News Archive

February 2012
04 Feb 2012
Sandvik advances roadheader automation with new face cutting research
Sandvik Mining, whose parent company spent ZAR3.5 billion in research and development in the 2011...
03 Feb 2012
Lundin studies Lombador at Neves Corvo, Coalspur’s Vista looks good, upgraded resource for Tampakan and Glencore/Xstrata takeover? And much, much more…..
The latest International Mining Project News, out today (some 60 pages), has reports on 24...
03 Feb 2012
Mining aviation safety innovations up for discussion at Indaba
ExecuJet Africa is to attend next week's annual Mining Indaba in Cape Town from 5-9 February as sponsors and exhibitors for...
03 Feb 2012
Lined Weba Chute Systems proving worth
Weba Chute Systems reports that lined transfer points and chute systems designed and manufactured by...
03 Feb 2012
The Great Mines of Petra Diamonds – reports coming up – production on the rise
Petra Diamonds is to be the next subject of our Great Mines series. The company...
02 Feb 2012
Sandvik celebrated 150 years on January 31
January 31 was 150 years to the day since Göran Fredrik Göransson's new company was...
02 Feb 2012
Deister Machine marks a century in mining business
Deister Machine Company is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2012 as a leading manufacturer of high-quality...
02 Feb 2012
Nationalisation of South African mines mines is not another form of BEE
While it is generally agreed that a measure of further state involvement in the South...
02 Feb 2012
RZ Mask offers mineworker dust solution
Made from neoprene material and equipped with an N99 Active Carbon filter, the new RZ...
01 Feb 2012
Mining Exploration Technology
  UDP platform in use at Pluton’s Irvine Island iron ore project, Western Australia In 2011, exploration...
01 Feb 2012
MineARC provides update on patented refuge chamber progress
MineARC states that it has recently seen a rise in the number of mines worldwide...
01 Feb 2012
MDM awarded EPCM contract for Banro’s Namoya
MDM Engineering Group, the minerals process and project management company focused on the mining industry,...