Mining news: SILVER

SILVER-LEAD-ZINC MINING: Normal production resumes at Platosa

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SILVER-LEAD-ZINC DEVELOPMENT: Water leak continues to plague Platosa

and all underground activity was halted at the project in Durango. There were no injuries and the mobile equipment was removed. The mine is not very deep, but the company pointed out development lies below the local water table. Excellon said it was

New Mine Development added to SupplyMine - Cerro Negro

The 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.
The plan is to mine the [...]

BioteQ Starts Commissioning New Plant in Colorado

BioteQ Environmental Technologies, Inc. a leader in the treatment of metal and sulphate contaminated water, has commenced commissioning of a new water treatment plant at the former Wellington Oro silver-zinc mine site near Breckenridge, Colorado. The plant will remove cadmium and zinc from mine drainage, and is designed to process approximately [...]

Bactech seeks Government Funding for Bioleach Plant to Neutralize Toxic Arsenic Tailings in Cobalt, Ontario

BacTech Mining Corporation has applied for $10 million in government funding to build a pilot bioleach plant in the Cobalt area of Northern Ontario to neutralize the arsenic-laden tailings dumped there in the early 1900s. High grade silver was discovered in the Cobalt area in 1903, which led to a Klondike-like [...]

Gekko Systems Sells Additional Five ILRs to San José

Gekko Systems has announced that South American mining company, Minera Santa Cruz, has ordered five InLine Leach Reactors (ILRs) for its San José mining project in Santa Cruz province, Argentina. The order comprises Gekko Systems’ innovative ILRs, purpose-designed silver electrowinning cells, and associated equipment.
Minera Santa Cruz, jointly owned by Hochschild Mining [...]

Gekko Systems Sells Additional Five ILRs to San José

Gekko Systems, Australia’s leading developer of mineral-processing equipment, announced today that South American mining company, Minera Santa Cruz, has ordered five InLine Leach Reactors (ILRs) for its San José mining project in Santa Cruz province, Argentina. The order comprises Gekko Systems’ innovative ILRs, purpose-designed silver electrowinning cells, and associated equipment.
Minera Santa Cruz, jointly owned by [...]

Komatsu America Corp. Dozer Recognized for Design Excellence

Aug 13, 2008
D51-22 Crawler Dozer Wins Silver International Design Excellence Award
Rolling Meadows, IL, August 7, 2008—Komatsu America Corp.’s D51 EX/PX-22 crawler dozer won a silver award for their design in the IDEA® (International Design Excellence Awards) competition. The D51 design was honored in the Commercial and Industrial category for its super-slant nose engine [...]

Santa Fe Gold Agrees to Purchase Processing Equipment and Real Property for Summit Silver-Gold Project

ALBUQUERQUE, NM–(Marketwire - June 3, 2008) - Santa Fe Gold Corp (OTCBB: SFEG), a U.S.-based mining and exploration enterprise focused on gold, silver, copper and industrial minerals, today announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement with St. Cloud Mining Company (”St. Cloud”), a New Mexico corporation, to purchase St. [...]

Couer takes safety to heart

Coeur d’Alene Mines has received five major safety awards from the International Society of Mine Safety Professionals (ISMSP) for its safe operations, as well as for safe worker activities related to its new San Bartolome silver mine in Bolivia and the development of the Kensington gold mine in Alaska. The awards were [...]

Nevada mine production up to $5.4 billion

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Nevada mines produced a record $5.4 billion worth of gold, silver and other minerals in 2007 compared with about $4.9 million a year earlier, according to a state report released Friday…more at AOL.com

Nevada mine production up

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Nevada mines produced a record $5.4 billion worth of gold, silver and other minerals in 2007 compared with about $4.9 billion in 2006 production value, according to a state Minerals Division report released Friday…more at SignOnSanDiego.com