News Archive

March 2010
10 Mar 2010
Iron ore analysis – price surge to impact western steel companies
Christian Georges of equities intermediary brokerage Olivetree Solutions cautions that "the coming weeks are set...
10 Mar 2010
Outotec’s 2.4 Mt/y sinter plant for Kalagadi Manganese
Outotec has agreed with Kalagadi Manganese on the design and delivery of a new manganese...
10 Mar 2010
Protecting equipment, tools and machinery with innovative packaging
Intercept Technology has been wrapping equipment, tools, machines, and parts with packaging products for Australian...
09 Mar 2010
Maximising energy efficiency and power supply at Osisko’s Malartic gold project
ABB has won an order to provide a complete harmonics & power factor correction (H&PFC)...
09 Mar 2010
New technology and multi-tasking for today’s exploration drilling crews
Boart Longyear Canada engineers note that with significant investment in capital equipment on the line,...
09 Mar 2010
Exploration FTS scheme will help boost Australia’s productivity – Roche
Queensland Resources Council (QRC) Chief Executive Michael Roche says the Australian Prime Minister has pointed...
08 Mar 2010
Innovation helps tailings management and provides mine power
The Solarmax Thermoplastic Racking System (STRS) was certainly a star of the SME Annual Meeting...
08 Mar 2010
Ausenco wins magnetite processing contract at Xstrata Copper operation
Ausenco has been awarded a $9.6 million engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract for...
08 Mar 2010
ULCOS-II: major steel industry breakthrough to fight against climate change
A two-phase strategy was put into place in 2008 to achieve the challenging objective of...
08 Mar 2010
Working exhibit of surface mining machines
With four months to go before it opens its gates, 381 exhibitors have now signed...
06 Mar 2010
Massive rise in contract coking coal prices
Macquarie Commodities notes that while "the first quarterly coking coal settlement for 2010, for the initial...
05 Mar 2010
NMA develops new health and safety initiative for US mines
The National Mining Association (NMA) has launched a new NMA initiative to foster continued improvement...