Jan/Feb Briefs

Duluth Metals and Antofagasta plc have signed a heads of agreement whereby Antofagasta will initially become a 40% partner in Duluth’s Nokomis copper-nickel-PGM project in the Duluth Complex in northeastern...

Thompson Creek Metals

Thompson Creek Metals announced in early December 2009 that it is reactivating a previously planned expansion project at its 75%-owned Endako molybdenum mine in northern British Columbia. Sojitz Corp.,...

Iamgold Targets 2013 Production from Westwood

Iamgold reported in late December 2009 that it is planning $102 million in capital expenditures during 2010 at its Westwood underground gold mine project near its Doyon and Mouska mines in the Doyon-Bousquet–La...

NAP Restarting Lac des Iles

North American Palladium (NAP) reported on December. 8, 2009, that it has begun the process of restarting production at its Lac des Iles operations in northwestern Ontario and expects to begin producing...

Antamina Expansion to Extend Mine Life, Increase Production

Corriente Agrees to Buyout by China Joint-Venture Group

Goldcorp Prevails in Bidding for Canplats

Gindalbie Starts Karara Iron Ore Project Construction

Xstrata Developing Ernest Henry Underground

Newcrest Receives Approvals for Cadia East Project

Emirates Aluminum Fires Up First Pot at Abu Dhabi Smelter

Oyu Tolgoi 2010 Spending Budgeted at $758 Million

Indophil Agrees to Zijin Takeover Offer

African Workshop Focus: Preparing for a Prolonged Mining Boom

Real Time Monitoring: Harnessing Critical Data for Effective Ground Control

Mining companies need to pay increasing attention to geotechnical and microseismic monitoring if they are to reap the full benefits of support performance systems that manage ground control to improve...

Batu Hijau Selects Radar System for Warnings

The Batu Hijau mine in Indonesia has selected Reutech Mining’s Movement and Surveying Radar (MSR) 300 as its primary monitoring system to provide early warning against potential slope failures.

Engine Builders Highlight Tier 4-compliant Diesel Gen-sets

With the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Tier 4 Interim and European Stage IIIA off-highway emissions regulations approaching in January 2011, much of the mining industry’s focus will...

Gas from Gold

Gold Fields recently contracted Trolex South Africa to install a Sentinel methane recovery monitoring system at its Beatrix gold mine in South Africa’s Free State Province.

CONSOL Energy Sells High-Vol Coking Coal to China

Peabody to Expand Met Production in Australia

Teck Announces Coal Production Guidance

Puda Announces Further Consolidation in Shanxi

Bucyrus to Acquire Terex Mining

German Mining Machinery Manufacturers Seemingly in Good Shape

Multotec Goes Large with Giant Trommel at QMM Madagascar, Cyclone Cluster in China

Acquisition Flurry Filters Ranks of Process Equipment Suppliers

Norilsk Nickel Moves Ahead with Modernization Project

Linatex Unveils Re-engineered Process Equipment Lines

High Torque Overload Safety Coupling

Made to protect gearboxes and driveline equipment from failure due to torque overload, the new ST1 torque limiter from R+W offers versatility in a compact design.

Butterfly Valve Replacement Stands Up to Corrosion

Asahi/America has expanded its line of butterfly valves to include the Type 57LIS, an industrial quality thermoplastic valve that directly replaces metallic butterfly valves, without modification to the...

Dispatch Data Buffer Prevents Fleet Information Loss

Wenco International Mining Systems says data buffering is now available on all versions of its System 4 running on MDT5 software.

Filter Removes Solids and Oils from Industrial Wastewater

Filtra Systems’ STiR industrial water filter is an automatic back-washable media filter featuring patented fluidization technology which is claimed to significantly improve filter performance compared...

Engine Oil Tested and Ready for Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines

Software Release Focuses on Mine-Wide Optimization

Large-Capacity DC Motor Drives Handle 7,400A, 690V

Mining Gloves

Tough Jack for Mining

Publication Lists Industrial Computer Components

Liebherr Expands R 9250 Hydraulic Excavator/Shovel Range

Wider Coverage for Broad Area Dust Control

All-Terrain Heavy-Haul Trailer Innovations

Temporary Power for Mines