News Archive

March 2012
22 Mar 2012
Release of Maptek Vulcan 64-bit version mine planning and design software
In preparation for release of the Maptek VulcanTM 64-bit version, the company's Forge newsletter interviewed...
22 Mar 2012
Kubota introduces new RTV400Ci fuel-injected utility vehicle
New gas-power vehicle provides versatility for mines, surface and underground. Kubota says "the new gas-powered RTV400Ci utility...
22 Mar 2012
Inaugural Integrated Planning & Optimisation Summit (IPOS’12) draws almost 500 delegates
SolveIT Software, a leading provider of enterprise software for supply and demand optimisation and predictive...
22 Mar 2012
Sii says specTERRA is an amazing improvement over the old Terraspec spectrometer
Sii is introducing a new spectrometer and says "the specTERRA is an amazing improvement over...
21 Mar 2012
New InSite for open-pit and underground mines
Gemcom Software International has released the latest version of its award-winning Gemcom InSiteTM mine production...
21 Mar 2012
Sandvik commissions South Africa’s first fully mechanised bolter at South Deeps gold
Sandvik Mining has commissioned what it says is "the first fully mechanised rock bolter to...
21 Mar 2012
Loesche – mobile ore-grinding plant
Loesche's first OGPmobile is currently being used in southern Asia. Loesche says it is proving...
21 Mar 2012
Normet strengthens its presence in Africa
Normet, the mining and tunnelling equipment and chemicals group, has established its own sales and...
20 Mar 2012
Maintaining an iron grip, with ore demand set to double
Global iron ore demand is set to double to around 3.5 billion tonnes per year...
20 Mar 2012
Teck and China’s Ministry of Agriculture to promote zinc fertiliser to raise crop yields
Teck Resources and the National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center of the Ministry of Agriculture...
20 Mar 2012
New mission planning software for airborne sensor surveys fromLeica Geosystems
Leica Geosystems Geospatial Solutions Division has announced the release of its new mission planning software, Leica...
20 Mar 2012
Mining Masterclass on Mining Finance
 On April 4, MinSouth and the Association of Mining Analysts continue their series of Mining...