September 27, 2011

Kansas, Texas residents weigh in on Keystone pipeline

several hundred people showed up on Parliament Hill to protest the pipeline plans and the growth in the oilsands industry. The demonstration was organized by Greenpeace and other groups who…

September 27, 2011

Oilsands Quest to sell Wallace Creek assets

CALGARY, Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Oilsands Quest Inc. (NYSE Amex: BQI) ("Oilsands Quest," "OQI" or "the Company") has entered into a non-binding Letter of Intent with a third party…

September 27, 2011

RigMinder selects RAE Systems’ Wireless MeshGuard Detection System to protect oil-rig workers from toxic gases

SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - Sep 27, 2011) - RAE Systems, Inc. today announced its field-proven MeshGuard Wireless Gas-Detection System has been integrated into a customizable full-rig monitoring system from RigMinder,…

September 27, 2011

Sandvik mining and construction signs major project order in Australia

Sandvik Mining and Construction has signed a major contract with Boral Limited, an international Building and Construction materials supplier in Australia. The order includes design, supply, installation and commissioning of…

September 27, 2011

Handheld’s new Algiz XRW rugged notebook now with touchscreen

The company says the “extremely bright, and sunlight-readable display [is] now even better and easier to use. One of the lightest and most compact rugged notebooks on the market.” Handheld…

September 27, 2011

Stillwater withdraws offer after ‘dramatic deterioration’ on capital markets

Stillwater Mining Company on Monday became one of the first miners to find funding drying up following the punishment meted out to precious metals recently, when it announced after market…

September 27, 2011

Special 50 t Volvo trucks for Gounkoto gold mine, Mali

Eleven specially modified 50 t trucks have arrived in Dakar in Senegal en route to the new Gounkoto gold mine at Randgold Resources’ Loulo mining complex in Western Mali. The…

September 27, 2011

Transforming the future mine with automation and remote control

The Minerals Down Under Flagship is developing a new generation of cost-effective and often remotely controlled mining technologies to help convert currently sub-economic resources into reserves. The technologies will improve the…

September 27, 2011

200 tonnes of long gone silver set for high-seas salvage

The Scotsman reports a British cargo ship carrying silver worth £135 million has been located deep in the North Atlantic 70 years after it was sunk by a Nazi torpedo,…

September 27, 2011

New ideas for building deep mines

An article in the October issue examines the research and outcomes of work being done by Canada’s Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation. One section of this work for which…