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Continental shift Anglo American’s history may be in South Africa, but its future is firmly set in South America	Reports Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Taking Troy to the next level Revett Minerals plans to expand production next year at its Troy silver-copper mine in Montana, US. Carly Lovejoy looks at the operations past, present and future	Headline Article	05 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Going for gold Georgia’s mining industry is experiencing a boom. Carly Lovejoy looks at what the future holds for GeoProMining’s Madneuli copper-gold mine	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Expanding Koidu Chaim Even-Zohar reports on an expansion project at Sierra Leone’s Koidu diamond mine, which is gaining momentum	Feature Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Aitik ages well Europe’s largest open-pit hard-rock mine, Aitik, is on course to reach its targeted new ore production level of 36Mt/y – a remarkable achievement. Paul Moore visited the operation	Feature Article	09 Nov 2010	0 Stars
Drawing ahead Paul Moore visited South Africa’s flagship underground hard-rock mine – the Palabora copper block cave in Limpopo province – to see the existing fleet and hear about the new Lift II expansion project	Feature Article	19 Oct 2010	0 Stars
Spanish coal giants Some of the largest mining equipment fleets in Europe are employed in the Spanish coal industry. The Fabero mine in Leon province is one of the key operations	Headline Article	05 May 2010	0 Stars
Europe’s copper hub KGHM’s Polkowice-Sieroszowice near Lubin, Poland, is one of the world’s most important underground copper mines and one of three major KGHM group mines, along with Rudna and Lubin. As such it is a key focus for mining equipment and technology development	Feature Article	26 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Bolivia’s silver standard Perhaps unexpectedly, one of the largest and newest world-class mining operations can be found in southern Bolivia	Feature Article	02 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Cross examined Carly Lovejoy visited Scottish Coal's Broken Cross site to find out about the newest additions to the largest open-cast mining fleet in the UK	Feature Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Ancient to modern Centamin Egypt Ltd is close to reaching full production at Sukari, Egypt’s first modern gold mine, in the country’s eastern desert	Feature Article	02 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Lumwana lights up To coincide with the official opening of Equinox Minerals’ Lumwana mine on April 17, Richard Thompson reviews the operation	Feature Article	29 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Guinea's bauxite bonanza Russia’s UC Rusal operates one of the world’s most successful and longest running thin-layer surface mining operations in Guinea, using a fleet of Wirtgen miners in bauxite exploitation	Magazine Article	09 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Cortez Hills – the latest chapter While output from its Pipeline mine is now on the wane, Barrick Gold has ambitious plans to make Cortez its Nevada number one. Simon Walker went there to find out more	Magazine Article	20 Feb 2009	0 Stars
Kittila - Worth its weight in gold Carly Lovejoy visited Agnico-Eagle’s Kittila gold mine in Finland as it gears up for full production	Feature Article	20 Feb 2009	0 Stars
Bingham invests in the future Simon Walker reports on Kennecott Utah Copper’s plans for Bingham Canyon, one of the world’s most important copper producers	Feature Article	18 Dec 2008	0 Stars
Mine of the Month Minto Sherwood Copper's Minto mine is ashowcase for the Yukon mining and explorationindustry. Minto is a high-gradeopen-pit copper-gold mine, developed ontime and on budget a major accomplishmentconsidering its location, 240km northwest ofWhitehorse in the Yukon. The development time wasonly 28 months from acquisition in June 2005 untilthe start of commercial production in October 2007.The open-pit mine, which originally produced1,560t/d, is now in its third phase of expansion to3,200t/d and is reviewing a fourth phase to reach 4,000-5,000t/d within the next year.	Feature Article	25 Nov 2008	0 Stars

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Continental shift

Taking Troy to the next level

Going for gold

Expanding Koidu

Aitik ages well

Drawing ahead

Spanish coal giants

Europe’s copper hub

Bolivia’s silver standard

Cross examined

Ancient to modern

Lumwana lights up

Guinea's bauxite bonanza

Cortez Hills – the latest chapter

Kittila - Worth its weight in gold

Bingham invests in the future

Mine of the Month Minto

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