AUSTRALIAN MINE
AngloGold plans to lift output at Tropicana
AngloGold Ashanti and its partner at the Tropicana mine in Australia have come up with an A$18m ($13.5m) plan to increase output and extend the life of the asset by at least seven years to 2027. Part of the plan at the opencast operation in Western Australia is for AngloGold, the 70% owner of Tropicana, and Independence Group, which owns the balance, to use the depleted Tropicana pit as a dump for waste rock coming from newer pits nearby, cutting down on waste haulage costs. “This project is in line with our approach of developing cost-effective brownfield projects with attractive payback periods that extend life and improve margins,” said Michael Erickson, AngloGold Ashanti senior vice-president Australia. The plan, which entails mining the Havana South pit and expanding the Boston Shaker pit, will also entail the installation of a new ball mill to crush increased ore tonnages and improve gold recoveries by 3% to 92%. The flow of ore will increase to a maximum of 107-million tonnes...
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