Burkina Faso: 2 of 7

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

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

POWER

Voltvision completes energy project at Houndé

Big data software solution has been designed to optimise energy consumption

04 May 2022

GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

Trevali begins dewatering at Perkoa

The flood eroded the decline ramp which provides primary access to all levels of the mine

25 April 2022

UNDERGROUND

Eight workers missing at Trevali mine

Trevali's guidance for 2022 zinc production is estimated to be between 274 and 280 million pounds

19 April 2022

DATA

Minexx uses blockchain to export gold

Company hails initial success of platform in Burkina Faso.

16 December 2021

MANAGEMENT

IAMGOLD convoy in Burkina Faso attacked, all safe

The convoy, which included 33 people on three buses and three supply trucks, were heading to the com

01 November 2021

PROCESSING

Metso Outotec wins $23M Africa mill contracts

Deliveries are expected to take place in January 2022

02 June 2021

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Navachab Gold Mine, a low-grade gold ore operation, upgrades its very low-grade ore resources using STEINERT’s suite of innovative dry sorting processes.

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Vale’s Bruno Pelli shares how circular practices turn mining tailings and waste into

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Nuton is pioneering cleaner, more efficient copper production through innovative

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