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K+S Potash Canada Selects Veolia’s HPD Evaporation and Crystallization Technology for New Potash Plant

K+S Potash Canada, a subsidiary of the K+S Group, has awarded Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies a multi-hundred million dollar contract to supply the evaporation and crystallization equipment constituting the core process system for a greenfield potash project.

Veolia | January 2, 2013 | 6:03 pm

Perseus Mining misses Ghana gold production forecast

Perseus Mining (ASX, TSX: PRU) said Wednesday gold production at its Edikan gold mine in Ghana will be less than the 58,500 ounces projected in late November for the December 2012 quarter.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 2, 2013 | 5:40 pm

Canada’s New Gold Blackwater project open for public comment

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency is requesting local people send in their opinions about the Blackwater project, New Gold Inc.’s proposed mine in British Columbia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 2, 2013 | 5:22 pm

Egypt halts Centamin gold exports

Centamin was the only large producer in the country

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 2, 2013 | 3:54 pm

Mining shares lead rally ignited by US fiscal cliff deal

The FTSE 100 index rose 139 points to 6,037 points, the first time it has been above the 6,000 level in 17 months, with mining shares exceptionally high.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 2, 2013 | 3:05 pm

New remote truck checking services

Volvo Trucks has developed a new GSM-based system that allows the workshop to check a truck’s condition remotely – a development that promises increased uptime and lower maintenance costs, to be release in Europe this year.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 2, 2013 | 2:06 pm