查看更多>>摘要：In a relatively short time, Ero Copper has emerged as a returns-oriented, eco-friendly Brazilian copper producer with a funded growth trajectory to firmly establish itself as a mid-tier company. Ero posted record copper production in 2021 from its Mineracao Carafba SA (MCSA) complex in Bahia, Brazil, of 45,511 tonnes of copper in concentrate, which surpassed guidance. The MCSA complex comprises the Pilar and Vermelhos underground mines, the Surubim open pit and a conventional flotation mill, producing a clean copper concentrate.
查看更多>>摘要：Ascot Resources is preparing to ramp-up the development of its Premier gold project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle, having overcome a harrowing preconstruction mishap, president and CEO Derrick White told Mining Journal at the 2022 AME Roundup in Vancouver. While the company is pleased with its September 2020 decision to order the ball and SAG mills, a November 2021 storm saw a 60-foot wave send the containers carrying its clarifier and thickener to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
查看更多>>摘要：Fireweed Zinc foresees a solid year of drilling at its Macmillan Pass project in Yukon, Canada, as it works towards completing resource and preliminary economic assessment updates in early 2023, president and CEO Brandon Mac-Donald told Mining Journal at the 2022 AME Roundup in Vancouver, Canada. MacDonald said that drilling success last year, with the discovery of a previously unknown mineral horizon above the massive sulphide Boundary West area, was leading the company to adopt a more data-driven approach to exploration.
查看更多>>摘要：Mining legend Ian Telfer said Barrick Gold is on the way to going out of business due to its failure to buy new assets. This was because of what he says is a fixation on assets being able to generate returns at a US$1,200 per ounce gold price, he told delegates at 2022 AME Roundup in Vancouver, Canada.
查看更多>>摘要：BHP has maintained a positive outlook for commodities as its half-year results smashed analyst estimates. Half-year underlying attributable profit of US$10.7 billion and attributable profit of $9.4 billion was 77% higher than the previous corresponding period. The company declared a record interim dividend of $1.50 per share, or $7.8 billion, whih was eguivalent to a 78% payout ratio.
查看更多>>摘要：Jetti Resources has signed an agree-ment with Teck Resources to evaluate the use of Jetti's patented catalytic technology to extract copper from low-grade primary sulphides, such as chalcopyrite, bornite and enargite at Teck's copper assets. Jetti's technology integrates with existing leach technology to recover copper in ore that was previously not considered for traditional processing, including waste piles, low-grade stockpiles and areas with potential copper resources outside of existing mine plans.
查看更多>>摘要：Drilling success to expand the Marimaca copper deposit in northern Chile has seen Marimaca Copper plan on a larger project in the feasibility study, which is due towards the end of the year, than in the 2020 preliminary economic assessment (PEA), president and CEO Hayden Locke told Mining Journal.
查看更多>>摘要：Drilling at Los Andes Copper's Vizcachi-tas copper project in central Chile is creating expansion possibilities that may prompt the company to deiay the pre-feasibility study (PFS), which is currently due in the second quarter, president and CEO Michael Jones told Mining Journal. A 30,000m programme, which is enlarging the deposit, is currently underway on the consolidated property. The deposit featured in the 2019 preliminary economic assessment (PEA), which outlined a US$1.8 billion project that would produce about 150,000 tonnes a year of copper in concentrate for 45 years from a resource of 13 billion pounds of copper equivalent.
查看更多>>摘要：Colombia aims to launch its next mining auction round in February with a pre-qualification process for gold and copper areas from its strategic reserve areas, mining and energy minister Diego Mesa said at an industry event. The auction follows hot on the heels of a resolution that has facilitated exploration of forest-reserve areas.
查看更多>>摘要：One would have to wonder if Jakob Stausholm understood the magnitude of the issues at Rio Tinto when he took over as CEO just over a year ago. The Dane was the chief financial officer of Rio, but was selected for the top job in the wake of the Juukan Gorge disaster. The May 2020 destruction of culturally significant Aboriginal ground, as well as its immediate response (or lack thereof) in the subsequent days, absolutely trashed Rio's reputation.
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