News Archive

October 2010
15 Oct 2010
The surface crawler drill of the future – in Shanghai
Atlas Copco's futuristic vision of a surface drill crawler has been revealed to the world...
15 Oct 2010
Sandvik launches new range of low profile LHDs
Sandvik launched its new range of LHDs at a South Africam platinum conference - that...
15 Oct 2010
Nickel production worldwide forecast to rise marginally
Global nickel consumption is forecast to increase to around 1.3 Mt in calendar 2010, reflecting...
15 Oct 2010
Finland and Sweden are ‘hot’ for equipment and mine projects
Articles in International Mining November will look at new mining and processing equipment from Finnish...
14 Oct 2010
San Jose rescue was an incredible success for Chile and for the mining industry at large
At the San Jose mine near Copiapo in Chile all the miners have emerged, one by...
14 Oct 2010
European Nickel says new heap leaching will boost global transition to laterite processing
New nickel laterite heap leaching technology will increasingly provide more competitive and "greener" mining and...
14 Oct 2010
Rusal offers technical help to the Hungarian tailings spill disaster and future such occurences around the world
RUSAL, the world's largest aluminium producer, has offered its expert support to help tackle the...
14 Oct 2010
ABB supplies GMD technology to Escondida copper mine in Chile
ABB will supply a new gearless mill drive (GMD) system to Minera Escondida. The contract...
13 Oct 2010
Massive integrated lead producer, The Doe Run Co, reaches landmark environmental agreement
Doe Run has agreed to spend up to $7.5 million on several environmental improvement projects....
13 Oct 2010
Minimising downtime: Anglo Technical Services switches to ANSYS to improve mining productivity
Software is a focus of the November issue of International Mining and top miner Anglo American has...
13 Oct 2010
New guide on mining and Indigenous Peoples from the ICMM
The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has released Good Practice Guide: Indigenous Peoples and...
12 Oct 2010
The 33 San Jose copper/gold miners could see daylight very soon
Events, thankfully, have overtaken the Leader in International Mining October that is currently mailing to...