News Archive

May 2012
23 May 2012
Sandvik expanding footprint in Ghana
Having outgrown its original premises in Accra, Ghana, high technology and services engineering group Sandvik...
23 May 2012
Metals Economics Group mineral exploration index reveals mixed results
Metals Economics Group (MEG) recently published a summary of its Pipeline Activity Index (PAI) for...
23 May 2012
Aggreko sees further Latin America growth in temporary mining power demand
Aggreko, the supplier of temporary power and temperature control solutions for mining, believes that rapid growth in...
23 May 2012
Industrial Scientific gets ATEX certification for new Ventis gas detector
Industrial Scientific Corporation, a leading provider of gas detection services, has announced that its Ventis MX4 multi-gas...
22 May 2012
ABB 800xA control system at Dannemora processing plant
ABB recently started commissioning a System 800xA control system at Dannemora's new iron ore sorting...
22 May 2012
Slope Stability 2013 set for Brisbane
The Australian Centre for Geomechanics (ACG) is to host the International Symposium on Slope Stability in...
22 May 2012
Kinnect brings workplace injury prevention expertise to WA mining
The demanding work environment of Western Australia's burgeoning resources economy and remote mining operations has...
22 May 2012
RAG Mining Solutions equipment sales as part of operations wind-down
As part of the current underground coal mine decommissioning measures being applied in Germany's Saarland, ...
21 May 2012
Joy ships its 6,000th continuous miner to Patriot Coal
Joy has shipped its 6,000th continuous miner, a model 12CM12, to Patriot Coal in West...
21 May 2012
Latin American mining potential to be noted ‘downunder’
The Inaugural Paydirt Latin America DownUnder resources conference is being staged this week - Tuesday...
21 May 2012
The rush to develop Burma’s mineral resources
Further to the Leader in the May issue of International Mining, Mineweb recently published an article...
21 May 2012
Peru’s illegal gold worth more than cocaine
We all know that illegal mining is a problem in many parts of the mining...