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Mining news: GOLDIntertek Opens New Modern Mineral Testing Laboratory in QueenslandIntertek Genalysis has opened a new mineral testing laboratory in Queensland, Australia. The state-of-the-art laboratory serves the region’s mining and exploration sector. Intertek offers sample preparation and analytical testing services for various metals, including gold, nickel, copper and base metals, and is well placed to meet the testing and assay needs [...] New Mine Development added to SupplyMineThe 3,710 ha mining concessions making up the gold project are located in the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico. The area is approximately 7 km south of the sub-delegation known as Valle Perdido and approximately 55km south of the city of La Paz. Gekko Engineers Morila MakeoverRandgold’s Morila Gold Mine are updating and upgrading their InLine Leach Reactor from an ILR1000CA to an ILR2000BA. This ILR has produced gold since May 2001 at rates varying between 200 oz/day and 2000 oz/day, depending on feed grade. It treats gravity gold recovered from three Knelson XD48 concentrators and is a critical component in [...] Record dollar demand for gold as world looks for haven from turmoilDollar demand for gold reached an all time quarterly record of $32 billion in the third quarter of 2008 as investors around the world sought refuge from the global financial meltdown, and jewellery buyers returned to the market in droves on a lower gold price. This figure was 45% higher than the previous record in [...] GEOVARIANCES to showcase its innovations at GEOSTATS 2008GEOVARIANCES (www.geovariances.com), the leading provider of advanced geostatistics solutions, announces its Gold Sponsorship for the next GEOSTATS Conference in Santiago de Chile, December 1-5, 2008. New Mine Development added to SupplyMine - Cerro NegroThe high-grade gold and silver project is located in the Santa Cruz province of Argentina.An October 2008 positive pre-feasibility study reported that probable reserves were estimated at 7.2 million tones at 6.4 g/t gold and 75 g/t silver for 1.5 million ounces of gold and 17.3 million ounces of silver. Wardrop wins Mt. Milligan workVANCOUVER — WARDROP ENGINEERING has been awarded the detailed engineering design and procurement contract for TERRANE METALS’ Mt. Milligan copper-gold project 155 km northwest of Prince George, B.C. Wardrop recently completed the feasibility study for the project that involves a conventional truck-and-shovel open pit mine and 60,000 t/d copper concentrator…more at [...] Kirkland Lake Gold to expand productionKirkland Lake Gold Inc.’s Macassa Mine, located in the prolific Kirkland Lake camp, is due to see a flurry of new mining activity from a recent commitment to bring the South Mine Complex into production…more at Northern Ontario Business The top ten world’s worst pollution problems reportThe Blacksmith Institute, in collaboration with Green Cross Switzerland, recently released a report titled The World’s Worst Pollution Problems. The top ten problems, detailed in this report, include, in first place, artisanal gold mining followed in second place by contaminated surface water. Then, ranked in fourth place were industrial mining activities, followed by, in sixth [...] Barrick Adopts EQuIS for Environmental Data ManagementEarthSoft today announced it has been awarded a contract from Barrick Gold Corporation to implement EQuIS software at all Barrick mines worldwide. Billion-dollar potash biz looking to Northern Ontario suppliersPotashCorp to spent $6.4 billion across its six Canadian sites Acquisition of the Biox GroupBateman Engineering is pleased to announce that it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire the Biox technology business (“Biox Business”) from the Gold Fields Group for a net cash consideration of USD 8.84 million. |
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