILL RESULTS - CHARIOT RESOURCES LIMITED

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.

LANGMUIR OPEN PIT RESOURCES ESTIMATE COMPLETED - INSPIRATION MINING CORPORATION

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

OROSI MINE PRODUCTION COMMENCED - B2GOLD CORP.

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

B2Gold Corp.: Gold and Silver Production Commenced at Orosi Mine, Nicaragua

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.

Blasthole drilling in open pit mining

Drilling equipment manufacturer Atlas Copco has produced a new 204 page free guide to blasthole drilling incorporating eleven technical articles and nine case studies

New reference book: Blasthole Drilling in Open Pit Mining

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 [...]

Sunrise Dam Gold Mine

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

Omega lift delivers 30,000 lbs. HERC Series forklift to Lihir Gold in Papua New Guinea

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

Yukon's only operating hardrock mine may last another 8 years or longer...

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.

Midlands Minerals Corp. - Analysis by J Taylor

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 [...]

6.91 g/t gold over 18.7 metres - Roxmark reports expansion of high-grade open pit potential at Hardrock Project

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

Cortez Hills gold mine development goes on despite threat of injunction

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.

Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. signs mining contract with Small Mine Developers

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

Xstrata Copper to spend $542m on Queensland mine

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

Xstrata approves Ernest Henry expansion

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.

Canadian mining companies involved in another scandal

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

Large gold mine starts production

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

MINE ENGINEERING: New pit slope guidelines from CSIRO

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

Mexican revokes permit for Canadian gold mine

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

Premier expands high-grade open pit potential at Hardrock including 1.54 oz/ton gold over 25.9 feet

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

Mexican High Court Rules Against Canadian Gold Mine

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

DJ PRECIOUS METALS: NY Gold Seen Down $1, Silver Down 5 Cents

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

DJ PRECIOUS METALS: NY Gold Seen Up $2, Silver Up 18 Cents

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

Gold and Silver Market Watch for October 21, 2009

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,

Faster more cost effective underground development, coal clearance and mine infrastructure

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 [...]

DJ PRECIOUS METALS: NY Gold Seen Down $6, Silver Down 17 Cents

(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

Mining company defends lockout

(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

Capital Gold Increases Reserves at Its El Chanate Mine by Over 64 pct

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.