July 5, 2012

Robertson Equipment Honored with Eriez® Merwin Sales Award

Dave Heubel, Eriez® Director—North American Sales, announces that Robertson Equipment of Strongsville, Ohio has earned the 2011 Merwin Award. Eriez presents this award each year to its most outstanding U.S.…

July 5, 2012

Miners leap on China’s surprise interest rate cut

Vedanta, Rio Tinto, Anglo American and Kazakhmys all enter top ten risers after People's Bank of China tries to encourage spending.

July 5, 2012

Tata Steel confirms commitment to equipment makers with investment at IJmuiden plant

Demonstrating its commitment to delivering differentiated products to its customers, Tata Steel has recently completed a significant investment in upgrading one of the coilers on the Hot Strip Mill at…

July 5, 2012

Peru detains leader of anti-mining protests then frees him after increased hostility

Peruvian police detained former Roman Catholic priest Marco Arana, the leader of the protests against Newmont Mining, yesterday evening. The situation has only worsened since the government declared a state…

July 5, 2012

The next American gold rush has a destination: Nevada

Visual Capitalist has put together an infographic explaining why the silver state of Nevada seems now to be the home of the largest gold rush ever experienced in US history.

July 5, 2012

Argentinian legislation might sink Pan American’s flagship

Pan American Silver is warning its shareholders that if the reform of mining law in Argentina's Chubut Province is approved, the company will have to declare its Navidad Project "uneconomic."

July 5, 2012

Simformotion™ LLC announces release of mining simulator systems

Simformotion™ LLC, Peoria, Ill.—a leader in heavy equipment simulator training solutions—announces the release of two new Cat® Simulator Systems for mining.

July 5, 2012

ThoroughTec launches 4th gen electric truck simulator

ThoroughTec Simulation has been building military simulators for over 20 years, earning its stripes engineering armoured vehicle, tank and aerospace simulators.

July 5, 2012

Australia won’t get in the way of Glencore-Xstrata

Australia's antitrust regulator has decided it would not oppose commodities trader Glencore's $26 billion takeover of miner Xstrata.

July 5, 2012

Baja’s top shareholder won’t give more for Boleo

Besieged Baja Mining suffered another setback on Thursday after Mount Kellett Capital Management, the company’s largest shareholder, announced it wouldn’t provide debt or equity financing for the Boleo project in…