News Archive

March 2013
18 Mar 2013
British group wins major undersea exploration contract for polymetallic Pacific nodules
UK Seabed Resources, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin UK, in partnership with the...
18 Mar 2013
Weir Minerals wins pump order from Bozshakol copper mine
Weir Minerals has won a £4.4 million process equipment supply order for the Bozshakol copper...
18 Mar 2013
Guangxi Cummins starts operations in Liuzhou
The first Cummins L9.3 engine has rolled off the production line at Guangxi Cummins Engine...
18 Mar 2013
ABB's Baldor highlights explosion-proof motors for mining
Baldor Electric Company, a member of the ABB group, is a supplier of totally-enclosed explosion-proof motors for...
15 Mar 2013
WorleyParsons completes TWP acquisition
WorleyParsons has announced the completion of its ZAR900 million acquisition of leading EPCM business TWP Holdings...
15 Mar 2013
GEOVIA releases latest version of GEMS
GEOVIA has released the latest version of the GEMS geology and mine planning software application....
15 Mar 2013
Industry embraces technology as skilled workforce diminishes: BDO study
Three key findings from a BDO study are that environmental policy tops domestic regulatory concerns,...
15 Mar 2013
Minerals Council of Australia says changes to project approvals laws are unnecessary and unwelcome
The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) strongly opposes the Federal Government's planned changes to the...
14 Mar 2013
Meridian Drilling adds Ingersoll Rand T4W to its fleet
Fast expanding UK and Dubai based Meridian Drilling has added another new rig to its...
14 Mar 2013
Tenova Bateman Technologies supplies second front end for Zimbabwe diamond plant
Tenova Bateman Technologies Modular Plants, formally Bateman Modular Plants and now part of Tenova Mining...
14 Mar 2013
Barrick installs solar powered Cisco wireless mesh from CBO at Cowal
Barrick recently implemented a solar-powered Cisco wireless mesh network designed by Brisbane-based CBO Telecommunications at...
14 Mar 2013
New technology produces DRI from oolitic iron ores
In 2011, Ironstone Resources contracted Hatch to develop a commercial process to extract iron from...