MM Nov 2008
Panorama
Vermeer's T1255 debuts down under
The growing interest in surface miners in Australia has been well documented in recent years, with the decision by Fortescue Metals Group to use a fleet of Wirtgen miners, as well as contractor HWE's plan to use two Takraf TSM300 surface miners at BHP Billiton's Yandi site, which are on their way there. Full story...Kawasaki, Hitachi and TCM join forces
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Hitachi Construction Machinery and TCM Corporation have announced their intention to form an alliance with respect to their wheel-loader businesses. The alliance will allow joint research and development, plus the extension of Kawasaki's wheel-loader division into a newly-created subsidiary. Full story...Record UK coal truck order for Terex
In one of the largest haul-truck deals in the UK in recent years, Scottish Coal is taking delivery of 32 91t-payload Terex TR100 models. The company recently received the first 16 of these machines at its Pennyvenie open-cast coal mine in Ayrshire, Scotland. In addition, a further 16 units have been ordered and will be delivered to its Lanarkshire site by the end of this year. Full story...Normet acquires Chile-based Semmco, moving operations over to Santiago
Normet Group, a Finnish manufacturer of mining and tunnelling equipment, has announced the acquisition of Chile-based Semmco Group, which produceds vehicles for underground construction and mining. Semmco's activities will be merged into Normet Chile Ltd, and the entire operation will move into Semmco's premises in Santiago. Full story...Indonesian iron sands
According to reports from Reuters on November 4, Indonesia signed a US$1.1 billion contract for a huge iron-sand project the first major mining contract to be awarded in the country in a decade due to confusion over mining law. Full story...Cubex QXR proves its worth in Australia
The Australian iron-ore mining environment is well known for being tough on equipment in terms of the abrasiveness and high specific gravity of the material up to 3.2 in some cases and the often consistent high temperatures that the machines have to endure. Full story...Atlas Copco rolls out new DrillAir range
Atlas Copco has introduced its DrillAir range of compressors, designed to bridge the gap between the XR and TwinAir ranges of large, portable compressors. The DrillAir line, which is due to be launched officially on November 18 on Atlas Copco's website, is primarily aimed at meeting the needs of drilling contractors in the mining, construction, and oil and gas sectors. Full story...New Sandvik fleet for PotashCorp
Sandvik Mining and Construction has signed an agreement with PotashCorp, Canada, to supply a fleet of Sandvik MF420 Borer Miners to the Piccadilly underground potash mine. This is the company's largest, single order for the soft-rock mining business to date. Full story...Bayan awards major mine contracts
Leading Australia-based mining contractor Thiess has been awarded a five-year, US$692 million contract for the development and operation of the Teguh Sinar Abadi and Firman Ketaun Perkasa coal mines near Melak in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Full story...FLSmidth's US$45m win
FLSmidth Minerals has signed a contract worth US$45m with Canadian Copper Mountain Mining Corp for equipment for its open-pit copper mine close to Princeton, British Columbia, in Canada Full story...LKAB orders Atlas
Atlas Copco has won an order to supply LKAB Mining with equipment for rock reinforcement to increase the safety of its mines in Kiruna and Malmberget, Sweden. Full story...Nautilus Update
Nautilus Minerals announced that it has awarded three contracts to Technip USA Inc to provide the Rising and Lifting System for the Solwara-1 offshore copper-gold project, located in the Bismarck Sea. Full story...Mine of the Month
Mine of the Month Minto
Sherwood Copper's Minto mine is ashowcase for the Yukon mining and explorationindustry. Minto is a high-gradeopen-pit copper-gold mine, developed ontime and on budget a major accomplishmentconsidering its location, 240km northwest ofWhitehorse in the Yukon. The development time wasonly 28 months from acquisition in June 2005 untilthe start of commercial production in October 2007.The open-pit mine, which originally produced1,560t/d, is now in its third phase of expansion to3,200t/d and is reviewing a fourth phase to reach 4,000-5,000t/d within the next year. Full story...Equipment
Peruvian Innovation
The Cerro Lindo underground polymetallic block cave mine of Compaia Milpo SAA is the home of many examples of dramatic inventiveness in the South American mining industry. Challenged by a lack of water in the Peruvian highlands southeast of Lima, the mining company built a 36litre/s desalinisation plant to supply fresh water from the sea about 60km away. Full story...Sizers and double rolls
Paul Moore looks at the latest market for these crushing machines, which are being used in a number of major new mining projects Full story...Hydramotion XL7 viscometer
Hydramotion Ltd, specialists in viscosity measurement, has announced the release of the XL7 on-line viscometer. It is designed to accurately monitor the dense media used in the separation of mineral ores via continuous real-time viscosity measurements at higher shear rates. Full story...Bucyrus diesel update
The Bucyrus diesel product line began seven years ago with the company's acquisition of Long-Airdox in 2001, followed by Seneca in 2002. Since then, the group has developed its range, culminating in new releases for 2008. Full story...Saunders Exelon presents new diaphragms
Valve manufacturer Crane Chem PharmaFlow Solutions has launched the new Saunders Exelon range of diaphragms for its industrial diaphragm valves (IDV). The diaphragms are designed to improve handling performance in chemically-aggressive slurries for mining and processing applications. Full story...25th Godwin Pumps branch opens
Godwin Pumps recently opened its 25th branch in Carson, near Long Beach, California. The new facility is close to several major refineries, including Conoco Wilmington, Conoco Carson and Exxon Mobile Torrance. Godwin also announced the opening of a new depot in Albany, New York, providing extra space for a growing work force. Full story...Management in Action
Improved Slurry Management
The use of low-cost flow-control devices in slurries often means that the products need to be replaced frequently due to the highly erosive or abrasive conditions. However, flow meters and control valves that are not designed for severe service invariably end up costing their users more in both fixed and operating costs. Full story...Mighty magnetite
Projects such as Sino Iron and Balla Balla will significantly boost the relative importance of magnetite in Western Australia’s balance of iron ore supply Full story...Bigger really is better
Carly Lovejoy looks at the latest technologies and installations from the world’s largest manufacturers of flotation machines Full story...Marketplace
Nickel: Calling the bottom
Even by its own volatile standards, nickel has had a remarkable past 40 months (see graph). The metal rose to an all-time high of US$51,600/t in May 2007, before falling away to US$26,300/t by the end of the year. Nickel improved to US$33,200/t in early March this year before slumping to just US$9,350/t in mid-October. The metal had recovered to over US$12,000/t as Mining Magazine went to press. Full story...Site Search
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