June 26, 2019 Vale to invest $469m in dam safety measures The spending measures will be in addition to the $4.5 billion the miner has already provisioned for costs related to the dam burst.
June 26, 2019 Barrick stands firm, saying Acacia’s mine plans need changes Barrick Gold is sticking to its offer to buy out Acacia Mining, saying assumptions made by the smaller firm about its mine plans were out of touch.
June 26, 2019 Northam Platinum expects Kukama shaft to be operational in FY 2020 The Eland mine had been placed on care and maintenance in 2015 due to a price fall and difficult operating conditions.
June 26, 2019 Kenya cancels environment license of $2bn coal power plant The 1,050 megawatt project is 51% owned by Centum Investment Co. and backed by General Electric Co.’s Ultra-Supercritical Clean Coal Technology.
June 26, 2019 Ridgestone to expand Rebeico project in Mexico The Canadian miner plans to acquire in 10 mining concessions adjacent to the gold-copper project.
June 26, 2019 Blackrock to grow Silver Cloud project in Nevada The Vancouver-based miner wants to buy 20 mining claims directly adjacent to the gold project.
June 26, 2019 Sibanye-Stillwater to sell majority stake in Canadian PGM-copper project Local exploration and development junior, Generation Mining, will earn a 51% in the Marathon project, in northern Ontario.
June 26, 2019 Denison tests in situ recovery for Wheeler River The ISR tests will help determine its viability for commercial production at Wheeler River, which would be the first uranium mine in Canada to use the technology.
June 26, 2019 Prize Mining retains JDS for Kena project study The previous owner compiled a 43-101 resource estimate in 2013 that included 24.9 million indicated tonnes at 0.60 g/t gold for 481,000 oz.
June 25, 2019 Brazil Congress ditches Bolsonaro decree weakening indigenous agency Bolsonaro says he wants to open reservation lands to agriculture and mining, even in the Amazon rain forest.
Ma’aden selects Metso to deliver a gold processing plant to the Ar Rjum project Includes process electrification, field instrumentation, and automation, as well as detailed engineering for the processing plant. January 15, 2026 | 03:25 pm