Metso has signed a major service contract with Northland Resources AB, consisting of a six-year service, maintenance and inspection program for the Kaunisvaara iron ore processing plant, located in northern Sweden. The contract complements previous equipment and mill lining services order, announced in 2011. The total value of the order is EUR 73 million, including the previously signed contract worth EUR 19 million.

The company, advancing iron ore projects in Sweden and Finland, decided to increase the size of the equity offering announced earlier in February due to "high demand" . Together with a fully subscribed bond offering the company is now raising close to $700 million.

Elgin Mining Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ELG) ("Elgin Mining") and Gold-Ore Resources Ltd. (TSX:GOZ) ("Gold-Ore") are pleased to announce the execution of an arrangement agreement to complete a business combination (the "Transaction"), whereby Elgin Mining will acquire all of the issued shares of Gold-Ore by way of a plan of arrangement.

Lundin Mining Corporation (TSX:LUN)(OMX:LUMI) ("Lundin" or the "Company") provides a summary of the results of the initial Future Underground Materials Handling Study (the "Study") for its Neves-Corvo mining complex in southern Portugal. This conceptual level study identified and evaluated the underground materials handling and access options necessary to pursue the exploitation of the deeper Lombador copper/zinc resources as well as the Semblana copper deposit which are adjacent to the Company's Neves-Corvo mine.

Metallurgical specialist technology company Outotec has been awarded a tailings treatment package for the old Svappavaara iron ore mine in northern Sweden.

Raw Materials Group (RMG), mineral economists based in Stockholm, Sweden has concluded a co-operation agreement with Information Center of Ministry of Land and Resources (ICMLR) Beijing, China. RMG and ICMLR strengthen their long co-operation and will pursue a number of joint research projects. The agreement was signed during the China Mining 2011 in Tianjin. By combining RMG's databases covering all mines in the world with ICMLR's extensive knowledge of Chinese mineral deposits and exploration, a research unit without equal is created, says RMG. The partners will start with two topics: • Supply and Demand of key minerals in major areas of the world • Exploration expenditure in the world- developments and drivers RMG and ICMLR are convinced that these joint research projects strengthen the links between the two partners and set the scene for a successful future together with considerable mutual benefits. "This agreement confirms RMG's global presence and strong position among mineral economists all over the world" says RMG's founder Magnus Ericsson. "This agreement deepens the ICMLR's international cooperation, and further widen ICMLR's ways to research more mining information of all over the world" says ICMLR's director Han Haiqing.

Raw Materials Group (RMG), mineral economists based in Stockholm, Sweden has concluded a cooperation agreement with Information Center of Ministry of Land and Resources (ICMLR) Beijing, China. RMG and ICMLR strengthen their long cooperation and will

Mining company Grängesberg Iron AB and the Swedish Transport Administration have signed a co-operation agreement on investigations regarding future ore train traffic between the iron ore mine in Grängesberg and the Port of Oxelösund. The mining operations in Grängesberg are planned for a re-start by 2015, with the aim of producing 2.5 Mt/y of iron ore products.

Christer Lindqvist, CEO of Nordic Iron Ore, announced on Sunday that the company had previously been granted a mining concession for the iron ore deposit in Blötberget and are soon expecting a decision on an application for a mining concession for the neighboring Håksberg field. The indicative results of magnetic measurements of the Väsman field can be an opportunity to develop Ludvika mines to a continuous mining fields from Håksberg in the north to the Blötberget in the south, whereas a potentially very large tonnage of the Väsman field may result in mining for many years to come.

Beowulf Mining ( LON:BEM ) said this morning that it continues to retain a “positive outlook” for the potential of its flagship iron ore projects as it reported interim results for the six months to the end of June. The firm, which owns several

Perth-based Scandinavian Resources has announced a dramatic jump in its Swedish iron ore resource from 200-250 million tonnes to 412.1 million tonnes.The company's shares shot up by four cents on the ASX, or 10 per cent, on the news to close on Friday at

Swedish steelmaker SSAB (SSABa.ST: Quote) beat second-quarter earnings forecasts, helped by demand for its specialist products in the United States and Europe, and said the recovery had further to run.

Live cams are not just for watching baby eagles and monitoring highway conditions, Northland has its own where users can see how much progress the company has made on its Kaunisvaara project, an iron ore mine being built in northern Sweden.

fire, plant, Sapa Profiler, Sweden A fire broke out in Sapa Profiler´s extrusion plant in Finspång, Sweden on Wedensday. The rescue services and fire brigade were able to limit the fire to the anodising department, where all the production equipment

Scandinavian Resources Ltd. (ASX:SCR) has now acquired the Ekstromsberg and Tjarrojakka iron ore projects, about 45 kilometres from Kiruna inside the Arctic Circle in northern Sweden which chairman Damien Hicks said adds 250 million tonnes […]

Scandinavian Resources Ltd. (ASX:SCR) has now acquired the Ekstromsberg and Tjarrojakka iron ore projects, about 45 kilometres from Kiruna inside the Arctic Circle in northern Sweden which chairman Damien Hicks said adds 250 million tonnes […]

Northland is a development-stage mining company with a portfolio of iron ore projects in northern Sweden and Finland. The Company's Kaunisvaara Project will exploit magnetite iron ore deposits, feeding a single, multi-line processing facility in Sweden. The process yields a very high-grade, high-quality magnetite iron concentrate. The Company is also preparing a Definitive Feasibility Study for the Hannukainen Iron Oxide Copper Gold Project in Kolari, northern Finland.

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won an order worth over $10 million from Dannemora Minerals to deliver a complete mine hoist to the newly reopened Dannemora iron ore mine in east central Sweden.

Northland Resources has contracted Metso to supply the mineral processing equipment and services for the two processing lines at Northland’s Kaunisvaara iron ore project in northern Sweden. The order is valued at $293 million and covers the complete equipment package for the processing plant, including two primary gyratory crushers, two AG mills, seven vertical grinding mills (VTM 3000), magnetic separators and seven VPA press filters.

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a maintenance service contract from Boliden AB to maintain the high productivity, increased energy efficiency and lower operating costs afforded by ABB power and automation […]

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has commissioned automation and power equipment that increases production at Boliden’s Aitik copper concentrator plant, located near the town of Gällivare in northern Sweden. Read more

Bergteamet AB, leading underground mining contractor in Sweden, is participating as a partner in the rescue operation of the 33 trapped miners in the San Jose mine in Chile. Read more

JLT Mobile Computers has started shipments of a brand new version of its JLT8404 rugged tablet PC. Designed and built in Sweden, this upgrade includes a number of technological innovations, including a new ultra-low voltage […]

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced today the sale of its cpmPlus Expert Optimizer solution to Nordkalk’s Köping plant in Sweden.  Read more