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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
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Magazine Article |
08 Sep 2010 |
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Hitachi increases its fleet at Talvivaara
Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) recently supplied its tenth EH3500ACII haul truck to the Talvivaara nickel mine in Finland
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Magazine Article |
08 Sep 2010 |
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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.
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Magazine Article |
08 Sep 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
08 Sep 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
08 Sep 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
08 Sep 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
08 Sep 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
08 Sep 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
08 Sep 2010 |
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VR Steel record bucket
South Africa’s VR Steel has announced the completion of the world’s biggest fabricated rope-shovel bucket
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Magazine Article |
03 Aug 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
03 Aug 2010 |
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Rusal in restructure
Russia's UC Rusal has announced a series of changes in its organisational structure, which include the management of mining assets
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Magazine Article |
03 Aug 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
03 Aug 2010 |
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Metso Mount Gibson delivery
Metso is to supply a complete crushing and screening system to Mount Gibson Iron for the Extension Hill mine
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Magazine Article |
03 Aug 2010 |
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SMS and Duratray join forces
Canadian Komatsu dealer SMS Equipment has signed a dealer partnership with truck-body company Duratray
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Magazine Article |
03 Aug 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
03 Aug 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
03 Aug 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
03 Aug 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
03 Aug 2010 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
30 Jul 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
22 Jul 2010 |
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Xstrata Zinc start at Bracemac-McLeod
Xstrata Zinc is opening a new mine that will continue to feed the Matagami concentrator
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Breaking News Article |
14 Jul 2010 |
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GE in oil sands agreement
General Electric and FilterBoxx are working on new water treatment solutions for the oil sands industry
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Breaking News Article |
14 Jul 2010 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
05 Jul 2010 |
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Crusher order for Uralmashplant
Uralmashplant has announced that it will supply two primary crushers and four cone crushers to Metinvest Holding in Ukraine
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Breaking News Article |
05 Jul 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
28 Jun 2010 |
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Aker and TWP sign SA contract
Aker Solutions has signed a strategic partnership agreement with South African EPCM contractor, TWP Projects
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Breaking News Article |
28 Jun 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
28 Jun 2010 |
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ITT buys Godwin Pumps
ITT Corp, a leading water transport and treatment company, has announced an agreement to purchase Godwin Pumps
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Breaking News Article |
28 Jun 2010 |
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New Sandvik underground loader
Sandvik Mining and Construction has released the LS151, a 6t payload capacity underground coal mining loader
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Breaking News Article |
28 Jun 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
28 Jun 2010 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
23 Jun 2010 |
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New Atlas Copco COP rock drills
Atlas Copco has launched three new heavy duty versions of its COP 1800 series hydraulic rock drills
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Breaking News Article |
23 Jun 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
23 Jun 2010 |
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Gemcom expands in Indonesia
Gemcom has announced that it will open a new office in Jakarta, Indonesia on June 25, 2010
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Breaking News Article |
23 Jun 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
21 Jun 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
21 Jun 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
18 Jun 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
16 Jun 2010 |
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New Pegson XA750 crusher
Powerscreen has launched the new Powerscreen Pegson XA750 offering customers greater jaw crushing productivity at up to 750tph
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Breaking News Article |
16 Jun 2010 |
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Inmarsat launches IsatPhone Pro
Inmarsat, a leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, has launched its new handheld satellite phone, the IsatPhone Pro
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Breaking News Article |
16 Jun 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
14 Jun 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
10 Jun 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
08 Jun 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
08 Jun 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
08 Jun 2010 |
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Teck develops Aqqaluk
Teck Resources has announced that subsidiary Teck Alaska is proceeding with developing the Aqqaluk deposit at its Red Dog mine
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Magazine Article |
02 Jun 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
02 Jun 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
02 Jun 2010 |
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Chinese platinum
Chinese investors have secured a deal to acquire control of Wesizwe Platinum in a package valued at almost US$878 million
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Magazine Article |
02 Jun 2010 |
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Stewart expands Liberian laboratory
Stewart Group, the international inspection, analysis and assaying group, has expanded and relocated its sample-preparation laboratory in Monrovia, Liberia
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Magazine Article |
02 Jun 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
02 Jun 2010 |
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Rio IOC expansion
Rio Tinto has restarted its expansion programme at its Iron Ore Company of Canada operations
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Magazine Article |
02 Jun 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
02 Jun 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
02 Jun 2010 |
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Mincom unveils Ellipse 8
Mincom, a leading provider of software and services, has rolled out Mincom Ellipse 8, an enterprise asset management solution
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Magazine Article |
02 Jun 2010 |
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Metso’s New York office
Metso´s new offices in York, Pennsylvania, were inaugurated on May 17 by Metso president and CEO Jorma Eloranta
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Magazine Article |
02 Jun 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
02 Jun 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
02 Jun 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
02 Jun 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
02 Jun 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
02 Jun 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
02 Jun 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
27 May 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
27 May 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
27 May 2010 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
14 May 2010 |
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Outotec bags First Quantum delivery
Outotec has agreed to deliver flotation, thickening and automation technologies for several of First Quantum Minerals’ mining projects.
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Breaking News Article |
14 May 2010 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
12 May 2010 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
12 May 2010 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
06 May 2010 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
06 May 2010 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
06 May 2010 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
06 May 2010 |
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Sandvik launches MT520
Sandvik has introduced its latest design for roadheader tunnelling machines – the MT520
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Magazine Article |
05 May 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
05 May 2010 |
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Record FLS pipe conveyor
FLSmidth has been awarded a second coal-handling contract from India’s National Thermal Power Corp
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Magazine Article |
05 May 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
05 May 2010 |
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Aachen Mining Symposia
The latest Aachen International Mining Symposia is due to be held on May 26-27, 2010
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Magazine Article |
05 May 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
05 May 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
05 May 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
05 May 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
05 May 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
05 May 2010 |
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Titan’s second generation
Titan Tire Corp, a subsidiary of Titan International, has introduced a second-generation line of its 007 MFT mining tyres
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Magazine Article |
05 May 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
05 May 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
05 May 2010 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
28 Apr 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
28 Apr 2010 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
09 Apr 2010 |
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Rosemont selects FLSmidth filters
FLSmidth has received an order worth approximately US$31million from Rosemont Copper Co for the supply of 14 filter presses.
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Breaking News Article |
09 Apr 2010 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
09 Apr 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
08 Apr 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
08 Apr 2010 |
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Komatsu celebrates 930E milestone
Komatsu has recently commemorated the 930th production model of its 930E electric-drive haul truck
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Magazine Article |
08 Apr 2010 |
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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)
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08 Apr 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
08 Apr 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
29 Mar 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
29 Mar 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
29 Mar 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
29 Mar 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
29 Mar 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
10 Mar 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
10 Mar 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
10 Mar 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
10 Mar 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
09 Mar 2010 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
09 Mar 2010 |
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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.
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Magazine Article |
26 Feb 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
26 Feb 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
26 Feb 2010 |
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Thermo expands in Brazil
Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced the opening of a new sales and service facility in Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Magazine Article |
26 Feb 2010 |
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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)
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Magazine Article |
26 Feb 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
26 Feb 2010 |
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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.
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Magazine Article |
26 Feb 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
26 Feb 2010 |
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Siemag’s M-TEC² becomes Tecberg
The name of leading mine-hoist solutions company, Siemag M-TEC2 has been changed to Siemag Tecberg
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Magazine Article |
26 Feb 2010 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
26 Feb 2010 |
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Bucyrus completes Terex acquisition
Bucyrus International has announced the completion of its acquisition of the mining equipment business of Terex Corp.
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Breaking News Article |
23 Feb 2010 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
23 Feb 2010 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
23 Feb 2010 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
23 Feb 2010 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
11 Feb 2010 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
10 Feb 2010 |
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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
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10 Feb 2010 |
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Thermo Fisher opens Brazilian office
Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced the opening of its new sales and service facility in Sao Paulo, Brazil
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10 Feb 2010 |
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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
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10 Feb 2010 |
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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
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10 Feb 2010 |
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Bucyrus to acquire Terex Mining
Paul Moore discusses the implications of the deal for the industry, particularly the global sales and service status quo
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02 Feb 2010 |
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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.
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02 Feb 2010 |
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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.
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02 Feb 2010 |
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Liebherr secures Peabody truck order
Liebherr Mining Equipment Co has announced the sale of fourteen 400t payload class trucks to Peabody Energy.
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02 Feb 2010 |
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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
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01 Feb 2010 |
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BacTech reorganises bioleach business
BacTech Mining Corp. has decided to reorganise, separating its primary mining and remediation of mine tailings segments into discrete companies.
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21 Jan 2010 |
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Colombian delivery for Liebherr
Liebherr is delivering four R 9350 BH mining excavators to Masering SAS based in Barranquilla, Colombia.
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21 Jan 2010 |
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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
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21 Jan 2010 |
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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.
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07 Jan 2010 |
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Golder acquires Duane Miller
Geotechnical engineering firm, Duane Miller Associates (DMA) has become part of the Alaska operations of Golder Associates Inc (GAI).
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07 Jan 2010 |
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Komatsu launches new Australian subsidiary
Komatsu Ltd has announced the decision to separate the operations of Komatsu Australia Pty. Ltd.
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05 Jan 2010 |
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Sandvik supplies Bolter Miners to Shendong
Sandvik has received a major order from Shenhua Energy Co’s Shendong coal production centre in China.
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05 Jan 2010 |
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FLSmidth acquires Summit Valley
FLSmidth has acquired the assets of Summit Valley Equipment & Engineering, located in Salt Lake City, Utah effective December 15, 2009.
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21 Dec 2009 |
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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.
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21 Dec 2009 |
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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.
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21 Dec 2009 |
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CSIRO enters alliance with Orica
CSIRO has signed a five-year, AU$25m strategic research alliance agreement with Australian company Orica Ltd.
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14 Dec 2009 |
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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
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14 Dec 2009 |
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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.
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14 Dec 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
09 Dec 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
09 Dec 2009 |
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New Liebherr excavator
Liebherr has rolled out the R9250E electric-drive excavator, the third stage in the development of its R9250 range
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Magazine Article |
09 Dec 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
08 Dec 2009 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
08 Dec 2009 |
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Atlas Copco update
Atlas Copco has announced a series of new product releases and updates to its customer care programmes.
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Breaking News Article |
08 Dec 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
03 Dec 2009 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
03 Dec 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
03 Dec 2009 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
02 Dec 2009 |
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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.
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01 Dec 2009 |
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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.
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01 Dec 2009 |
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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.
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12 Nov 2009 |
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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.
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12 Nov 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
12 Nov 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
11 Nov 2009 |
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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
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11 Nov 2009 |
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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
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11 Nov 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
11 Nov 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
11 Nov 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
11 Nov 2009 |
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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
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Feature Article |
11 Nov 2009 |
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BHP opens Newman Mining Hub
BHP Billiton has officially opened the Newman Mining Hub in Western Australia.
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05 Nov 2009 |
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Larox opens Chinese subsidiary
On October 16, Larox celebrated the inauguration of its new production plant in Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu province, China.
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05 Nov 2009 |
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AEGL commissions explosives plant
African Explosives (Ghana) Ltd (AEGL)has commissioned a new bulk emulsion plant at Gold Fields' Tarkwa operation in Ghana
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03 Nov 2009 |
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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.
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03 Nov 2009 |
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Sandvik closes Burlington
Sandvik Mining and Construction has announced plans to close its manufacturing plant in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
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02 Nov 2009 |
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Uralmash shovel delivery
Uralmash has successfully delivered and commissioned a rope shovel at a Karelsky okatysh iron ore mine in Northwest Russia
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02 Nov 2009 |
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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.
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02 Nov 2009 |
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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.
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22 Oct 2009 |
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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.
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22 Oct 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
19 Oct 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
14 Oct 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
14 Oct 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
14 Oct 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
14 Oct 2009 |
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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
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14 Oct 2009 |
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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
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14 Oct 2009 |
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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
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14 Oct 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
06 Oct 2009 |
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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
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06 Oct 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
06 Oct 2009 |
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Sandvik opens Brazilian facility
Sandvik Mining and Construction has inaugurated a new Vespasiano manufacturing facility near Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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Breaking News Article |
06 Oct 2009 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
22 Sep 2009 |
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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.
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22 Sep 2009 |
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Cerro Verde moly plant reopens
Freeport McMoRan's Cerro Verde copper mine in Peru, is scheduled to reopen its molybdenum plant this September
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Breaking News Article |
22 Sep 2009 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
16 Sep 2009 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
16 Sep 2009 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
16 Sep 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
14 Sep 2009 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
11 Sep 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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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
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09 Sep 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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Bucyrus: 125 years of innovation
From its foundation in Ohio in 1880 as a railroad-car manufacturer, Bucyrus has grown into a global powerhouse
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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P&H: still on top at 125
Dave Porter looks at the long heritage of one of the industry’s true stalwarts
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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Copper canyon
Vast resources at Bingham Canyon mine have allowed Kennecott Utah Copper to become a world-leading copper producer
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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Cullinan: star of Africa
Cullinan is one of the world’s most celebrated diamond mines and the second largest indicated diamond resource
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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ThyssenKrupp: German engineering expertise
The names Thyssen and Krupp are among the most famous in the German steel and engineering industries
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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Takraf: continuous mining
Now part of the Techint Group, Takraf’s history dates to the 1700s
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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Joy at 90: mechanisation master
The early history of Joy Mining through the story of founder and inventor Joe Francis Joy
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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Rock-tool retrospective
Founded on expertise in hardened steels and steelworking, Brunner & Lay,
Padley & Venables and Rockmore International all have varied histories
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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Poland's powerhouses
Famur and Kopex are the country’s top underground coal equipment players and
are now major exporters to the global market
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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A family success
Still a family business after 60 years, Liebherr is continuing to invest heavily in its mining excavator and truck products
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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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
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09 Sep 2009 |
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BELAZ – building on the past
The Belarussian mining truck maker has come a long way since its inception in 1948
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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Metso: the superbrand
From shipbuilding to mineral processing, Metso has a long and varied history
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Magazine Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
09 Sep 2009 |
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Joy integrates Continental Conveyor
Continental Crushing & Conveying has announced that its integration with Joy Mining Machinery will begin immediately
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Breaking News Article |
03 Sep 2009 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
27 Aug 2009 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
26 Aug 2009 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
26 Aug 2009 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
26 Aug 2009 |
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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
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Breaking News Article |
18 Aug 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
18 Aug 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
18 Aug 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
10 Aug 2009 |
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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.
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Magazine Article |
10 Aug 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
10 Aug 2009 |
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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.
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Magazine Article |
10 Aug 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
10 Aug 2009 |
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Michelin tyre repair
Michelin has launched what it states is the UK’s first accredited earthmover tyre-repair programme
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Magazine Article |
10 Aug 2009 |
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New magnetite master rises in Australia
Noel Dyson visited the Sino Iron magnetite mine, port and processing operation being developed in northwest Australia
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Magazine Article |
10 Aug 2009 |
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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
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Feature Article |
10 Aug 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
03 Aug 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
03 Aug 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
31 Jul 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
30 Jul 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
23 Jul 2009 |
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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
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21 Jul 2009 |
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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
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20 Jul 2009 |
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Caterpillar update
Caterpillar has reached an agreement with Simformotion LLC to deliver operator training simulator solutions to heavy equipment owners and training organisations
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09 Jul 2009 |
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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.
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09 Jul 2009 |
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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.
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09 Jul 2009 |
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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.
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07 Jul 2009 |
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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.
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07 Jul 2009 |
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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.
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06 Jul 2009 |
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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
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03 Jul 2009 |
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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.
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03 Jul 2009 |
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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.
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03 Jul 2009 |
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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.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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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.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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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.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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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.
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25 Jun 2009 |
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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.
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23 Jun 2009 |
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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.
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23 Jun 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
15 Jun 2009 |
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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.
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15 Jun 2009 |
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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
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11 Jun 2009 |
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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.
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10 Jun 2009 |
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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.
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08 Jun 2009 |
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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
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02 Jun 2009 |
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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
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02 Jun 2009 |
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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
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02 Jun 2009 |
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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
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02 Jun 2009 |
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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.
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14 May 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
14 May 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
14 May 2009 |
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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.
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06 May 2009 |
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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.
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06 May 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
06 May 2009 |
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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.
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Magazine Article |
29 Apr 2009 |
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Power plays at Escondida
John Goss of Ceejay International outlines a unique standby power solution provided by Aggreko to Minera Escondida in Chile
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Magazine Article |
29 Apr 2009 |
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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.
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29 Apr 2009 |
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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.
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29 Apr 2009 |
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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.
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29 Apr 2009 |
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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.
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29 Apr 2009 |
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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.
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27 Apr 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
27 Apr 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
14 Apr 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
09 Apr 2009 |
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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
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09 Apr 2009 |
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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
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09 Apr 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
09 Apr 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
09 Apr 2009 |
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ContiTech buys Serbian conveyor company
ContiTech Conveyor Belt Group, Northeim, has announced the purchase of Serbian conveyor belt manufacturer, Univerzal Kolubara d.o.o.
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Breaking News Article |
09 Apr 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
07 Apr 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
06 Apr 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
13 Mar 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
13 Mar 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
11 Mar 2009 |
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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
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Magazine Article |
11 Mar 2009 |
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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.
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11 Mar 2009 |
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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.
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11 Mar 2009 |
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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.
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11 Mar 2009 |
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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.
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11 Mar 2009 |
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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.
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11 Mar 2009 |
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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.
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11 Mar 2009 |
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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.
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11 Mar 2009 |
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Sandvik Bolter Miners top board-and-pillar statistics
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11 Mar 2009 |
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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.
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11 Mar 2009 |
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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.
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11 Mar 2009 |
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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.
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11 Mar 2009 |
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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.
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11 Mar 2009 |
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Voith TurboSim simulation tool launches
Conveyor systems in mining applications are achieving higher and higher outputs.
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11 Mar 2009 |
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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.
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18 Feb 2009 |
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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.
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18 Feb 2009 |
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Xstrata Nickel Restructures Sudbury
Xstrata Nickel has announced plans to restructure its Sudbury operations in order to weather the challenging ongoing market conditions.
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Breaking News Article |
12 Feb 2009 |
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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.
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11 Feb 2009 |
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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.
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11 Feb 2009 |
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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.
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23 Jan 2009 |
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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.
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12 Jan 2009 |
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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.
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06 Jan 2009 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
18 Dec 2008 |
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Rcc copper suspension
Outotec has announced that the Russian Copper Company (RCC) has decided to suspend its Miheevsky porphyry copper operation.
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18 Dec 2008 |
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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
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18 Dec 2008 |
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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.
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18 Dec 2008 |
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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.
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18 Dec 2008 |
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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
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18 Dec 2008 |
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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.
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18 Dec 2008 |
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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.
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18 Dec 2008 |
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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.
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18 Dec 2008 |
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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.
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18 Dec 2008 |
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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.
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18 Dec 2008 |
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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.
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18 Dec 2008 |
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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.
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18 Dec 2008 |
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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”.
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18 Dec 2008 |
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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.
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18 Dec 2008 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
17 Dec 2008 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
17 Dec 2008 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
16 Dec 2008 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
16 Dec 2008 |
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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).
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Breaking News Article |
16 Dec 2008 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
10 Dec 2008 |
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New South African base for Aker
Aker Solutions has opened a new office in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Breaking News Article |
10 Dec 2008 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
10 Dec 2008 |
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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.
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Breaking News Article |
26 Nov 2008 |
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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.
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25 Nov 2008 |
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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
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25 Nov 2008 |
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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.
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25 Nov 2008 |
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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.
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25 Nov 2008 |
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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.
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25 Nov 2008 |
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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.
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25 Nov 2008 |
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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.
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25 Nov 2008 |
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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.
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25 Nov 2008 |
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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.
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25 Nov 2008 |
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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.
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25 Nov 2008 |
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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.
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25 Nov 2008 |
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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.
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01 Oct 2008 |
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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.
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01 Oct 2008 |
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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.
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01 Oct 2008 |
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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.
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01 Oct 2008 |
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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.
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01 Oct 2008 |
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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.
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01 Oct 2008 |
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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.
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01 Oct 2008 |
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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”.
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01 Oct 2008 |
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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.
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01 Oct 2008 |
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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.
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01 Oct 2008 |
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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.
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01 Oct 2008 |
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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.
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01 Sep 2008 |
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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.
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01 Sep 2008 |
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TEREX INDIA PLANT
Terex companies Pegson and Powerscreen are opening a manufacturing plant in Hosur India some 75km from Bangalore near Chennai.
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01 Sep 2008 |
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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).
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01 Sep 2008 |
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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.
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01 Sep 2008 |
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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.
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01 Sep 2008 |
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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.”
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01 Sep 2008 |
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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
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01 Sep 2008 |
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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”.
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01 Sep 2008 |
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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
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01 Sep 2008 |
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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.
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01 Sep 2008 |
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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).
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01 Aug 2008 |
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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”.
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01 Aug 2008 |
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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.
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01 Aug 2008 |
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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.
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01 Aug 2008 |
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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”.
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01 Aug 2008 |
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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.
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01 Aug 2008 |
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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.
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01 Aug 2008 |
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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”.
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01 Aug 2008 |
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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”.
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01 Aug 2008 |
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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.
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01 Aug 2008 |
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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.
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01 Aug 2008 |
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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.
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01 Aug 2008 |
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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”.
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01 Aug 2008 |
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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%”.
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01 Aug 2008 |
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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.
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01 Aug 2008 |
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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.
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01 Aug 2008 |
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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.
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01 Aug 2008 |
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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.
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01 Aug 2008 |
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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.
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01 Aug 2008 |
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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.
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01 Aug 2008 |
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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.
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01 Aug 2008 |
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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.
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01 Aug 2008 |
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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.
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01 Aug 2008 |
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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.
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01 Aug 2008 |
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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.
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01 Jul 2008 |
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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.
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01 Jul 2008 |
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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”.
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01 Jul 2008 |
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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.
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01 Jul 2008 |
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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.
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01 Jul 2008 |
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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.
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01 Jul 2008 |
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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.
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