MINING.COM Staff Writer

Posts by MINING.COM Staff Writer:

Gold, geothermal energy, underground carbon storage and more up for debate at Paydirt Conference in Victoria

The revival of Victoria’s gold sector, coupled with emerging opportunities in other base metals, mineral sands, geothermal energy, and some of Australia’s most likely locations for underground carbon storage, will all be on the agenda at the 2009 Paydirt Resources Victoria Conference. Since 2008, Victoria’s minerals industry has been bolstered by a variety of legislative [...]

Lubricating the mining industry’s essential drive components

September’s issue of International Mining is nearing its editorial closing, including the annual examination of the latest in Drives and Controls. On that very subject, Lubrication Engineers (L.E.) explains that contamination is the number 1 cause of failure in any mechanical application. Since every mine has a sizeable investment in the equipment that is owned [...]
Featured Post

Food security is national security: Potash gets ready for a closeup

The Department of the Interior released a draft 2025 list of 54 minerals critical to the US economy, including potash.
Contest Ranking Modal BG Contest Ranking Modal BG
Contest Ranking Title

The new Mining Power Rankings are live. Vote for the sector’s leaders in each of the Large-, Small-, and Micro-Cap leagues.

Vote Now