Despite great promise in mining technology advancements, many companies are struggling to embrace tech-enabled transformation. Mining players need to rev three engines to tap into the true potential.
The transition to electrical mining equipment presents new operational challenges and safety risks. And although it has been slowly trickling into mines for over a decade, some say there's still ...
These groups provide rural communities dependent on small-scale gold mining with new financing opportunities, allowing them to invest in technology and …
Gold mining, investment and price news from MINING. The latest news on gold mines and properties, mining companies and gold prices.
The development of gold mining over the centuries and how climate change will shape the future of gold mining. More than 205,000 tonnes of gold have been mined from the dawn of mankind to the present day, according to recent data published by the World Gold Council. In 2021 alone, this figure was 3,560.7 tonnes, which, together …
Explore considerations of moving to the cloud, adopting cyber risk strategies, and choosing an approach for modernizing core systems in the mining industry.
This infographic highlights the need for new gold mining projects and shows the next generation of America's gold deposits.
Placer Gold deposits in New Mexico. Placer gold deposits were an important source of gold in New Mexico prior to 1902, but placer production after 1902 has been minor. The earliest reports of placer mining were in the 1600s along the northern Rio Grande.
Called electrodeposition-redox replacement (EDRR), the new process combines the best of two common methods for extracting leached gold: electrolysis, which uses electric currents to...
Overthe years, most mining companies have made significant investments in a range of back-end technology systems. In embracing a digital future, however, miners will likely need to modernize many of these legacy systems and migrate to a digital core—raising a range of considerations around moving to the cloud, adopting sound cyber risk …
Ghana, the leading gold producer in Africa, has opened its first gold refinery in its capital, creating up to 500 jobs in Accra.
New Gold is an intermediate gold mining company committed to responsible mining with a portfolio of two core producing assets in Canada.
A utomation in the mining industry has been burgeoning since the noughties, after the first successful commercial deployment of automated technology in open-pit mine haul trucks in 2007. Since then, it has proliferated to other mining equipment and both open-pit and underground mines. Along with haul trucks, which are arguably …
Wake Forest faculty in the Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, and its Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation (CINCIA) are part of an award-winning research team working to provide new technology that could help eliminate the environmental and human costs of illegal gold mining.
Papua New Guinea is the world's nineteenth-largest producer of gold in 2023, with output up by 14% on 2022.
In limbo: gold mining in Guatemala hangs in the balance. With total gold reserves of close to seven tonnes, Guatemala could be one of the most exciting destinations for gold mining. However, as Nnamdi Anyadike explores, legal troubles and local opposition have made large-scale gold mining challenging.
The future of mining is rapidly evolving, and new frontiers are opening such as deep-sea mining and extraterrestrial resource exploration.
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This paper outlines global and local developments in minerals extraction of relevance to mining companies, equipment manufacturers, and state institutions, and describes a new attempt to ...
New gold discoveries, advancements in mining technology, and increasing global investment are turning these challenges into potential growth avenues. The African gold mining saga is also a tale of ...
This article will explore some of the biggest mining technology developments in 2022, largely driven by the utilization of innovative technologies. It will …
As post-pandemic demand for gold picks up, the industry is only expected to go from strength to strength, with Australia a central player.
Innovation plays a critical role in the mining industry as a tool to improve the efficiency of its processes, to reduce costs, but also to meet the increasing social and environmental concerns among communities and authorities. Technological progress has also been crucial to allow the exploitation of new deposits in more complex scenarios: …
Mining companies in the gold industry are looking at new technologies and techniques, such as machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) that will …
Draslovka and Barrick Gold Commence Commercial Use of Glycine Leaching Technology for Gold Mining. Business Wire ... The company's shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ...
Read about new mining technology powering modern mines, from VR to drone technology, and other trends in the mining and metals industry.
The increasing prevalence of new technology, and endeavours to boost environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, are increasingly positively …
More consultation, in-country study and analysis will be needed to determine the best policy options to address the challenges posed by new technology in the mining sector.
Canadian mining company Calibre Mining has agreed to acquire Marathon Gold in a transaction valued at C$345m ($250m).
Find out more about gold mining, including the gold mining process, what gold is used for, and where it is found.
Scottish researchers develop new gold extraction method. Scientists from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland have developed a new method of extracting gold from disused electronic devices such as mobile phones, televisions and computers without using toxic chemicals.
Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden) has discovered significant gold extending along a 125km strike from an existing gold mine in the country. The new discovery is said to be the first find from the company's exploration programme, launched last …
The new Australia edition of our digital magazine is out now – you can read it online for free. Here are some highlights from this issue: We give an overview of how tech such as satellite sensing and machine learning can support careful management of mine tailings to help prevent dam breaches and spills.
There is the innovation when it comes to technologies that are specific to the gold mining industry, in processing, in mining technologies.
Gold mining has been a profitable venture since ancient times, and the quest to extract this precious metal from the earth continues today. Technological advancements have made it possible to mine gold more efficiently and safely while minimizing environmental impact.
Taken as a share of the market price, the climate change impacts of mining the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin is more comparable to the impacts of extracting and refining crude oil than mining ...
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX: NYSE: GOLD) and Draslovka have achieved their goal – an 80% reduction in cyanide use by adding the GlyCat technology to the processing plant.
In many countries, elemental mercury is used in artisanal and small-scale gold mining.Mercury is mixed with gold-containing materials, forming a mercury-gold amalgam which is then heated, vaporizing the mercury to obtain the gold.
From the iconic minecart of the American Gold Rush to the unfathomably big Bagger 288, and the classic 797 to today's cutting edge unmanned and electric vehicles, we trace the evolution of mining machines through time.
A dispute over Guatemalan gold has spiralled to the World Bank, and the group's decision could determine the future of mining in the country.