News Archive

November 2010
30 Nov 2010
Technical mining and processing information should be shared for the good and safety of all
Peter McCarthy, Chairman of AMC Consultants comments in that company's latest Digging Deeper newsletter that...
30 Nov 2010
Ventilation on Demand has great potential to save underground mine energy costs
VOD (Ventilation on Demand) has been used at Xstrata's Nickel Rim mine with great success. "The...
30 Nov 2010
Average gold mine cash costs rise 4% to $585/oz in Q3 2010
The November 2010 issue of the Gold Mine Cost Report, published by ABN AMRO Bank and...
30 Nov 2010
Hansford Sensors wins TVBMA export award for vibration monitoring
Monitoring of rotating parts is critical to avoid plant stoppage, including crushers and conveyors. Although...
29 Nov 2010
Rio Tinto creates new $10 million Centre for Underground Mine Construction
On November 25, Rio Tinto announced the establishment of the Rio Tinto Centre for Underground Mine...
29 Nov 2010
New Sonic drill rig will fit in 6 m (20′) shipping container
Sonic Drill, a world leader in sonic drilling technology, has engineered and released a sonic...
29 Nov 2010
How Queensland’s resource dollars turbocharge state economy
A$707 a second is how much the Queensland minerals and energy resources sector spends on...
29 Nov 2010
Highlights from the ninth annual London Gold Conference
Recently RBC Capital Markets held its ninth Annual Gold Conference in London - hosting CEOs...
26 Nov 2010
Analyse this! Mintec unveils MineSight Data Analyst Version 2.2
Mintec has enhanced its suite of geomodelling tools by introducing an upgraded version of MineSight...
26 Nov 2010
BioteQ water treatment in Chinese copper wins award for innovation and best practice
BioteQ Environmental Technologies, a leader in the treatment of industrial waste water, has received the...
26 Nov 2010
ThreeDify releases OptimCut 1.0, a constrained N-best cutoff grade optimiser for mining
ThreeDify Inc. says "OptimCut 1.0 is an ideal tool for mine planners who seek to maximise...
26 Nov 2010
Taggart Global expands its capabilities in coal handling
Coal handling is one of the features of International Mining's December issue of the magazine....