June 12, 2008

GPS for underground operations – great potential for controlling block caves, saving trapped miners and machine automation

Today (June 10) at the MassMin conference in Lulea, Sweden, Greg Baiden of Laurentian University, Canada (also Chief Technology Officer of Penguin […]

June 11, 2008

UC Rusal ‘greens’ aluminium production

UC RUSAL reports it has successfully launched test production of the key component of a unique environmentally sound aluminium production technology – […]

June 11, 2008

GPS for underground operations – great potential for controlling block caves, saving trapped miners and machine automation

Today at the MassMin conference in Lulea, Sweden, Greg Baiden of Laurentian University, Canada (also Chief Technology Officer of Penguin Automated Systems) […]

May 30, 2008

Leading Russian Mining and Metals Company Commissions Unique Forging Equipment

Mechel OAO, one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announced the commissioning of a new modern ring rolling mill at […]

May 28, 2008

Airborne Geophysical Survey Completed Over Skyttgruvan And Oxberg Projects, Sweden

Vancouver, British Columbia: Northern Lion Gold Corp. (the “Company”) announces the completion of a helicopter-borne, geophysical survey on its 100% owned Oxberg […]

May 23, 2008

Mikhailovsky GOK launched a unique production

Mikhailovsky GOK launched the unique product for Russian market – hematite concentrate. The new technology is based on the flotation plant usage […]

May 23, 2008

Sandvik Mining and Construction relocates construction segment’s head office to Singapore

The business area Sandvik Mining and Construction will during the first quarter of 2009 relocate the management for the Construction Segment from […]

May 22, 2008

Environmental concerns and increasing electricity demand are boosting the nuclear energy market

Supplying over 31% of electricity demand, nuclear energy plays a key role in the EU’s generation structure, and emerges as a comprehensive […]

May 21, 2008

IZ-KARTEX holds mining equipment conference

OMZ OJSC (Uralmash-Izhora Group) company IZ-KARTEX, a leading producer of electric mining shovels in Russia and the CIS, is hosting the 4th international conference Prospects of Production and Development of IZ-KARTEX…

May 21, 2008

In 2008 first quarter Siberian Coal mines produced 26.78 Mt of coal

During January-March 2008 mines of Siberian Coal Energy Co (SUEK) produced 26.78 Mt and sold 28.7 Mt of coal. This production was a rise of 12.5% (and sales grew 20%) compared to…