Students in the mining and nuclear engineering department at Missouri University of Science and Technology will soon gain valuable hands-on training in heavy mining machinery, surface mining methods and materials handling systems in Missouri S&T’s new Virtual Surface Mining Facility.
Gemcom Software International Inc., the largest global supplier of mining software solutions, has announced that effective April 4, 2012 it has acquired a majority interest in independent distributor Gemcom Russia.
Applicate’s RedEye™ is a Cloud-based drafting management solution designed to serve the needs of companies operating in the mining, energy and industrial arenas. This Australian developed technology quickly, securely and accurately increases productivity and efficiency across a wide range of industrial sites.
Australian Carbine Tungsten Limited (ASX: CNQ) has signed a bulk product shipment sales contract with Mitsubishi Unimetals Corporation Ltd (MCU).
MineARC Systems and Remote Control Technologies (RCT) are set to release a new range of products into the mining industry that offer an ‘all-in-one’ solution to clients.
Aerial survey company Bluesky has launched a fast response aerial survey service using state of the art unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) or drones. The technology, originally developed by the military, includes Artificial Intelligence (AI) guided autopilot, high resolution integrated camera and environmentally friendly rechargeable propulsion system.
Presentations from Northland Resources and SRK Consulting will focus on good governance and corporate responsibility of new mining operations at the forthcoming Euro Mine Expo event from June 12-14, 2012 in Skellefteå, Sweden
System 800xA will maximize process overview while minimizing manual operations at sorting plant
Ludman Industries, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin acquired Northern Machine and Technologies of Wabeno, WI., a former division of the Cudahy based American Welding and Manufacturing. The new name of the division will be known as Northern Machine and Engineering.
Metals Economics Group (MEG) published a summary of its Pipeline Activity Index (PAI) for early 2012. The PAI is an index following relative levels of activity in mineral exploration, which reached its highest 2012 level in March before declining again in April on lower financings and drilling.
In what it seems a move towards exiting the aluminum wire business, diversified miner Rio Tinto (LON & NYSE:RIO) announced it is selling its U.S.-based wire and cable business Alcan Cable to American company General Cable (NYSE: BGC) for $185 million.
Mines are running at full-bore in a modern-day gold rush fueled by never-before-seen prices that make Nevada, if it were its own country, No. 5 in the world for gold production.
Can Alberta's oil sands balance environmental tradeoffs and economic returns? According to a new study from Alberta Innovates & Energy and Environmental Solutions (AI-EES), there may be a way.
A range of interesting lectures will be held during the Euro Mine Expo 2012 in Sweden. During one of the fair's main theme, "Smarter, deeper, better mining", visitors will receive information on how Finland is working with green mining and how KGHM work with safe mining in Poland.
Preliminary results suggest that Stanford University has achieved the primary objective of coal liquefaction using specifications of UCTL. Qualitative demonstration of liquid hydrocarbon products being formed from coal using near-critical or supercritical water at conditions anticipated in UCTL.
Pump Solutions Group (PSG) will demonstrate a wide selection of pumps designed for handling hazardous chemicals at ACHEMA 2012, June 18-22, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Finland’s mining companies stand to face tougher rules as environmental damage prompts regulators to check the Nordic nation’s mining boom.
General Electric (NYSE: GE) announced it is pursuing acquisitions of two underground mining equipment manufacturers in support of the global expansion of its mining business.
A group of bearded women belonging to the feminist group La Barbe, crashed last night's Melbourne Mining Club meeting to congratulate the mining industry for its exclusion of women and its lobbying against the carbon tax.
The Mining Association of British Columbia (MABC), as part of its annual BC Mining Week celebrations, announced today that the 2012 recipient of the MABC Mining Person of the Year Award was issued Douglas H. Horswill, Senior Vice President of Teck Resources Ltd.
Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) has implemented what it believes to be a unique process to reduce chemical waste from the painting process at its factory in Amsterdam.
Orbite Aluminae Inc. (TSX:ORT) (the "Company") is pleased to announce two new appointments to its Board of Directors, adding Michael Hanley and Jean-Sébastien David as independent Board members.
Vancouver, B.C. – Women in Mining Vancouver Branch, with the support of Women in Engineering and Geoscience (DAWEG) and Teck Coal Limited, hosted a networking and information session in Sparwood, BC, on Thursday May 3rd, 2012.
Carmen Bernedo, a senior civil engineer with MWH, a global leader of the wet infrastructure sector, was recently honoured with two industry awards– one for outstanding Colorado woman in engineering by the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), and the other for earning a diplomate, water resources engineer certificate (D.WRE) from the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers (AAWRE). She is one of only 600 engineers worldwide who has qualified for the D.WRE credential.
India’s Vulcan Industrial Engineering Co (VIECL) and L&H Industrial of Gillette, Wyoming, USA, both claiming to be “leaders in engineering services and products for the global mining industry,” have launched Velocity International, a US based organization that will produce mining machinery, spare parts and equipment accessories that are primarily used in high volume global mining operations.
n an all share deal worth about $20 million, Trevali Mining (TSX: TV) will acquire the Caribou zinc-lead mine and mill in New Brunswick's Bathurst mining camp, giving it a place to eventually send ore from its nearby Halfmile zinc-lead mine that just started production.
Orezone Gold Corporation (ORE:TSX) is pleased to announce that it has completed the sale of its Sega Gold Project ("Sega") in Burkina Faso to Cluff Gold plc (Cluff) for total consideration of approximately US$26.5M.