News Archive

May 2011
26 May 2011
Increased conveyor belt splice efficiency from Flexco
Flexco recently added a cambered (curved) clamp bar to the Flexco® SRTM Rivet Hinged Installation...
26 May 2011
ABB commissions first gearless mill drives project in Canada
Commissioning and start-up of Canada's first gearless mill drive (GMD) system has been completed at Osisko...
26 May 2011
RBC Capital Markets says Glencore International “fast track into the FTSE 100″
RBC Capital Markets forecasts a near doubling (+98%) of Industrial Activities EBITDA over the coming three...
25 May 2011
Breakthrough in rare earths processing technology
Australian rare earths company Arafura Resources has successfully completed the hydrochloric acid regeneration program, a...
25 May 2011
Vale loads the world’s largest ore carrier for the first time
The world's largest ore carrier, Vale Brasil, was loaded for the first time on Tuesday,...
25 May 2011
US has resources to meet minerals needs; public policies hamper competitiveness
"America's drift away from greater self-sufficiency for the basic building blocks of our economy compromises...
24 May 2011
New Pike River evidence again raises question about the need to make emergency refuges compulsory
Australian based refuge chamber manufacturer MineARC Systems says the most recent developments to come out...
24 May 2011
Colombia gold report – now available for download
Last month World Gold Analyst published its latest Special Report in hardcopy - this time...
24 May 2011
Niobium-tantalum – Smart metals for phones and bones
A new guide to niobium and tantalum has been published by the British Geological Survey...
24 May 2011
New alliance formed in SA-NSW border area by iron explorers on the Braemar Iron Formation
A consortium of iron ore explorers within an iron ore province west of Broken Hill...
23 May 2011
The Glencore IPO, two positive iron ore studies from Aquila, Olympic Dam progress, Quadra FNX’s big Sierra Gorda news and much more in a record 70-page issue
 There is a huge amount of news in the iron ore space in the latest...
23 May 2011
Murray & Roberts Cementation boosting safety and work quality
Murray & Roberts Cementation reports promising results from the first formal assessment of the impact...