St Barbara restarts ore processing at its Touquoy gold mine in Nova Scotia on Tuesday, November 3, following provincial approval, after mill refurbishment, with commissioning and operations ramping through November and December. The site, about 70 kilometres northeast of Halifax, has been inactive since mining stopped in 2023. The complication is federal: the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada has imposed a federal assessment requirement on the company’s nearby 15-Mile Processing Hub Project, with construction targeted for mid-2028, and St Barbara plans three weeks of engagement with federal and provincial authorities to assess cost and timetable effects. Provincial approval granted in April covers reprocessing about three million tonnes of ore at Touquoy, and the company has also defined an initial underground resource at its Old Austen prospect of 500,000 ounces in 4.8 million tonnes grading 3.4 grams per tonne.
Mozambique’s government has approved a 20 year extension for Kenmare Resources’ mining operations, allAfrica reported, securing the tenure of the Moma titanium minerals mine well beyond its current horizon. No financial terms were carried in the reporting available to this run.
Merafe Resources’ ferrochrome production has reached 61,000 tonnes year to date as its smelter ramp-up proceeds, Mining Weekly reported. The figure is a production marker for the Glencore Merafe chrome venture in South Africa, where smelter economics remain hostage to electricity pricing.
Simandou’s ramp in Guinea is offsetting iron ore supply cuts elsewhere, Macquarie said, in a Bloomberg report. The bank’s view matters because iron ore spent the end of October below $90 a tonne, and Simandou’s tonnes are the largest single new supply source the seaborne market has to absorb.
ACG Metals has added the Nussir copper development project to its portfolio, International Mining reported, extending the company’s copper growth pipeline. Terms were not detailed in the reporting available to this run.
Vizsla Copper has finalised its transaction with Agnico Eagle and acquired two new Alaska projects, the Canadian Mining Journal reported, a portfolio reshuffle that moves Alaskan copper exploration ground into a junior with a copper specific mandate.
Fortescue has hailed a successful ammonia powered bulk carrier trial in Western Australia, Mining Weekly reported, part of the iron ore miner’s programme to decarbonise its shipping fleet. Wiluna Mining has settled key legal disputes, Mining Weekly also reported, removing litigation overhang from the Western Australian gold operation. Kavango Resources has commissioned a gold processing plant in Zimbabwe, Mining Weekly reported, a step from exploration toward production revenue for the London listed junior.