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Voith CPC 1600 fluid coupling doubles productivity in a Chinese coal mine

An additional 350,000 metric tons of coal production per month has been made possible at the Chinese Sandaogou coal mine in Shaanxi province thanks to the powerful CPC 1600 AFC (armored face conveyor) coupling.

Voith Turbo | September 12, 2013 | 10:27 pm

Metso selected for Dow Jones Sustainability Index

Metso has been selected for the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI).

Alice Bothma | September 12, 2013 | 10:13 pm

Report: Billionaire Steinmetz Geneva home raided amid Simandou probe

Diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz's BSG Resources caught up in a corruption probe of concession for Africa's richest iron ore field.

Frik Els | September 12, 2013 | 10:06 pm

About 100 workers evacuated from Rio Tinto’s Bingham Canyon Mine

Company removed employees from the mine’s lower pit and halted operations for the nigh as precautionary measures.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 12, 2013 | 6:26 pm

Iron ore-rich Pilbara was once a separate continent: study

The Pilbara and Yilgarn Cratons regions were once a small continent, about the size of Japan.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 12, 2013 | 4:56 pm

EPA raid on Alaska’s gold mines triggers federal probe

Agency officials took part last month in an "armed inspection" to several gold mines near the remote town of Chicken, Alaska.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 12, 2013 | 1:51 pm

Gold getting knocked down again

Gold prices continued to nose-dive on Thursday, falling around 2,5% this morning to $1,329 after hitting a low $1,326 earlier.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 12, 2013 | 1:14 pm

The 5 biggest Australian mining services project cancellations

Chinese slowdown, weak commodity prices, rising costs, politics and poor business confidence sent these five monster mining services projects to the shelf.

MINING.com Editor | September 12, 2013 | 4:04 am