News Archive

April 2010
07 Apr 2010
Joy roof supports – giants of longwall mining, produced the highest capacity roof support
In longwall mining, powerful shearing machines drive back and forth across coal faces of up...
07 Apr 2010
Weba delivers slurry screen splitter distributor system to Debswana’s Damtshaa mine
Weba Chute Systems has provided a turnkey solution including investigation, design, manufacture, installation and commissioning...
06 Apr 2010
Avalon proves hydrometallurgical process to extract rare earths
Avalon Rare Metals is making good progress on metallurgical process development for the Nechalacho rare earth element...
05 Apr 2010
New dust collector design helps reduce power consumption
A new insertable dust collector that features improved filtering and a smaller footprint should help...
05 Apr 2010
EPA guidance for coal mining permits impacts jobs and economic activity throughout Appalachia
"America's coal mining communities are deeply concerned by the impact of policy announced by EPA...
05 Apr 2010
New report to help identify gaps in safety management systems
The International Council of Mining and Metals (ICMM) presents Leadership Matters - Managing Fatal Risk...
03 Apr 2010
Iron ore market sentiment in China is mixed as new pricing system is announced
Macquarie Commodities reports that on the morning of the first day of the Metal Bulletin iron...
02 Apr 2010
World Gold Council signs agreement to develop China market
The World Gold Council (WGC) and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) have...
02 Apr 2010
Largest filter presses in the world for environmentally sustainable copper mine
FLSmidth has received an order worth around $31 million from Rosemont Copper for the supply...
02 Apr 2010
Monitoring methane and carbon monoxide in Norwegian coal mine
Trolex's STX3241 and STX3261 toxic and flammable gas detectors and TX5920 Vortex Air Flow Sensors...
02 Apr 2010
ContiTech acquires Metso’s Flexowell and Pocketlift conveyor belt operations
ContiTech Transportbandsysteme has acquired Metso Minerals' Moers plant, which includes the Flexowell and Pocketlift conveyor...
01 Apr 2010
Design review of existing centrifugal concentrator applications
As International Mining's May issue, including a review of gold recovery technologies, nears publication, Gekko...