Bissa

Perenti has won some coal business but is backing out of parts of Burkina Faso after workers were shot dead in a terrorist ambush last month
SURFACE

Perenti exiting Burkina Faso contracts

Force majeure after deaths, second contract ending

02 December 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

Wenco wins Bissa-Bouly contract
FLEETS

Wenco wins Bissa-Bouly contract

Nordgold's Bissa-Bouly mine has awarded Wenco the contract to supply its mine performance needs

26 July 2017

Bouly shares much of Bissa’s existing infrastructure
PROCESSING

Going for gold

A gold heap-leach operation was recently launched at Nordgold's Bouly deposit

21 November 2016

Bouly shares much of Bissa’s existing infrastructure
PRECIOUS METALS

Nordgold launches Bouly heap leach operation

Nordgold has launched a gold heap leach operation at the nearby Bouly deposit

19 September 2016

New horizons
MINE OF THE MONTH

New horizons

Nadav Shemer visited Nord Golds Bissa mine in Burkina Faso 18 months after its first gold pour to find

18 July 2014

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