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Articles By Section: Panorama

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Sandvik celebrates 150th anniversary Sandvik is celebrating its 150th anniversary today	Breaking News Article	31 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Flanders launches OmniSite Flanders has released the OmniSite Mine Asset Optimisation System (MAOS)	Breaking News Article	31 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Mining Magazine 2011 awards winners Competition has been particularly tough this year for the Mining Magazine awards	Breaking News Article	27 Jan 2012	0 Stars
IZ-KARTEX delivers 500th EKG-10 excavator IZ-KARTEX, part of the OMZ Group, has delivered its 500th EKG-10 excavator.	Breaking News Article	26 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Mechel completes Elga rail link Mechel has announced the completion of track laying activities along the railway link from Ulak station to the Elga coal deposit in Russia.	Breaking News Article	26 Jan 2012	0 Stars
New Trolex CH4 eModule Trolex has released the infrared CH4 eModule. This is a plug-in gas sensing module for use with the Sentro range of products.	Breaking News Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
New concentrator for Nchanga Vedanta Resources’s Konkola Copper mines unit in Zambia has inaugurated a new US$100 million concentrator at its Nchanga open cut copper mine.	Breaking News Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
BHP investigates Goonyella railway BHP Billiton has given the Queensland Government notice of a proposed rail corridor alignment to the Port of Abbot Point which can be used to accommodate multiple rail lines	Breaking News Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
WS Tyler and Major Wire in global screening alliance WS Tyler Canada (part of Haver & Boecker) and Major Wire Industries have reached an agreement to establish a global screening alliance	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Fordia updates Eider range Fordia has added a new underground model to its Eider series of diamond drill rigs	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Mincom delivers Ellipse 8 Mincom has signed a contract with Allied Nevada Gold Corp to supply its Ellipse 8 Enterprise Asset Management and Enterprise Resource Planning solutions	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Redpath adds Australian coal division Redpath has announced the launch of a dedicated Australian coal-mining division	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Rajant rolls out RRADS advanced diagnostic monitoring tool Rajant has launched RRADS, an advanced network administration, monitoring and diagnostic tool	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Five minutes with… Jean-Luc Audureau, director of underground works at VINCI Construction Grands Projets	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Finning Int’l bags Bucyrus dealership Finning International has announced it will acquire from Caterpillar the distribution and support business formerly operated by Bucyrus	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
M&C overhauls Konkola winders Marthinusen & Coutts, a South African repairer of rotating electrical equipment, is close to completing a contract for Konnoco Zambia’s Konkola North copper project	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Cat's eleventh plow heads to China Caterpillar has signed a contract to deliver an automated longwall plow system to Chinese miner, Gasification Co of Lvliang Dongyi Group	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
FLSmidth bags copper contracts FLSmidth has been awarded contracts worth about US$85 million for equipment supplies to a copper producer in South America	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Atlas Copco acquires GIA underground Atlas Copco will acquire the underground business of GIA Industri from Vätterledens Verkstad.	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Xylem is born ITT Corp has announced the spin-out of three business divisions to form new standalone companies.	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
BELAZ seals giant truck deal with Mechel Belarusian Autoworks (BELAZ) has signed a strategic agreement with Russian mining company Mechel	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Mongolian copper contract for FLSmidth Mongolian coal-mining company Mongolyn Alt Group, has awarded FLSmidth a US$105 million contract to supply a greenfield copper concentrator	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
100th Xstrata IsaMill Xstrata Technology has sold its 100th IsaMill to the mineral processing industry.	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
EKG-18 operational A Uralmash crawler-mounted EKG-18 excavator has been put into pilot operation at Kuzbassrazrezugol Coal Co’s Krasnobrodsky open-pit mine	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
ESCO ups truck body range The number of trips that a haul-truck driver has to make is often determined by how efficiently the truck body ejects its load	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Hagenbuch-HCM tie up LeRoy Hagenbuch, chairman of Philippi-Hagenbuch, Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM) and Wenco International Mining Systems have expanded their licence agreement	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
New office for MST Mine Site Technologies (MST) has opened a second office in Ontario	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
M&R unveils innovative shaft sinking at Venetia Murray & Roberts Cementation has been selected by De Beers to undertake the development of an underground operation at the Venetia diamond mine	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Peabody owns Macarthur Peabody Energy has completed the acquisition of all outstanding shares in Macarthur Coal	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Embry joins L-3 dealer network L-3 Global Security & Engineering Solutions has signed an agreement with Embry Enterprises to distribute the L-3 ACCOLADE wireless mesh communications system	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Cat expands Chinese R&D base in Wuxi Caterpillar plans to expand its multi-functional R&D centre in Wuxi, China, which opened in December 2009	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Bridon inaugurates Neptune facility Bridon International has invested US$46.5 million in building a new UK facility	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Mine Site acquires Nixon Mine Site Technologies, part of MST Global Holdings, has acquired 100% of the share capital of Nixon Communications	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Malvern rolls out Mastersizer 3000 Malvern Instruments has launched the new Mastersizer 3000 laser diffraction particle-size analyser	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Oyu Tolgoi picks PRO3 Oyu Tolgoi gold-copper mine in Mongolia has purchased Immersive Technologies’ new PRO3 simulator	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
New wins for M&R Murray & Roberts Construction has begun work on new contracts worth about US$185 million in South Africa	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Honeywell gives triage support Honeywell has released its new Safe Triage Pro technology system which is suitable for use at mine sites	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Joy and Fletcher join forces Joy Mining Machinery and JH Fletcher have signed an exclusive distribution and authorised service provider agreement	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Immersive module for Cat dozers Immersive Technologies has released a new version of its dozer operator-training technology for use with Advanced Equipment Simulators, including the PRO3.	Magazine Article	25 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Lundin evaluates Neves Corvo handling options Lundin Mining Corp has completed a future underground materials handling study for its Neves-Corvo mining complex in southern Portugal.	Breaking News Article	24 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Mintec releases Torque version 2.2 Mintec has released Version 2.2 of its MineSight Torque product	Breaking News Article	24 Jan 2012	0 Stars
GE Energy launches Power Conversion GE Energy has announced the next step in the integration of its acquisition of Converteam by renaming the business Power Conversion.	Breaking News Article	23 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Froude Hofman develops test rig Froude Hofman has developed a drilling test rig for Boart Longyear.	Breaking News Article	23 Jan 2012	0 Stars
FLSmidth to acquire Ludowici FLSmidth has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the shares of Australian-listed Ludowici	Breaking News Article	23 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Weir launches European centres Weir Minerals has launched two new sales and support centres in Spain and the Netherlands.	Breaking News Article	23 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Allied Nevada chooses Mincom Mincom, the software and services provider that is now part of ABB, has announced a significant contract with Allied Nevada Gold.	Breaking News Article	20 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Murray & Roberts creates emergency system Murray & Roberts Cementation has established an innovative emergency egress system in just 11 days.	Breaking News Article	20 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Finning bags Bucyrus dealership Finning International has announced that it will acquire from Caterpillar the distribution and support business formerly operated by Bucyrus	Breaking News Article	19 Jan 2012	0 Stars
FLSmidth wins copper contracts FLSmidth has been awarded contracts for equipment supplies to a copper producer in South America.	Breaking News Article	17 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Joy and Fletcher sign agreement Joy Mining Machinery and JH Fletcher have announced the signing of an exclusive distribution and authorised service provider agreement.	Breaking News Article	17 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Fordia presents new drills Fordia has launched the Eider series, a new series of diamond drills for the mineral exploration industry.	Breaking News Article	16 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Rajant introduces new RRADS tool Rajant has introduced the RRADS, an advanced network administration, monitoring and diagnostic tool.	Breaking News Article	16 Jan 2012	0 Stars
McLanahan acquires Universal McLanahan has announced that it has acquired Universal Engineering.	Breaking News Article	13 Jan 2012	0 Stars
SGS acquires CIMM T&S SGS has announced its acquisition of CIMM Tecnologías y Servicios, which is based in Chile.	Breaking News Article	13 Jan 2012	0 Stars
New dust suppression ring from Dust Control Technology Dust Control Technology has introduced a new dust suppression device for use at conveyor discharge points	Breaking News Article	10 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Keech mechanical bucket in underground mine trial A new mechanical bucket to be released in February 2012 by Keech Australia has been put to trial in the Newcrest Cadia East gold mine in Orange, New South Wales	Breaking News Article	10 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Cat supplies Chinese longwall Caterpillar recently signed another contract to deliver an automated longwall plow system to a Chinese company, Gasification Co of Lvliang Dongyi Group	Breaking News Article	10 Jan 2012	0 Stars
New cooling towers from Outotec Outotec has launched a new series of cooling towers for use in processing applications that require efficient direct cooling	Breaking News Article	05 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Redpath acquires Deilmann-Haniel Redpath has announced it has acquired Deilmann-Haniel Shaft Sinking of Dortmund, Germany.	Breaking News Article	05 Jan 2012	0 Stars
EKG-18 excavator put into pilot operation Uralmash’s crawler-mounted quarry excavator EKG-18 has been put into pilot operation at the Krasnobrodsky open-pit coal mine	Breaking News Article	05 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Outotec launches new partial roasting process Outotec has developed a two-stage partial roasting process to remove impurities such as arsenic, antimony and carbon from copper and gold concentrates.	Breaking News Article	04 Jan 2012	0 Stars
FLSmidth awarded copper order in Mongolia FLSmidth has been awarded a contract by the Mongolyn Alt to supply a greenfield copper concentrator.	Breaking News Article	04 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Mine Site Technologies acquires Nixon Communications Mining communications solutions provider Mine Site Technologies has acquired 100% of the share capital of Nixon Communications.	Breaking News Article	03 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Leighton Contractors awarded contract extension at Dawson coal mine Leighton Contractors has been awarded a US$121.7 million, one-year contract extension for the provision of mining services at the Dawson mine.	Breaking News Article	03 Jan 2012	0 Stars
3D-P deploys first ever successful 802.11n wireless network in mining environment 3D-P has announced a successful deployment of 802.11n wireless network at Ft. Knox gold mine for Kinross Gold.	Breaking News Article	03 Jan 2012	0 Stars
Asciano secures new contract with Rio Tinto in Queensland Asciano's Pacific National Coal haulage business has entered into a new 10-year performance-based take-or-pay contract with Rio Tinto Coal Australia.	Breaking News Article	22 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Castle Resources completes 17km tunnel rehab at Granduc Copper project Castle Resources has announced the completion of the rehabilitation of the 17km haulage tunnel that connects the Granduc minesite to the haulage road.	Breaking News Article	22 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Peabody Energy completes acquisition of Macarthur Coal Peabody Energy has completed the acquisition of all outstanding shares in Macarthur Coal.	Breaking News Article	22 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Xstrata Technology’s 100th IsaMill sold Xstrata Technology has celebrated the sale of its 100th IsaMill to the global mineral processing industry.	Breaking News Article	22 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Outotec to provide tailings treatment solution for LKAB Outotec will deliver technology for thickening tailings.	Breaking News Article	19 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Redpath launches dedicated coal division Redpath has announced the launch of a dedicated Australian coal mining division.	Breaking News Article	19 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Oyu Tolgoi signs major deal for advanced training simulators Oyu Tolgoi has invested in simulator-based operator training technology provided by Immersive Technologies.	Breaking News Article	19 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Haver & Boecker, WS Tyler and Major Wire form global screening alliance Haver & Boecker, owners of WS Tyler Canada, and Major Wire Industries have reached an agreement to establish a global screening alliance	Breaking News Article	19 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Atlas Copco to acquire GIA Atlas Copco has agreed to acquire the underground business of GIA Industri from Vätterledens Verkstad.	Breaking News Article	16 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Micromine receives Microsoft Gold Partner Certification Micromine has been awarded Microsoft Gold Partner certification as an Independent Software Vendor.	Breaking News Article	14 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Martin Engineering opens new office in Lima Martin Engineering, which designs and supplies equipment for optimum handling of bulk material, has opened new offices in Lima, Peru.	Breaking News Article	14 Dec 2011	0 Stars
BELAZ and Mechel sign giant truck deal Belarusian Autoworks (BELAZ) has signed a strategic agreement with Russian mining company Mechel to supply nearly 900 mining dump trucks over the next ten years	Breaking News Article	14 Dec 2011	0 Stars
FLSmidth awarded material handling project in Australia FLSmidth has signed a contract to supply material handling equipment to an iron ore mine owned by Gindalbie Metals.	Breaking News Article	14 Dec 2011	0 Stars
ABB wins contract for its first gearless mill drive system in iron ore processing ABB was recently contracted to supply GMD systems for two SAG mills at the Serra Azul iron ore mine.	Breaking News Article	14 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Tenova buys Bateman Tenova, a worldwide supplier of advanced technologies and equipment for the iron and steel and mining industries, has announced the acquisition of Bateman Engineering.	Breaking News Article	13 Dec 2011	0 Stars
New dust suppression system from DSI DSI Underground Systems USA has widened its product range with the addition of the DYWI Polymer Rock Dust System, developed to enhance dust control in underground coal mining.	Breaking News Article	13 Dec 2011	0 Stars
ERA selects Veolia brine technology Energy Resources Australia has selected brine concentrator technology from Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies to treat and reduce process water from its Ranger uranium mine in Australia’s Northern Territory.	Breaking News Article	13 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Ernest Henry commences production Initial underground mine production has successfully commenced at Xstrata Copper’s Ernest Henry Mining operation in north-west Queensland	Breaking News Article	12 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Gemcom awards scholarship Gemcom has selected the latest recipient of its Mongolian Student Sponsorship Programme	Breaking News Article	12 Dec 2011	0 Stars
New ExxonMobil lubricants ExxonMobil Lubricants has launched its next generation of Mobil SHC 600 Series lubricants	Breaking News Article	12 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Nexans wins Toromocho contract Nexans, a leading expert in the cable industry, has been awarded a major contract to supply power, control and instrumentation cables from its specialised POWERMINE range for CHINALCO’s new Toromocho open-pit copper mine in Peru.	Breaking News Article	09 Dec 2011	0 Stars
BASF and CSIRO join forces BASF has signed a long-term agreement with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) to lease laboratory and office space at the Australian Minerals Research Centre in Perth.	Breaking News Article	09 Dec 2011	0 Stars
New features for Cat D9T Caterpillar has added new features to the D9T track-type tractor.	Breaking News Article	05 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Cat expands in CIS Caterpillar is to start manufacturing 773E off-highway trucks at its plant in Tosno, Leningrad Oblast, Russia	Magazine Article	05 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Tenth simulator for Peace River Peace River Coal, wholly-owned by Anglo American, has purchased the tenth ThoroughTec simulator for its mine in British Columbia, Canada	Magazine Article	05 Dec 2011	0 Stars
GE and Foster Wheeler team up GE Energy and Foster Wheeler Chile, a subsidiary of the global EPC firm Foster Wheeler, are to work together to help companies in the South American mining industry address capacity shortfalls	Magazine Article	05 Dec 2011	0 Stars
ThyssenKrupp bags Freeport order ThyssenKrupp Fördertechnik’s Ennigerloh branch in Germany will erect five gyratory crushers at a Freeport McMoRan copper mine on Puncak Jaya, one of the highest mountains in Indonesia	Magazine Article	05 Dec 2011	0 Stars
CiDRA wins coal contract Altos Hornos de Mexico has chosen CiDRA’s SONARtrac flow monitoring systems for use in two coal-preparation plants owned by AHMSA in Coahuila, Mexico	Magazine Article	05 Dec 2011	0 Stars
FLSmidth mill deal FLSmidth has won a contract worth about US$70 million for equipment supplies to a copper mine in Latin America, including delivery of a 76,000t/d grinding circuit with two large SAG mills and two ball mills	Magazine Article	05 Dec 2011	0 Stars
SNC-Lavalin bags oil sands deal SNC-Lavalin has won a contract worth over US$650 million, to provide EPC services for a froth-treatment plant at an oil-sands project in Fort McMurray, Canada	Magazine Article	05 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Voith powers up long-haul TurboBelt Voith Turbo has developed a new coupling, the TurboBelt 780 TPXL, for long-distance conveyor drives	Magazine Article	05 Dec 2011	0 Stars
AUMS breaks record African Underground Mining Services (AUMS) has reported that three of its crews operating a Sandvik drill rig advanced 603.1m in a month – a world record for development mining in this application	Magazine Article	05 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Mintec releases MineSight Haulage v3.5 Mintec has released version 3.5 of MineSight Haulage	Magazine Article	05 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Sandvik and Flanders link Sandvik and Flanders have entered a formal partnership to automate surface-mining drill rigs	Magazine Article	05 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Big DSS order for Booyco Booyco Electronics recently received its biggest order to date for its Driver State Sensor (DSS) from an open-pit coal mine in Mpumalanga, South Africa	Magazine Article	05 Dec 2011	0 Stars
MM Awards - voting open Final voting is now open for the Mining Magazine 2011 awards	Magazine Article	05 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Leica updates Jigsaw Leica Geosystems has announced three big developments: the launch of Leica Jigsaw suite; an industry partnership with Locata, and a partnership with Autonomous Solutions	Magazine Article	05 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Micromine secures Mongolian contract Micromine has been contracted to supply and install Pitram at the Tayan Nuur mine in Mongolia.	Magazine Article	05 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Wormald fire-protects Sino Wormald has been chosen by MCC Mining to design and install a fire-protection solution at the Sino iron ore project in Western Australia	Magazine Article	05 Dec 2011	0 Stars
New ITT XHD slurry pumps On November 9, ITT Corp unveiled its new Goulds Pumps XHD (Extra Heavy Duty) lined slurry pump	Magazine Article	05 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Cummins unveils QSK95 Cummins has unveiled the new QSK95 engine with over 4,000hp (2,983kW) output	Magazine Article	05 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Rio Tinto drives up autonomous trucks Rio Tinto is to become the proud owner of the world's largest fleet of autonomous trucks.	Magazine Article	05 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Murray & Roberts Cementation preferred contractor for proposed Venetia project Murray & Roberts Cementation has been selected to undertake the development of an underground mining operation at Venetia diamond mine.	Breaking News Article	02 Dec 2011	0 Stars
ABB tests ACS 6000 hoist drive ABB has successfully completed testing and no-load commissioning of its new ACS 6000 drive at the Ma JiaLiang coal mine’s main shaft hoist in Shanxi Province, China.	Breaking News Article	01 Dec 2011	0 Stars
PLD concludes turnkey contract for Vlakfontein The surface infrastructure for Vlakfontein coal mine is nearing completion.	Breaking News Article	01 Dec 2011	0 Stars
Gemcom supports MEA engineering programme Gemcom has announced its support of the Mining Education Australia (MEA) engineering programme.	Breaking News Article	30 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Gecko Mineral Processing purchases Terex Finlay J-1480 Gecko Mineral Processing recently purchased a Terex Finlay J-1480 jaw crusher for its operations in South Africa.	Breaking News Article	29 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Boart Longyear expands mine water services Boart Longyear has announced a plan to expand its mine water drilling services	Breaking News Article	28 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Gemcom updates MineSched Gemcom has released MineSched 7.1, the latest version of its scheduling software for surface and underground mines.	Breaking News Article	28 Nov 2011	0 Stars
ATEX approval for MinePhone Mine Site Technologies MinePhone VoIP digital phone and NS40 Wireless Access Point for underground communications have achieved ATEX certification	Breaking News Article	25 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Gekko sells 100th InLine Leach Reactor Gekko’s South American office has reported the sale of the company’s 100th InLine Leach Reactor (ILR) unit.	Breaking News Article	24 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Sandvik and Flanders team up for automation Sandvik Mining and Construction and Flanders have entered a formal partnership to automate surface mining drill rigs.	Breaking News Article	23 Nov 2011	0 Stars
ABB wins Xstrata hoist order ABB has won a US$24 million order to supply a complete ore hoisting solution for Xstrata Zinc’s George Fisher Mine in north-west Queensland, Australia	Breaking News Article	22 Nov 2011	0 Stars
FMG buys surface miners Vermeer is to supply 14 Terrain Leveler surface excavation machines (SEMs) to Fortescue Mining Group in Western Australia.	Breaking News Article	18 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Powerscreen appoints new dealer in Russia Powerscreen has announced a restructuring of its distribution channel in Russia.	Breaking News Article	18 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Eight of the world’s top ten miners use Immersive Technologies Immersive Technologies has announced that eight of the world’s top ten miners use its simulation training	Breaking News Article	17 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Boss Mining awards FLSmidth equipment orders in DRC Boss Mining has awarded FLSmidth four different orders for equipment at its copper operation in Kakanda.	Breaking News Article	17 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Dumas and Monnis form alliance for Mongolian underground mining Dumas Contracting has entered into a strategic alliance with Monnis International to jointly undertake underground mining projects in Mongolia.	Breaking News Article	16 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Wormald designs fire protection solutions for Sino Iron project Wormald has been selected to design and install a comprehensive fire protection solution at the Sino Iron project in Western Australia.	Breaking News Article	15 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Caterpillar to open new mining truck facility in Indonesia Caterpillar has announced plans to build a new mining truck facility in Indonesia.	Breaking News Article	14 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Cat to make offer to acquire ERA Mining Machinery Caterpillar and ERA Mining Machinery have announced an offer by Caterpillar for all of the issued shares of ERA.	Breaking News Article	11 Nov 2011	0 Stars
ITT reveals new XHD slurry pump On November 10, ITT Corp unveiled its new Gould Pumps XHD (Extra Heavy Duty) lined slurry pump.	Breaking News Article	10 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Cat reports record profits Caterpillar announced in its 2011 third quarter report that it has smashed its all-time sales and revenue record.	Breaking News Article	10 Nov 2011	0 Stars
BHP Billiton approves Caval Ridge mine project BHP Billiton has approved development of the Caval Ridge mine project and expansion of the Peak Downs mine	Breaking News Article	09 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Drillcon Iberia’s shaft boring operation at Somincor Drillcon Iberia is boring two ventilation shafts over 600m deep	Breaking News Article	09 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Anglo American buys De Beers Anglo American's shareholding will increase to up to 85%	Breaking News Article	08 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Rio Tinto boosts driverless truck fleet to 150 Rio Tinto is set to become the owner of the world’s largest fleet of driverless trucks	Breaking News Article	04 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Anglo American acquires 10th ThoroughTec simulator for Peace River Coal Anglo American's Peace River Coal has purchased a ThoroughTec simulator for its mine in British Columbia, Canada.	Breaking News Article	03 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Cummins reveals QSK95 engine Cummins has revealed the new QSK95 engine with over 4,000hp (2,983kW) output.	Breaking News Article	02 Nov 2011	0 Stars
IMT introduces expanded compressor line-up Iowa Mold Tooling (IMT), a manufacturer of service vehicles and material-handling systems and a wholly owned subsidiary of Oshkosh, launched three new air compressors at the International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition (ICUEE) in Kentucky, US	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Straits boosted by InSite Straits Resources has implemented Gemcom’s InSite mine production management solution at the Tritton copper mine in NSW, Australia	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Gemcom unveils Minex 6.1 Gemcom has released Gemcom Minex 6.1, the latest version of its integrated software solution designed for stratified deposits	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
MDM scoops atomiser MDM has been awarded the design, fabrication, supply and site delivery, erection and commissioning of a complete alloy atomisation process plant for Mintek’s facilities in Johannesburg, South Africa	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Metso sends railcar dumper technology to Westshore Metso will supply railcar dumper technology to Westshore Terminals, which operates a coal-storage and loading terminal at Roberts Bank, British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest coal-export facility and dry-bulk terminal on the US west coast	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Cameco signs Cigar Lake ore-grinding contract Canada-based uranium producer Cameco has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with its joint-venture partners to grind all of the ore from its Cigar Lake mine at the McClean Lake mill, located in Saskatchewan, Canada	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Runge launches online mining course Runge has announced the launch of Smartminer, its new global online mining course	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Flanders’ SureTrip boosts shovel productivity SureTrip, a gear motor drive assembly and cable spool reel, engineered for rope shovels by Flanders Electric, has decreased the occurrence of unexpected dipper trip system failure – one of the biggest productivity problems in surface mining	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Powerscreen adds dealer Powerscreen, a provider of mobile crushing, screening and washing equipment, has signed a deal with Continental Equipment, a distributor servicing the Kansas, Missouri and Southern Illinois areas of the US	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
A busy year for BioteQ BioteQ Environmental Technologies, which treats industrial waste water, has provided an interim update on its plant operations and development projects	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Outotec separators in demand at Marampa Outotec has received a repeat order from London Mining for high gradient magnetic separators (HGMS) to the Marampa iron ore project in Sierra Leone	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Sedgman scoops US$82.5 million Codrilla contract Resource sector services provider Sedgman has announced that the Thiess Sedgman Joint Venture (TSJV) has been awarded a US$82.5 million contract to design, procure, construct and commission a coal-handling and preparation plant (CHPP) at the Codrilla coal mine in the Bowen Basin in Queensland, Australia	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Veolia scholarship Veolia Water Solutions & Techno-logies, a subsidiary of Veolia Water, is sponsoring a US$2,000 scholarship at the Society of Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) 2012 Annual Meeting & Exhibit in Seattle, Washington, US	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
FLSmidth sizer order FLSmidth has been awarded a contract for the supply of a complete semi-mobile sizer station by Goldcorp for Minera Peñasquito	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Redpath Redbore 90 Mining contractor and engineering firm Redpath has launched a new raise drill – the Redbore 90, which it said was manufactured to address the growing demand for 4.5-5.5m diameter raises greater than 600m in length	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Mt Isa powers up Xstrata Mount Isa Mines has secured a long-term supply of electricity and gas to meet forecast demand for the life of its current and planned copper and zinc-lead operations in northwest Queensland, Australia	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Orders for FLSmidth FLSmidth has announced that it has received four contracts, each worth about US$54 million, from a company in the Middle East for engineering services and minerals equipment	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Sandvik buys SHANBAO On October 9, Sandvik completed the acquisition of Chinese crushing and screening equipment manu-facturer SHANBAO	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Rio to fund Tasman’s Vulcan exploration Rio Tinto Exploration, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto, has signed a conditional agreement with Tasman Resources for the funding of an accelerated exploration programme on Tasman’s 100%-owned Exploration Licence 4322, which contains the Vulcan prospect	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Boart offers financing Through a partnership with Ecologic Leasing Services, Boart Longyear has launched a new business division, Boart Longyear Financial Services (BLFS) group	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
BHP approves dam phase one BHP Billiton has approved US$1.2 billion in pre-commitment capital for the first phase of the Olympic Dam project to develop an open-pit mine in South Australia	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Stillwater orders third Kiruna electric hauler Stillwater Mining has placed an order with GIA Industri for a third Kiruna K635ED electric hauler to satisfy increased production at its palladium-platinum mine in Montana, US	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Vietnam founds geology and minerals dept The General Department of Geology and Minerals of Vietnam (GDGMV) has been established on the basis of the former Department of Geology and Minerals of Vietnam (DGMV)	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
ABB introduces swap shop ABB has introduced a drives and motors swappage scheme that allows companies to trade in their old drives and motors from any manufacturer for new ones from ABB	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Gekko and Newcrest link up for development Gekko Systems has announced the signing of a collaborative agreement with Newcrest Mining to undertake a three-year research and development programme	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Cat launches 789D truck Caterpillar has introduced the 789D mining truck. It retains many of the features of the 789C, which it replaces, but with several improvements. A number of new options allow customers to configure the truck for each application	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Sandvik signs Jansen design deal Sandvik Mining and Construction has entered into an agreement with BHP Billiton for the conceptual design of a mechanical cutting system for use at BHP Billiton’s Jansen potash project in Canada	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
X-ray vision for analysis A new state-of-the art X-ray imaging detector that is smaller than a postage stamp is the key to a powerful new method of characterising mineral ores, according to an article published in the October issue of CSIRO’s Process magazine	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Uralkali to expand Russian potash producer Uralkali, is looking to establish a new mine and combined complex with production capacity of 2.5Mt/y by 2018	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Sandvik scoops Cadia LHD contract Sandvik has won a contract to supply 14 load-haul-dumpers (LHDs) for the initial production phase of Newcrest Mining’s Cadia East mine in the central west of New South Wales, Australia	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
MDM awarded bankable study in Botswana MDM Engineering Group has been awarded the bankable feasibility study by Global Initiatives for BCL’s dump tailings-retreatment project in Botswana	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
New Russian electric shovel starts work The first EKG-32R electric shovel manufactured by OOO Iz-Karteks, part of the OMZ group, has begun test operations at the Krasnoborodsky coal mine, owned by OOO UK Kuzbassrazrezugol	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Sciam unveils slurry flow meters Sciam International has launched the DensiTech DT3, a new meter for continuous in-line density measurement of slurry	Magazine Article	01 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Metso signs Vertimill agreement Metso and the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, have finalised a three-year agreement encompassing joint research and performance evaluations of the Vertimill grinding mill developed by Metso.	Breaking News Article	25 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Kennecott chooses Veolia Kennecott Eagle Minerals has awarded Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies a contract for the wastewater treatment plant at its Eagle mine, located in Michigan, US.	Breaking News Article	24 Oct 2011	0 Stars
FLSmidth wins largest ever sizer contract FLSmidth has been awarded a contract for the supply of a complete semi-mobile sizer station for minerals processing by Goldcorp for Minera Peñasquito.	Breaking News Article	20 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Cat delivers first ‘dressed’ excavator Caterpillar has shipped its first hydraulic mining shovel from the former Bucyrus factory in Dortmund, Germany.	Breaking News Article	19 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Sandvik completes SHANBAO acquisition Sandvik has completed the acquisition of Chinese crushing and screening equipment manufacturer SHANBAO.	Breaking News Article	11 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Minova invests in self-drilling anchor business Minova has acquired the self-drilling anchor business from Atlas Copco MAI	Breaking News Article	10 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Metso rolls out C120 jaw crusher Metso has released the C120 jaw crusher – the 13th member of its C-series range of crushers.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Busy BBE reveals new projects BBE Consulting has announced the completion of two new mine refrigeration projects. The group designed and commissioned a refrigeration and air-cooling plant at AngloGold Ashanti’s Cuiabá gold mine in southeastern Brazil in August.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Atlas Wärtsilä supplies dual-fuel to Solomon Wärtsilä, a supplier of flexible power plants and services to the global power-generation market, has been awarded the contract to supply engines, generators and associated auxiliary equipment to a power plant serving an iron-ore mine in Western Australia.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Sandvik crusher upgrade Sandvik has upgraded the Caterpillar engines in its mobile crushers to comply with the new combustion-engine exhaust-gas legislation for Europe and the US.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Atlas launches T-WiZ Atlas Copco has launched its latest T-thread drilling system, the T-WiZ range.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Atlas rolls out new Pit Viper cab Atlas Copco Drilling Solutions has released a new cab for its Pit Viper 270 series.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Multotec link with Fraser Alexander Fraser Alexander Tailings has teamed up with Multotec to develop a novel tailings deposition solution for mining applications.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Mintec updates MineSight 3D for short-term plans Mintec has released version 6.6 of its MineSight 3D (MS3D) software for short-term mine planning.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Weir Africa unveils new pump Weir Minerals Africa has announced the global release of the new WARMAN WBH slurry pump, which offers users longer pump life and superior performance.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
GE boosts energy division GE announced the completion of its US$3.2 billion acquisition of Converteam, a leading provider of power systems.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Runge offers XERAS Reader Runge has announced the launch of XERAS Reader, which enables users without a XERAS licence to access the data calculated in XERAS financial models.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Indian order for Uralmash Uralmashplant, a subsidiary of Russian mining-equipment provider OMZ, will supply two KMD-2200Gr2-D tertiary cone crushers to National Minerals Development Corp in India.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
BHP ups investment in Newcastle Coal project BHP Billiton has approved a further US$367 million for the third stage of developing Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group’s coal-handling facility in Newcastle, Australia.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Cat adds Chinese testing ground On August 24, Caterpillar and the Xitong Technical Industrial Park Administrative signed an investment agreement to build a state-of-the-art proving ground and a large wheel-loader manufacturing facility in Tongzhou, Jiangsu Province, in China.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Outotec lends expertise in Mongolia On August 31, Outotec signed an agreement of collaboration with the Ministry of Minerals Resources and Energy of Mongolia (MME).	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Bechtel scoops Nimba study International engineering and construction management firm Bechtel plans to undertake a prefeasibility study for the Nimba iron-ore development in West Africa.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Mechel update Russian mining company Mechel has reported reaching full production capacity at Yakutugol Holding Co’s Nerungrinskaya processing plant.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Green light for Isa expansion Xstrata has approved the start of a US$50 million pre-feasibility study to develop a large, zinc-lead-copper open-pit mine on the existing Mount Isa mine site.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
FLSmidth gains Essa Australia FLSmidth has acquired Essa Australia, a leading international provider of automated mineral sampling and sample preparation systems.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
ABB wins SAG mill contracts The grinding team at ABB has won a number of notable contracts in recent months.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
New Weir service centre Weir Minerals has launched a new service base in Essen, Germany, to support its customers in Central Europe.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
New inspection kit Spectroline has launched the new EK-3000 EagleEye inspection kit for mining applications.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Rockwell wins oil sands auto deal Canada-based Grizzly Oil Sands has awarded a US$4 million order to Rockwell Automation.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Weir secures massive Indian screen order Weir Minerals Africa has received its biggest order from India to date – seven Linatex vibrating screens of various sizes for RBSSN, a mining and metals company based in Hospet, northern Karnataka.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Articulating ADTs Doosan has launched two new articulated dump trucks (ADTs): the 28t payload DA30 and the 40t payload DA40.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Collahuasi picks AUMA actuators AUMA has installed a robust actuation solution, capable of performing at high altitude at the Collahuasi mine in northern Chile.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Normet and QME team up Equipment manufacturer Normet, has signed an agreement with QME, to develop joint cooperation and service activities for their mining and tunnelling businesses. QME will be an authorised service provider for Normet, as well as a partner in product and process development.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Vale chooses QMASTOR Vale has chosen QMASTOR’s Pit to Plant and iFuse systems for installation at its Onça Puma nickel operations in the Brazilian state of Pará.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Sandvik sets new business strategy Sandvik has unveiled the reorganisation of its business structure. The aim of the new strategy is to create more value through higher growth and profitability, and to strengthen the firm’s position within core markets.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2011	0 Stars
MDM is awarded bankable study in Botswana MDM Engineering Group has been awarded a bankable feasibility study by Global Initiatives.	Breaking News Article	04 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Teck announces major upgrades at Trail and Highland Valley operations Teck Resources has announced that it is investing in two of its operations in British Columbia.	Breaking News Article	03 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Low impact CSIRO gold extraction process to be assessed at Tunkillia Minotaur Exploration has signed a contract to conduct field trials of a new CSIRO in-situ gold extraction process.	Breaking News Article	03 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Immersive Technologies celebrates one year of PRO3 training simulators In the year since its launch, the company has shipped the PRO3 simulator to 15 countries.	Breaking News Article	03 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Twin Metals Minnesota and Bechtel announce contract for prefeasibility study Bechtel Mining & Metals has been selected as the lead consultant for the prefeasibility study (PFS) on Twin Metals Minnesota's proposed mine in northeastern Minnesota.	Breaking News Article	03 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Mincom upgrades Minemarket software Mincom has upgraded MineMarket 4.4, its supply chain solution for minerals and metals mining organisations.	Breaking News Article	03 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Sandvik signs major project order in Australia Sandvik has signed a major contract with Boral for a new quarry plant.	Breaking News Article	30 Sep 2011	0 Stars
FLSmidth receives minerals orders in the Middle East FLSmidth has received four contracts, each worth approximately US$54.5 million.	Breaking News Article	28 Sep 2011	0 Stars
The new Metso C120 jaw combines crushing efficiency, versatility and safety The Metso C120 jaw crusher is the 13th member of the field-proven C-series range of crushers.	Breaking News Article	27 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Canadian oil sands project to recycle up to 97% of its produced water using GE evaporation technology Grizzly Oil Sands has selected GE’s produced water evaporation technology for its Algar Lake project	Breaking News Article	27 Sep 2011	0 Stars
QMASTOR’s Algosys software selected by large copper project QMASTOR’s Algosys Metallurgical Accountant software will be installed by a large copper project in Central East Asia.	Breaking News Article	27 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Ukraine-based mineral sands operation orders Multotec spiral concentrators Ukraine-based Velta has placed an order with Multotec for the supply of NHM and SC20 spiral concentrators	Breaking News Article	27 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Outotec provides a magnetic separation solution to Marampa tailings project in Sierra Leone Outotec has received a repeat order from London Mining for delivery of High Gradient Magnetic Separators (HGMS).	Breaking News Article	26 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Sandvik scoops Cadia LHD contract Sandvik has won a contract to supply 14 LHDs (load-haul-dumpers) for the initial production phase of Newcrest Mining’s Cadia East mine in the NSW, Australia.	Breaking News Article	23 Sep 2011	0 Stars
New AMS rig AMS has launched its new Compact Roto-Sonic 26-T drill rig	Breaking News Article	22 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Weir secures largest ever pump order Weir Minerals Africa has received its largest ever pump order. The company will supply Kenmare Resources with 32 pumps for its Moma titanium minerals mine in northern Mozambique.	Breaking News Article	22 Sep 2011	0 Stars
FLSmidth snaps up Knelson FLSmidth has signed an agreement to acquire Knelson, a Canadian manufacturer of gravity concentration technology	Breaking News Article	22 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Sandvik wins Kailin order Sandvik has won a contract worth approximately US$9 million from state-owned mining company Chinese Kailin Group	Breaking News Article	22 Sep 2011	0 Stars
APS showcases iPhone App Automated Positioning Systems (APS) has introduced its new personnel tracking iPhone App at the AIMEX 2011 exhibition in Sydney.	Breaking News Article	16 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Martin Engineering adds new paint line Martin Engineering has installed a new paint line at its global manufacturing headquarters.	Breaking News Article	16 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Bilfinger Berger buys Diemme Italian manufacturer Diemme has confirmed that its filter division will be transferred to German multinational, Bilfinger Berger SE.	Breaking News Article	16 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Mintec welcomes new Chilean clients Mintec’s Santiago office has confirmed it will supply MineSight software for several new mining clients in 2011.	Breaking News Article	16 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Humanis recruits Immersive Immersive Technologies has confirmed a sale of its PRO3 advanced equipment simulator to ResCo Services, a subsidiary of Australian global recruitment agency Humanis Group.	Breaking News Article	16 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Vinci wins El Teniente contract French infrastructure provider Vinci has won a contract to design and build two tunnels in Chile.	Breaking News Article	09 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Rockwell x-ray technology for Saxendrift Rockwell Diamonds will install high throughput (or bulk) x-ray technology at its Saxendrift mine	Breaking News Article	09 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Powerscreen appoints Mongolian distributor Powerscreen has signed an agreement with Wagner Asia Equipment, its first distributor in Mongolia.	Breaking News Article	09 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Cortona’s Dargues gold mine approved An application by Cortona Resources to develop its flagship Dargues Reef gold mine in New South Wales, Australia, has been approved.	Breaking News Article	09 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Chinalco Yunnan and Rio Tinto to mine copper in Chile Chinalco Yunnan Copper Resources has signed an earn-in agreement with an option to joint venture with Rio Tinto in northern Chile.	Breaking News Article	09 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Ausdrill chooses Thompson welding solution Australian-based Thompson Friction Welding has delivered a new custom-built system for joining drill rod and pipe components to Remet Engineers	Breaking News Article	07 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Outotec delivers concentrator to Codelco Outotec will design and deliver concentrator technology to its new Mina Ministro Hales mine	Breaking News Article	07 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Caterpillar acquires Pyroban Caterpillar acquired 100% interest in the Pyroban Group on August 31.	Breaking News Article	07 Sep 2011	0 Stars
FLSmidth acquires Essa FLSmidth has acquired Essa Australia, a leading international provider of automated mineral sampling and sample preparation systems	Breaking News Article	06 Sep 2011	0 Stars
New Boart Longyear facility opens in Adelaide Boart Longyear’s new Asia-Pacific headquarters at Burbridge Business Park, Adelaide Airport in Australia is now fully operational.	Breaking News Article	06 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Banro reports progress at Twangiza Banro Corp has announced that the construction of its wholly-owned Twangiza Phase 1 gold project in South Kivu Province, DRC, is proceeding on schedule	Breaking News Article	06 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Cerrejón expansion approved A US$1.3 billion project to expand the Cerrejón thermal coal mine in Colombia has been approved by its shareholders	Breaking News Article	06 Sep 2011	0 Stars
FLSmidth scoops Italy’s Darimec FLSmidth has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire 100% shareholding in Darimec	Magazine Article	06 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Multotec to supply Moma Multotec has received an order for the supply of high-grade spirals for Kenmare Resources’ Moma mineral sands project in northern Mozambique	Magazine Article	06 Sep 2011	0 Stars
BBE designs underground cooling system for PMC BBE Consulting has completed a US$447,000 EPCM contract to design an underground cooling circuit at Rio Tinto’s Palabora Mining Co (PMC) in Phalaborwa, South Africa	Magazine Article	06 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Cat boosts manufacturing capability Caterpillar has announced plans to significantly expand its manufacturing facility in West Fargo, North Dakota, US	Magazine Article	06 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Metso wins third Northland contract Metso Mining and Construction has had a busy year so far in 2011	Magazine Article	06 Sep 2011	0 Stars
VUMA revamps mine-ventilation software package VUMA Software has launched a fully re-engineered version of its windows-based software package for mine ventilation, cooling and environmental control	Magazine Article	06 Sep 2011	0 Stars
IZ-KARTEX delivers EKG-10 electric shovel to Sibirsky Antracit IZ-KARTEX, part of OMZ Group, delivered an EKG-10 electric shovel to Sibirsky Antracit in August	Magazine Article	06 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Xstrata Zinc to develop Lady Loretta underground mine Xstrata Zinc plans to start developing the high-grade, zinc-lead-silver Lady Loretta deposit in northwest Queensland, Australia, as a new greenfield underground mine	Magazine Article	06 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Sandvik signs up Dannemora Dannemora Minerals has placed a US$11.1 million order with Sandvik Mining and Construction Sverige for the delivery of mobile mining equipment to its new iron-ore mine in Sweden	Magazine Article	06 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Mintec opens UK office Arizona-based software developer Mintec will open its new London, UK, office on October 1	Magazine Article	06 Sep 2011	0 Stars
ARC unveils enclosure ARC Widespan Buildings has unveiled a lightweight, modular enclosure that keeps out the cold, heat, rain and snow	Magazine Article	06 Sep 2011	0 Stars
BHP approves GEMCO BHP Billiton announced in July that the partners in Samancor Manganese had approved the second expansion of the GEMCO operation in Australia’s Northern Territory	Magazine Article	06 Sep 2011	0 Stars
ABB completes acquisition of software specialist Mincom ABB acquired the Brisbane-based company from Francisco Partners, a private-equity group that invests in technology business, for an undisclosed sum.	Magazine Article	06 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Exxaro chooses InSite Exxaro’s Tshikondeni coal mine has installed Gemcom’s InSite software for mine production management	Magazine Article	06 Sep 2011	0 Stars
BHP buys HWE BHP Billiton has signed a heads of agreement with Leighton Holdings for the US$735 million purchase of its HWE Mining subsidiaries, which offer contract mining for the Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) operations	Magazine Article	06 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Outotec wins Russian BHP buys HWE Copper contract Outotec has signed a contract with ZAO Miheevsky, a subsidiary of Russian Copper Co, for the design and delivery of a new copper concentrator for the Miheevsky porphyry-copper project in Cheylabinsk, Russia	Magazine Article	06 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Maptek releases Vulcan 8.1 Maptek has released version 8.1 of its Vulcan 3D geological modelling and mine-planning software on the global market	Magazine Article	06 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Hitachi bags giant KPC order Hitachi has won an order to supply 50 EH5000ACII dump trucks to Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) in Indonesia	Magazine Article	06 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Monadelphous contracts update Engineering group Monadelphous has secured major maintenance and construction contracts with a combined value of approximately US$374.1 million.	Breaking News Article	05 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Wärtsilä supplies Solomon power plant Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply engines, generators and associated auxiliary equipment to a power plant serving an iron ore mine in Western Australia.	Breaking News Article	05 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Weir secures Indian screen order Weir Minerals Africa has received its biggest order from India to date – seven Linatex vibrating screens of various sizes for RBSSN.	Breaking News Article	05 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Sandvik delivers trucks to Mt Lyell Sandvik Mining and Construction – Region Australia Pacific will supply eight 60t TH660 underground haul trucks and an LH621 LHD to Redpath Australia	Breaking News Article	05 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Carlson releases Mining 2012 Carlson Software has released Carlson Mining 2012, the newest version of its mine planning package.	Breaking News Article	02 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Vale selects QMASTOR software Vale has chosen QMASTOR systems for installation at its Onça Puma nickel operations.	Breaking News Article	01 Sep 2011	0 Stars
FLSmidth to acquire Phillips Kiln Services Ltd FLSmidth signed a share purchase agreement on August 18 to acquire 100% shareholding in Phillips Kiln Services.	Breaking News Article	01 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Wesfarmers selects ThoroughTec for Curragh ramp up Wesfarmers Curragh has chosen to integrate ThoroughTec’s new CYBERMINE4 surface mining simulators into its training programs.	Breaking News Article	01 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Cat redesigns dozers Caterpillar has released new designs for its D11T and D11T CD dozers.	Breaking News Article	01 Sep 2011	0 Stars
Sandvik bags Shandong order Sandvik Mining and Construction has received a US$10 million order from state-owned mining company, Shandong Gold Group.	Breaking News Article	18 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Veolia takes over Wheal Jane Veolia has won a ten year contract to operate and maintain the water treatment plant at Wheal Jane mine in Cornwall, UK.	Breaking News Article	18 Aug 2011	0 Stars
ABB scores Yanacocha order ABB has won a second order from Newmont Mining to deliver three gearless mill drive systems to Yanacocha’s Conga copper/gold project in Peru.	Breaking News Article	18 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Normet buys Essverk Normet has announced the acquisition of Swedish mining and tunnelling equipment manufacturer Essverk Berg.	Breaking News Article	18 Aug 2011	0 Stars
BHPB to buy WA contractors for US$735m BHP Billiton has signed a heads of agreement with Leighton Holdings Ltd for the US$735 million purchase of its HWE Mining subsidiaries which provide contracted mining for the Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) operations	Breaking News Article	09 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Latest version of Gemcom InSite released Gemcom Software International has released the latest version of its Gemcom InSite mine production management software.	Breaking News Article	04 Aug 2011	0 Stars
First output at Ma’aden Ma’aden Phosphate Co (MPC) has begun initial production from the first sulphuric and phosphoric acid lines at its production complex in Ras Az Zawr, Saudi Arabia	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Fluor scoops Sierra Gorda contract in Atacama desert Fluor Corp has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract from Minera Quadra Chile, a subsidiary of Quadra FNX Mining, for work at its Sierra Gorda project in Chile	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
APS releases mineAPS Drill Automated Positioning Systems (APS), which develops machine management systems for surface mining, has released mineAPS Drill, an advanced drill-guidance and management system for rotary blasthole and hydraulic rock drills	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
New motor efficiency regulations are clearly the way forward Mining and mineral-extraction operations are big users of electric motors	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
MOGAS guarantees MOGAS Industries has announced it will offer an application-specific performance guarantee and lifetime warranty on materials, and workmanship, for its metal-seated isolation and control valves	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Redpath gains African incline sand tunnel job Redpath South Africa has started work on a contract for Gem Diamonds to develop a sand tunnel at the recommissioned Ghaghoo diamond mine in Botswana	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Mining Magazine Awards - call for nominations Nominations are now open for the annual Mining Magazine Awards	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Boltight and Hevï link up Specialist bolt-tensioner maker Boltight has teamed up with Hevï Technology to supply its systems to the worldwide mining industry	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Gemcom expands in Kazakhstan Mining software supplier Gemcom opened a new office in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in June	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
CiDRA wins big Rio contract Rio Tinto has chosen CiDRA’s SONARtrac flow-monitoring systems for use on slurry lines at Oyu Tolgoi in Mongolia	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
100 years of P&V UK-based drilling tool manufacturer Padley & Venables will be celebrating its 100th anniversary this year	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
DRA DMS plants for Mirnyi DRA Mineral Projects is constructing two new 150t/h, automated DMS plants at Alrosa’s Mirnyi Ore and Processing Complex, Plant No 3 Main Building in the northeastern region of Siberia, Russia	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Marsh forms Global Mining Practice Marsh, a risk and insurance services firm, has announced the formation of a new Global Mining Practice, which will harness all of its mining expertise and relationships	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
MDM scoops Kalukundi and Kalagadi contracts MDM Engineering Group plans to complete a design update and cost revalidation of the bankable feasibility study for Africo Resources’ Kalukundi Project in the Katanga Province of the DRC	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
MDM FY11 results out EPCM contractor MDM Engineering published its end of 2011 financial year results in July	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Casablanca electro patent Casablanca Mining announced on July 11 that the China Patent Office had granted a patent for the electro-mining technology owned by Fast Cooper	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Dumas and JCHX link up Dumas Contracting and JCHX Mining Management, a leading Chinese mining contractor, have entered into a strategic alliance	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Metso supplies Panama and TISCO Minera Panama has revised its 2008 purchase of Metso grinding mills for its Cob re Panama project, worth US$77.2million	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Siemens rolls out Sitrans Siemens Industry Automation & Drive Technologies (IA&DT) has developed the SITRANS SL non-contact gas analyser for process control safety and optimisation at aggregate and mining operations	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
CSIR O opens International Centre of Excellence CSIRO has been selected by the Chilean Government to develop an International Centre of Excellence in collaboration with the University of Chile, CiCitem and industrial partners	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
FLSmidth wins trio of contracts FLSmidth has been awarded three contracts by Northam Platinum to supply ore-processing equipment to its greenfield Booysendal platinum mine in South Africa	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
SouthGobi makes Modular choice SouthGobi Resources has chosen to use the Modular IntelliMine Integrated Asset Management Suite from Modular Mining Systems at its Ovoot Tolgoi operation in southern Mongolia	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Mongolia names Tavan Tolgoi developers The Government of Mongolia has announced the companies that will develop part of Tavan Tolgoi, an area of the Gobi desert that includes the largest, untapped coking coal reserve in the world	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Tsurumi strengthens Swedish presence Tsurumi Europe has established a new Swedish subsidiary in partnership with its distributor, Tsurumi-Intec Pump	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Loesche unveils mobile ore-grinder German mill manufacturer Loesche has launched its mobile ore-grinding plant for mining applications	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
ALS acquires Stewart Group On July 21, Stewart Group was officially acquired by ALS Group, the testing services business of Campbell Brothers, in a deal valued at US$231.7 million	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
3D Laser Mapping in SA 3D Laser Mapping has supplied a laser-scanning system to help improve safety at an iron-ore mine in South Africa	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Liebherr renews deal with Immersive Liebherr has renewed its technical and licensing agreement with equipment simulator manufacturer Immersive Technologies for a second five-year period	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Mexican order for Atlas Atlas Copco has received its second order this year from Mexican mining group Peñoles	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Shell pours out new Gadus greases Shell Lubricants has launched a new, improved range of Gadus greases for mining equipment operated in extreme conditions	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
AEL and KPC set up ‘Centre of Excellence’ in Indonesia PT AEL Indonesia, part of the international AEL Mining Services group, has established a new ‘Centre of Excellence’ at its Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) site in Indonesia	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
ITT push-through valve ITT has added a new push-through slurry valve to its product range	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Joy announces purchase of China-based IMM Joy Global has agreed to acquire China-based equipment manufacturer International Mining Machinery Holdings	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
CONSOL picks Veolia for zero discharge plant CONSOL Energy has selected Veolia Water to design, build and operate a new state-of-the-art mine water-treatment system near Mannington in west Virginia, US	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
GeoProMining takes gold processing to Armenia GeoProMining (GPM), a diversified global mining group, held an opening ceremony in early July at its Ararat plant in Yerevan, Armenia	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
DavyMarkham secures Goldcorp contract Heavy engineering specialist Davy-Markham has won a US$16 million contract to supply drum hoists to Goldcorp’s Éléonore project in northern Quebec, Canada	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Caterpillar ties up Bucyrus deal Caterpillar completed its acquisition of Bucyrus on July 8	Magazine Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
BHPB approves GEMCO expansion The partners in Samancor Manganese have approved the second expansion of the GEMCO operation in Australia’s Northern Territory.	Breaking News Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
FLSmidth acquires Darimec FLSmidth has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire 100% shareholding in Darimec SrL	Breaking News Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
MSHA approves Lockheed communication system The US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has approved a new wireless communication system	Breaking News Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Cat expands remanufacturing facility Caterpillar has announced plans to significantly expand its manufacturing facility in West Fargo, North Dakota, US.	Breaking News Article	02 Aug 2011	0 Stars
DFI announces first NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate for a marine sedimentary exhalative (SEDEX) deposit Diamond Fields International (DFI) announced on July 26, the world’s first NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate for a marine sedimentary exhalative (SEDEX) deposit.	Breaking News Article	28 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Rex Minerals releases Hillside copper results A conceptual study into Rex Minerals’ Hillside project in South Australia has shown that there is potential for a large-scale, long-life mine, which will produce copper, gold and iron ore.	Breaking News Article	28 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Great Western agrees to build rare earth plant in SA Great Western Minerals Group (GWMG) has negotiated a heads of terms agreement with China-based Ganzhou Qiandong Rare Earth Group (GQD) to build a rare earth separation plant...	Breaking News Article	28 Jul 2011	0 Stars
New Joy mid-seam simultaneous cut and bolt entry driver Joy Mining Machinery has released its new 12ED25 mid-seam simultaneous cut and bolt entry driver, with the first unit shipped to a mine in the western US.	Breaking News Article	27 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Test plant to examine a new cost-effective way to process nickel laterites The DNi process, a new cost-effective way to process nickel laterites, will be thoroughly examined by a test plant currently being built in Western Australia.	Breaking News Article	27 Jul 2011	0 Stars
BBE designs underground cooling system for PMC BBE Consulting has completed a US$447,000 EPCM contract to design an underground cooling circuit at Rio Tinto’s Palabora Mining Co (PMC) in Phalaborwa, Limpopo Province, South Africa.	Breaking News Article	27 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Outotec awarded contract with Russian Copper Co. Outotec has signed a contract with a subsidiary of Russian Copper Co for the design and delivery of a new copper concentrator for the Miheevsky porphyry-copper project in Cheylabinsk, Russia.	Breaking News Article	20 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Joy Global announces investment in China-based International Mining Joy Global Inc., the maker of P&H and Joy mining equipment, has agreed to acquire the China-based International Mining Machinery Holdings Ltd. (IMM).	Breaking News Article	14 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Cat ties up Bucyrus deal Caterpillar completed of its acquisition of Bucyrus on July 8, 2011	Breaking News Article	13 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Uralmashplant delivers walking dragline A Uralmashplant dragline ЭШ 11.75 has been assembled at a quarry owned by Crasnoselskstroymaterialy JSC	Breaking News Article	07 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Cat and WesTrac sign autonomous truck deal Caterpillar and WesTrac have signed a deal with Fortescue Metals Group to put autonomous vehicles into operation at its Solomon iron ore mine.	Breaking News Article	07 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Immersive and Liebherr renew alliance Liebherr has renewed its technical and licensing agreement with equipment simulator manufacturer Immersive Technologies for a second five-year period.	Breaking News Article	05 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Siemens introduces Sitrans Siemens has developed the SITRANS SL non-contact gas analyser for process control safety and optimisation at aggregate and mining operations	Breaking News Article	05 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Gemcom expands in Kazakhstan Mining software supplier Gemcom, opened a new office in Almaty, Kazakhstan in June.	Breaking News Article	04 Jul 2011	0 Stars
APS announces mineAPS Drill release Automated Positioning Systems has released an advanced drill guidance and management solution for rotary blasthole and hydraulic rock drills- mineAPS Drill	Breaking News Article	04 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Dumas and JCHX join forces Dumas Contracting and JCHX Mining Management Co, a leading Chinese mining contractor, have entered into a strategic alliance.	Breaking News Article	04 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Blastcrete launches Mine Mate Blastcrete Equipment Co has launched a new product designed to mix and pump concrete for underground mining applications	Breaking News Article	04 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Ma’aden starts production Ma’aden Phosphate Co (MPC) has begun initial production at its production complex in Ras Az Zawr, Saudi Arabia.	Breaking News Article	04 Jul 2011	0 Stars
SouthGobi selects Modular solution SouthGobi Resources has selected the Modular IntelliMine Integrated Asset Management Suite for use at its Ovoot Tolgoi operation	Breaking News Article	04 Jul 2011	0 Stars
CiDRA wins major Rio contract Rio Tinto has chosen CiDRA’s SONARtrac flow monitoring systems for use on slurry lines at Oyu Tolgoi in Mongolia.	Breaking News Article	01 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Cat increases Victoria excavator plans Caterpillar has announced plans to significantly increase its manufacturing capabilities and capacity for hydraulic excavators at a new facility in Victoria, Texas.	Breaking News Article	20 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Stewart Group increases Canadian operation Stewart Group has completed a C$1.1 million investment programme at its newly acquired Mineralogy & Metallurgy facility in British Columbia, Canada.	Breaking News Article	20 Jun 2011	0 Stars
DRA supplies automated DMS plants to Mirnyi DRA Mineral Projects Ltd is constructing two new 150t/h, automated DMS plants at Alrosa’s Mirnyi Ore and Processing Complex in the North Eastern region of Siberia, Russia.	Breaking News Article	20 Jun 2011	0 Stars
MDM awarded Kalukundi project update MDM Engineering Group has been awarded the increased throughput design update and cost revalidation of the bankable feasibility study for Africo Resources’ Kalukundi Project.	Breaking News Article	20 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Diamond drilling workshop The Geological Society of South Africa is hosting a workshop on advanced drilling methods and techniques in exploration and mining on July 28-30.	Breaking News Article	17 Jun 2011	0 Stars
ISEE announces annual conference The International Society of Explosives Engineers will hold its 38th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Techniques in Nashville, US, on February 12-15, 2012.	Breaking News Article	17 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Minera Panama revises Metso mills order Minera Panama S.A. has revised its 2008 purchase of Metso grinding mills for the Cobre Panama project	Breaking News Article	17 Jun 2011	0 Stars
AEL and KPC establish Indonesian ‘Centre of Excellence’ PT AEL Indonesia has established a new ‘Centre of Excellence’ at its Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) site in Indonesia.	Breaking News Article	17 Jun 2011	0 Stars
New steel making process verified for Astra Mining Astra Mining has received an independent opinion from Hungary’s University of Miskolc confirming the potential of its new steel manufacturing process	Breaking News Article	17 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Sandvik unveils double pass continuous miner Sandvik Mining and Construction RSA (Republic of South Africa) has entered the double pass continuous miner arena with the launch of its proprietary MC470	Breaking News Article	13 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Cat to partner Weir Minerals Caterpillar Reman Drivetrain Limited (CRDL) has reached a commercial agreement with Weir Minerals-North America to provide engineering solutions to increase the life of Weir Minerals’ industrial pumps and components	Magazine Article	09 Jun 2011	0 Stars
New shaft-lining from Murray & Roberts Murray & Roberts Cementation (M&R) has announced that it is “poised” to introduce “the most advanced shaft-lining technology used in the African mining industry” at a mine in Botswana	Magazine Article	09 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Latest Ultrasonic tester puts safety first CorDEX Instruments has unveiled a new, hand-held, intrinsically safe ultrasonic tester	Magazine Article	09 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Drilling a miracle: Chile’s plan ‘B’ For two months to early October last year the whole world watched as 33 miners were rescued from a gold mine in Chile	Magazine Article	09 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Atlas Copco plans Indian compressor factory Atlas Copco is to build a compressor-manufacturing facility near Pune, India, to meet an anticipated strong growth in demand over the coming years	Magazine Article	09 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Shell lubricant range Shell Lubricants has launched a range of industrial and trans­mission lubricants and greases	Magazine Article	09 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Caterpillar acquisition of Bucyrus approved Caterpillar’s purchase of Bucyrus looks set to go ahead, with both companies having received notification from the US Depart­ment of Justice (DOJ) that it has closed its investigation into the planned acquisition	Magazine Article	09 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Correction: Hitachi truck stats In the electric truck review article, “Powering up”, in May’s Mining Magazine the payload of Hitachi’s AC trucks was incorrectly reported using short ton as the unit of measure	Magazine Article	09 Jun 2011	0 Stars
ABB circuit breakers A new dedicated facility for the service and repair of low-voltage breakers has been set up by ABB at its factory in Staffordshire, UK	Magazine Article	09 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Martin buys Clean Cat Martin Engineering, a global supplier of systems and services to improve the handling of bulk materials, has acquired Indian manufacturer of conveyor components and systems, Clean Cat Conveyors	Magazine Article	09 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Maptek opens in Delhi Mining software developer Maptek has established an office in New Delhi to service the Indian mining market	Magazine Article	09 Jun 2011	0 Stars
TVA conference Details of a revolutionary new industrial microwave system for the exfoliation of vermiculite were provided at the Vermiculite Association’s Mid-Year Conference, held on April 12 at the UK’s Building Research Establishment, Watford	Magazine Article	09 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Multotec spirals higher with strong results Multotec’s Spirals Division has reported a growth of more than 70% compared with the previous financial year	Magazine Article	09 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Outotec’s Iran deal Outotec is to deliver flash-smelting technology to expand National Iranian Copper Industries’ copper smelter at Sarcheshmeh	Magazine Article	09 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Caterpillar launches MineStar management system Caterpillar has launched the MineStar System, a comprehensive mine operations and equipment management system	Magazine Article	09 Jun 2011	0 Stars
MICROMINE implements Pitram Optimum in Ghana MICROMINE has been selected by Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) to implement its mine control and management reporting solution, Pitram Optimum, at the Damang gold mine in Ghana	Magazine Article	09 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Joy installs Sugar Camp conveyors Joy Mining Machinery, a subsidiary of Joy Global Inc, has installed two 213cm conveyors at M-Class Mining’s new Sugar Camp underground coal mine in Illinois, US	Magazine Article	09 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Hegarty bags role at eco body Owen Hegarty has accepted the role of ‘founding patron’ of CEEC International	Magazine Article	09 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Martin Engineering plans larger Chinese facility Final plans were recently announced by Martin Engineering for a new Chinese facility in the Jiangsu Province	Breaking News Article	09 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Third ball mill commissioned at Kinross Gold’s Paracatu plant Kinross Gold Corporation announced that a third ball mill was recently commissioned at its Paracatu expansion plant in Minas Gerais, Brazil	Breaking News Article	09 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Diemme Filtration enters Latin America Diemme Filtration recently announced its first contract in Latin America	Breaking News Article	09 Jun 2011	0 Stars
ThoroughTec simulators for Oyu Tolgoi Rio Tinto selects ThoroughTec’s CYBERMINE4 mining simulators for Oyu Tolgoi	Breaking News Article	08 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Metso to supply crushing equipment to FMG Metso will supply secondary cone crushers to Fortescue Metals Group in Australia	Breaking News Article	08 Jun 2011	0 Stars
CiDRA is chosen supplier to Bechtel/Xstrata Copper strategic alliance SONARtrac systems are to be supplied to Xstrata Copper greenfield projects through an agreement with Bechtel International	Breaking News Article	07 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Putzmeister launches 24 hour technical assistance Putzmeister increases customer support with a 24 hour technical service hotline	Breaking News Article	07 Jun 2011	0 Stars
NIER to develop safer mining The Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources (NIER) in Australia is to develop new technology to make mines more efficient, sustainable and safer.	Breaking News Article	07 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Industrial Scientific introduces iNet InSite Industrial Scientific recently announced the introduction of the iNet InSite, a plug-and-play docking station solution for its portable gas detectors	Breaking News Article	07 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Sandvik commissions largest surface top hammer drill rig in Africa The first of Sandvik’s new DPi Series surface top hammer drill rigs has been commissioned at Independent Quarries in South Africa	Breaking News Article	06 Jun 2011	0 Stars
JKTech obtains license to provide the PAR technique to minerals industry JKTech recently announced it is now licensed by Imperial Innovations to commercially provide the Peak Air Recovery (PAR) technique	Breaking News Article	02 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Metso to supply processing equipment to Russian Copper Company Metso will supply minerals processing equipment and services to Russian Copper Company ZAO in the Chelyabinskya region	Breaking News Article	01 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Professional Placements: Geophysicist - Minerals Exploration To sustain its position as a global resources leader, BHP Billiton’s Minerals Exploration group continues to build a high value portfolio of growth options by discovering new deposits, developing existing assets and making strategic acquisitions.	Breaking News Article	01 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Professional Placements: Geologist - Minerals Exploration To sustain its position as a global resources leader, BHP Billiton’s Minerals Exploration group continues to build a high value portfolio of growth options by discovering new deposits, developing existing assets and making strategic acquisitions.	Breaking News Article	01 Jun 2011	0 Stars
Professional Placements: Geochemist - Minerals Exploration To sustain its position as a global resources leader, BHP Billiton’s Minerals Exploration group continues to build a high value portfolio of growth options by discovering new deposits, developing existing assets and making strategic acquisitions. These three areas complement one another, delivering a comprehensive and collaborative exploration strategy that takes advantage of high-value opportunities worldwide.	Breaking News Article	01 Jun 2011	0 Stars
MICROMINE to implement Pitram Optimum in Ghana MICROMINE has been selected by Gold Fields to implement its Pitram Optimum software at the Damang gold mine in Ghana	Breaking News Article	27 May 2011	0 Stars
Caterpillar acquisition of Bucyrus receives DOJ approval Caterpillar’s purchase of Bucyrus looks set to go ahead, with both companies having received notification from the United States Department of Justice...	Breaking News Article	23 May 2011	0 Stars
Remote control system for Caterpillar dozers Caterpillar introduces Command for dozing, an integrated remote control system for Cat D10T and D11T track-type tractors.	Breaking News Article	20 May 2011	0 Stars
Caterpillar launches new MineStar System New Cat MineStar System provides a comprehensive and scalable mine operations and equipment management system.	Breaking News Article	19 May 2011	0 Stars
AMEC to buy MACTEC International engineering and project management company AMEC recently announced they are to buy MACTEC, a leading US engineering and environmental services company.	Breaking News Article	19 May 2011	0 Stars
Putzmeister to partner with GHH and Mine Master The Putzmeister Underground Concreting Division has agreed to partner with GHH and Mine Master for equipment distribution and servicing.	Breaking News Article	18 May 2011	0 Stars
ABB acquires Mincom ABB acquires Mincom to expand enterprise software business	Breaking News Article	17 May 2011	0 Stars
Multotec DMS cyclones for Botswana project Multotec has been awarded the dense medium equipment supply contract for Lucara’s AK06 diamond mine development project in Botswana.	Breaking News Article	17 May 2011	0 Stars
Joy Global announces the acquisition of LeTourneau Technologies Joy Global has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 100% ownership interest in LeTourneau Technologies...	Breaking News Article	17 May 2011	0 Stars
Multotec custom spiral test rig for SGS Australia Multotec has been awarded an order from SGS Australia for the supply of a spiral test rig	Breaking News Article	16 May 2011	0 Stars
Booyco Electronics releases new environmental sensing instruments Booyco Electronics has released two next-generation environmental sensing instruments for the South African mining industry.	Breaking News Article	16 May 2011	0 Stars
Uralmashplant delivers crushers to OAO Apatit Uralmashplant has shipped two KMD-2200T5-D crushers to OAO Apatit	Breaking News Article	16 May 2011	0 Stars
Wabtec to supply braking equipment to Rio Tinto Wabtec signs $21 million contract to provide braking equipment to Rio Tinto in Australia	Breaking News Article	13 May 2011	0 Stars
Outotec to deliver copper flash smelting technology to Iran Outotec announced it has agreed with Tech Talk on the delivery of its flash smelting technology to a copper smelter in Sarcheshmeh, Iran	Breaking News Article	12 May 2011	0 Stars
Schopf launches new LHD Schopf Maschinenbau recently launched its 14t payload SFL 140 underground loader	Breaking News Article	12 May 2011	0 Stars
50 new Hitachi trucks with Siemens AC drives for Kaltim Prima Coal Siemens wins its single largest mobile mining order, supplying an additional 50 Hitachi trucks with AC drives for Kaltim Prima Coal in Indonesia	Breaking News Article	10 May 2011	0 Stars
Indians to fill Australian skills shortage Indian graduates are being targeted to fill Australia’s growing resources sector skills shortage	Breaking News Article	05 May 2011	0 Stars
Sandvik signs for Latin American project Sandvik Mining and Construction signs project order in Latin America	Breaking News Article	05 May 2011	0 Stars
Race for rare earths A report by financial services company Ernst & Young has concluded that the 'race is on' for rare earths.	Breaking News Article	05 May 2011	0 Stars
CiDRA wins Argentinian flow contract SONARtrac flow monitoring technology selected for Cerro Vanguardia mine	Breaking News Article	04 May 2011	0 Stars
Start of shaft sinking at Frischgewaagd-Ledig Complex First blast signals the start of shaft sinking at Wesizwe’s PGM Frischgewaagd-Ledig Complex	Breaking News Article	04 May 2011	0 Stars
Fordia designs a new hard rock HERO The new HERO 11 diamond core bit from Fordia is specially designed for use on very hard to extremely hard ground types.	Magazine Article	03 May 2011	0 Stars
Boart rolls out RC6 drill and Ultratrix bits Boart Longyear has released the RC6 drill, which it described as “a lightweight and compact reverse circulation (RC) rig that also offers versatile coring, down-the-hole-hammer (DTH) and rotary drilling capabilities”.	Magazine Article	03 May 2011	0 Stars
MIT invests in hydrogen technology Blutip Power Technologies, a division of Hy-Drive Technologies, has announced that its mining partner, Mining Technologies International (MTI) has agreed to purchase an exclusive manufacturing and marketing rights agreement for the company’s patented Hydrogen Generating System (HGS).	Magazine Article	03 May 2011	0 Stars
Canada Lithium fights lawsuit Canada Lithium Corp plans to “vigorously defend” a proposed lawsuit taken against the company on behalf of shareholders over a statement made regarding its Quebec project.	Magazine Article	03 May 2011	0 Stars
First Volvo G in UK National Contractor D Wardle (Plant) has taken delivery of the first Volvo G series wheeled loaders to be retailed in the UK.	Magazine Article	03 May 2011	0 Stars
ASD releases QualitySpec 7000 Boulder-based ASD has announced the commercial availability of the QualitySpec 7000.	Magazine Article	03 May 2011	0 Stars
Moly Mines funds Spinifex Ridge Moly Mines has secured the remainder of a US$500 million loan required to develop its Spinifex Ridge molybdenum-copper mine in Western Australia.	Magazine Article	03 May 2011	0 Stars
Goldcorp doubles the size of Cerro Negro After gaining the Cerro Negro gold-silver project in Argentina in its acquisition of Andean Resources late last year, Goldcorp has redesigned the project to accommodate production of up to 550,000oz/y.	Magazine Article	03 May 2011	0 Stars
New Liebherr for Atlantic Atlantic Coal aims to boost production at its Stockton colliery in Pennsylvania with a second hydraulic excavator.	Magazine Article	03 May 2011	0 Stars
Large-scale project confirmed at Mbalam Feasibility studies for Sundance Resources’ Mbalam iron-ore project in Cameroon and Republic of Congo have confirmed a large-scale development.	Magazine Article	03 May 2011	0 Stars
Newmont gives green light to Akyem The board of directors of Newmont Mining has approved an estimated US$0.85-1.10 billion in funding for the group’s Akyem gold project in Ghana.	Magazine Article	03 May 2011	0 Stars
El Teniente’s US$3.3 billion New Level project approved Codelco Chile’s state-owned miner, has received approval from environmental authorities for the US$3.3 billion New Level project at its El Teniente mine.	Magazine Article	03 May 2011	0 Stars
Pike contractors seek funds A group of Pike River Coal’s contractors are seeking to liquidate the embattled coal company to improve their chances of recovering the funds they are owed.	Magazine Article	03 May 2011	0 Stars
Ignite adds spark to lignite energy Melbourne-based Ignite Energy Resources is developing an innovative process for adding value to its lignite resources.	Magazine Article	03 May 2011	0 Stars
News in brief This month's round-up of news	Magazine Article	03 May 2011	0 Stars
Intelligent gas detection from Trolex Earlier this year, Stockport-based Trolex launched its latest gas detector, Sentro 1.	Magazine Article	03 May 2011	0 Stars
Gold medal for Rio Tinto The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games has announced that Rio Tinto will be the official metals provider to next year’s games in the UK.	Magazine Article	03 May 2011	0 Stars
Online training from Martin Martin Engineering has added an online course to its library of Foundations programmes that demonstrate the proper operation and maintenance of belt conveyors.	Magazine Article	03 May 2011	0 Stars
Vehicle co-simulation at Volvo Engineers at Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) have introduced the use of a co-simulation model in the development of wheel loaders and articulated haulers.	Magazine Article	03 May 2011	0 Stars
Marampa stage two detailed The expansion of London Mining’s Marampa iron-ore project in Sierra Leone has been set out in a prefeasibility study that designed an operation producing up to 16Mt/y.	Magazine Article	03 May 2011	0 Stars
New wear-resistant lining for mills ALUBIT 90 Composite from Industrie Bitossi is a new long-lasting, wear-resistant lining for use in continuous and discontinuous mills.	Magazine Article	03 May 2011	0 Stars
New Terex crushers Terex was one of many manufacturers to demonstrate new equipment at the recent ConExpo event. Amongst its wares were two recently launched crushers.	Magazine Article	03 May 2011	0 Stars
Andacollo concentrator inaugurated Teck Resources held an inauguration ceremony in mid-April to celebrate the start of operations at its Carmen de Andacollo copper concentrator in Chile.	Magazine Article	03 May 2011	0 Stars
Atlas Copco changes business structure The Atlas Copco Group has decided to adjust its business structure,moving to four business areas instead of three.	Breaking News Article	20 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Hard rock HERO from Fordia The new HERO 11 diamond core bit from Fordia is specially designed for use on very hard to extremely hard ground types.	Breaking News Article	19 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Crown provides water treatment for Coeur Palmarejo Coeur D’Alene Mines has awarded the contract for a new water treatment plant at the Coeur Palmarejo gold and silver mine in Mexico to Crown Solutions	Breaking News Article	19 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Boart adds Lightning to rod range Boart Longyear has extended its line of drill and blast products with the Lightning Rod series	Magazine Article	13 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Maptek drives mobile scanning Maptek, the 3D laser-scanner developer, argues that mobile scanning takes half the time of laser scanning using a tripod set-up	Magazine Article	13 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Leica upgrades ST The next generation of Leica Geosystems’s SP Technology boosts flexibility and productivity	Magazine Article	13 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Mintec expands Mintec has expanded its HQ to accommodate almost 100 Tucson-based staff	Magazine Article	13 Apr 2011	0 Stars
3D Laser Mapping in UK 3D Laser Mapping has delivered the first long-range laser scanner in the UK	Magazine Article	13 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Taking drill monitoring to the edge The new EDGE drill monitor from Atlas Copco is a simple, graphical display that provides continuous, real-time feedback on what is happening with the drill hammer and the bit	Magazine Article	13 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Cockerill joins Peterstow Ian Cockerill has been appointed a non-executive director at Peterstow Aquapower	Magazine Article	13 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Caterpillar fits state-of-the-art security system Finning International, the world’s largest Caterpillar heavy and general equipment dealer, has announced its commitment to fitting all future Cat 319D to Cat 345D excavators with Cat Machine Security Systems	Magazine Article	13 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Monitoring services’ specialist Enitial has launched a field-data acquisition system called enidata	Magazine Article	13 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Enitial collects data Monitoring services’ specialist Enitial has launched a field-data acquisition system called enidata.	Magazine Article	13 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Name change for ROC rigs Atlas Copco is changing the naming structure of its ROC series drill rigs.	Magazine Article	13 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Leica strengthens Cyclone II Leica Geosystems recently released version 2.0 of its Cyclone II TOPO	Magazine Article	13 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Agnico-Eagle adopts InSite at Kittila mine Gemcom Software International recently announced that Agnico- Eagle’s Kittila mine in northern Finland had chosen InSite as its mine-production management solution	Magazine Article	13 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Atlas Copco rolls out SmartRig Atlas Copco has introduced the SmartRig ROC F9C; the company's latest tophammer surface rig	Magazine Article	13 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Spiroflow bags a dust-free solution Spiroflow Systems has launched a single-tip, bulk-bag discharger	Magazine Article	13 Apr 2011	0 Stars
JDPS gets EPA certification John Deere Power Systems (JDPS) has received environmental certification for its PowerTech PSX 13.5L diesel engine	Magazine Article	13 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Pink Duratray truck tray raises cancer awareness Norwich Park mine supports breast cancer awareness initiative	Breaking News Article	12 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Matrix Design Group carbon monoxide sensor passes advanced performance testing Matrix carbon monoxide sensor receives NRTL Listing, and becomes first stationary MSHA-performance-tested sensor on the market	Breaking News Article	11 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Replacement nominated for Vale CEO Brazilian government ends the reign of Vale CEO Roger Agnelli	Breaking News Article	08 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Ausdrill raises A$129.5m for equipment and plant purchases Ausdrill raises A$129.5m to fund future contract mining demand	Breaking News Article	07 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Metso to supply rotary railcar dumper to Australia Metso will supply a single tandem rotary railcar dumper to Hamersley Iron, Australia	Breaking News Article	06 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Agnico Eagle's Kittila Mine to use Gemcom InSite Agnico Eagle looks to Gemcom software for greater control over mine production management	Breaking News Article	05 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Ian Cockerill takes director role at Peterstow Aquapower Global mining leader says Peterstow drilling technology is ‘game changer for industry’	Breaking News Article	05 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Peterstow Aquapower launches new oil-free water hydraulic breaker Water hydraulic technology could end costly oil spillages and allow breaking in protected areas	Breaking News Article	05 Apr 2011	0 Stars
Volvo Construction Equipment to spend 100 million USD in its North American operations Volvo CE plans to invest 100 million USD in its Shippensburg, PA, USA manufacturing facility in the next few years.	Breaking News Article	16 Mar 2011	0 Stars
ABB to deliver three large gearless mill drives for Mauritanian gold mine project Kinross Gold Corporation chooses ABB for their Tasiast open-pit expansion project.	Breaking News Article	11 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Micro seismic technology locates ‘trapped’ miners SureWave Technology has developed micro seismic technology that can be used from the mine surface to successfully locate personnel trapped underground.	Breaking News Article	09 Mar 2011	0 Stars
CiDRA secures Sino Iron project installation in Australia CiDRA Minerals Processing, working together with KROHNE in China and Australia, have announced a project win at CITIC Pacific Mining’s Sino Iron Project in Australia.	Breaking News Article	08 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Gemcom announces new GEMS 6.3 and Gemcom Surpac 6.2 Gemcom Software International has released the latest versions of Gemcom GEMS 6.3 and Gemcom Surpac 6.2	Breaking News Article	03 Mar 2011	0 Stars
ABB delivers complete electrical equipment for largest bucket wheel excavator in China New electrical equipment to modernize excavator will remove up to 6,600 cubic meters of overburden per hour.	Breaking News Article	01 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Sumitomo wins $132m order to supply mining equipment to Oyu Tolgoi Bloomberg reported that Sumitomo Corporation, a leading Japanese trading house, has won a $132 million order from Oyu Tolgoi LLC	Breaking News Article	24 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Volvo unveils new F-Series ADTs Volvo has released the new F-Series of articulated dump trucks.	Breaking News Article	24 Feb 2011	0 Stars
DMT raises bar for core scanners Germany’s DMT has developed CoreScan, describing it as “a new generation” of drill-core scanner.	Magazine Article	24 Feb 2011	0 Stars
New VP for Bekker Becker Mining Systems has appointed a fifth vice-president with the promotion of Jörg Steffensky to head up the firm’s operations & systems department.	Magazine Article	24 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Cummins powers up Tier 4 engines At Conexpo-Con/Agg, Indiana-based Cummins will display a full line-up of the latest 3.3-15L engines, ranging from 45kW (60hp) to 447kW (600hp).	Magazine Article	24 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Navigation system gives drilling rigs ‘3D machine automation’ Sandvik has unveiled a new navigation system for surface drilling, which, it claimed, “brings drilling rigs into the realm of 3D machine automation”.	Magazine Article	24 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Sandvik rolls out blasting CMS as option on new drills Sandvik Mining and Construction has developed a new compressor management system (CMS) for blast-hole drill rigs.	Magazine Article	24 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Kinder zaps dust Australia’s Kinder & Co is offering its K-Fold-N-Seal polyurethane product as a “multi-purpose, conveyor-skirting solution for all belt-conveyor applications”.	Magazine Article	24 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Atlas Copco Fluidcon is born Two years after acquiring PT Fluidcon Jaya, PT Atlas Copco Indonesia has finally combined the two firms into one organisation: PT Atlas Copco Fluidcon.	Magazine Article	24 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Dumas Americas boost Toronto-based Dumas Contracting has acquired International Specialized Mining Services (ISMS), a Central America-focused, underground-mining contractor with operating bases in the key mining regions of Mexico and Guatemala.	Magazine Article	24 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Hawk and Eagle boost metal detection Eriez has launched two new metal detectors in its Metalarm range, Hawk and Eagle, which the company claims are ideally suited for mines and quarries.	Magazine Article	24 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Global Geometrics maps Africa with mobile 3D laser imaging South Africa-based Global Geomatics has acquired a StreetMapper mobile laser-mapping system.	Magazine Article	24 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Spectronics shines a flexible light Spectronics has developed a flexible overhead-lighting system to improve inspection in difficult environments, called ONT-365 On-Trak, which uses powerful UV-A and white light LEDs.	Magazine Article	24 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Rio Tinto to expand iron-ore mines Cash flow from Rio Tinto’s operations leapt 70% to a record US$23.5 billion last year, enabling the firm to embark on a major capital-management programme.	Magazine Article	24 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Gemcom keeps efficiency InSite Vancouver-based Gemcom Software International has released the latest version of its InSite production-management tool.	Magazine Article	24 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Synthesised monitoring from Hitachi An overview monitoring system has been developed by Hitachi Construction Machinery and Clarion that enables synthesised overhead images taken from several cameras to be displayed in the operator’s cabin.	Magazine Article	24 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Crusher for Andina Chile’s state-controlled copper miner, Codelco, has submitted an environmental impact statement to the Environment Ministry for a new, US$1.05 billion crushing system at Andina, with a decision expected by April 27.	Magazine Article	24 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Northgate sells Kemess South equipment Northgate Minerals has appointed Minasco Australia to sell the equipment from its 140,000t/d Kemess South open-pit gold mine in British Columbia.	Magazine Article	24 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Hazemag in Estonia The Ojamaa oil-shale mine in Estonia has ordered a 1,000t/h wobbler feeder and roll crusher from German’s Hazemag & EPR.	Magazine Article	24 Feb 2011	0 Stars
New gas analysers Casella Monitor has announced a range of ambient-gas analysers.	Magazine Article	24 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Martin opens in India Bulk material-handling firm Martin Engineering is opening a business unit in Pune, India.	Magazine Article	24 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Crowcon finds gas in confined spaces A plethora of personal protective equipment (PPE) is available to the mining sector, but one area where improvement is needed is gas detection for confined-space entry (CSE) applications, according to a recent statement from UK-based Crowcon Detection Instruments.	Magazine Article	24 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Telsmith builds high-capacity, track-mounted cone crusher Telsmith has developed a high-capacity, trackmounted, cone-crushing plant, the Tel-Trax TC52SBS, to work in conjunction with larger primary plants, such as its TJ3258 jaw crusher.	Magazine Article	24 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Eurotire achieves major radial factory milestone Eurotire has announced the completion of its new OTR radial tyre manufacturing facility in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania.	Breaking News Article	23 Feb 2011	0 Stars
B&W Mechanical Handling feeder installation for Xstrata Canadian miner Xstrata-Nickel has installed two heavy-duty sub-surface B&W Samson feeders at its Nickel Rim South mine site in the Sudbury Basin, northern Ontario.	Breaking News Article	22 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Gemcom announces Mongolia office Gemcom Software International has announced that it will open an office in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.	Breaking News Article	22 Feb 2011	0 Stars
New Raptor XL1100 Cone Crusher from FLSmidth FLSmidth has unveiled the new Raptor XL1100 cone crusher, capable of drawing up to 1,200 hp while delivering production capabilities of up to 2,000 tph.	Breaking News Article	18 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Metso to Supply Minerals Processing Equipment to Northland Resources Metso Corporation announced that it will supply Northland Resources minerals processing equipment and basic engineering for the two process lines at Northland's new Kaunisvaara iron ore project in Sweden	Breaking News Article	16 Feb 2011	0 Stars
International Coatings introduces ICO Grout CR International Coatings, a leading supplier of protective wall and floor coatings for industrial and commercial applications, has announced the release of a new pourable epoxy grout.	Breaking News Article	15 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Canadian acquisition for Stewart Group Stewart Group has completed the acquisition of G&T Metallurgical Services. The acquisition strengthens Stewart Group's position as one of the world's leading providers of inspection and analysis services.	Breaking News Article	07 Feb 2011	0 Stars
M-Series powder mill sets the standard UK-based International Innovative Technologies (IIT) has developed new milling technology combining “low energy consumption with a compact size to provide a highly efficient, versatile grinding system”.	Magazine Article	31 Jan 2011	0 Stars
New drive for John Deere Iowa-based John Deere Power Systems (JDPS) has introduced higher ratings for its PowerTech E6.8L and E9.0L diesel engines.	Magazine Article	31 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Bobcat goes compact Conexpo-Con/Agg 2011 will provide the launchpad for several new products from Bobcat.	Magazine Article	31 Jan 2011	0 Stars
New Outotec OEM filter cloths Outotec has launched a new range of OEM filter cloths, designed to deliver optimum performance.	Magazine Article	31 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Doosan takes excavators to Conexpo Doosan will show several products for the first time at Conexpo-Con/Agg 2011.	Magazine Article	31 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Mono is 75 Mono, which claims to be Europe’s leading designer and manufacturer of pumps, parts and screens, celebrated its 75th anniversary last year.	Magazine Article	31 Jan 2011	0 Stars
New hammer for Rockmore Rockmore International has added two new hammer drills – the 500 and 500Q – to its ROK series of down-the-hole products.	Magazine Article	31 Jan 2011	0 Stars
New Caterpillar roll-outs Caterpillar recently unveiled a new hydraulic excavator, and a range of buckets for two of its excavators. Caterpillar said the new 90t 390DL	Magazine Article	31 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Liebherr on display At the 2011 Conexpo-Con/Agg exhibition in Las Vegas, Liebherr will have 23 exhibits representing the group’s latest technology.	Magazine Article	31 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Wireless tracking underground Tunnel Radio of America has made it feasible to wirelessly track people underground with its MultiHop adaptation for the MineAx radiofrequency identification (RFID) tracking system.	Magazine Article	31 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Bredel re-engineers slurry pumps In response to demand for higher flow rates and faster delivery, Bredel Hose Pumps has re-engineered its high-capacity SPX280 and SPX2100 peristaltic pumps.	Magazine Article	31 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Leica Launches Augmented GPS Network Mining fleet-management specialist Leica Geosystems has launched a terrestrial GPS-augmentation network, incorporating exclusive technology developed by Locata.	Magazine Article	31 Jan 2011	0 Stars
ABB delivers at Andina mine Power and automation-technology group ABB has installed and commissioned the first gearless mill drive for Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) at the company’s Andina copper mine in Chile.	Magazine Article	31 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Caterpillar opens facility in Thailand Peoria-based Caterpillar is opening a new manufacturing facility in Thailand, with production scheduled to begin in late 2012.	Magazine Article	31 Jan 2011	0 Stars
SRK expands into Kazakhstan SRK Consulting has opened a new office in the Republic of Kazakhstan, headed by mining engineer Tony Thornton.	Magazine Article	31 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Metso to supply grinding equipment to Paracatu Metso has won an order from Kinross Gold Corp to supply a complete ball mill,plus related equipment and services, to the Paracatu operation, located 230km south of Brazil’s capital, Brasília.	Magazine Article	31 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Bridging a data-dimension gap The Canadian Institute of Mining,Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM)recognised Garth Kirkham last year for his “long-standing dedication to the development and practical utilisation of 3D geological and geostatistical modelling”.	Magazine Article	31 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Gearless-drive conveyor for Antapaccay ThyssenKrupp Robins (US subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Fördertechnik) is to supply an overland gearless-drive conveyor to Xstrata’s Antapaccay mine in Peru.	Magazine Article	31 Jan 2011	0 Stars
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Strata Products Worldwide acquires Frederick Mining Controls Strata Products Worldwide, a global provider of quality mining and mine safety products and services, has formed Strata Proximity Systems, following the acquisition of Frederick Mining Controls, a leading developer and manufacturer of proximity detection and collision avoidance systems for the mining industry.	Breaking News Article	31 Jan 2011	0 Stars
ABB delivers at Andina mine Power and automation-technology group ABB has installed and commissioned the first gearless mill drive for Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) at the company’s Andina copper mine in Chile.	Breaking News Article	28 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Superior material handling solutions at Conexpo Superior Industries, a manufacturer of conveyor systems and components, will be showcasing a new range of material handling solutions at Booth #S-640 of Conexpo-ConAgg 2011.	Breaking News Article	28 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Heavy lifting from Enerpac The POW’R-RISER lifting jack from Enerpac is the ideal solution for lifting heavy equipment such as trucks, tractors, and machinery.	Breaking News Article	28 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Martin Engineering chutes improve terminal efficiency Custom-engineered transfer chutes from Martin Engineering have eliminated material back-ups, reduced maintenance and extended conveyor belt life at the Superior Midwest Energy Terminal.	Breaking News Article	28 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Caterpillar announces quarterly results Caterpillar, the world’s largest earthmoving equipment manufacturer, expects to make record profits this year as rising commodity prices fuel a surge in demand for equipment and the economy continues to recover.	Breaking News Article	27 Jan 2011	0 Stars
ASD to debut new NIR over-the-conveyor-belt minerals analyzer ASD are to release a new ore processing instrument aiming to reduce the cost in processing copper and gold, increase yield and reduce the use of sulfuric acid.	Breaking News Article	27 Jan 2011	0 Stars
GE and Shenhua form cleaner coal technology joint venture in China A joint venture between GE and Shenhua aims to advance deployment of cleaner coal gasification technologies in China.	Breaking News Article	27 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Kinder & Company release K-Redi-Liner modular lining systems Kinder & Company have released the K-Redi-Liner modular lining systems offering long lasting wear protection for transfer points, chute areas, screen discharge points and bin lining.	Breaking News Article	26 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Rockwell Automation to acquire Hiprom Milwaukee-based industrial automation and information firm, Rockwell Automation, is to purchase Hiprom, a process control and automation systems integrator based in Johannesburg, South Africa.	Breaking News Article	26 Jan 2011	0 Stars
GIW pump installation in Northeast Peru GIW Industries in conjunction with its representative in Peru, Tecniflow SAC, recently installed a 150 LCC 20(XH) cyclone feed pump at a gold mine in a remote region of Northeast Peru.	Breaking News Article	26 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Tiefenbach automation installation for Newlands longwall Inbye Mining Services is trialling a prototype installation of the Tiefenbach Control Systems electro-hydraulic roof support control system.	Breaking News Article	26 Jan 2011	0 Stars
South Korea to extract lithium from seawater As demand climbs for the rare metal, a South Korean government-funded research institute has announced it plans to extract lithium from seawater.	Breaking News Article	21 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Fully automated coal plow from CNCME China National Coal Mining Equipment has developed a fully automated thin-seam coal plow, capable of multiple cycles with full integration of cutting, loading and conveying.	Breaking News Article	20 Jan 2011	0 Stars
BHP Billiton suffers under Queensland floods BHP Billiton is bracing for lower sales and production of coking coal plus higher unit costs at its Queensland operations until June, with the floods in the Bowen Basin leading to a 30% cut in production...	Breaking News Article	20 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Micromine opens office in Chile Leading software and solutions provider Micromine has bolstered its international presence by opening a new regional office in Santiago, Chile. This strategic expansion will boost the company’s presence in South America	Magazine Article	06 Jan 2011	0 Stars
DRA duo winder refurbs speed up project DRA Technical Services, the specialist South African winder engineering company, has handed over two refurbished winders to Great Basin Gold’s Burnstone gold mine, located near Balfour	Magazine Article	06 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Caterpillar to buy Bucyrus In the largest potential mining equipment deal in decades, this acquisition would bring together the world leaders in surface haulage and loading, respectively, along with key underground coal assets	Magazine Article	06 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Coal India opts for Leica Jigsaw360 Leica Geosystems is to supply seven Coal India (CIL) coal mines with its Jigsaw360 fleet management systems	Magazine Article	06 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Highland Gold Belaya Gora start-up Highland Gold Mining has announced the start of mining at its Belaya Gora open-pit operation in Russia	Magazine Article	06 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Terex sues Bucyrus over reduction On top of news that Caterpillar is to buy Bucyrus, it has emerged that Terex Corp has accused Bucyrus International in a lawsuit of abusing post-closing adjustments to reduce the US$1.3 billion purchase price of the Terex mining business	Magazine Article	06 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Sandvik-Cubex deal extends to QXR Sandvik Mining and Construction and Cubex have announced a deepening of their global partnership to include the distribution of the QXR range of DTH surface drills	Magazine Article	06 Jan 2011	0 Stars
Caterpillar to acquire Bucyrus Caterpillar moves in to buy Bucyrus in a record mining equipment deal which raises many questions	Breaking News Article	16 Nov 2010	0 Stars
New Cytec metal extraction solutions Cytec Industries, through its metal extraction business, has announced the introduction of four innovative technologies for solvent extraction of metals.	Breaking News Article	15 Nov 2010	0 Stars
New Scooptram GET Atlas Copco has announced a new bucket design and ground-engaging tools (GET) for its Scooptram LHDs, claiming to raise loader productivity while lowering fuel consumption	Magazine Article	09 Nov 2010	0 Stars
Krummenauer distributor deal Neunkirchen, Germany-based Krummenauer, a leading maker of longwall shearer and proprietary high-performance cutting drums for longwall mining, has hired US firm Kennametal as its exclusive distributor in North and Latin America.	Magazine Article	09 Nov 2010	0 Stars
ContiTech purchases Chinese group The ContiTech Conveyor Belt Group of Northeim, Germany, has acquired the conveyor-belt operations of Tianjin Xinbinhai Conveyor Belt in Tianjin.	Magazine Article	09 Nov 2010	0 Stars
Superior solution for Phoenix Conveyor solutions firm Superior Industries recently supplied a new, one-of-a-kind portable groundline conveyor to Newmont’s Phoenix mine in Nevada, which handles over 11Mt/y of ore.	Magazine Article	09 Nov 2010	0 Stars
Dumas buys Peruvian L&L Canadian underground mining contractor, Dumas Contracting has acquired L&L Contratista Minera, a Peruvian mining contractor specialising in shaft sinking	Magazine Article	09 Nov 2010	0 Stars
Trimble acquires Terralite assets Trimble has announced its acquisition of the Terralite assets from Novariant, which will expand its portfolio of positioning solutions	Magazine Article	09 Nov 2010	0 Stars
Sandvik rolls out LP loaders In October, at the South African Institute of Mining Metallurgy’s annual International Platinum Conference in Sun City, Sandvik launched a new range of low-profile LHDs	Magazine Article	09 Nov 2010	0 Stars
TWP highlights agitation A recent TWP study concluded that agitated leaching is more suited for African ores because of the relatively high concentration of metal in the ore	Magazine Article	09 Nov 2010	0 Stars
Caterpillar and Rio in five-year deal Caterpillar has announced a five-year agreement with global mining group Rio Tinto to support and supply a broad range of its equipment to the latter’s mines worldwide	Magazine Article	09 Nov 2010	0 Stars
Wassara system for Rana In its move from open pit to underground mining, Rana Mines has decided to use the Wassara water powered drilling system on a newly ordered Atlas Copco W6C drilling rig.	Magazine Article	09 Nov 2010	0 Stars
Rio plans Aker Wirth machine trial Rio Tinto has announced that a new underground excavation system from Aker Wirth will be ready for full-scale performance verification trials at the Northparkes copper-gold mine in New South Wales, Australia, in 2012.	Magazine Article	19 Oct 2010	0 Stars
Vulcan for Pascua-Lama Barrick has selected the Maptek Vulcan mine-planning and scheduling tools for use at the new Pascua-Lama project in South America.	Magazine Article	19 Oct 2010	0 Stars
GEMCO tightens safety The Groote Eylandt Mining Co (GEMCO), one of the world’s leading suppliers of manganese ore, has implemented ApplyIT’s IntelliPERMIT to tighten and streamline safety procedures at its Groote Eylandt island site	Magazine Article	19 Oct 2010	0 Stars
Gemcom MineSched 7.0 Gemcom Software has released MineSched 7.0, the latest version of its next-generation scheduling software for both surface and underground mines of all types and size.	Magazine Article	19 Oct 2010	0 Stars
Hitachi launches the EH4000ACII First mentioned in Mining Magazine back in the May 2009 issue, Hitachi’s newest model – the 240 short ton (218t)-class electric-drive EH4000ACII – has officially been launched after several months of field testing.	Magazine Article	19 Oct 2010	0 Stars
BBE finishes fan projects Ventilation, refrigeration and cooling specialist BBE Projects has successfully commissioned its first two surface main fan-station turnkey projects for the South African mining industry	Magazine Article	19 Oct 2010	0 Stars
Underground coal augers well UK-based Mine Engineering, owner of the Hausherr trademark, has seen increased demand for its innovative new underground coal, auger-drilling machines, which may enable miners to exploit previously uneconomic thin seams in the future.	Magazine Article	19 Oct 2010	0 Stars
Aquapower offers fresh solution A new patented closed-loop, hydraulic water drilling technology has the potential to revolutionise deep mining	Magazine Article	19 Oct 2010	0 Stars
Northparkes tunnelling trial Rio Tinto has announced that the first of three new underground excavation systems is now ready for full scale performance verification trials	Breaking News Article	07 Oct 2010	0 Stars
Hitachi launches the EH4000ACII Hitachi has launched its latest new truck model, the EH4000ACII, which joins the EH3500ACII and EH5000ACII in its new line-up of AC-drive machines	Breaking News Article	07 Oct 2010	0 Stars
ABB acquires Coilmech ABB through, its South African subsidiary, has agreed to acquire the mine hoist related business of Coilmech Pty Ltd	Breaking News Article	28 Sep 2010	0 Stars
Detour Gold to get 795F AC fleet Detour Gold has announced a key mine truck fleet contract with Caterpillar dealer Toromont for Its Detour Lake project in northern Ontario	Breaking News Article	22 Sep 2010	0 Stars
BBE commissions cooler plant at Implats Ventilation, refrigeration and cooling specialists BBE have successfully commissioned what they believe to be South Africa’s most compact surface bulk air cooler and refrigerant plant in mining	Breaking News Article	22 Sep 2010	0 Stars
Caterpillar gets Tier 4 certification Caterpillar has reported that it has received Tier 4 interim certification from the US EPA for non-road use of its new Cat C13 ACERT and C15 ACERT engines	Breaking News Article	22 Sep 2010	0 Stars
PressurePro Eurotire agreement Global earthmover tyre manufacturer, Eurotire, and tyre pressure monitoring system specialist, Advantage PressurePro, have signed a definitive distribution agreement	Breaking News Article	13 Sep 2010	0 Stars
AutoMine-Lite for Garpenberg Sandvik is to deliver its AutoMine-Lite system with a fleet of LHDs to Boliden’s Garpenberg Mine	Breaking News Article	13 Sep 2010	0 Stars
Atlas Copco Secoroc presents PARD Atlas Copco Secoroc has unveiled the new Secoroc PARD system, which is designed to boost rotary drilling performance by combining the best of DTH and rotary drilling technology.	Breaking News Article	13 Sep 2010	0 Stars
Hitachi increases its fleet at Talvivaara Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) recently supplied its tenth EH3500ACII haul truck to the Talvivaara nickel mine in Finland	Magazine Article	08 Sep 2010	0 Stars
Yanacocha to get first 42ft mill Newmont Mining has contracted ABB to design three gearless mill drive (GMD) systems for its new Conga high-altitude oxide copper-gold project in Peru	Magazine Article	08 Sep 2010	0 Stars
Strata 950 drills at San Jose As Mining Magazine went to press, there were positive and negative developments in the ongoing attempts to rescue the 33 miners trapped underground at the San Jose copper-gold mine in Chile since August 5.	Magazine Article	08 Sep 2010	0 Stars
First Bucyrus trucks roll into Mesquite In May, Bucyrus commissioned the first of two more MT3700AC haul trucks at the Mesquite gold mine im California. The trucks are the first Bucyrus trucks delivered in the US since the company acquired Terex Mining	Magazine Article	08 Sep 2010	0 Stars
Elkview Joest screen order Engineering contractor Roberts & Schaefer has awarded Joest an order to build nine multi-slope screens for Teck’s Elkview coal preparation plant	Magazine Article	08 Sep 2010	0 Stars
ModularReady interface Advantage PressurePro and Modular Mining Systems have announced the release of a joint ModularReady interface. It can link PressurePro’s tyre pressure monitoring solutions to the MineCare health-monitoring and Dispatch fleet-management applications	Magazine Article	08 Sep 2010	0 Stars
Bogdanka plow record An automated Bucyrus plow longwall ordered by Polish mine operator Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka for its Bogdanka mine in east Poland has been achieving record daily production levels	Magazine Article	08 Sep 2010	0 Stars
AEL deploys DigiShot Plus at Optimum AEL Mining Services recently completed a successful trial blast using the DigitShot Plus electronic initiating system at Optimum Colliery in South Africa	Magazine Article	08 Sep 2010	0 Stars
Aitik expands, Maurliden opens On August 31, the expansion of Aitik, Sweden’s largest mine, was opened by King Carl XVI Gustaf. In addition, operator Boliden has announced the inauguration of the Maurliden Östra open-pit copper mine	Magazine Article	08 Sep 2010	0 Stars
VR Steel record bucket South Africa’s VR Steel has announced the completion of the world’s biggest fabricated rope-shovel bucket	Magazine Article	03 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Rusal in restructure Russia's UC Rusal has announced a series of changes in its organisational structure, which include the management of mining assets	Magazine Article	03 Aug 2010	0 Stars
AutoMine-Lite for LKAB Swedish iron-ore miner LKAB is to test and evaluate Sandvik’s new AutoMine-Lite system for its Kiruna mine automation system	Magazine Article	03 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Fluor bags Oyu Tolgoi deal EPCM group Fluor has reached an agreement with Ivanhoe Mines to move forward with full-scale work at the Oyu Tolgoi gold and copper mine development project in southern Mongolia	Magazine Article	03 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Metso Mount Gibson delivery Metso is to supply a complete crushing and screening system to Mount Gibson Iron for the Extension Hill mine	Magazine Article	03 Aug 2010	0 Stars
SMS and Duratray join forces Canadian Komatsu dealer SMS Equipment has signed a dealer partnership with truck-body company Duratray	Magazine Article	03 Aug 2010	0 Stars
MDM Tarkwa contract Gold Fields Ghana has asked MDM Engineering to complete conceptual studies for the reclamation and reprocessing of the Tarkwa mine’s South Heap Leach Pads	Magazine Article	03 Aug 2010	0 Stars
OZ Minerals underground go-ahead OZ Minerals’ board has approved the development of an underground mine to complement the open-pit mining operations at Prominent Hill	Magazine Article	03 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Caterpillar revisits mining excavators Caterpillar has announced that it intends to produce a range of mining excavators, ranging from a 125 to 800 short tons in capacity	Magazine Article	03 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Bucyrus & Cliffs roll out new plow system Cliffs Natural Resources and Bucyrus International recently co-hosted an event to celebrate the delivery of the first modern, automated plow system in the US	Magazine Article	03 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Talvivaara celebrates tenth Hitachi truck Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) has recently supplied its tenth EH3500ACII haul truck machine to Talvivaara nickel mine in Finland.	Breaking News Article	30 Jul 2010	0 Stars
Siemens mill drives for Caserones mine Minera Lumina Copper has ordered three Simine Mill GD gearless mill drives and associated electrical equipment from Siemens for development of the Caserones copper mine in Atacama, Chile	Breaking News Article	22 Jul 2010	0 Stars
Xstrata Zinc start at Bracemac-McLeod Xstrata Zinc is opening a new mine that will continue to feed the Matagami concentrator	Breaking News Article	14 Jul 2010	0 Stars
GE in oil sands agreement General Electric and FilterBoxx are working on new water treatment solutions for the oil sands industry	Breaking News Article	14 Jul 2010	0 Stars
ABB wins second LKAB hoist order ABB has received an order for delivery of a second complete mine hoist system to LKAB’s iron ore operation at Malmberget, in northern Sweden.	Breaking News Article	05 Jul 2010	0 Stars
Crusher order for Uralmashplant Uralmashplant has announced that it will supply two primary crushers and four cone crushers to Metinvest Holding in Ukraine	Breaking News Article	05 Jul 2010	0 Stars
New Komatsu equipment at Toledo mine Atlas Consolidated Mining & Development Corp. has reported the arrival of six newly purchased Komatsu 100t mining trucks at the Toledo mine site	Breaking News Article	28 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Aker and TWP sign SA contract Aker Solutions has signed a strategic partnership agreement with South African EPCM contractor, TWP Projects	Breaking News Article	28 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Rio launches Pilbara operations centre Rio Tinto has announced the opening of its new operations centre, a key part of the ‘Mine of the Future’, in Perth, Western Australia	Breaking News Article	28 Jun 2010	0 Stars
ITT buys Godwin Pumps ITT Corp, a leading water transport and treatment company, has announced an agreement to purchase Godwin Pumps	Breaking News Article	28 Jun 2010	0 Stars
New Sandvik underground loader Sandvik Mining and Construction has released the LS151, a 6t payload capacity underground coal mining loader	Breaking News Article	28 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Peñasquito completes new process line Goldcorp has announced that the second sulphide processing line (Line 2) at Peñasquito mine in Zacatecas, Mexico has achieved mechanical completion ahead of its previously expected third quarter completion date	Breaking News Article	28 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Metso supplies mills for TISCO China Metso will supply mining equipment to TISCO’s iron ore processing plant in Lan County, Shanxi Province, China. TISCO is one of the world’s largest producers of stainless steel.	Breaking News Article	23 Jun 2010	0 Stars
New Atlas Copco COP rock drills Atlas Copco has launched three new heavy duty versions of its COP 1800 series hydraulic rock drills	Breaking News Article	23 Jun 2010	0 Stars
New emulsion homogeniser from AEL AEL Mining Services and its sister company, Lake International Technologies, have jointly developed a new generation Homogeniser for more efficient bulk emulsion explosives	Breaking News Article	23 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Gemcom expands in Indonesia Gemcom has announced that it will open a new office in Jakarta, Indonesia on June 25, 2010	Breaking News Article	23 Jun 2010	0 Stars
BioteQ commissions Minto water plant BioteQ Environmental Technologies has completed commissioning of the new water treatment plant at Minto mine in Yukon, Canada, owned by Minto Explorations	Breaking News Article	21 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Terrane Metals appoints Fluor-AMEC JV Terrane Metals Corp has signed a letter of intent with AMEC Americas Ltd and Fluor Canada to provide EPCM services for its 100%-owned Mt Milligan copper-gold project in British Columbia	Breaking News Article	21 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Cat announces mining shovel range Caterpillar has announced a series of investments that, over the next four years, will see the company launch a full range of mining shovels and significantly increase truck production at its Decatur, US, and Chennai, India facilities	Breaking News Article	18 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Rio announces Eagle mine investment Rio Tinto is to invest US$469 million in constructing the Kennecott Eagle nickel and copper mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, US following receipt of final environmental approvals	Breaking News Article	16 Jun 2010	0 Stars
New Pegson XA750 crusher Powerscreen has launched the new Powerscreen Pegson XA750 offering customers greater jaw crushing productivity at up to 750tph	Breaking News Article	16 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Inmarsat launches IsatPhone Pro Inmarsat, a leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, has launched its new handheld satellite phone, the IsatPhone Pro	Breaking News Article	16 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Sandvik and Gemcom join forces Gemcom has signed a collaboration agreement with Sandvik to develop a system and interface for monitoring underground mobile mining equipment	Breaking News Article	14 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Siemens to service Peñasquito Goldcorp's Minera Peñasquito mine has assigned Siemens to service the gearless drive systems of two ore mills, initially for a period of one year	Breaking News Article	10 Jun 2010	0 Stars
China’s XCMG sells out China Daily has reported that XCMG Construction Machinery Co, China’s largest manufacturer of construction equipment, has confirmed that China North Industries Group Corp will take over the company	Breaking News Article	08 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Komatsu inaugurates Russian plant Komatsu Manufacturing Russia has completed the construction of a new assembly plant. The opening ceremony was held on June 2, in Yaroslavl, Russia	Breaking News Article	08 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Xstrata suspends Aussie developments Xstrata has suspended US$478 million of expenditure to develop both the Wandoan thermal coal project and a project to extend the life of the Ernest Henry copper mine, with immediate effect	Breaking News Article	08 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Teck develops Aqqaluk Teck Resources has announced that subsidiary Teck Alaska is proceeding with developing the Aqqaluk deposit at its Red Dog mine	Magazine Article	02 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Micromine gains feasibility certification in Mongolia Mining software and consulting group Micromine Consulting Services has received certification from the Mongolian government as a company authorised to conduct feasibility standard studies in the country	Magazine Article	02 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Caterpillar unveils new 994F high-lift option In an update to the its large wheel loader programme, Caterpillar has released a new Extended High Lift Option for the 994F	Magazine Article	02 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Chinese platinum Chinese investors have secured a deal to acquire control of Wesizwe Platinum in a package valued at almost US$878 million	Magazine Article	02 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Outotec delivers expert flotation to First Quantum Outotec has agreed a contract with First Quantum Minerals for the delivery of flotation, thickening and automation technologies for several of its operations around the world	Magazine Article	02 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Stewart expands Liberian laboratory Stewart Group, the international inspection, analysis and assaying group, has expanded and relocated its sample-preparation laboratory in Monrovia, Liberia	Magazine Article	02 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Rio IOC expansion Rio Tinto has restarted its expansion programme at its Iron Ore Company of Canada operations	Magazine Article	02 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Fluor aluminium win Fluor has won a series of contracts from a joint venture of Saudi Arabian Mining Co, also known as Ma’aden, and Alcoa, to provide programme management consultancy and EPCM services for the development of the Ras Az’Zawr aluminium complex	Magazine Article	02 Jun 2010	0 Stars
BHP Billiton Adaro deal BHP Billiton has confirmed the creation of a new joint venture for its Indonesian Coal Project with a subsidiary of PT Adaro Energy TBK	Magazine Article	02 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Metso’s New York office Metso´s new offices in York, Pennsylvania, were inaugurated on May 17 by Metso president and CEO Jorma Eloranta	Magazine Article	02 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Mincom unveils Ellipse 8 Mincom, a leading provider of software and services, has rolled out Mincom Ellipse 8, an enterprise asset management solution	Magazine Article	02 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Cubex signs new QXR deal with Sandvik Sandvik and Cubex have followed up their 2009 dealer agreement for the distribution and support of Cubex’s underground DTH/ITH drill range with a new partnership covering Cubex’s QXR range of DTH surface drills	Magazine Article	02 Jun 2010	0 Stars
HWPT to build water-treatment plant HW Process Technologies has won a new contract for the design, supply, installation, commissioning and operation of a new water-treatment plant at the Cobre Las Cruces copper mine in Spain	Magazine Article	02 Jun 2010	0 Stars
India to put first highwall miner to work Bucyrus International has announced the receipt of an order from India for a highwall miner, which will represent the first application of this technology in the country	Magazine Article	02 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Honeywell agrees to buy Matrikon Global technology and speciality materials company Honeywell has agreed to acquire Edmonton, Canada-based Matrikon, a specialist in industrial-process monitoring	Magazine Article	02 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Knelson and Deswik joint venture Leading mineral separation technology provider Knelson, and Deswik International have announced plans to enter a joint venture technology agreement for fine grinding mill solutions	Breaking News Article	02 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Weir teams up with KHD Weir Minerals has been appointed as KHD's exclusive worldwide agent and recommended service provider for high pressure grinding rolls for mineral processing applications	Breaking News Article	02 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Fluor Corp wins Ras Az'Zawr contract Fluor Corp has won a series of contracts from Saudi Arabian Mining Co to provide program management consultancy and EPCM services for the development of the Ras Az'Zawr aluminium complex in Saudi Arabia	Breaking News Article	27 May 2010	0 Stars
Cat releases new 994F high lift option Caterpillar has released a new extended high lift option for the 994F wheel loader, enabling the machine to load Cat 793 and similarly sized trucks more efficiently	Breaking News Article	27 May 2010	0 Stars
Sandvik and Cubex strengthen alliance Sandvik and Cubex have announced a global partnership for the distribution of QXR surface drills. This is an extension to the dealer agreement the companies signed in November 2009	Breaking News Article	27 May 2010	0 Stars
Honeywell acquires Matrikon Honeywell has announced that it has signed an agreement valued at approximately US$142 million to acquire Matrikon Inc, a specialist in plant operations and management software.	Breaking News Article	14 May 2010	0 Stars
Outotec bags First Quantum delivery Outotec has agreed to deliver flotation, thickening and automation technologies for several of First Quantum Minerals’ mining projects.	Breaking News Article	14 May 2010	0 Stars
Work starts on new Cat distribution centre Caterpillar Logistics Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar has begun construction on a new parts distribution centre in Clayton, Ohio.	Breaking News Article	12 May 2010	0 Stars
FLSmidth books bumper orders FLSmidth has signed a contract worth US$75 million with Minera Lumina Copper Chile for the supply of design, engineering, and process equipment for the Caserones copper and molybdenum plant in central Chile.	Breaking News Article	12 May 2010	0 Stars
Sandvik uranium mine crusher order Six of Sandvik’s largest CH880 cone crushers are to be installed at the greenfield Trekkopje uranium mine project in Namibia.	Breaking News Article	06 May 2010	0 Stars
Vale buys Guinean assets Bloomberg has reported that Vale SA, the world’s largest iron ore producer, has agreed to pay US$2.5 billion for deposits in Guinea, including assets the West African nation confiscated from Rio Tinto Group over a development dispute.	Breaking News Article	06 May 2010	0 Stars
FLSmidth- Canadian gold mine order FLSmidth has received an order worth US$49m from Detour Gold Corp for the supply of equipment to the Detour Lake gold plant in north eastern Ontario, Canada.	Breaking News Article	06 May 2010	0 Stars
Centamin pours first tonne of gold Centamin has announced that on March 28, the company reached and surpassed one tonne of gold poured at its Sukari gold mine in Egypt.	Breaking News Article	06 May 2010	0 Stars
Sandvik launches MT520 Sandvik has introduced its latest design for roadheader tunnelling machines – the MT520	Magazine Article	05 May 2010	0 Stars
HudBay selects Mincom Mincom, the global provider of software and services for asset-intensive industries, has signed an agreement worth US$6 million with zinc and copper producer HudBay Minerals	Magazine Article	05 May 2010	0 Stars
Record FLS pipe conveyor FLSmidth has been awarded a second coal-handling contract from India’s National Thermal Power Corp	Magazine Article	05 May 2010	0 Stars
RDO Carlson deal RDO Equipment has announced that it has become the exclusive distributor for Carlson Software’s 3D mining and landfill machine-control software products for 16 states in the US	Magazine Article	05 May 2010	0 Stars
Aachen Mining Symposia The latest Aachen International Mining Symposia is due to be held on May 26-27, 2010	Magazine Article	05 May 2010	0 Stars
AMEC Laos contract AMEC has announced that it has been awarded the detailed engineering and procurement services contract for PanAust’s Ban Houayxai gold and silver project in Laos	Magazine Article	05 May 2010	0 Stars
Moly autoclave at KUC Kennecott Utah Copper has announced an investment of US$340 million in the construction of a new molybdenum autoclave process facility at its processing operation in Magna, Utah	Magazine Article	05 May 2010	0 Stars
CAE buys Datamine CAE, a provider of simulation and modelling technologies and training solutions for the civil aviation and defence industries, has announced the acquisition of The Datamine Group	Magazine Article	05 May 2010	0 Stars
Joinlox/Xstrata deal Brisbane-based firms Joinlox and Xstrata Technology have signed a global licensing agreement on the use of the former’s innovative mechanical joining system	Magazine Article	05 May 2010	0 Stars
GKN enters mining sector GKN Wheels, a leading player in the off-highway wheels market for construction equipment, has announced that it is now manufacturing ultra-large wheels for the mining sector	Magazine Article	05 May 2010	0 Stars
Titan’s second generation Titan Tire Corp, a subsidiary of Titan International, has introduced a second-generation line of its 007 MFT mining tyres	Magazine Article	05 May 2010	0 Stars
Dana and Bosch Rexroth link up for off-highway push Dana Holding and Bosch Rexroth have announced plans to form a 50-50 joint venture (JV) to co-develop and manufacture advanced drive transmissions for the off-highway market	Magazine Article	05 May 2010	0 Stars
Codelco finalise new level The feasibility study for the new underground mine level at Chilean copper producer Codelco’s El Teniente division should be completed by November	Magazine Article	05 May 2010	0 Stars
Pascua-Lama opts for Siemens filters Siemens Water Technologies is providing seven filter presses for Barrick/ Fluor-Techint’s gold and silver recovery project at the Pascua-Lama mine, located on the Chilean/Argentinean border.	Breaking News Article	28 Apr 2010	0 Stars
Sandvik-MEYCO agreement update In September 2009, BASF’s unit MEYCO Equipment and Sandvik Mining and Construction signed an agreement on a global cooperation in the field of tunnelling and mining	Breaking News Article	28 Apr 2010	0 Stars
Micronics bags order for Ishigaki filters Equipment distributor Micronics, has announced that Mexican mining company Gammon Gold has placed a repeat order for Ishigaki LASTA MC (mining concentrate) filter presses.	Breaking News Article	09 Apr 2010	0 Stars
Rosemont selects FLSmidth filters FLSmidth has received an order worth approximately US$31million from Rosemont Copper Co for the supply of 14 filter presses.	Breaking News Article	09 Apr 2010	0 Stars
Metso sells Flexowell conveyor business Metso has announced that it will sell its Flexowell conveyor belt operations and related assets in Moers, Germany, to ContiTech Transportbandsysteme.	Breaking News Article	09 Apr 2010	0 Stars
Australian contractors expand in Africa Ausdrill has announced that African Underground Mining Services has been successful in securing a significant quantity of new underground work in West Africa	Magazine Article	08 Apr 2010	0 Stars
MGOL prepares Colombian gold-dredging project Minatura Gold has engaged the services of MTI Holland, the leading alluvial-mining consulting firm and mining dredges supplier, to prepare a feasibility study and recommend large-scale mining equipment and recovery systems for MGOL’s Zaragoza project	Magazine Article	08 Apr 2010	0 Stars
Komatsu celebrates 930E milestone Komatsu has recently commemorated the 930th production model of its 930E electric-drive haul truck	Magazine Article	08 Apr 2010	0 Stars
Key crusher updates at Metso Mineral processing major Metso has announced key upgrades to its largest cone and gyratory crushers, as well as giving details of the first 3,000hp Vertimill (VTM)	Magazine Article	08 Apr 2010	0 Stars
Indian giant buys DavyMarkham Sheffield based heavy-engineering company DavyMarkham, has been acquired by India’s leading engineering-procurement and construction company, Hindustan Dorr Oliver	Magazine Article	08 Apr 2010	0 Stars
BHP completes potash acquisition BHP Billiton Canada has announced that it has completed the acquisition of all the issued and outstanding common shares of Athabasca Potash Inc	Breaking News Article	29 Mar 2010	0 Stars
Metso signs Kinross mill contract Metso will supply three complete ball mills, plus related equipment and services to Kinross Gold Corp for its Morro do Ouro mine in Paracatu, Brazil	Breaking News Article	29 Mar 2010	0 Stars
Double contract win for Finning Canada Finning International has announced that its Canadian division has been awarded a renewal of its current lease agreement with Teck Coal Ltd	Breaking News Article	29 Mar 2010	0 Stars
Rio Tinto and Chinalco join forces Rio Tinto and Chinalco have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to establish a joint venture covering the development and operation of the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea	Breaking News Article	29 Mar 2010	0 Stars
Marikana gets chrome recovery plants Lonmin has signed two contracts to construct chrome recovery plants at its Marikana platinum operation in South Africa, enabling it to gain chrome by-product revenues	Breaking News Article	29 Mar 2010	0 Stars
MineWare wins BMA dragline contract MineWare has secured a preferred supplier agreement with BHP Billiton-Mitsubishi Alliance to supply dragline monitoring solutions across all BMA sites in Queensland, Australia	Breaking News Article	10 Mar 2010	0 Stars
IZ-KARTEKS ships shovel to Mongolian mine IZ-KARTEKS, part of the OMZ Group, has manufactured and shipped an EKG-10 shovel equipped with a 13m3 bucket to Baganuur, the largest coal strip mine in Mongolia	Breaking News Article	10 Mar 2010	0 Stars
World’s largest HPGR drive system for Boddington ABB has successfully commissioned the world’s largest high pressure grinding roll (HPGR) drive system for the Boddington gold mine expansion project in Western Australia	Breaking News Article	10 Mar 2010	0 Stars
Komatsu commemorates production of 930th 930E Komatsu America Corp has commemorated the production of the 930th unit of its Ultra Class 930E Electric Drive Truck	Breaking News Article	10 Mar 2010	0 Stars
Outotec delivers Codelco copper plant Outotec has signed a contract for the design and delivery of a copper concentrate roasting plant, gas cleaning system and sulphuric acid plant for Codelco's new Mina Ministro Hales mine	Breaking News Article	09 Mar 2010	0 Stars
Record output for FAMUR longwall In January 2010, a FAMUR Group longwall system delivered to Russian coal producer, Kuzbassrazriezugol Coal Co’s Baikaimska mine produced a record output of 193,000t coal in a single month	Breaking News Article	09 Mar 2010	0 Stars
Sandvik signs Pascua-Lama deal Sandvik has announced an agreement with Barrick regarding the supply of several classifications of equipment for the Pascua-Lama open-pit mine, located south of Atacama and straddling the border between Chile and Argentina	Magazine Article	26 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Metso circuit for Cadia Metso is to supply two complete grinding mills and related equipment to Newcrest’s Cadia Valley gold mine in New South Wales, Australia, by June 2010	Magazine Article	26 Feb 2010	0 Stars
MineARC Systems acquires Shairzal In a major consolidation of the underground mine refuge market, leader MineARC Systems has announced the acquisition of Shairzal Safety Engineering.	Magazine Article	26 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Thermo expands in Brazil Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced the opening of a new sales and service facility in Sao Paulo, Brazil	Magazine Article	26 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Bucyrus longwall for India Shortly before the end of 2009, Bucyrus secured India’s first-ever contract for a high-performance longwall installation from Singareni Collieries Company (SCCL)	Magazine Article	26 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Scottish Coal adds 785D fleet in £23m Finning deal UK Caterpillar dealer Finning has announced a deal covering 10 785D trucks for Scottish Coal, together with a seven-year, 36,000h equipment support package	Magazine Article	26 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Mining Magazine reunion celebrates centenary Mining Magazine celebrated its centenary last year with the publication of the special September 2009 edition, which detailed our own history as well as that of the world’s leading global mining-equipment players.	Magazine Article	26 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Uralmash ships giant jaw crusher to Kuzbass One of Russia’s leading mining-equipment suppliers, Uralmash, part of UHM Group, has delivered a SHCDP-1200x1500U jaw crusher to OAO Kuzbassrazrezugol in the Kuzbass region	Magazine Article	26 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Siemag’s M-TEC² becomes Tecberg The name of leading mine-hoist solutions company, Siemag M-TEC2 has been changed to Siemag Tecberg	Magazine Article	26 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Multotec sends record trommel to QMM mine The largest self-driven trommel ever built by Multotec has been successfully commissioned at QMM’s Mandena mineral-sands mine in Madagascar	Magazine Article	26 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Bucyrus completes Terex acquisition Bucyrus International has announced the completion of its acquisition of the mining equipment business of Terex Corp.	Breaking News Article	23 Feb 2010	0 Stars
FLSmidth wins Vale Canada contract FLSmidth has been awarded contracts from Vale Inco for the supply of comminution and sedimentation equipment for the processing plant project in Long Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada.	Breaking News Article	23 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Finning's US$400 million Codelco sale Finning International has announced that its South American division has received a Letter of Intent from Codelco that includes the supply of 20 Caterpillar 797 mining trucks and 15 pieces of support equipment, plus a maintenance and repair contract.	Breaking News Article	23 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Rio Tinto expands Mine of the Future Rio Tinto is expanding its Mine of the Future programme to develop new equipment and systems for deep underground mines and has selected three partners to work on the project.	Breaking News Article	23 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Komatsu-Cummins produces 500,000th engine The Komatsu-Cummins Engine Company has achieved a major manufacturing milestone with the recent production of the 500,000th engine from its Oyama joint venture operation.	Breaking News Article	11 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Sandvik kits out Pascua-Lama Sandvik has signed an agreement with Barrick regarding the supply of several types of equipment for its Pascua-Lama site.	Breaking News Article	10 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Metso wins Newcrest mill order Metso Minerals has signed an agreement to supply two complete grinding mills and related equipment to Newcrest Cadia Valley gold mine in New South Wales, Australia	Breaking News Article	10 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Thermo Fisher opens Brazilian office Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced the opening of its new sales and service facility in Sao Paulo, Brazil	Breaking News Article	10 Feb 2010	0 Stars
MineARC acquires Shairzal Safety MineARC Systems has announced the acquisition of Shairzal Safety Engineering Pty Ltd, a leading supplier of safety engineering solutions to mining operations	Breaking News Article	10 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Cat truck deal for Scottish Coal Finning UK has received an order from Scottish Coal, part of the Scottish Resources Group, for 10 Caterpillar 785D off-highway haul trucks	Breaking News Article	10 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Bucyrus to acquire Terex Mining Paul Moore discusses the implications of the deal for the industry, particularly the global sales and service status quo	Magazine Article	02 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Sandvik-Cubex dealer agreement On November 20, 2009, Sandvik Mining and Construction announced that it had entered into a dealer agreement with Winipeg, Canada-based Cubex to market, distribute and support its underground mining product line.	Magazine Article	02 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Atlas Copco unveils its new line-up for 2010 Atlas Copco has announced a series of new product releases and updates to its customer-care services, as well as a new drill-rig training programme.	Magazine Article	02 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Liebherr secures Peabody truck order Liebherr Mining Equipment Co has announced the sale of fourteen 400t payload class trucks to Peabody Energy.	Breaking News Article	02 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Mining Magazine Congress moves down under Following its highly successful launch last year, plans for the 2010 Mining Magazine Congress have been finalised, which will see this unique conference move down under to Perth in Western Australia	Breaking News Article	01 Feb 2010	0 Stars
BacTech reorganises bioleach business BacTech Mining Corp. has decided to reorganise, separating its primary mining and remediation of mine tailings segments into discrete companies.	Breaking News Article	21 Jan 2010	0 Stars
Colombian delivery for Liebherr Liebherr is delivering four R 9350 BH mining excavators to Masering SAS based in Barranquilla, Colombia.	Breaking News Article	21 Jan 2010	0 Stars
Uralmash delivery update Uralmash, part of the UHM Group, has announced that it will supply an ESH 11.75 walking dragline to OAO Krasnoselskstroyjmaterialy in Belarus	Breaking News Article	21 Jan 2010	0 Stars
Antamina expansion approved The operator of Antamina has approved a US$1.3 billion investment to expand ore processing capacity at its mine site by 38% to 130,000t/d.	Breaking News Article	07 Jan 2010	0 Stars
Golder acquires Duane Miller Geotechnical engineering firm, Duane Miller Associates (DMA) has become part of the Alaska operations of Golder Associates Inc (GAI).	Breaking News Article	07 Jan 2010	0 Stars
Komatsu launches new Australian subsidiary Komatsu Ltd has announced the decision to separate the operations of Komatsu Australia Pty. Ltd.	Breaking News Article	05 Jan 2010	0 Stars
Sandvik supplies Bolter Miners to Shendong Sandvik has received a major order from Shenhua Energy Co’s Shendong coal production centre in China.	Breaking News Article	05 Jan 2010	0 Stars
FLSmidth acquires Summit Valley FLSmidth has acquired the assets of Summit Valley Equipment & Engineering, located in Salt Lake City, Utah effective December 15, 2009.	Breaking News Article	21 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Mengdong Energy orders bucket wheel excavator Tenova TAKRAF has won a turnkey contract to supply an SRs2000 bucket wheel excavator to a coal mine extension operated by the Zhahanaoer branch of the CPE Mengdong Energy Group in Inner Mongolia.	Breaking News Article	21 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Bucyrus buys Terex Mining for $1.3 billion Terex has signed a definitive agreement to sell its mining business to Bucyrus International Inc. for US$1.3 billion in cash, creating a premier supplier of mining equipment.	Breaking News Article	21 Dec 2009	0 Stars
CSIRO enters alliance with Orica CSIRO has signed a five-year, AU$25m strategic research alliance agreement with Australian company Orica Ltd.	Breaking News Article	14 Dec 2009	0 Stars
VDMA report The VDMA Mining Equipment Association has reported that 2009 has seen a 10% increase in turnover across the German mining equipment manufacturing sector	Breaking News Article	14 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Escondida opts for TankCells Outotec has signed an agreement to deliver TankCell flotation columns for the improvement of production at the Los Colorados and Laguna Seca concentrator plants at BHP Billiton’s Minera Escondida copper mine in Chile.	Breaking News Article	14 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Leighton bags Mongolia development Mongolian coal miner Mongolia Energy Corp has selected Leighton LLC as its international mining contractor for the development of its Khushuut coal mine in western Mongolia	Magazine Article	09 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Copper Mountain Komatsu fleet Copper Mountain Mining Corp has ordered over C$70 million of Komatsu equipment for its Copper Mountain project near Princeton, British Columbia	Magazine Article	09 Dec 2009	0 Stars
New Liebherr excavator Liebherr has rolled out the R9250E electric-drive excavator, the third stage in the development of its R9250 range	Magazine Article	09 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Snap Lake ramps up production De Beers Canada has announced plans to ramp-up production at its Snap Lake mine in the North West Territories, with full production targeted for the end of 2012.	Breaking News Article	08 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Xstrata closes Kidd Metallurgical plant Xstrata Copper Canada has announced that it will permanently cease operation of its copper and zinc metallurgical plants at the Kidd Metallurgical Site in Timmins, Ontario	Breaking News Article	08 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Atlas Copco update Atlas Copco has announced a series of new product releases and updates to its customer care programmes.	Breaking News Article	08 Dec 2009	0 Stars
CIS contract for Sandvik Sandvik Mining and Construction and Russian steel and mining company Severstal, have signed an agreement for the supply of submerged drilling equipment to the LLC Beresitoviy Rudnik mining operation.	Breaking News Article	03 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Green light for Ernest Henry development Xstrata Copper has announced corporate approvals for a total investment of US$542 million to extend the life of its Ernest Henry mining operations in Queensland, Australia	Breaking News Article	03 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Outotec delivers to Toromocho Outotec has been awarded a contract by Minera Chinalco Peru for the supply of thickening technology to the Toromocho copper project.	Breaking News Article	03 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Sandvik Cubex tie-up Sandvik has announced that it has entered into a dealer agreement with Canadian-based Cubex Ltd to market, distribute and support its underground mining product line	Breaking News Article	02 Dec 2009	0 Stars
FLSmidth Toromocho copper order FLSmidth has signed a contract with Chinese-owned Minera Chinalco Peru for equipment for its Toromocho copper mine in the Morococha mining district. The contract is valued in excess of US$30m.	Breaking News Article	01 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Finning delivers to Shell Albian Finning International has announced that its Canadian division has secured a sale of seven Caterpillar 797 mining trucks and nine D11 track-type tractors to Shell Canada Energy.	Breaking News Article	01 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Komatsu kits out Copper Mountain Copper Mountain Mining Corp has announced that it has ordered over US$70 million worth of load and hauling equipment for its Copper Mountain project in British Columbia, Canada.	Breaking News Article	12 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Komatsu, Adaro and United Tractors go green Komatsu, Adaro Energy and United Tractors (UT) have executed a basic agreement to jointly advance the Bio Diesel Fuel Pilot Project in Indonesia.	Breaking News Article	12 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Rio and CODELCO form the Río de Cobre alliance Rio Tinto and CODELCO have entered into the Río de Cobre (River of Copper) technology alliance agreement.	Breaking News Article	12 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Diemme presses for ZincOx Resources Over the past five years, Italian filtration specialist Diemme has been working closely with ZincOx Resources, a zinc miner and specialist in secondary zinc extraction through ore recycling	Magazine Article	11 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Kopex sets its sights on Remag and Waratah One of Poland’s key mining-equipment producers looks set to further expand its global horizons with the expected imminent purchase of state-owned roadheader manufacturer Remag, as well as finalising the acquisition of Australian shuttle-car producer Waratah Engineering, which offers the Waracar product	Magazine Article	11 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Truck developments at Terex Mining Since the delivery of its first MT6300AC fleet to Sino Iron, Terex Mining has been marketing the new 363t (400 short ton)-capacity machine globally	Magazine Article	11 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Caterpillar announces ODS to improve driver safety Caterpillar has formally announced the introduction of its Integrated Object Detection System (ODS), designed to enhance mine-site safety	Magazine Article	11 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Thermo Fisher rolls out Niton XL2 analyser Thermo Fisher Scientific has launched a new range of its well-known Niton handheld XRF analyser range, which is widely used in the mining and exploration sector, with more than 2,000 already deployed	Magazine Article	11 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Notes from Niagara The Mining Magazine Congress on October 8-9 saw the great and the good of the mining equipment, component and operator worlds come together for two days of discussion and knowledge sharing	Magazine Article	11 Nov 2009	0 Stars
The F Series Carly Lovejoy reviews the official launch of Caterpillar’s 793F, 795F AC and 797F series trucks, and visited Freeport McMoRan’s Sierrita mine to see the 793F in action	Feature Article	11 Nov 2009	0 Stars
BHP opens Newman Mining Hub BHP Billiton has officially opened the Newman Mining Hub in Western Australia.	Breaking News Article	05 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Larox opens Chinese subsidiary On October 16, Larox celebrated the inauguration of its new production plant in Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu province, China.	Breaking News Article	05 Nov 2009	0 Stars
AEGL commissions explosives plant African Explosives (Ghana) Ltd (AEGL)has commissioned a new bulk emulsion plant at Gold Fields' Tarkwa operation in Ghana	Breaking News Article	03 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Komatsu bags US$224 million order Komatsu has recently won a contract worth US$224 million to provide coal-extraction equipment to an Indonesian mining company.	Breaking News Article	03 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Sandvik closes Burlington Sandvik Mining and Construction has announced plans to close its manufacturing plant in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.	Breaking News Article	02 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Uralmash shovel delivery Uralmash has successfully delivered and commissioned a rope shovel at a Karelsky okatysh iron ore mine in Northwest Russia	Breaking News Article	02 Nov 2009	0 Stars
China Minmetals constructs copper mine China Minmetals plans to begin the construction of its US$1 billion Galeno copper mine in Peru in 2010, with production expected to commence in 2012.	Breaking News Article	02 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Cobham: new communications system Cobham, a leading provider of wireless digital video, audio and data transmission systems, will introduce its new underground communication system at the Mines & Money 2009 exhibition in December.	Breaking News Article	22 Oct 2009	0 Stars
Copper Mountain orders ABB drives Earlier this year, ABB was awarded a contract valued at over US$19 million by Copper Mountain Mining Corp., to deliver new drive systems for its Copper Mountain mining project in British Columbia, Canada.	Breaking News Article	22 Oct 2009	0 Stars
Outotec to acquire Larox Outotec has announced that it is to acquire control in Larox Corp, the leading manufacturer of filtration solutions for mining industry applications and to make a mandatory public tender offer for all the remaining Larox shares.	Breaking News Article	19 Oct 2009	0 Stars
Aker signs service contract for Toromocho Aker Solutions has been awarded the detailed engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) services contract for Minera Chinalco’s Toromocho project in Peru.	Breaking News Article	14 Oct 2009	0 Stars
Sandvik supplies major mine restart Sandvik has announced that it has been selected to supply a range of mining equipment to Northern Iron Ltd’s Sydvaranger Gruve open-pit iron mine which is due to reopen soon.	Breaking News Article	14 Oct 2009	0 Stars
BHP Olympic Dam incident Investigations have begun into the cause of a breakdown of one of the two haulage systems at BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam underground copper/gold and uranium mine in South Australia.	Breaking News Article	14 Oct 2009	0 Stars
Cubex tools up Morobe Mining for success in Papua New Guinea Cubex has reported that Morobe Mining Joint Ventures, owned by Harmony Gold Mining Co and Newcrest Mining, has successfully completed its first year of reverse-circulation drilling and horizontal dewatering using the Cubex QXR 1120 drill at the Hidden Valley gold mine located in Morobe province, Papua New Guinea	Magazine Article	14 Oct 2009	0 Stars
Atlas Copco makes long-hole advance Atlas Copco has introduced a completely new hydraulic rock drill – the COP 3060MUX – for use in underground long-hole drilling	Magazine Article	14 Oct 2009	0 Stars
Sandvik opens biggest plant in Jiading, China On September 17, Sandvik Mining and Construction inaugurated its largest Chinese production facility to date in the Shanghai Jiading Industrial Zone	Magazine Article	14 Oct 2009	0 Stars
Rimtec partners GKN in big wheel move GKN Wheels, a leading manufacturer of off-highway vehicle tyres for the global construction industry, has signed a new product development and manufacturing agreement with Rimtec Pty Ltd, as part of a move to break into the global mining wheels market	Magazine Article	14 Oct 2009	0 Stars
Stingray opts for Aker acid plant Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Stingray Copper Inc to supply a 750t/d sulphur burning acid plant for the El Pilar copper project in Sonora, Mexico.	Breaking News Article	06 Oct 2009	0 Stars
Rio invests in Mongolian copper project Rio Tinto has signed an investment agreement with the Mongolian Government for the development of the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold complex in the South Gobi region	Breaking News Article	06 Oct 2009	0 Stars
Copper plant contract for Outotec Outotec has won a contract worth approximately €16 million with Pueblo Viejo Dominicana Corp for the supply of a copper recovery plant to its gold mine in the Dominican Republic.	Breaking News Article	06 Oct 2009	0 Stars
Sandvik opens Brazilian facility Sandvik Mining and Construction has inaugurated a new Vespasiano manufacturing facility near Belo Horizonte, Brazil.	Breaking News Article	06 Oct 2009	0 Stars
GKN Wheels and Rimtec join forces GKN Wheels has signed a new product development and manufacturing agreement with Rimtec Ltd, as part of a move to break into the global mining wheels market	Breaking News Article	22 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Sandvik inaugurates new factory On September 17, Sandvik Mining and Construction inaugurated its largest production facility to date in the Shanghai Jiading Industrial Zone, China.	Breaking News Article	22 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Cerro Verde moly plant reopens Freeport McMoRan's Cerro Verde copper mine in Peru, is scheduled to reopen its molybdenum plant this September	Breaking News Article	22 Sep 2009	0 Stars
AEL shock tube conversion AEL Mining Services has announced that it has achieved close to a 75% shock tube conversion success in the narrow reef sector to date	Breaking News Article	16 Sep 2009	0 Stars
First remote blasting at BHP BHP Billiton's Cannington mine in North West Queensland has become the first in the world to introduce remote blasting	Breaking News Article	16 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Siemens update Siemens Industry Solutions Division has received an order from Datong Coal Mine Group to supply two new winders for the Majialiang coal mine	Breaking News Article	16 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Green light for Corumbá mine sale Rio Tinto has received approval from the Brazilian National Defence Council on the pending sale of its Corumbá iron ore mine in Brazil to Vale S.A.	Breaking News Article	14 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Cubex QXR drill success Cubex has reported that Morobe Mining Joint Ventures (MMJV) has successfully completed its first year of reverse circulation drilling and horizontal dewatering using the Cubex QXR 1120 drill at the Hidden Valley gold mine	Breaking News Article	11 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Breaking the mould Both part of the Astec Group, crusher major Telsmith celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2006, while rock-breaker specialist Breaker Technology has its roots in the 1950s	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Caterpillar: tractors to giants Probably the world’s most famous maker of mining machines, Caterpillar came from humble beginnings in the farming industry of the 1890s to make some of the largest and most advanced equipment in the market	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Boart Longyear: truly global One of the most famous names in drilling, Boart Longyear developed the first diamond-drilling bits and still leads the exploration-drilling market today, both as a contractor and supplier of equipment and consumables	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Outotec: mining process solutions Outotec’s innovative technologies and strong market position are based on knowledge and experience derived from two major mining and metals companies: Outokumpu and the former Lurgi Metallurgie	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
A diesel powerhouse Since 1919, Cummins has been providing engine solutions to industry, and its products are behind some of the world’s most powerful mining equipment	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Bucyrus: 125 years of innovation From its foundation in Ohio in 1880 as a railroad-car manufacturer, Bucyrus has grown into a global powerhouse	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
P&H: still on top at 125 Dave Porter looks at the long heritage of one of the industry’s true stalwarts	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
The Atlas mountain Atlas Copco began in the rail industry but its mining focus began with pioneering work on hard-rock drilling and the acquisition of exploration, load/haul and drilling assets	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
A worthy enterprise Queensland’s Mount Isa mine celebrates its 85th anniversary this year and continues to play a vital role in supporting the local community it helped to build	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Le Tourneau: Loader excellence Despite several upheavals during its 80-year history, LeTourneau has carved out a niche as the leading supplier of large wheel loaders for mining	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Copper canyon Vast resources at Bingham Canyon mine have allowed Kennecott Utah Copper to become a world-leading copper producer	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Waihi – a golden performer One of Australasia’s longest operating mine complexes, New Zealand’s Waihi continues to produce under its owner since 2002, Newmont	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Driving mining performance ABB, Siemens and their predecessors have installed electrical drive systems for a range of mining tasks, from milling to hoisting, going back to the turn of the century	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Cullinan: star of Africa Cullinan is one of the world’s most celebrated diamond mines and the second largest indicated diamond resource	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Sweden’s Iron Maiden Over 300 years since the discovery of a vast magnetite deposit in northern Sweden, LKAB’s Kiruna mine has become the world’s largest underground iron-ore operation	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Blast masters Dyno Nobel and Orica are today’s leading global mining explosives providers, with a heritage tracing back to Alfred Nobel’s invention of dynamite and beyond	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
ThyssenKrupp: German engineering expertise The names Thyssen and Krupp are among the most famous in the German steel and engineering industries	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
One source for mining While parent company FLSmidth & Co A/S has a history dating back 127 years, most of the FLSmidth Minerals’ main mining and minerals assets have been acquired since the 1990s	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Russia's OMZ Group OMZ remains Russia’s leading shovel manufacturer, as well as a major crusher and drilling rig supplier through jointly-held Uralmash	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Terex – the earth king After having acquired some of the most respected global mining equipment manufacturers such as Unit Rig and O&K, Terex Mining has a strong background	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Takraf: continuous mining Now part of the Techint Group, Takraf’s history dates to the 1700s	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Sandvik: Swedish giant While having its own highly successful rock drilling business dating back to 1907, the most significant step in Sandvik’s mining equipment business was the Tamrock purchase in 1997	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Joy at 90: mechanisation master The early history of Joy Mining through the story of founder and inventor Joe Francis Joy	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Poland's powerhouses Famur and Kopex are the country’s top underground coal equipment players and are now major exporters to the global market	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Rock-tool retrospective Founded on expertise in hardened steels and steelworking, Brunner & Lay, Padley & Venables and Rockmore International all have varied histories	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
From Euclid to Hitachi The origin of Hitachi’s surface-mining truck business lies in a family company set up in 1907 in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
A family success Still a family business after 60 years, Liebherr is continuing to invest heavily in its mining excavator and truck products	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Komatsu: Japan's global success Through the acquisition of Dresser in 1997 and Demag in 1999, and merging them with its existing network, Komatsu rivals Caterpillar in the global surface-mining equipment market	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
BELAZ – building on the past The Belarussian mining truck maker has come a long way since its inception in 1948	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Metso: the superbrand From shipbuilding to mineral processing, Metso has a long and varied history	Magazine Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Liebherr delivers trucks to ASARCO Liebherr has announced that ASARCO Ray has purchased four new T 282 B diesel electric, AC drive ultra class mining trucks	Breaking News Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Sandvik- BASF MEYCO global agreement Sandvik Mining and Construction and BASF’s unit MEYCO Equipment have signed an agreement for a global cooperation in the field of tunnelling and mining.	Breaking News Article	09 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Joy integrates Continental Conveyor Continental Crushing & Conveying has announced that its integration with Joy Mining Machinery will begin immediately	Breaking News Article	03 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Uralmash makes jaw crusher comeback Uralmash Machine building Corp has confirmed that it has begun testing a SHCDP 2100х1500U jaw crusher for Stoilensky GOK at its Uralmash plant	Breaking News Article	27 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Codelco expands Liebherr truck fleet Liebherr has announced that it will deliver seven T 282 B diesel electric, AC drive mining trucks to Codelco’s Radomiro Tomic mine later this year	Breaking News Article	26 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Murray Energy begins longwall production American Equipment and Machine Inc. (AEMI) has announced the official opening of its new manufacturing facility in Centralia, Illinois on June 1, 2009	Breaking News Article	26 Aug 2009	0 Stars
First sales of Atlas Copco Coaltram Mining services group, Diversified Mining Services Ltd (DMS) has made its first delivery of the Australian-made Atlas Copco Coaltram CT10 underground coal utility vehicle	Breaking News Article	26 Aug 2009	0 Stars
DSI supplies Los Filos conveyors In cooperation with M3 Engineering, DSI (Dos Santos International) has been awarded a contract to supply an overland conveyor system to Goldcorp’s Los Filos project	Breaking News Article	18 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Western Areas buys BioHeap Australian nickel miner Western Areas has executed a Heads of Agreement to acquire BioHeap sulphide leaching technology from Pacific Ore Ltd.	Breaking News Article	18 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Rio and Terex global supply agreement Rio Tinto has signed a global supply agreement with Terex Mining. The heavy mobile equipment (HME) agreement provides a basis for continued capital equipment sales, simplifying the procurement process for both companies.	Breaking News Article	18 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Bucyrus longwall for Bogdanka coal Bucyrus has won a contract to deliver a complete, automated plow longwall to Polish mine operator Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA for its Bogdanka coal mine in Puchaczów.	Breaking News Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Boart sells Roodepoort arm Boart Longyear has sold some of its sub-Saharan African drill manufacturing operations to Tranter Energy and Mining Services (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of Tranter Holdings.	Magazine Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Hitachi buys Wenco stake Japanese haul-truck and hydraulic mining-excavcator manufacturer Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM) has moved into the fleet-management sector with the purchase of a 60% stake in Wenco International Mining Systems	Magazine Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
New Pewag HQ in US The president of tyre-chain manufacturer pewag North America, Michael Uhrenbacher, officially opened the firm’s new US corporate headquarters in Bolingbrook, Illinois, on June 5.	Magazine Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Allied Gold opts for RopeCon solution on Papuan island After completing a RopeCon project for the transport of bauxite in Jamaica, Doppelmayr Transport Technology has installed a new system on the Papua New Guinean island of Simberi	Magazine Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Michelin tyre repair Michelin has launched what it states is the UK’s first accredited earthmover tyre-repair programme	Magazine Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Atlas Copco takes Simba W6 C global Paul Moore reports on the rollout of Atlas Copco’s ITH drill rig, which uses water-powered Wassara hammers to achieve the industry’s longest and most accurate holes	Feature Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
New magnetite master rises in Australia Noel Dyson visited the Sino Iron magnetite mine, port and processing operation being developed in northwest Australia	Magazine Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Allmineral’s Asian expansion Four years after entering the Indian mineral market, Allmineral GmbH & Co KG is continuing its plans for expansion by opening a subsidiary company in Kolkata.	Breaking News Article	03 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Cat F series nears full production Caterpillar is making rapid progress with the development of its Cat 793F, 797F and 795F AC trucks which were unveiled at MINExpo 2008.	Breaking News Article	03 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Nautilus explores with Fugro Fugro has signed an agreement with Nautilus Minerals Inc. to provide exploration services for its 2009 projects in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.	Breaking News Article	31 Jul 2009	0 Stars
BHP expands Mt Arthur coal BHP Billiton has announced that the New South Wales Government has granted approval for the expansion of Mt Arthur coal mine.	Breaking News Article	30 Jul 2009	0 Stars
Shenhua orders Sandvik crusher Sandvik has received an order for a semi-mobile crushing station from Shenhua Baorixile Energy Industrial Co, part of the Shenhua Group.	Breaking News Article	23 Jul 2009	0 Stars
Mining Magazine Congress gathers pace Mining Magazine's forthcoming Congress event in Niagara-on-the-Lake on 8th and 9th October 2009 is shaping up to be the most comprehensive mining equipment and technology event in the industry calendar	Breaking News Article	21 Jul 2009	0 Stars
MM Congress – the miners’ meeting place The first ever Mining Magazine Congress is an unmissable event for the operational mining industry, with a focussed exhibition and two full days of high quality presentations covering the latest industry equipment and technology trends from automation to in-pit crushing	Breaking News Article	20 Jul 2009	0 Stars
Caterpillar update Caterpillar has reached an agreement with Simformotion LLC to deliver operator training simulator solutions to heavy equipment owners and training organisations	Breaking News Article	09 Jul 2009	0 Stars
ABB wins Escondida service contract ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, has announced that it has won a five-year contract with BHP’s Minera Escondida mine to manage maintenance and increase productivity at the operation.	Breaking News Article	09 Jul 2009	0 Stars
Joy delivers trona longwall Joy Mining has reported the successful installation of a longwall system at the FMC Westvaco soda ash mine in Wyoming, US.	Breaking News Article	09 Jul 2009	0 Stars
More Pythons for Central Rand Following the successful delivery and installation of a Python 200 underground processing plant at Central Rand Gold (CRG) mine in Johannesburg, Gekko has announced that the mine has placed an order for a further two Python 500 units.	Breaking News Article	07 Jul 2009	0 Stars
Sandvik delivers bucket wheel excavator Sandvik Mining and Construction has successfully completed the assembly of a compact bucket wheel excavator and beltwagon, for Mátra Kraftwerk AG in Hungary.	Breaking News Article	07 Jul 2009	0 Stars
Hitachi acquires Wenco Hitachi has announced the purchase of a significant interest in Wenco International Mining Systems Ltd, in accordance with plans to expand its mining business.	Breaking News Article	06 Jul 2009	0 Stars
New name for Aker-Wirth collaboration Earlier this year, Wirth became a fully controlled subsidiary of Aker Solutions. The companies have now released a statement detailing Wirth’s name change from Wirth Maschinen- und Bohrgeräte-Fabrik GmbH to Aker Wirth GmbH	Breaking News Article	03 Jul 2009	0 Stars
Boart Longyear sells SA operations Boart Longyear has announced the sale of its Sub Saharan African operations to Tranter Energy and Mining Services Ltd, a subsidiary of Tranter Holdings.	Breaking News Article	03 Jul 2009	0 Stars
Desert delivery from Cat Caterpillar has confirmed the successful delivery of two 785C mining trucks to the Energy Resources Inc. Ukhaakhudag coal mine near Tavan Tolgoi, Mongolia.	Breaking News Article	03 Jul 2009	0 Stars
Vale invests in biodiesel Vale has announced a project to produce biodiesel to supply its operations in the Northern region of Brazil, from 2014 onwards.	Breaking News Article	29 Jun 2009	0 Stars
AMECO establishes Peruvian office AMECO, the equipment rental division of Fluor Corp, has established a permanent office in Peru three years after first entering the South American market.	Breaking News Article	29 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Bucyrus 49HR compressor commissioned Bucyrus has announced the commissioning of a Bucyrus 49HR rotary blast hole drill equipped with a 107CMM (cubic metres per minute) air compressor at Collahuasi Copper mine in Chile, South America.	Breaking News Article	29 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Outotec TankCell success at Macraes Flotation major Outotec has announced the successful ongoing performance of its TankCell-300 flotation cell train at New Zealand’s largest gold producing operation, OceanaGold’s Macraes mine.	Breaking News Article	25 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Voltas bags Terex order from HZL Voltas has confirmed that its engineering products and services business has scored a breakthrough order to supply mining equipment to Hindustan Zinc Ltd.	Breaking News Article	23 Jun 2009	0 Stars
FEI acquires JKTech Mineral Analysis FEI, a provider of atomic-scale imaging and analysis systems, has announced the acquisition of JKTech’s Mineral Liberation Analysis (MLA) business.	Breaking News Article	23 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Sandvik goes semi-mobile in China Sandvik has reported that its new coal crushing station, supplied to Mongolia Xilinguole Baiyinhua Coal & Power Ltd, part of the Mendong Group, for one of its Mongolian coal mines has successfully been operating at full capacity since June 2009.	Breaking News Article	15 Jun 2009	0 Stars
AEL emulsion plant for Sukari Gold AEL Mining Services, has announced that it has successfully established a presence in North Africa with the installation of an emulsion plant at Sukari Gold Project, Egypt.	Breaking News Article	15 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Atlas Copco W6 C ITH drill rig rolls out globally After more than two years of successful production use at LKAB's Kiruna and Malmberget iron ore mines, Atlas Copco's Simba W6 C in-the-hole production rig is now being offered on the global market	Breaking News Article	11 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Thani Dubai and AngloGold form alliance Thani Dubai Mining and AngloGold Ashanti have announced their intent to form a strategic alliance for the exploration, development and operation of gold, precious and base metal mines across the Middle East and parts of North Africa.	Breaking News Article	10 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Rio and BHP join iron ore forces Mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton have announced that they have signed an agreement to establish a production joint venture covering the entirety of both companies' Western Australian iron ore assets.	Breaking News Article	08 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Stillwater opts for trolley Southern Montana-based PGM miner Stillwater has opted for electric trolley haulage to facilitate its planned deep mine production later this year with an order for two Kiruna Electric K635ED trucks – its first electric vehicles	Magazine Article	02 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Caterpillar releases FleetCommander 3.0 Caterpillar has announced the release of FleetCommander 3.0, the latest version of MineStar FleetCommander, a comprehensive surface mine-monitoring and control system	Magazine Article	02 Jun 2009	0 Stars
SKM outlines El Teniente TBM plans Codelco's El Teniente underground copper mine is to use tunnel boring machine technology in the excavation of a conveyor haulage tunnel, part of the New Mine Level Project	Magazine Article	02 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Bucyrus improves 49 series Bucyrus International has unveiled a new rotary-bit change carousel and forked-pipe wrench for its 49 series of rotary blasthole drills	Magazine Article	02 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Bateman flotation cells for SA platinum projects Bateman Engineering, part of the Bateman Group, has been awarded contracts to provide BQR Flotation Cell technology to Ridge Mining’s Blue Ridge Platinum project, and Platinum Australia’s Smokey Hills mine, both in South Africa.	Breaking News Article	14 May 2009	0 Stars
Success for CiDRA with Codelco CiDRA Minerals Processing Inc, has announced the successful completion of a trial conducted at two of Codelco’s Chilean mine sites.	Breaking News Article	14 May 2009	0 Stars
Chinese subsidiary for Larox Larox has strengthened its position within the Chinese equipment market by establishing a manufacturing subsidiary at the Suzhou Industrial Park, near Shanghai at the start of 2009.	Breaking News Article	14 May 2009	0 Stars
Vale invests in simulator training Immersive Technologies has announced that it is to supply Brazilian miner Vale with three Advanced Equipment Simulators, which are expected to be commissioned at the Moatize coal project, Mozambique by the end of May 2009.	Breaking News Article	06 May 2009	0 Stars
BHP to expand Olympic Dam BHP Billiton is seeking the approval of the Australian, South Australian and Northern Territory governments for a significant expansion of its existing mining and processing operation at Olympic Dam in southern Australia.	Breaking News Article	06 May 2009	0 Stars
ABB wins Mount Milligan Contract ABB has been awarded a contract worth over US$28m for the Mount Milligan copper-gold project owned by Vancouver based miner Terrane Metals.	Breaking News Article	06 May 2009	0 Stars
Power plays at Escondida John Goss of Ceejay International outlines a unique standby power solution provided by Aggreko to Minera Escondida in Chile	Magazine Article	29 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Power chains As longwall cut-and-load speeds increase, face conveyors have to keep pace, including thicker chains and larger chain sprockets. Wear can be a major problem as it can lead to high-cost maintenance and unplanned longwall downtime due to chain failure.	Magazine Article	29 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Finning marks Caterpillar 797 milestone Finning achieved a significant milestone on April 21 with the delivery of the 200th Caterpillar 797 haul truck in Canada.	Magazine Article	29 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Pakistan ESIA for Wardell On April 16, Oracle Coalfields, the UK developer of the 1,400Mt Block VI coal deposit in southern Pakistan, announced the appointment of Wardell Armstrong International to carry out an Environmental/Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), part of the Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS), on the project.	Magazine Article	29 Apr 2009	0 Stars
New Geosoft ESRI ArcGIS extension Geosoft, one of the global leaders in software and solutions for earth exploration, has announced the commercial availability of its Geochemistry for ArcGIS extension for ESRI’s ArcGIS software.	Magazine Article	29 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Larox Flowsys offers basic version of smart pump Following customer requests, Larox Flowsys has introduced a basic version of its LPP-M pump in addition to the current smart model.	Magazine Article	29 Apr 2009	0 Stars
New Sandvik jaw crusher Sandvik has launched the newest model in its CJ200 series. The CJ208 is a lightweight crusher designed to cope with heavy duty applications while offering superior cost efficiency.	Breaking News Article	27 Apr 2009	0 Stars
PressurePro and Active Control team up Active Control Technology and Advantage PressurePro have announced that they will team up to provide real-time, centralised tyre pressure monitoring in conjunction with Active Control’s wireless communications system, for use in the mining industry.	Breaking News Article	27 Apr 2009	0 Stars
CiDRA wins Chilean expansion project CiDRA Minerals Processing Inc. has announced that it has been awarded its third expansion contract to supply SONARtrac process monitoring systems to Antofagasta Minerals’ Minera Los Pelambres copper mine in Chile. The contract was awarded by the EPCM contractor, Bechtel Chile Ltda.	Breaking News Article	14 Apr 2009	0 Stars
ABB wins energy order at Moatize ABB has won a US$32 million order from Vale for complete electrification and automation solutions at the new Moatize coal mine in Mozambique	Magazine Article	09 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Sandvik unveils IPCC offering The new Sandvik PF300 in-pit mobile crushing system is primarily designed for large-scale surface mines and for higher capacities, so widens the company’s mobile crushing and screening technology offering	Magazine Article	09 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Caterpillar marks 50,000th off-highway truck milestone Caterpillar recently celebrated the production of its 50,000th rigid-frame off-highway truck at the plant in Decatur, Illinois, where trucks have been produced since 1963	Magazine Article	09 Apr 2009	0 Stars
FLS mobile crushing at Fortescue FLSmidth Minerals division, FLSmidth RAHCO Inc is supplying two at-the-face fully-mobile crushing and conveying systems to Fortescue Metals Group for use at its Cloud Break iron-ore mine in Western Australia	Magazine Article	09 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Atlas Copco's automation reality The most significant automation launch in several years, Atlas Copco’s Scooptram Automation system has been hotly anticipated by the market	Magazine Article	09 Apr 2009	0 Stars
ContiTech buys Serbian conveyor company ContiTech Conveyor Belt Group, Northeim, has announced the purchase of Serbian conveyor belt manufacturer, Univerzal Kolubara d.o.o.	Breaking News Article	09 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Illinois coal mine deploys ActiveMine Active Control Technology Inc. has announced a new purchase order for an ActiveMine wireless voice communications and tracking system for an Illinois underground coal mine.	Breaking News Article	07 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Industrea secures Chinese coal contract Australian mining service and equipment provider, Industrea Ltd. has announced that it has won a A$20m contract to supply Chinese miner, Shenhua Energy Company Ltd. with some of the world's largest and most advanced long wall mining equipment for Shendong underground coal mine.	Breaking News Article	06 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Outotec TankCell proves its worth Outotec and Codelco have finished testing the world’s largest mechanical flotation cell, the TankCell-300, with an active volume of over 300m3, at Codelco's Chuquicamata copper mine in Chile.	Breaking News Article	13 Mar 2009	0 Stars
Metso ups production in China Metso is celebrating the inauguration of an expansion to its crusher factory in Tianjin, China. The value of the investment implemented in 2008 was EUR 5 million, comprising of a new workshop and warehouse, as well as an upgrade of the factory building and production equipment.	Breaking News Article	13 Mar 2009	0 Stars
CiDRA subsidary for oilsands CiDRA has announced plans to continue the expansion of its oilsands business in Athabasca, Canada. The company began serving the industry in 2003, and now plans to open a dedicated subsidiary, CiDRA Oilsands, Inc.	Breaking News Article	11 Mar 2009	0 Stars
Intermat in focus This year’s Intermat event, to be held in Paris on 20-25 April, sees big announcements from Doosan and Bell on ADT, as well as the display of Cummins’ engine range for underground mining trucks and LHDs	Magazine Article	11 Mar 2009	0 Stars
VR truck bodies at Sishen South Africa-based VR Steel is making progress with the rollout of its VR Truck Body product, which has been in use for the last year at Kumba Iron Ore’s Sishen mine. Of Sishen’s main fleet of 44 Komatsu 730E diesel-electric drive trucks (of which 42 operate under trolley-assist), two have been running with VR bodies installed since January 2008. An order for a further nine is in the process of being completed.	Magazine Article	11 Mar 2009	0 Stars
Technip acquires Sofremines Technip, one of the leading companies providing project management, engineering and construction services for the oil and gas industry, has announced the acquisition of Sofremines.	Magazine Article	11 Mar 2009	0 Stars
InterClean installs auto truck wash at Khumani InterClean Equipment Inc, a member of Tammer-matic InterClean Group, has announced that it recently completed the installation and start-up of the world’s largest vehicle-wash system at the new Khumani iron-ore mine in the Northern Cape, South Africa, which is owned and operated by Assmang Ltd.	Magazine Article	11 Mar 2009	0 Stars
TYREgate causal factors database The Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre (MISHC) at the University of Queensland, in collaboration with the Queensland Department of Mines and Energy (DME) and Klinge & Co, has established an online Causal Factors Database called TYREgate or, to give it its full name, the Tyres and Rims Risk Management Decision Support Tool.	Magazine Article	11 Mar 2009	0 Stars
World-first 35M from Bucyrus Africa In November 2008, Bucyrus Africa delivered the world’s first 35M continuous miner to Anglo Coal’s Goedehoop Colliery in Witbank, South Africa. The machine is specially designed for the hard-cutting and high-coal seams of the South African board-and-pillar market – the second-largest in the world.	Magazine Article	11 Mar 2009	0 Stars
Bucyrus VAST shovel simulator Bucyrus International Inc has announced the introduction of the new VAST System (Value Added Simulation Training), specifically for Bucyrus electric mining shovels.	Magazine Article	11 Mar 2009	0 Stars
Liebherr R9350s for Scottish Coal In a record loading tool delivery for the UK, Liebherr-Great Britain has delivered the first two of four Liebherr R9350 Litronic hydraulic excavators to The Scottish Coal Co.	Magazine Article	11 Mar 2009	0 Stars
Sandvik Bolter Miners top board-and-pillar statistics	Magazine Article	11 Mar 2009	0 Stars
ALS relocates 273t excavator A crucial, but scarcely reported on part of the market, heavy equipment logistics remains one of the most challenging areas of the mining industry.	Magazine Article	11 Mar 2009	0 Stars
Leica partners Maptek Leica Geosystems’ Spatial Solutions Division, which includes HDS terrestrial laser-scanning products, has selected Maptek to supply a long-range laser scanner and associated mine-scanning software, which will be sold under the Leica Geosystems brand.	Magazine Article	11 Mar 2009	0 Stars
Record CPT cells to vale Canadian Process Technologies recently transported the first of 14 flotation column cells to Vale’s Salobo Metais copper project in northern Brazil.	Magazine Article	11 Mar 2009	0 Stars
Sandvik cones to Sino Sandvik Mining and Construction is to deliver 12 of its CH880 cone crushers to the Sino Iron magnetite mine and processing facilities.	Magazine Article	11 Mar 2009	0 Stars
Voith TurboSim simulation tool launches Conveyor systems in mining applications are achieving higher and higher outputs.	Magazine Article	11 Mar 2009	0 Stars
Olympic Dam commissions the Courier Outotec has announced its supply of an advanced automated mineral processing sampling and analysing system to Australia’s largest underground mine, Olympic Dam.	Breaking News Article	18 Feb 2009	0 Stars
Thiess wins Indonesian contract extension Mining contractor Thiess Indonesia has been awarded a US$1.52 billion contract extension by PT Arutmin Indonesia, a subsidiary of Bumi resources, for the operation of the Senakin and Satui coal mines in South Kalimantan, Indonesia.	Breaking News Article	18 Feb 2009	0 Stars
Xstrata Nickel Restructures Sudbury Xstrata Nickel has announced plans to restructure its Sudbury operations in order to weather the challenging ongoing market conditions.	Breaking News Article	12 Feb 2009	0 Stars
Krupp crusher order Following on from the 2007 delivery of a crawler-mounted, fully-mobile crusher to Inner Mongolia’s Yimin Coal, the Essen-based heavy mining equipment specialist ThyssenKrupp Fördertechnik is to build another four crushers for the Chinese market.	Magazine Article	11 Feb 2009	0 Stars
Aker signs on for Mindoro Nickel Oslo based mining and exploration company, Intex Resources ASA has extended its contract with Aker Solutions as preferred partner for the definitive feasibility study on Stage 1 of the Mindoro Nickel Project.	Breaking News Article	11 Feb 2009	0 Stars
BHP cuts nickel production BHP Billiton has announced that it will immediately commence the safe ramp down and indefinite suspension of the Ravensthorpe Nickel Operation in Western Australia.	Breaking News Article	23 Jan 2009	0 Stars
CSIRO receives coal mining research funding The Australian Commonwealth Scientific Research Organisation (CSIRO) has recently been awarded A$3m in funding from the Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP), to aid its efforts in improving safety, efficiency and environmental impact throughout the Australian coal mining industry.	Breaking News Article	12 Jan 2009	0 Stars
Copper Refinery contract for Zijin Mining Hong Kong based Zijin Mining Group Co. China’s top listed gold producer, has begun negotiations to enter into a contract with its majority shareholder Minxi Xinghang State-owned Assets Investment Company Ltd, with regards to building a copper refinery in China’s Fujian province.	Breaking News Article	06 Jan 2009	0 Stars
Nautilus Solwara 1 project delayed Nautilus Minerals Inc. has issued a statement saying that the company has decided to adopt a more cautious strategy to preserve its strong cash position by delaying the construction of equipment for the Solwara 1 mining system.	Breaking News Article	18 Dec 2008	0 Stars
Rcc copper suspension Outotec has announced that the Russian Copper Company (RCC) has decided to suspend its Miheevsky porphyry copper operation.	Magazine Article	18 Dec 2008	0 Stars
ABB wins another order from Salobo ABB has won a follow-up order for the Salobo copper mine project, which is being developed by Salobo Metais SA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vale.	Magazine Article	18 Dec 2008	0 Stars
Sandvik rolls out biggest bucket-wheel excavator In July 2007, the Austrian Branch for Materials Handling, a business division of Sandvik Mining and Construction, was commissioned by Mátra Kraftwerk AG	Magazine Article	18 Dec 2008	0 Stars
Kennecott moly facility Kennecott Utah Copper opened a new $270 million molybdenum autoclave processing (MAP) facility on November 11 at the Kennecott Refinery in Magna, Utah.	Magazine Article	18 Dec 2008	0 Stars
Bucher expands in US Bucher Industries has announced the acquisition of Command Controls Corp, a US company based in Illinois, which will join the Bucher hydraulics division	Magazine Article	18 Dec 2008	0 Stars
BMA dragline order Bucyrus has announced the signing of a new contract with BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) Australia, for the supply of a new 8750 walking dragline.	Magazine Article	18 Dec 2008	0 Stars
Rowan opts to keep LeTourneau Leading large wheel-loader manufacturer LeTourneau Technologies (LTI) is not to be sold after a change of heart by owner Rowan Companies.	Magazine Article	18 Dec 2008	0 Stars
BHP gives green light to Rapid Growth Project 5 BHP Billiton has announced the approval of Rapid Growth Project 5 (RGP5) with a total capital investment of US$4.8 billion.	Magazine Article	18 Dec 2008	0 Stars
Micromem teams up for exploration breakthrough Micromem Applied Sensor Technologies Inc (MASTinc) has signed a joint development agreement to provide real-time, magnetic sensor technology.	Magazine Article	18 Dec 2008	0 Stars
Agnico Eagle commissions autoclave Agnico Eagle, the 100% owner of the Kittila gold mine in Finland, has announced the start-up of the plant’s autoclave, part of the Kittila processing facility, on November 17.	Magazine Article	18 Dec 2008	0 Stars
Barrick picks Las Zirh chains Leading gold-mining company Barrick has chosen Las Zirh tyre-protection chains for its wheel loaders at one of its mining sites in Peru.	Magazine Article	18 Dec 2008	0 Stars
FLSmidth scoops Peruvian contract FLSmidth Minerals has signed a contract worth US$62 million with Chinese-owned Minera Chinalco Peru to provide equipment for its Toromocho copper mine in the Morococha mining district.	Magazine Article	18 Dec 2008	0 Stars
Outotec oil-shale project Outotec and Estonia’s oil-shale miner Eesti Energia have agreed to form a joint company for the development and marketing of “sustainable, energy-efficient and economically viable oil-shale processing methods”.	Magazine Article	18 Dec 2008	0 Stars
Success for Bucyrus at Singareni coal Singareni Collieries Ltd, jointly owned by the government of Andhra Pradesh and the government of India, has purchased two Bucyrus Ramcar FBR-15 coal haulers for its GDK11a underground coal mine.	Magazine Article	18 Dec 2008	0 Stars
DEM signs Indian distribution agreement with CAEZEN DEM Solutions, a world leader in discrete element modelling software and services has announced the appointment of CAEZEN Technologies as a distributer for its EDEM software to the growing particle simulation market in India.	Breaking News Article	17 Dec 2008	0 Stars
Argentinean O&M contract for Wärtsilä Wärtsilä, a leading supplier of flexible power plants for the decentralized power generation market, has won an operations and maintenance (O&M) contract for a power plant which the company is currently installing at Cardero Resource Corp’s 100%-owned Mina Pirquitas silver mining project in the north of Argentina.	Breaking News Article	17 Dec 2008	0 Stars
Wolf Run shuts Sago for good International Coal Group Inc. a leading coal producer in central and northern Appalachia, has announced that its Wolf Run Mining Company subsidiary will permanently close Sago coal mine in Buckhannon, West Virginia.	Breaking News Article	16 Dec 2008	0 Stars
LeTourneau Signs Exclusive Supply Agreement Rowan Companies, Inc. has announced that its wholly owned manufacturing subsidiary, Le Tourneau Technologies, Inc. has entered into a five-year global strategic alliance with Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, the world’s second largest diversified metals and mining company.	Breaking News Article	16 Dec 2008	0 Stars
New MSHA guidelines for mine communications MSHA has drafted a guidance document for MINER Act compliant communications and tracking systems, with assistance from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).	Breaking News Article	16 Dec 2008	0 Stars
Intertek opens minerals lab in Queensland Intertek Genalysis has opened a new mineral testing laboratory in Queensland, Australia, to serve the region's mining and exploration sector.	Breaking News Article	10 Dec 2008	0 Stars
New South African base for Aker Aker Solutions has opened a new office in Johannesburg, South Africa.	Breaking News Article	10 Dec 2008	0 Stars
Siemens Communications System for Lignite Mine The Siemens Industry Solutions Division is to equip the new Çöllolar open-cast lignite mine in Turkey with a control centre and communications system at the request of the Ciner Group, Istanbul.	Breaking News Article	10 Dec 2008	0 Stars
Russian Copper suspends Outotec contract Outotec has announced that the Russian Copper Company has made the decision to suspend its Miheevsky porphyry copper operation due to difficulties in arranging financing for the project.	Breaking News Article	26 Nov 2008	0 Stars
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.	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2008	0 Stars
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	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2008	0 Stars
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.	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2008	0 Stars
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.	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2008	0 Stars
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.	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2008	0 Stars
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.	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2008	0 Stars
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.	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2008	0 Stars
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.	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2008	0 Stars
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.	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2008	0 Stars
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.	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2008	0 Stars
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.	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2008	0 Stars
Petaquilla GMD order for ABB PANAMANIAN copper-mining junior Minera Petaquilla SA recently placed a US$88 million order for six gearless mill-drive (GMD) systems from power and automation-technology group ABB. The order represents the first GMD project in Panama and in wider Central America.	Magazine Article	01 Oct 2008	0 Stars
RAJANT WAGNER DEAL Portable mobile-wireless networking solutions company Rajant Corp has entered into a re-seller agreement with Denver-based Wagner Equipment Co to distribute and support its BreadCrumb wireless-mesh communications product line.	Magazine Article	01 Oct 2008	0 Stars
Terex Africa relocates TEREX Africa the main southern African dealer for Terex Corp one of the world’s largest manufacturers of mining and construction equipment has announced that it has moved into a large new headquarters in Pomona northeast of Johannesburg. An official opening of the site was due on Thursday 9 October but the company has been in the process of relocating since April.	Magazine Article	01 Oct 2008	0 Stars
Bridgestone Firestone wheels out Continuum retreads BRIDGESTONE Firestone Off Road Co (BFOR) a division of Bridgestone Firestone North American Tyre LLC (BFNT) has expanded its offering to customers with retread tyres that are manufactured using Continuum tread rubber.	Magazine Article	01 Oct 2008	0 Stars
Sany equipment expands in Africa MCCARTHY Heavy Equipment (MHE) is expanding its offering to the South African mining industry with plans to launch a new 70t Sany excavator and a 55t Sany rigid dump truck designed specifically for the small mining market.	Magazine Article	01 Oct 2008	0 Stars
Outotec signs for Miheevsky project OUTOTEC has signed a major contract with ZAO Miheevsky GOK a subsidiary of Russian Copper Co for the design and delivery of a concentrator plant for the Miheevsky porphyry-copper project in Chelyabinsk Russia. The contract value exceeds €175 million. Russian Copper will implement the construction of the Miheevsky mine based on project financing.	Magazine Article	01 Oct 2008	0 Stars
Electric excavator joins Lumwana fleet EQUINOX Minerals has provided the latest update on its 100%-owned Lumwana copper project in Zambia`s Northwest province. Equinox has accepted the handover of the primary crushing and conveying circuit and successfully commissioned and put into production the first of four electric Hitachi EX5500-6 hydraulic excavators.	Magazine Article	01 Oct 2008	0 Stars
Huge crawler bucket-wheel excavator goes up for sale ONE of the world`s largest mining and earth-moving machines a Demag HD800 crawler bucket-wheel excavator is to be sold in an upcoming unreserved public auction. Ritchie Bros Auctioneers an industrial equipment auctioneer will conduct the proceedings at its Fort Worth Texas auction site on Thursday December 4 and the machine will go to the highest bidder regardless of price.	Magazine Article	01 Oct 2008	0 Stars
Siemens releases new AC-drive system SIEMENS has announced the introduction of a new ACdrive system for heavy-haul trucks that offer payloads of at least 260 short tons.	Magazine Article	01 Oct 2008	0 Stars
Doosan Infracore buys Moxy ON August 18 South Korea’s Doosan Infracore reported that DIEU its European subsidiary had signed a contract to take over Norway’s Moxy Engineering AS a specialist in the production of articulated dump trucks (ADTs) for €55 million.	Magazine Article	01 Oct 2008	0 Stars
Rio and Atlas in auto-alliance RIO Tinto and Atlas Copco have announced an alliance to work together to develop autonomous drilling solutions for surface mining. Rio Tinto states that it has a substantial programme in place to develop automated systems for its surface-mining operations that “create safer and more efficient operations”.	Magazine Article	01 Oct 2008	0 Stars
Battery haulage at Knight Hawk One user is coal miner Knight Hawk Coal LLC which operates in southern Illinois. Dale Winter production superintendent said the flexibility of battery face haulage is an advantage as it gives the mine the ability to operate three to five haulers behind the continuous miner based on the distance from the feeder breaker. This is particularly useful when driving deep rooms off sections and perimeter mining.	Magazine Article	01 Sep 2008	0 Stars
Pilanesberg Platinum surges ahead SOUTH Africa-based DRA Mineral Projects has announced that it is on schedule with the construction of a platinum concentrator and associated infrastructure for Boynton Investments’ new Pilanesberg Platinum Mines project. The R1.4 billion (US$181.8 million) project with a design capacity of 365 000t/mth is currently over 40% complete and production is due to begin in late April 2009. The orebody is located on the western limb of the Bushveld Complex near the Pilanesberg Dome and contains both Merensky reef	Magazine Article	01 Sep 2008	0 Stars
Caterpillar-BHPB partnership FOLLOWING on from the news earlier this year that Komatsu and Rio Tinto are working together on automating trucks at Rio’s iron-ore operations in Australia’s Pilbara region Caterpillar has now announced what it described as an “alignment” with BHP Billiton to develop an autonomous mining haulage system. Caterpillar group president Stu Levenick commented: “This close collaboration will focus on Caterpillar building an autonomous haulage system that will tightly integrate with BHP Billiton mining processes.”	Magazine Article	01 Sep 2008	0 Stars
Northland equipment orders BILL Wagener the COO of new iron-ore miner Northland Resources has announced that the company has reached an important milestone in the development of its Tapuli project in Sweden with the purchase of a used FLSchmidth Minerals Fuller Traylor 54in x 74in gyratory crusher.	Magazine Article	01 Sep 2008	0 Stars
SCREENS FOR MA’ADEN In May 2008 Germany’s Rhewum GmbH received an order for lump screens for the Ma’aden fullyintegrated phosphate fertiliser production operation in Saudi Arabia which will be the world’s largest of this kind.	Magazine Article	01 Sep 2008	0 Stars
Belshina ramps up radials JSC Belshina based in Bobruisk first announced in October 2007 that it had designed and produced a new off-the-road radial tyre 33.00R51 (pictured) known as model Bel-162. The tubeless all-steel radial tyre can be fitted to haul trucks with capacity of 120-140t. At the time the company said the “rock tread pattern of this tyre ensures excellent road grip increased resistance to tread wear cuts and chippings and corresponds to the latest requirements of OTR technology”.	Magazine Article	01 Sep 2008	0 Stars
SSAB strength in steel SPECIALITY steel producer SSAB Oxelösund reports that it has been developing harder stronger and tougher wear materials to reduce downtime and maintenance costs in the current mining climate.	Magazine Article	01 Sep 2008	0 Stars
TEREX INDIA PLANT Terex companies Pegson and Powerscreen are opening a manufacturing plant in Hosur India some 75km from Bangalore near Chennai.	Magazine Article	01 Sep 2008	0 Stars
HEMS equipment to Leighton HEAVY Equipment Maintenance Solutions Ltd (HEMS) specialises in complete maintenance solutions for any operation with a large fleet of off-highway equipment that has to be kept fully maintained. The company states that it is one of the main suppliers of maintenance solutions for Komatsu equipment. HEMS is the authorised dealer for Maruma Technica Japan and working with them is able to offer a unique package to the customer from complete workshop design through layout specification of equipment supply o	Magazine Article	01 Sep 2008	0 Stars
Debswana opts for Wenco systems DEBSWANA’S Damtshaa diamond mine has chosen Wenco’s Fleet Management System as a scalable system that will grow with the mine’s operations as production increases. The system includes the installation of Axon computers on the entire production fleet MESH Network and one Mobile Supervisor Terminal (MST).	Magazine Article	01 Sep 2008	0 Stars
LeTourneau unveils L-1150 AT THE MINExpo show LeTourneau Technologies will launch the latest addition to its large wheel loader range – the 19.1m3 bucket capacity 34.5t payload and 131.5t operating weight L-1150. Applications are larger quarries or coal and base metal mining operations including primary production utility work and stockpile management. Targeted truck match includes 150-200 short ton models.	Magazine Article	01 Sep 2008	0 Stars
Minexpo Preview: Instantel unveils ‘indestructible’ monitor OTTAWABASED Instantel a leading supplier of vibration monitors for compliance applications is to feature its new Series IV Minimate Pro4 vibration and overpressure monitor at MINExpo.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Minexpo Preview: Boart`s next-generation surface coring rigs SALT Lake City-based Boart Longyear is to unveil what it is describing as “the next generation in surface coring rigs” at MINExpo. Show attendees will have “the opportunity to view a prototype of the new rig and several other industry-leading products and services”.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Minexpo Preview: ADS pipes for drainage US-BASED Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS) the world’s largest producer of HDPE pipe will be presenting its products for drainage and processing functions (in underground and surface projects).	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Minexpo Preview: New pumps from Pioneer PIONEER Pump Ltd has announced two additions to its existing product range: the PP86C21 vacuumassisted self-priming pump and the PP44S8 solidshandling low-head dewatering pump.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Minexpo Preview: Rockmore claims ‘revolutionary’ thread ROCKMORE International has announced what it claims is a “revolutionary new thread design”. The XR32 is said to “improve precision and efficiency in drifting and tunnelling operations and to extend thread life”.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Minexpo Preview: Metso brings on a vibrating revolution METSO Mining Group working with Metso Automation has created an advanced technology that it says will “revolutionise” how Metso guarantees the performance and reliability of its screens. The Screen Security Package (SSP) is a real-time monitoring system that collects information about the motion of the screen at different locations around the machine. It monitors the mechanisms and ‘noise’ in the bearings simultaneously.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Minexpo Preview: Atlas Copco rolls out new lines equipment at MINExpo. These products include the ROC L8 RC drill the associated Total Depth RC 50 DTH hammer (a new 5in 125mm down-the-hole tool made specifically for reverse circulation) a new Swellex pressure pump and the Scooptram ST14 underground loader.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Minexpo Preview: Flexco stretches convey belt technology that bit further AT MINExpo Flexco plans to highlight improvements in its broad line of SR Rivet Hinged Fasteners as well as products recently introduced to the market. The latter will include the DRX Impact Bed and the 900 Belt Cutter along with the company’s new Flex-Lag Diamond Ceramic Lagging and its full range of lagging material options.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Minexpo Preview: WS Tyler premieres vibrating screes WS TYLER will premiere its new Tycan HSG T-Class Vibrating Screen at MinExpo. The company says that with this new technology screen media can be “easily blended modified and exchanged so optimising wear life”.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Minexpo Preview: Caterpillar: mining safely, mining more, mining right CATERPILLAR will be displaying a range of surface and underground-mining equipment from the largest indoor exhibit at MINExpo.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Minexpo Preview: Novariant’s Terralite XPS provides multi-pit solution CALIFORNIABASED Novariant Mining has launched its Terralite XPS multi-pit solution in response to requests from customers using the existing XPS single-pit solution. The new version provides GPS augmentation in simple bowlshaped deep-pit operations according to Delcina Betts the company’s director of marketing.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Minexpo Preview: Datamine to debut Studio 3 update MINExpo will see Datamine unveil the latest version of its flagship title Studio 3 and updates to other Datamine products. The company says that Studio 3 has been subject to an intensive development phase over the past 18 months resulting in a “robust feature-rich operating environment”.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Minexpo Preview: IMT gears up fleets with management tool THE products from Iowa Mold Tooling Co (IMT) help fleet managers to maximise equipment profitability. The company’s newly enhanced ValuePlus fleet management software (VPFM) gives managers “the tools they need to analyse and improve the operating costs of their vehicles over time”.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Minexpo Preview: Scaling device from BTI BREAKER Technology Inc (BTI) will be exhibiting the VP285 Vibratory Pick scaling device at MINExpo. The company says the technology which is patented has integrated a hybrid hydraulic breaker within a scaling pick. This “unique concept in scaling” combines the features and benefits of both a conventional pick and a hydraulic breaker with “proven production increases of up to 50%”.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Minexpo Preivew: Kaeser adds gusto to blowers KAESER Kompressoren GmbH has extended its range of Compact mid-range rotary blowers with the addition of two new models the CB 110C and CB 130C.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Normet signs record deal with Norilsk MINING and tunnel-equipment manufacturer Normet Group has announced the most extensive deal in its corporate history with Russian mining company MMC Norilsk Nickel.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Pewag rolls out new product range tyres pewag Austria has formally launched three new product lines – the Premium Professional and Basic series – which according to the company include the latest developments in long-term successful tyre-protection chain technology.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Sandvik unveils diamond core drill SANDVIK Mining and Construction has released the latest addition to its surface-exploration core-drill product the DE740 diamond core drill.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Discrete modelling with EDEM 2.0 DEM Solutions is a leading supplier of discrete element-modelling software. The company’s EDEM software is used for simulation analysis and on-screen advanced visualisation of particulate flows providing high-resolution information on particle kinematics momentum heat and mass transfer.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Haver & Boecker responds to demand in southern Africa HAVER & Boecker has founded a new company called Haver Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd to reflect the expansion of its activities in the countries of southern Africa.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Michelin Pingshuo tyre deal and China Coal Pingshuo China’s largest surface-coal miner have signed a three-year renewable contract for the provision of a new kind of service.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Outotec to deliver SPCC copper plant OUTOTEC has agreed a contract with Southern Peru Copper Corp (SPCC) for the delivery of a copper solvent-extraction and electrowinning plant for SPCC’s Tía María project in Arequipa Peru.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
SRA update on germanium and gallium WITH the price of zinc below US$1.00/lb SRA has differentiated itself from other producers by focusing on obtaining value for the germanium and gallium contained within the Gordonsville zinc ore.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Greens Creek selects Micromine software solution MICROMINE one of the global leaders in providing innovative software solutions and consulting services to the exploration and mining industries has revealed the details of the mine-production management system Pitram and Dome which has been implemented at Hecla Mining Co’s Greens Creek mine.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Third 495HD to Boddington A THIRD and final Bucyrus 495HD electric rope shovel has been successfully delivered constructed and commissioned at the Boddington gold mine in Western Australia a joint venture between Newmont and AngloGold Ashanti. The first and second 495HD shovels have been working at Boddington since 2007.	Magazine Article	01 Jul 2008	0 Stars
Wenco Canadian installations FLEET management system provider Wenco has announced two major orders for Canadian mining operations – Taseko’s Gilbraltar copper mine in British Columbia and CNRL’s Horizon oil sands operation.	Magazine Article	01 Jul 2008	0 Stars
GEHO marks milestone WEIR Minerals Netherlands recently installed its 1 000th GEHO piston diaphragm pump at the Coral Bay Nickel plant at Rio Tuba in the Philippines which was officially inaugurated in June at a ceremony attended by representatives from Coral Bay Nickel Corp and contractor JGC Corp. Weir described the event as ”a milestone in the history of the company since it started the engineering and manufacturing of these pumps in 1968 for the transportation of ores minerals and mine-processing tailings”.	Magazine Article	01 Jul 2008	0 Stars
BAFFINLAND HIRES AMEC Baffinland Iron Mines Corp has appointed AMEC to provide EPCM services for the C$4.1 billion (US$3.9 billion) Mary River iron-ore project on Baffin Island in Canada’s Arctic.	Magazine Article	01 Jul 2008	0 Stars
PIMENTON UNDER WAY South American Gold and Copper Co has announced the restart of mining and milling operations at its 100%-owned Pimenton gold mine in Chile.	Magazine Article	01 Jul 2008	0 Stars
MAYOKO SCOPING DMC Mining has released the findings of a scoping study completed by GRD Minproc on its 80%-owned Mayoko iron-ore project in the Republic of Congo.	Magazine Article	01 Jul 2008	0 Stars
Metso adds new capacity METSO Minerals has signed an agreement with GE Energy to acquire GE’s Lachine Main Plant a heavy fabrication and machining facility located near Montreal Quebec. The transaction was expected to close in mid-August and the financial terms were not disclosed. The acquired assets will be integrated into Metso Minerals’ Mining business line.	Magazine Article	01 Jul 2008	0 Stars

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