SGS is very pleased to announce that its laboratory in Ankara, Turkey is officially recognized by the International Accreditation Service (IAS) for meeting the requirements of the ISO/IEC 17025 standard for specific registered tests for the minerals industry.

Independent laboratory tests now certify that EXAIR’s Heavy Duty Dry Vac™ meets the rigorous safety, health and environmental standards of the European Union that are required to attain the CE mark.

PT Wire Rope Training, a Batam-based provider of training and support specifically related to lifting operations, has been selected as a certified provider of health and safety training programs in Indonesia. The designation was grantedby the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) and its Indonesian partner, Badan Nasional SertifikasiProfesi(BNSP).

Assmang’s Black Rock manganese operation in the remote Northern Cape province of South Africa is expanding its training simulation capacity to increase safety and productivity levels. Black Rock’s training team recently completed factory acceptance testing of their new CYBERMINE simulator for an Atlas Copco 235-H bolter at global training simulator provider ThoroughTec Simulation.

The Democratic Republic of Congo, a big, lush, mineral-rich country in the heart of Sub Saharan Africa, currently produces roughly 6% of the world’s copper.

The world's two largest mining companies believe China's hunger for iron ore isn't about to fade, even as the price is touching new lows.

The South American nation has a long and storied history of gold mining, but no modern gold mine has been permitted in the country.

MINING.com visited Chile’s El Teniente mine, the world's largest underground copper operation and the sixth biggest copper mine by reserve size.

Dozens of suspects arrested after the mine disaster that shook Turkey last year will stand trial beginning next month.