News Archive

September 2009
23 Sep 2009
BJD Hammermills pulverising coal in Western Australia
As IM October goes to press, with a feature on comminution, there is news that BJD Crushers has supplied six...
22 Sep 2009
New generation survey system combines the latest total stations, GNSS receivers, controllers and onboard software
As International Mining prepares an article on surveying and GPS for the November issue, the...
22 Sep 2009
Worldclass medical care sets Freeport Indonesia apart from many of its contemporaries
A healthy population is at the heart of sustainable development is a philosophy wholeheartedly embraced...
21 Sep 2009
Improving the efficiency of the tailings thickener in a coal preparation plant
A customer had multiple coal types, that were processed through the preparation plant. Some of the...
21 Sep 2009
Uranium Star is betting heavily on vanadium and the Green Giant deposit in Madagascar
Uranium Star is targetting a 200 Mt minimum resource for the Green Giant vanadium project in...
18 Sep 2009
4th Annual China Gold & Precious Metals Summit 2009
This event will be held in Shanghai, December 3-4. China Gold & Precious Metals Summits...
18 Sep 2009
China to be first to use US coal-to-liquid technology for power generation
American power generator Southern Co has announced that China will be the site for the...
17 Sep 2009
Anglo American and the Natural History Museum to collaborate on environmental issues
The mining group, Anglo American, is one of the major supporters of the Natural History...
17 Sep 2009
Major International mining company approves Callidan’s MoistScan for use on conveyed copper ore
Online moisture analysis specialists Callidan Instruments recently had its MoistScanr MA-500HD subjected to arduous testing...
16 Sep 2009
Niger, Africa’s second largest uranium producer, should see great growth
Niger, which became independent from France in 1960 and has a democratic government, is the...
16 Sep 2009
Haber and Geobase Metals JV in Zimbabwe to recover ‘green’ gold and create thousands of rural jobs
Haber has entered into a joint venture with GeoBASE Metals, a private Zimbabwean based minerals company...
15 Sep 2009
Recent spike in gold price based on ’shaky’ foundations – GFMS
Philip Klapwijk, Chairman of the independent metals research consultancy, GFMS, says, "on balance, we're still...