News Archive

March 2009
05 Mar 2009
CRCMining awarded A$2.2 million grant from ACARP
CRCMining, an Australian research centre, has been awarded a total of A$2.2 million in grants...
05 Mar 2009
Callidan Instruments breaks into Russian market with MoistScan
Callidan Instruments, with help from Moscow based Instrumentation Company Konvels, has introduced its MoistScan® online...
05 Mar 2009
Steady focus at major mining events – PDAC, SME and Indaba
Editor/publisher John Chadwick and others of the team are just back from the SME meeting...
04 Mar 2009
New Gold and Western Goldfields combine
New Gold and Western Goldfields, two separate gold mining companies, have entered into a definitive...
04 Mar 2009
Mirabela Nickel makes Caterpillar fleet acquisition for Santa Rita
Mirabela Nickel, a mining company with a focus on Brazil, has signed agreements with Marcosa...
04 Mar 2009
The long-term development plan for Alberta’s oil sands
As we go to press on our March issue - featuring an article on the...
03 Mar 2009
Minerals Council of Australia has doubts over proposed emissions trading scheme
Mitchell H. Hooke, Chief Executive Officer of the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has said...
03 Mar 2009
Newmont Gold chooses MST’s digital solution for Leeville mine
Newmont Gold's Leeville mine in Nevada recently identified the opportunity to introduce a range of...
02 Mar 2009
Solex Resources acquires 100% interest in Macusani East uranium project
Solex Resources, a Canadian based exploration company, has entered into a letter of intent with,...
02 Mar 2009
Sandvik acquires Austrian tungsten producer
Sandvik has reached an agreement to acquire Wolfram Bergbau- und Hütten (WBH), an Austrian producer...
02 Mar 2009
ABB develops return on investment software tool
The open pit mining division of ABB Automation, a leader in power and automation technologies,...