Once, he recalls, an environmental inspector claimed that AES had stored rock and soil it had removed from its mine without proper authorization.
The move was designed, he says, to keep management in closer touch with its mine operations in Bangka and other islands.
However, in 2013, Freeport will be gaining access to higher grades of its mine and output is expected to start rising again, the CEO explained.
The Royal Navy said the ship had been at the forefront of its mine detection capability in the region, where it has been working closely with multi-national forces.
The metals and coal sectors aren't demand driven, but they are price sensitive to the dearth of incremental supply, particularly coal, iron ore and even copper with all its mine outages.
The owners of Lonmin, a big platinum company, heaved heavy sighs of relief on September 18th, as workers at its mine at Marikana in South Africa signed a deal that ended a six-week wildcat strike that has left 46 people dead.
The new forecast takes into consideration the stronger operating performance for the firm, and also includes fourth-quarter scheduled mill maintenance at its mine in Kittila, Finland, lowered operations at LaRonde in northwest Quebec and Creston Mascota in northern Mexico and the expectation of a lower grade cycle at Meadowbank.
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Westmoreland said the mine fits well with its existing mine mouth operations, and it anticipates the transaction will be cash flow positive immediately upon closing, which is expected to be by January 31.
The company also operates its Mercedes mine in Mexico, which produced 126, 010 gold equivalent ounces in its first full-year of production.
Roughly 4, 000 Lonmin employees at its Marikana mine did not report to work Oct. 18.
In January Adnani's UEC was granted licenses to begin operating its Palangana mine in Duval County, Tex.
Its LaRonde mine saw costs increase because of lower by-product revenues, as expected.
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Atlatsa dismissed employees who did not return to work, firing 1, 518 workers from its Bokoni mine on Oct. 16.
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Just recently Impala Platinum came to terms with striking workers after several weeks of no output at its Rustenburg mine.
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ExxonMobil is working with Imperial Oil (amex: IMO - news - people ) on its Kearl mine.
In October, Newmont revised the 2012 gold production target for its Indonesian mine to 71, 000 ounces from 114, 000 ounces guided previously.
Centerra had a brief issue with its Kumtor mine, located in the Kyrgyz republic, when workers went on strike last month.
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Lang also said that the company will be focusing on its Kumtor mine as well as a few other development projects.
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Mining firm Freeport said at least four miners were rescued at its Grasberg mine after an underground tunnel collapsed early on Tuesday.
They come from as far away as Cullinan (known for its diamond mine) and Ga-Rankuwa, traveling two hours each way to work here.
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The trains are part of what Rio Tinto calls its "Mine of the Future" program, which includes 150 driverless trucks and automated drills.
Production, however, rose about 65 percent to 14.5 million carats in the first half, mainly on higher grades recovered at its Kagem mine in Zambia.
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Apart from a cooling global economy and the prospects of soft landing in China, Freeport faced labor disputes, particularly in its Grasberg mine in Indonesia.
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The firm said its Tasiast mine pre-feasibility study continues to be on schedule and is expected to be done by the first quarter of 2013.
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In recent months the company has had some operational set-backs at its Nevada mine, but the real problem now for Allied Nevada is the crashing price of gold.
In the fourth quarter of last year, Consol produced 0.9 million metric tons of this coal, according to its earnings report, largely from its Bailey Mine in West Finley, Pa.
Copper production, the second largest contributor to profits, rose by just 2% to 172, 900 tonnes, as troubles continued at its Collahuasi mine in Chile - including with low ore grades.
In its quarterly earnings detail, Agnico-Eagle lifted its full-year production outlook to 1.025 million ounces of gold from 975, 000 ounces based on higher production, particularly from its Meadowbank mine in Nunavut.
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Nothing new from Atlatsa after officials said Nov. 2 that they were extending their deadline to Nov. 6 for workers to return to work at its Bokoni Mine as community leaders intervened in the dispute.
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