News Archive

December 2010
13 Dec 2010
Aker Solutions cultivates its core mining business
Aker Solutions has decided to cultivate its core businesses by creating three separate companies. The...
13 Dec 2010
Trolex celebrates 50 years in mining and plans expansion
As sensor and sensing systems company Trolex celebrates its 50th anniversary, the company begins a...
10 Dec 2010
Sandvik sees strong upturn in mining equipment investment
Lars Josefsson, President of Sandvik Mining and Construction (SMC) business area: "We are pleased to...
10 Dec 2010
Measurement platform for down hole elemental analysis in mine blastholes
Work at the CSIRO Lucas Heights Laboratories has further developed LIBS as a routine analytical...
10 Dec 2010
In an accident, new robot will assess mine conditions and help rescuers
International Mining is focusing on automation and remote control in the January issue. New in...
10 Dec 2010
Major new Chinese coal mining equipment JV
One of China's leading domestic longwall mining equipment manufacturers, Hong Kong-listed International Mining Machinery Holdings...
09 Dec 2010
A$112 million mining industry Deep Exploration Technologies CRC launched in Australia
Barrick, BHP Billiton, Boart Longyear, CSIRO, Curtin University of Technology, Geoscience Australia, Gold Fields, Newcrest,...
09 Dec 2010
ABB completes challenging GMD installation at Andina
ABB has successfully installed and commissioned the first gearless mill drive (GMD) system for Codelco...
09 Dec 2010
JKTech Partners With EduMine “to deliver worldclass online courses to a global mining audience”
JKTech, the technology transfer company for the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre and the Sustainable...
09 Dec 2010
Record Pilot Crushtec plant for Zambian mining industry
The biggest Pilot Crushtec modular plant to have been built to date has been installed...
08 Dec 2010
FLSmidth launches global survey to help customers discover mineral industry automation opportunities
FLSmidth has launched a global benchmark survey to discover automation opportunities as part of its...
08 Dec 2010
World first commercial wireless blast initiating system could revolutionise mining
In what Orica Mining Services describes as "a world first," it has unveiled a commercial wireless...