Prophecy’s Mongolian coal mine achieves record production Following a two-month halt in operations, monthly coal production at Ulaan Ovoo reached 37,800 tonnes in June. MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 10, 2019 | 6:15 am
Hudbay Minerals’ Alan Hair steps down as CEO Former Nevsun Resources leader, Peter Kukielski, will serve as interim-CEO, while the miner looks for a permanent boss. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 10, 2019 | 4:46 am
Gold-backed ETF holdings grow at fastest pace in seven years Global holdings in gold-backed ETFs and similar products grew by 127 tonnes (equivalent to $5.5 billion in inflows) in June. Jackson Chen | July 9, 2019 | 4:28 pm
Vancouver gold junior sells for $610m, spins out new explorer The team that built Atlantic Gold, led by former Teck CEO Steven Dean, will start a new gold project in Bulgaria. Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | July 9, 2019 | 4:06 pm
Pretium says Brucejack ramp-up on schedule to reach 3,800 tonnes per day Pretium has also undertaken a 70,000-metre underground drill program to expand reserves at the Valley of the Kings. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 9, 2019 | 3:28 pm
North American Palladium reports positive near-surface results at Lac des Iles mine So far this year, the company has drilled 34 holes totaling 15,451 metres on the East Mine Block. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 9, 2019 | 3:20 pm
How thermal imaging boosts safety, cuts downtime says FLIR The mining industry has embraced thermal imaging as a reliable predictive maintenance asset. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 9, 2019 | 3:15 pm
CHART: Make money in resources? Invest privately Private capital invested in natural resources a decade ago returned 41% – S&P Natural Resources Index hardly broke even. Frik Els | July 9, 2019 | 3:01 pm
Azimut conducts predictive modeling in James Bay region, picks up four projects The company conducted its copper modeling project using public government data and its own proprietary data. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 9, 2019 | 2:47 pm