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FEBRUARY 2012 • VOL 213 • NUMBER 2
FEATURES Gold Miners Invest in Operations as Profit Margins Grow 28 The Current Status of Cyanide Regulations 34 Keeping Mineworkers Safe 42
Special Report: Mining in Russia Mining in Russia Introduction
Growth Drivers Equipment
Interview with Roman Kopin, Gov. of the Chukotka Autonomous Region Services
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Tracks and Treads: Dozers and Loaders Dig into Production Support Roles 63
LEADING DEVELOPMENTS Glencore Approaches Xstrata ............................................................................4 Alcoa to Cut Smelting Capacity by 531,000 mt ................................................4 Freeport Plans to Sell More Copper in 2012......................................................4 Goldcorp Advancing El Morro and Cerro Negro Projects....................................5 Pan American Silver to Acquire Minefinders ....................................................6 EPA Reveals 2010 Toxics Release Inventory Analysis........................................6
AROUND THE WORLD U.S. & Canada:
Latin America:
Australia/Oceania: Africa: Asia:
Exploration Roundup:
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Calendar ......................................................26 Classified Advertisements............................78 Equipment Gallery ........................................74 From the Editor ..............................................2 Markets ........................................................80 Operating Strategies ....................................68 People ..........................................................12 Processing Solutions ....................................72 Suppliers Report ..........................................70 This Month in Coal........................................24
Gold Miners Roundup....28 www.e-mj.com
Safety....42
Support Equipment....63 FEBRUARY 2012 • E&MJ; 1
Major gold producers struggle to maintain production levels during a period of high prices
Memories of past disasters reinforce present-day fears safety and survivability underground
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This month
annual roundup provides useful information on gold mining companies while an article on cyanide provides an update on the current status of regulations. On the cover
covers the gold mining business. An
, gold ore is stacked on a leach pad at the Mulatos mine. (Photo courtesy of Alamos Gold)
Caspiche Project Study Positive on Oxide-Sulphide Developm Second Shaft Breaks Through at Cigar Lake
OZ Minerals Spending $60 m r
Separation Plant Planned for South African Rare Earths Project Eldorado Completes Concentrate T
Seabridge Adds Resources at Courageous Lake
illion at Carrapateena in 2012 ş
ent eatment Plant at Ki lada ğ
