News Archive

October 2007
15 Oct 2007
The Sandvik International Mining School
Sandvik and six international mining universities have started a unique collaboration. The universities are the Mining University...
15 Oct 2007
Investment needed in exploration and new technology
Raw Materials Group (RMG) says that while the industry consolidates through mergers and acquisitions, investment...
15 Oct 2007
Diamonds are forever
The baby boomer generation in the US is driving global demand for diamonds and the...
12 Oct 2007
Newmont picks up the tremendous potential for Hope Bay
Newmont Mining and Miramar Mining announced October 9 that they have entered into a definitive support agreement...
12 Oct 2007
Rio Tinto Alcan sets up its team
Rio Tinto and Alcan have named the executive management team drawn from leaders of...
12 Oct 2007
Latest issue of International Mining Project News available
Aside from all the news of new appointments of people to work on the projects,...
11 Oct 2007
Coal industry victimised by environmentalists
As reported by Reuters, Brett Harvey, CEO of Consol Energy described the coal industry as having become...
11 Oct 2007
Foxboro digital recorders from Invensys provide secure, adaptable process date management
Invensys has introduced a line of digital data recorders that collect and manage process...
10 Oct 2007
Murchison backs Western Australia port and rail plan
Murchison Metals has welcomed the decision of the WA Government to establish an open process...
10 Oct 2007
Mechel wins more output and is fast becoming a worldclass coal producer
As the result of an auction held on October 5, 2007, Mechel acquired 75% less...
09 Oct 2007
Full-scale operation demonstrates viability of fine coal particles as energy resource
What began as a small in-house laboratory experiment to find a way to use discarded...
09 Oct 2007
Brisas promotes biodiversity and sustainable agro-forestry
Gold Reserve has entered into a partnership with Conservation International (CI) to advance the...