August 6, 2012

Russia’s first-half gold output falls 2.4% to 79.2 tonnes

Russia's first-half gold output fell 2.4 percent to 79.2 metric tons, led by a decline at Kinross Gold Corp. (K)'s mine in the Chukotka region, the country's Gold Producers' Union…

August 6, 2012

The Deloitte WA Index celebrates 20 years of Diggers & Dealers

Deloitte has released a special edition of the Deloitte WA Index at the opening of the Diggers and Dealers conference in Kalgoorlie, highlighting the performance of WA listed companies over…

August 3, 2012

Barges to transport coal between Oregon and China are closer to reality

Covered barges that will transport coal between two Oregon ports for shipment to Asia are closer to reality after the Morrow Pacific coal export project signed letters of intent with…

August 3, 2012

Quick reactor decommissioning in Germany

Two of the German reactors ordered to shut after Fukushima will be dismantled as soon as possible. EnBW has applied for permission to do the work and said it has…

August 3, 2012

Climate change affects food production

The Earth's climate has been continuously changing throughout its history. From ice covering large amounts of the globe to interglacial periods where there was ice only at the poles -…

August 2, 2012

Transfield Services awarded A$100 million in iron ore contracts

Transfield Services has been awarded two engineering design and construction contracts in the Pilbara, Western Australia, worth a total of A$100 million. The contracts, with Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals…

August 2, 2012

MINExpo® 2012 is a record-breaker

MINExpo INTERNATIONAL® 2012 will break all previous records for size. Exhibits showcasing the full range of mining products, services and technologies will occupy more than 850,000 ft2 of floor space.…

August 2, 2012

“This doesn’t feel like 2008″ – Cat is confident

As we approach MINExpo, we cannot help remembering the last event in 2008 when we went in with a boom in the mining industry, came out thinking how great the…

August 2, 2012

Surface Miners – Power with Precision

In this month's Spotlight Feature Article, from the August 2012 issue of International Mining magazine, Editor Paul Moore looks in-depth at the Vermeer precision mining concept and new T1655 machine,…

August 2, 2012

Treating red mud from the Bayer process – a new technology

Canadian clean tech company Orbite Aluminae has developed a patented technology that can treat red mud, the most significant waste product of the traditional Bayer process for aluminium production. The…