News Archive

May 2009
15 May 2009
Black Thunder mine surpasses one year and 2.5 million employee-hours with zero lost-time safety incidents
Thunder Basin Coal's Black Thunder mine near Wright, Wyoming, USA surpassed 365 days and 2.5...
15 May 2009
New remote-sensing system gets off the ground
Terralliance Technologies, a technology-based exploration company, today announced that it has secured new funding to...
14 May 2009
Clean coal development agreement between White Energy and Peabody Energy for North America and China
Peabody Energy and White Energy have signed an agreement to pursue development of a coal upgrading...
14 May 2009
Looking at post-mining landscapes
Post-mining landscapes offer unique opportunities with the possibility to reshape the land from scratch. The...
13 May 2009
Massive US coal merger to give birth to one of its biggest producers
Alpha Natural Resources and Foundation Coal Holdings have announced a merger plan that will create...
13 May 2009
The Minerals Council of Australia “encouraged” by Government Budget
Brendan Pearson, acting Chief Executive Officer of the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) says that...
12 May 2009
Base metals and gold acquisitions activity, 1999-2008
Metals Economics Group's (MEG) latest edition of its bimonthly Strategic Report includes a detailed review...
12 May 2009
Mincom launches Critical Inventory Optimisation for asset-intensive businesses
Mincom announced yesterday at the 2009 Canadian Institute of Mining Conference and Exhibit the release...
11 May 2009
Kairos makes progress with Codelco using CiDRA technology
CiDRA Minerals Processing has announced the successful completion of a trial done in two Codelco...
11 May 2009
Mining law: Indonesia’s changing tide creating industry waves
The Indonesian Government's new Bill for Mineral and Coal Mining (Mining Law) was developed with...
11 May 2009
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme results in Australian coal cutbacks
At least another 10,000 jobs will go, 16 coal mines will close and State Governments...
08 May 2009
Copper and gold projects progressing in Project News
Latest issue of International Mining Project News available (May 8): With gold prices hovering around...