News Archive

March 2011
08 Mar 2011
Improving governance in resource-rich countries through voluntary reporting
  As the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) global summit concluded in Paris last week, international humanitarian...
07 Mar 2011
Oyu Tolgoi expected to average more than 3 Moz silver each year in first 10 years of operation
The Operations Focus article in International Mining's April issue looks at the magnificant Oyu Tolgoi...
07 Mar 2011
Joy booms and is confident of the mining market outlook
Joy Global (P&H and Joy Mining) reports bookings in the first quarter of fiscal 2011 were...
07 Mar 2011
Quality core trays from the Philippines help with quality sampling in mineral exploration
GXD's high-density polyethylene (HDPE) core trays are chemically inert and non-magnetic that prevents core sample contamination...
06 Mar 2011
Nonferrous minerals exploration rebounds 45% to second-highest total on record
Responding to rising metals prices and more stable markets, most mining companies increased exploration budgets...
04 Mar 2011
Giant mine planning software tool Surpac gets a makeover
Gemcom Software International has released Gemcom SurpacTM 6.2, the latest version of what it says...
04 Mar 2011
Remote Source Lighting in the spotlight as RSL Fiber Systems accepts major technology award
Among the select 35 companies to be feted by internationally-renowned research leader Frost & Sullivan...
04 Mar 2011
Surface mining in the 21st century: global meeting in Krasnoyarsk, Russia
All papers presented at the IRPC Surface Mining in XXI century, October 4-6, 2011 will be...
04 Mar 2011
ABB delivers complete electrical equipment for largest bucketwheel excavator in China, in coal
New electrical equipment to modernise excavator will remove up to 6,600 m3/h of overburden. ABB...
03 Mar 2011
Conveyor monitoring tool tracks belt inside and out
Veyance Technologies, the manufacturer of Goodyear Engineered Products, has introduced Cord GuardTM XD with new...
03 Mar 2011
Ausenco awarded Chilean copper process infrastructure contract
Ausenco has been awarded design engineering study work for two new pipelines and the port...
03 Mar 2011
ABB wins $47 million contract from Codelco for Chilean copper
Chilean Ministro Hales project brings the number of GMD orders for ABB to 100 units. ABB...