Austin Engineering has made another move in its international expansion with the acquisition of the Chile-based steel dump truck body business of Conymet. Austin says “the business is the leading manufacturer and supplier of steel truck bodies in Chile. Based in Antofagasta in Northern Chile, the business is strategically located next to the major copper mines in [...]
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Runge’s profit dips below expectations
MINING technology services group Runge has announced a net profit after tax of $A7.7 million for the 2009 financial year, 25% below its original forecast guidance of $10.3 million……more at International Longwall News
ABB wins $31 million power plant equipment order in Egypt
2009-06-18 - Project will help expand generation capacity and meet growing demand
Metso demonstrates the sustainability of its products in Brazil
During M&T Expo 2009, Metso presented solutions in portable crushing, crushing control systems, automation, pulp pump (slurry), belt conveyors, ESI (energy saving idlers), scrapers, rubber and polyurethane screens, Trellex Poly-Cer idlers, idler of Skega metallic mill and Polymet rubber and steel idler and process technology. During the event the company reported that being a global engineering [...]
Yanzhou lands Chinese contracts
YANZHOU Coal Mining has settled 7.84 million tonnes of domestic thermal coal contracts at an average benchmark price of 502.62 yuan a tonne ($US73.53/t).
Ritchie Bros. buyers break internet participation record at Las Vegas unreserved auction
LAS VEGAS, May 4 /CNW/ – Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA), the world's largest industrial auctioneer, conducted a US$25 million unreserved auction on May 1, 2009 at its Las Vegas auction site and […]
New heights For downhole drilling
Precision matters when spending millions of dollars drilling for minerals or oil and gas in harsh environments such as the North Sea, the frozen Arctic or scorching deserts of North Africa. That’s why more and […]
Quimsacocha Gold Mine Development
The property consists of four mining concessions covering an aggregate area of approximately 12,967 ha and is located in southern Ecuador, 30 km SW of the city of Cuenca at an elevation of 3,600 m. […]
Gas pipe blaze halts steel mill
KITAKYUSHU Steel production was halted at Nippon Steel Corp.'s Yawata Works complex in Kitakyushu when a fire broke out Tuesday morning at several points along a gas pipe outside a coke factory, firefighters ...
Booming fertiliser demand boosts potash miner
Potash Corp of Saskatchewan (PotashCorp) today reported record second-quarter earnings of $2.82 per share ($905.1 million), a 220% increase over the $0.88 per share ($285.7 million) earned in last year’s second quarter. This represents the highest quarterly earnings in company history - 62% above the record $1.74 per share ($566.0 million) set in first-quarter 2008 [...]
METSO’S INTERIM REVIEW, JANUARY 1 – JUNE 30, 2008 Emerging markets and services business driving Metso’s growth
Q2 was in line with our expectations. Net sales grew 6% and totaled EUR 1,633 million. EBIT was EUR 155.2 million, i.e. 9.5% of net sales and earnings per share were EUR 0.72. We expect the H2 net sales and operating profit to be clearly better than in the H1.
MINERAL PROCESSING: Metso equipment chosen for Mt. Milligan
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Boost for germanium consumption
Materials technology group Umicore is to increase significantly its production capacity for germanium semi-conductor substrates for use in high-efficiency solar cells. Umicore will also invest in the expansion of its capacity for lithium-ion battery materials. The combined investment level is expected to reach some € 45 million. The new production capacity for germanium wafers is [...]
China's steel mills may boycott BHP's ore; dismiss price rise
The Chinese government and steel industry officials are looking at boycotting iron ore imports from BHP Billiton in order to pressurize the Anglo-Australian miner to rethink a somewhat steep price rise, ...
ABB wins $233-million electrical systems contract for combined cycle power plant
2008-06-26 - ABB technology will help bring reliable power and water to millions
Larox to Supply Filters to Southern Africa
Larox has received three orders to supply filters to PGM and copper mines in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Zambia. Total value of the deals is approximately 6.0 million euros. Deliveries will take place at the […]
Taseko’s Gibraltar Mine installs Wenco Fleet Management
June 2008 – Vancouver, BC. Taseko’s Gibraltar Copper Mine has installed Wenco’s Fleet Management System. Wenco’s fleet management system is a key component to Taseko’s major expansion and modernization plan. Wenco will install 23 units […]
Kloof Gold Mine achieves a million fatality-free shifts
In a stark reminder of the dangerous nature of deep level gold mining in South Africa. Gold Fields is rightly proud of its Kloof gold mine, near Westonaria on the West Rand, which today achieved one million fatality-free shifts. However, put in context, that is just 50 days without a fatality. Many mines in other parts [...]
MIPAC wins 2008 PACE Zenith award
Kazzinc New Metallurgy Project Awarded for Technical Excellence Brisbane, Australia, June, 23, 2008: The 2008 annual PACE Zenith Awards were announced in Sydney last week. MIPAC was honoured to receive the Award for Technical Excellence […]
Metso to supply an iron ore induration machine to Trinidad & Tobago
Metso Minerals will supply an iron ore induration machine to Global Supplies Ltd., a member of the Essar Group. The machine will be delivered to Essar Steel Holdings Ltd. for its Point Lisas Pellet Plant […]
Ghana buys Alcoa's stake in aluminium smelter
Ghana's government has bought Alcoa's 10 percent stake in the 200,000 tonne/year VALCO aluminium smelter for $2 million, the West African country's presidency said in a statement on Friday.
NMA speaks out on coal mine safety and climate change
Underground coal mine operators are moving aggressively to comply with the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act of 2006 at the same time as they voluntarily push to formalise new risk management practices […]
The material with built-in noise-damping
Laminated Visco-Lam is a material with built-in noise-damping qualities that could gain significant use in the manufacture of everything from automobiles to computers and white goods. Customers are progressively demanding more in terms of comfort […]
Big prospects for new Thunder Bay assay lab
Having air side assets is an added bonus for a leading edge geology assay lab now opening its second location in Northern Ontario. Activation Laboratories Ltd. (Act Labs) is spending $1.2 million at Thunder Bay […]
