May 20, 2008 BHP Billiton bringing in large gensets for South African manganese mines Large diesel generator sets are being brought from Australia to BHP Billiton's Hotazel manganese mines in South Africa to keep critical sections operative should power outages occur, ...
May 20, 2008 Brazil to double iron ore output Iron ore rival Brazil has challenged Australia, unveiling a $US27 billion plan to nearly double production of the steel-making ingredient amid surging Chinese demand.
May 20, 2008 Big gold producer moves to close forward sales contracts Sino Gold Mining Ltd, owner of China's second-largest gold mine, plans to sell as much as A$204 million in shares to existing shareholders to close its forward sales contracts for…
May 19, 2008 Investigators suspect W.Va. mine electrician cut live cable Federal investigators believe a West Virginia miner was electrocuted last week when he cut a live cable.
May 18, 2008 Rio Tinto Group to Expand Capacity at Bingham Mine Rio Tinto Group, fending off a $189 billion hostile bid from BHP Billiton Ltd., will expand capacity at its Kennecott U.S. copper unit by 20 percent and more than double…
May 18, 2008 Deaths of gold miners draw attention to State about Mine’s safety record Kenny Barbosa had a passion for fixing antique cars and drilling water wells, but the money the young father made mining gold kept him going underground.
May 16, 2008 Many zinc and aluminum smelters suspend production due to earthquake Sichuan is one of China's main non-ferrous metal production provinces, the powerful earthquake disaster on May 12 made some zinc, aluminum smelter and mines be forced to stop production.
May 16, 2008 American Tire Corporation Donates for China Earthquake Relief & Reconstruction Chino, California – May 16, 2008 – American Tire Corporation (ATC) has donated US$15,000 to World Hongming Foundation’s Earthquake Relief & Reconstruction […]
May 16, 2008 New comfort control for Liebherr truck mixers Liebherr now offers the new Litronic®-EMC electronic mixer control system for its entire range of truck mixers. The main advantages of Litronic®-EMC over […]
May 16, 2008 Mill Approved at Platosa Test Mine The directors of Excellon Resources of Toronto have approved construction of a 350-t/d lead-zinc flotation mill at the company’s Platosa test mine […]
Ioneer eyes bid for Rio Tinto’s US boron unit Boron, an element mineral with few producers, was added to the US list of critical minerals last month. December 12, 2025 | 02:49 pm
