Burkina Faso

Mana gold mine.
UNDERGROUND

Perenti worker killed at Burkina Faso gold mine

This is the third fatality for Perenti since 2020 in Africa

28 February 2024

 The new-generation feed system is designed to maximize thickener and clarifier performance  Photo: Metso
TECHNOLOGY

Metso makes moves for energy and cost efficiency

Metso's SAG mill to improve energy efficiency at Bomboré while Reactorwell upgrade to cut costs

20 December 2023

 Premier Horizontal Grinding Mills - Credit: Metso Outotec V
PROCESSING

Metso Outotec wins West African Resources mill deal

Delivery includes two Planet Positive Premier grinding mills

16 December 2022

 Perkoa zinc mine in Burkina Faso
UNDERGROUND MINING

Trevali workers convicted of manslaughter in Burkina Faso

A flash flood in April at Perkoa breached two embankments outside the mine

15 September 2022

Orezone’s Burkina Faso Country Manager, Ousseni Derra and VP, Project Development, Ricardo Rodrigues holding the first gold doré bar from the Bomboré Mine.
UNDERGROUND

Orezone pours first gold at Bomboré

Vancouver-based Orezone Gold has poured its first gold at the Bomboré mine in Burkina Faso.

12 September 2022

The continued suspensions of two mines is causing financial difficulty for Trevali.
UNDERGROUND

Trevali's trouble at two mines continues

Suspension at Perkoa and Caribou are leading to financial trouble

17 August 2022

 Trevali finds no survivors in refuge chamber
UNDERGROUND

No survivors found in Perkoa refuge chamber

Search and rescue teams have reached the refuge chamber in the flooded Perkoa mine in Burkina Faso

18 May 2022

It has been three weeks since miners went missing in floods.
UNDERGROUND MINING

Miners still missing at Perkoa mine

Search crews will continue to search "24 hours per day" for the missing miners

09 May 2022

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