Brazil
Gold
Gold Fields South Deep mine shines in weak December quarter
Gold Fields, the international gold miner, continues to showcase exceptional production performance from its South Deep mine in South Africa, which unfortunately could not...
Central Africa
AEL expands South American operations
AEL Mining Services is growing its already established base in South America by going direct to customers, and no longer via distributors, with explosive...
Base Metals
Samarco executives temporarily step down to plan defence
The Samarco Mineração SA Board of Directors have accepted requests made by CEO Ricardo Vescovi and Operations Director, Kleber Terra, for a temporary withdrawal...
Base Metals
ICMM commences global tailings management review
International – The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) on Wednesday announced that it would convene a global review of tailings storage facility standards...
Base Metals
Fundão dam residue hits Brazilian coast
International - In the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo, mud and mine waste has now reached the coast, following the collapse of the Fundão...
Base Metals
Nine known fatalities confirmed after Samarco tailings collapse
Samarco, BHP and Vale's joint venture iron ore company in Brazil early this morning announced nine known fatalities following the collapse of its tailings dam,...
Base Metals
Anglo American: Brazil iron ore CEO resigns, other management changes
International – Global diversified miner Anglo American announced on Wednesday that Paulo Castellari has stepped down from his position as CEO of Anglo American’s...
Base Metals
BHP/Vale CEO’s pledge support following Samarco tailings dam collapse
International – As an immediate step following the collapse of the Fundão tailings dam, in Minas Gerais, Brazil last week, the BHP Billiton and...
East Africa
AngloGold Ashanti quarter beats operating guidance & generates free cash flow
Gold major AngloGold Ashanti has generated US$71 million of free cash flow in the three months to June 2015 with production and costs beating...
Features & Analysis
Largo Resources to lift Brazil mine’s NPV with Whittle
Mining optimisation expert Whittle Consulting (WCL) will apply its Enterprise Optimisation solution with TSX-V listed Largo Resources on its Maracas Menchen vanadium operation in...
