Cornish Metals Inc has installed the second submersible pump to dewater the mine at the South Crofty tin project in Cornwall. COMMISSIONING The pumps, in New Cooks Kitchen shaft, are for stage I of the two-stage mine dewatering programme. The specialist high-head 950 kW vertical submersible pumps manufactured by KSB in Germany are controlled by […]
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Cora starts Sanankoro tendering process
Cora Gold Ltd has begun the tendering process for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) and construction of the Sanankoro gold mine in southern Mali. PERMIT BOUNDARIES The company is also awaiting the end of Mali government’s November 2022 permit moratorium before formally starting the contract mining process. Its application for the Sanankoro mining permit, […]
Scotgold reviews mine design, schedule and production
Scotgold Resources Ltd plans a third-party review for the next 12 months at its Cononish mine following dwindling cash and initial low grade gold finds. DEVELOPMENT RATES The review will initially assess the mine design, schedule and production forecasts. Second stage power and ventilation upgrades will also be included to improve mine accessibility, allowing simultaneous operation […]
Helium One issues notice to rig operator over delays
Helium One Global Ltd has taken legal advice and issued a rectification notice to its planned rig operator following continued delays to drilling operations at Rukwa in Tanzania. OPTIONS The company has had a series of issues over rigs since November 2022 when it had to change operator because of third-party legal complications. In January […]
Angus continues B7T well clean-up at Saltfleetby
Angus Energy plc said that the new B7T well continued to clean up through the temporary flowline connecting it to the facilities at Saltfleetby gas field in east Lincolnshire. TARGET DATE The company completed the initial clean-up in April and connected a temporary flowline to the production facilities on the site to deliver processed gas […]
110m rotary kiln arrives at Araguaia nickel project
Horizonte Minerals plc has received the 802-tonne rotary kiln after a four-month journey from factory to the Araguaia nickel project in northeast Brazil. LOGISTICS FLSmidth supplied the 110m long kiln after a 10-month design and build process. Following delivery to the Port of Outeiro in northern Brazil, the kiln was transhipped onto barges and transported down the […]