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Barrick pays $300m to settle with Tanzania, launches Twiga Minerals . Global major Barrick Gold has formed a new partnership with the Tanzania government, setting the company on path to resume concentrate exports from the mines formerly operated by Acacia Mining.

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Anglo mines targeting climate-positive hydrogen truck deployment . SANTIAGO, Chile – Anglo American’s copper operations in Chile are targeting a switch to climate-positive hydrogen trucks, should their development in South Africa prove successful.

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Syrah cuts staff and production outlook . PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Graphite miner Syrah Resources on Friday announced that some 30% of its staff at its Balama project, in Mozambique, will be made redundant, while executive management cuts wi...

Anglo’s Los Bronces targeting 30% cut in greenhouse gas emissions . SANTIAGO, Chile (miningweekly.com) – Anglo American’s Los Bronces copper mine in Chile is targeting a 30% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the next ten years, with its two other environmentally...

Barrick production trending towards upper-end of guidance . Gold major Barrick Gold said on Thursday that its full-year production was continuing to trend towards the upper end of its 5.1-million to 5.6-million ounce guidance range, despite third-quarter produc...

Tharisa has right to all of $4.2bn Zimbabwe platinum mine . JOHANNESBURG – Tharisa, the publicly traded South African platinum and chrome miner run by the Pouroulis family, has the right to take over a platinum mine project in Zimbabwe that could ultimately cos...

South32 on track for FY guidance . PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Diversified miner South32 has reported a solid first quarter for its 2020 financial year, noting increased production at a number of its operations.

“We have maintained ann...

Master Drilling sees encouraging results from testing of new shaft boring system . JSE-listed Master Drilling has recorded positive results from pilot concept validation tests that are currently being undertaken on a new shaft boring system it is developing.

The system is being dev...

RBPlat lifts production, milled tonnes in September quarter . Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) on Wednesday reported that the total tonnes delivered to concentrators for the three-month period ended September 30, had increased by 9.2% year-on-year to just over on...

RBPlat signs R2.1bn gold streaming deal with Triple Flag . JSE-listed Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) subsidiary Royal Bafokeng Resources has reached an agreement to deliver a portion of its gold production to Canadian investment firm Triple Flag Mining Finan...