News Archive

May 2009
31 May 2009
ABB’s Expert Optimizer increases Nordkalk’s production by 9%
ABB has reported production increase figures achieved by its Expert Optimizer solution at Nordkalk Corp's Lohja...
29 May 2009
World energy use projected to grow 44% between 2006 and 2030
This 44% growth will be driven by strong long-term economic growth in the developing nations of the...
28 May 2009
Doe Run shares its view of the lead market
According to Doe Run's Jose Hansen, "Over the last 50 years, lead production and consumption has...
28 May 2009
Goldcorp’s Peñasquito project 80% complete
Goldcorp's $1.6 billion Peñasquito project in Mexico is 80% complete, CEO Chuck Jeannes said during...
28 May 2009
New mining centre for the University of Toronto (U of T)
The U of T is the recipient of C$151 million from the federal and provincial...
27 May 2009
Screening focus, W. S. Tyler completes reorganisation and expansion
As International Mining June (including a screening focus) goes to press, W. S. Tyler announces...
27 May 2009
Report shows “significant gaps in Australia’s export infrastructure”
A national audit carried out by research firm ACIL Tasman shows that there are significant...
26 May 2009
Discussing risks and hazard management in former mining districts
A conference on Risks and Hazard Management in Former Mining Districts will take place on...
26 May 2009
Gold and silver dominating Project News
Latest issue of International Mining Project News available (May 22): There has been much talk...
26 May 2009
Rio Tinto agrees much lower 2009 iron ore prices
Rio Tinto subsidiary Hamersley Iron has reached agreement with Japan's Nippon Steel on the price for...
25 May 2009
Copper’s strength upheld by China
Macquarie Research notes that the International Copper Study Group's (ICSG) monthly summary of the state...
22 May 2009
Vale revises 2009 capex budget down from $14.235 billion to $9 billion
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Vale) has approved the downward revision of its investment budget...