Burkina Faso: 4 of 7

SEMAFO's Boungou mine in Burkina Faso
MANAGEMENT

SEMAFO, Perenti employees caught up in Burkina Faso mine convoy ambush

At least 37 people have been killed and 60 injured in an attack on a convoy

07 November 2019

Made of close to 130,000 PV panels, Essakane Solar is one of the largest solar facilities in sub-Saharan Africa. Photo: Total Eren
POWER

Solar set-up for Nordgold's Burkina Faso mines

Bissa and Bouly to be powered by 13MW solar power station

22 October 2019

Ausdrill will be moving to Sanbrado for development of an open-pit project
SURFACE

West African prefers AMS for Sanbrado

African Mining Services, owned by Ausdrill, is the preferred open-pit mining contractor

06 August 2019

The Youga gold mine in Burkina Faso
SURFACE

Avesoro opts for Orkun

Miner selects contractor for open-pit mining

17 July 2019

 Nordgold's Bissa launched in January 2013
MANAGEMENT

Bissa to roll with iTrack

Transense to outfit Nordgold's haul truck fleet with tyre monitoring systems

21 February 2019

 Bagassi South is the second underground gold operation at the Yaramoko gold complex in Burkina Faso
PROCESSING

Roxgold rocks it on schedule, under budget at Bagassi South

Canadian miner Roxgold wraps up expansion project

17 December 2018

Drone photo of box cut progress at M1 South
UNDERGROUND

Byrnecut to work on West African's Sanbrado

West African Resources has awarded the Sanbrado underground mining contract to Byrnecut

28 November 2018

SEMAFO announced the first gold pour at Boungou in late June
PROCESSING

Boungou goes commercial

SEMAFO's Boungou gold mine in Burkina Faso achieved commercial production on September 1

05 September 2018

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