Tag: Gold Fields

A 793C haul truck rumbling down Hannan Street in Kalgoorlie-Boulder provided a fitting, awe-inspiring finale to the 20th annual St Barbara’s parade. The annual event draws in big crowds each year to honour the patron saint of mining, St Barbara, as well as the mining sector as a whole. The Gold Industry Group (GIG) brought West Coast Fever netball stars to the parade, alongside other GIG members Northern Star Resources, Gold Fields, SMS Mining Services, Saracen Mineral Holdings, Norton Gold Fields and Evolution Mining. KCGM displayed a NAIDOC-themed haul truck, with truck tray artwork commissioned by local indigenous artist Jason Dimer and his family earlier this year. Other entries included a 992K loader, force water cart and a newly-purchased Mining…

STAGE one of Gold Fields’ Agnew hybrid renewables project, just out of Lenister in WA, has been officially opened. The hybrid micro grid is owned and operated by energy producer, EDL, and required a $112m investment, which was backed by the Federal government’s Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s (ARENA) $13.5m contribution for construction costs. EDL will be delivering the project, which will use wind and solar power generation to provide hybrid renewable system for mine site energy. Stage one consisted of an off-grid 23MW power station, 4MW photovoltaic solar, 16MW gas and 3MWdiesel generation. Stage two, expected to be completed in 2020, will provide additional 18MW wind generation through five turbines, a 13MW battery and an advanced micro-grid control system. It…

AUSTRALIA’S biggest new gold mine, Gruyere, has hit commercial production ahead of schedule, with annual guidance for gold production predicted to be at the upper end on 75,000-100,000oz. The JV between WA company Gold Roads (ASX: GOR) and South African giant Gold Fields has been ramping up to be slightly ahead of the deadline since the ball mill was commissioned in early August. The $621m Gruyere mine, 200km north-east of Laverton, was Australia’s last major gold discovery since 2013, and took the JV just six years to reach commercial production. Commercial production was defined by the predetermined rate of 70pc throughput of nameplate capacity at a minimum average gold recovery rate of 85pc of expected mine metallurgical recovery. The company…