News Archive

December 2009
31 Dec 2009
Positive news from the Corriente Copperbelt, Rosia Montana, Wadi Sawawin, Windimurra, Kazakhmys, Randalls and the fabulous Canadian Malartic gold projects and many more
International Mining Project News will go out to subscribers on January 4. Could it be...
30 Dec 2009
Yandicoogina becomes first mine in Australia to produce 50 Mt in a year
Rio Tinto's Yandicoogina, Australia's largest-producing iron ore mine, has broken the 50 Mt mark for...
30 Dec 2009
IAMGOLD increases its interest in Sadiola and looks to greater gold production
IAMGOLD has completed the acquisition of an additional 3% share in Soc d'Exploitation des Mines d'Or...
29 Dec 2009
China’s 2010 coal demand could rise 4%-6%, according to China Securities Journal
China, which is the world's second-largest energy user, may consume between 4 and 6% more...
29 Dec 2009
CPE Mengdong Energy orders the well-tried Tenova TAKRAF SRs 2000 bucketwheel excavator
Tenova TAKRAF has won a turnkey contract for the supply of one SRs2000 bucketwheel excavator ...
28 Dec 2009
Improving mine camp sustainability: all part of the licence to operate
For mining companies, a long-term licence to operate depends on a capacity to renew existing...
27 Dec 2009
High power drives find myriad uses in Australia’s mining industry
Some of the most powerful drives ever engineered in Australasia by Bonfiglioli are featured in...
26 Dec 2009
TZMI concludes that a Zircon supply shortage is inevitable in the next decade
The global zircon industry has encountered a period of great uncertainty as a result of...
25 Dec 2009
Steel: Short-term recovery, but long-term concerns
The GFMS Steel Group notes that "steel prices in 2009 have mirrored the global economic...
24 Dec 2009
New reference book: Blasthole Drilling in Open Pit Mining
As mining operations face ongoing demand to increase productivity and decrease costs without sacrificing safety,...
24 Dec 2009
Kupol achieves firsts in ICMI environmental certification
Kinross Gold's Kupol mine in the Far East Region of the Russian Federation has been...
23 Dec 2009
Xstrata in Peru: will CSR ‘best practice’ keep communities on side?
By Rob Foulkes, Critical Resources: To avoid the sort of protests already faced by other...