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Geotechnical Egineering News tagged with [gold mine]

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Super mines: Australia’s biggest mining projects
Mining Technology   07 March 2019   Australia  
<p>Australia boasts some of the world&rsquo;s largest mineral deposits, including 21.9 billion tonnes of iron ore and 3,550 tonnes of gold, stretched over one of the largest and most sparsely populated islands in the world. With just 3.1 people per square ...
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Dozens buried by landslide at illegal goldmine in Indonesia
The Guardian   27 February 2019   Indonesia   North Sulawesi  
Rescue workers in Indonesia at the site of a landslide where gold miners were operating in North Sulawesi province. Photograph: Sutopo Purwo Nugroho/ Indonesia national disaster agency
<p>Dozens of people have been buried by a landslide at an unlicensed goldmine in Indonesia&rsquo;s North Sulawesi province, the national disaster agency has said, as emergency personnel used their bare hands and farm tools to reach victims calling for help ...
Aura suspends San Andreas mining
Mining Journal   23 October 2018   Honduras  
Aura Minerals has suspended mining at San Andres as political turmoil in Honduras intensifies
<p>Mid-tier gold-copper producer Aura Minerals (TSX:ORA) has suspended mining operations at its beset San Andres mine, in Honduras.</p> <p>The mine has been illegally occupied since early July and the company has been unable to get to a resolution. It expects ...
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A PROPOSED GOLD MINE IN INDONESIA COULD HAVE A CATASTROPHIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
PASIFIC-STANDARD   21 June 2018   Indonesia  
<p>The proposed mine would sit within Cenderawasih Bay National Park, while parts of it also overlap onto or border the Wondiwoi Mountains Nature Reserve—both protected areas.<br>Environmental officials have warned of the potentially catastrophic impact of ...
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Equinox Gold to start full-scale construction at Brazilian mine
MINING.com   09 January 2018   Brazil   Maranhão State  
Construction underway at the Aurizona Gold mine. Photo by Equinox Gold.
<p>Recently formed Equinox Gold (TSX-V:EQX) announced that its board of directors approved $146 million for the full-scale construction at the Aurizona Gold mine, located in the Maranh&atilde;o state of north-eastern Brazil.</p> <p>With the idea of pouring ...
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On December 31, centenary Ontario gold mine shut down
MINING.com   01 January 2018   Canada   Ontario  
The beginning of Porcupine operations in Timmins. Photo by Goldcorp.
<p>December 31, 2017 marked the end of an era for one of Canada's oldest and most prolific gold mines.</p> <p>After 107 years of operations, Porcupine Gold Mines&rsquo; Dome underground mine in Timmins, Ontario, ceased operations due to aging infrastructure, ...
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Expect Mine Closures In This Key Gold Mining Nation
OilPrice.com   13 September 2017   South Africa   South Africa  
<p>I wrote yesterday about the collapse of mining in key African gold nation Tanzania. And today, emerging news shows another major gold producer entering crisis.<br />South Africa.<br />The dire warning on South Africa&rsquo;s gold sector came from ratings ...
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Open-pit gold mine close to production start
Northern Ontario Business   07 September 2017   Canada   Ontario  
New Gold's Rainy River open-pit mine, northwest of Fort Frances
<p>The start-up of New Gold&rsquo;s Rainy River gold mine in northwestern Ontario is only weeks away.</p> <p>The Toronto-based mid-tier miner is putting the finishing touches on the $515 million spent this year to carve out the open pit, dig the tailings area, ...
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Acacia pulls back from major gold mine in Tanzania
MINING.com   05 September 2017   Africa   Tanzania  
Acacia Mining is Tanzania’s biggest gold producer and operates three major mines in the country — Bulyanhulu, Buzwagi and North Mara (pictured). (Image courtesy of Acacia Mining)
<p>Acacia Mining (LON:ACA), Tanzania's No.1 gold producer, announced Monday that it will reduce operational activity at its Bulyanhulu Gold Mine.</p> <p>&ldquo;The decision was driven by unsustainable cash outflows at the mine due to the concentrate ban and ...
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South African mines dig deep into technology
The National Business   01 January 2017   South Africa   Cape Town  
A miner at the South Deep gold mine south of Johannesburg. Themba Hadebe / AP Photo
<p>CAPE TOWN // Four kilometres under the earth and it is hotter than the burning sands of Abu Dhabi’s Empty Quarter on a summers’ day.<br><br>At the West Driefontein gold mine to the west of Johannesburg, a small crew of men brave heat under a million tonnes ...
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