Telfer mine

Newcrest Mining is confident of delivering a strong first half of 2020, despite finishing the previous half with a 12 per cent reduction in gold output.

Newcrest Mining’s Cadia mine has overcome drought and bushfires across New South Wales to achieve its second highest gold production to date, with 240,000 ounces.

Newcrest Mining is confident in hitting its production guidance for the 2020 financial year, despite a drop in its September quarterly output.

Newcrest Mining has released an additional 3366 metres of drilling results from its Havieron project, which is near the company’s Telfer mine in Western Australia.

Artemis Resources has acquired Rincon Resources and its South Telfer project, which lies 12 kilometres from Newcrest’s Telfer mine.

Following the Nifty Copper mine death on Monday, a worker has died at Telfer on Friday, followed by another in Queensland on Sunday.

Newcrest has lifted its full-year production guidance after posting strong results in the December quarter.

A contract miner has been killed whilst working on Newcrest Mining’s Telfer gold mine’s tailings dam.

More jobs will be axed from Newcrest’s Telfer gold mine in Western Australia next week as the miner continues its attempt to rein in costs.

Newcrest has recorded a profit drop of more than half year on year as lower metal prices and gold production hurt its bottom line.

Australian Mining caught up with Leighton intern Jesse Vincent to get a first-hand account of a training initiative.