News Archive

May 2010
24 May 2010
BHP meets with Australian super tax advisory panel
BHP Billiton met with the panel advising the Australian Government on its proposed super tax...
24 May 2010
Anglo American becomes first mining company to achieve community investment award
Anglo American's strong commitment to investing in and partnering with local communities worldwide has been...
21 May 2010
Great Basin Gold’s shaft development, LKAB’s new iron ore mine, Massey Energy’s coal expansion and more in Project News
Latest issue of International Mining Project News available (May 21): "Australia's proposed resources tax may...
21 May 2010
Fortescue port expansion plans ‘on hold’ due to new Australian resource tax
Fortescue Metals Group has placed two out of the company's three expansion projects on hold...
21 May 2010
TNG and METS develop new hydrometallurgical process for Mount Peake vanadium ore
A new metallurgical process suitable for extracting vanadium, titanium and iron has been successfully developed...
21 May 2010
US coal consumption down, but exports up – NMA 2010 forecast
The National Mining Association's (NMA) Economics Coal Subcommittee expects US coal consumption to rebound from...
21 May 2010
Anvil Mining signs up for global transparency initiative
Anvil Mining has recently been accepted as a supporting member of the Extractive Industries Transparency...
20 May 2010
Dual pinion drive systems for Detour Gold’s new mine
ABB is to deliver four low speed dual pinion drive systems to Detour Gold's new...
20 May 2010
US gets tough on use of conflict minerals from the DRC
The Obama administration is pressing American industries to end the use of so-called ‘conflict minerals'...
20 May 2010
Boliden expands electronic scrap recycling facility at copper smelter in Sweden
Outotec has signed a contract with Boliden for the delivery of Kaldo furnace technology to...
20 May 2010
Stewart Group expands and relocates sample preparation laboratory in Liberia
Stewart Group, the international inspection, analysis and assaying group, has expanded and relocated its sample...
19 May 2010
Manoeuvrable transport of longwall mining equipment
The new FBL-55(H) high-capacity diesel-powered shield hauler features the world's highest lift capacity in its...