News Archive

December 2012
31 Dec 2012
Major mining equipment orders for Atlas Copco in Latin America
Atlas Copco has won two large orders from mining customers in South and Central America,...
31 Dec 2012
Preventing dangerous centrifugal pump overheating
GIW notes that “if you’ve ever seen the aftermath of a pump explosion, you know...
28 Dec 2012
Improvement in Australian iron ore outlook heading into 2013
Fortescue deferred the Kings iron ore project in September 2012 in response to volatile market...
28 Dec 2012
A new twist on fly-in, fly-out mining operations, from NASA
Only five months after the launch of Planetray Resources, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration...
28 Dec 2012
Support builds for new deal to revitalise Ontario Northland, connect Ring of Fire mines
The New Deal for Northern Ontario (www.newdealnorth.ca), an initiative to revitalise the Ontario Northland Transportation...
28 Dec 2012
Progress at Chilean ore-derived copper sulphate project
Lustros has secured the final funding needed to complete its copper sulphate processing plant in Puerto...
27 Dec 2012
Koniambo nickel commissioning support – control infrastructure
Xstrata Nickel’s Koniambo project in New Caledonia is commissioning as it prepares for first ore...
27 Dec 2012
How MineCare® Standalone can give you the tools and data to solve your equipment health woes
Modular Mining Systems, a leader in information management solutions for mining operations worldwide, announces its...
27 Dec 2012
Adrok announces new investments to fund expansion
Adrok, the Scottish "virtual drilling’ technology" development company has announced expansion plans which will see the...
25 Dec 2012
Mintec releases latest version of MineSight Strategic Planner
Mintec has released 3.6, the latest version of MineSight Strategic Planner, its long term mine planning software. Among...
24 Dec 2012
Potash West lodges provisional patent application for processing breakthrough
Potash West is working on its revolutionary glauconite-to-fertiliser Dandaragan Trough project located to the north...
24 Dec 2012
K+S selects Veolia for Legacy potash evaporation plant
K+S Potash Canada, a subsidiary of the K+S Group, has awarded Veolia Water Solutions &...