News Archive

January 2015
12 Jan 2015
Xiwang Special Steel enters into cooperation agreement with the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiwang Special Steel Co Ltd has entered into a Technology Licence and Cooperation Agreement  with...
09 Jan 2015
Flinders Mines receives approval for railway development, Cleveland Mining agrees expansion and much, much more
The latest issue of International Mining Project News, out today, has reports on 31 prefeasibility studies, 12...
09 Jan 2015
One of world's largest copper mines, Chuquicamata, to go underground
Codelco’s board of directors has approved the development of the Chuquicamata underground mine below the...
09 Jan 2015
Amec Foster Wheeler wins Çöpler gold expansion
Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract by Anagold Madencilik to provide basic design...
09 Jan 2015
Aircraft refuelling for remote mine sites
High-pressure aviation refuelling system now being used in mining Originally designed for use by military forces,...
09 Jan 2015
Coal India sinks into more trouble, but strike ends
Coal India Ltd’s (CIL) new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Sutirtha Bhattacharya only took up...
08 Jan 2015
Respecting the blind spots of large haul trucks
One of the challenges in training newly hired personnel to be haul truck operators is...
08 Jan 2015
Ffos-y-fran mine reaches landmark 5 Mt of coal processed
Miller Argent’s Ffos-y-fran mining facility has reached the landmark figure of 5 Mt of processed...
08 Jan 2015
Transmin opts for Atlas Copco hammers; and starts Yoshikawa feeder distribution
Bulk materials handling specialist Transmin has switched from using Rammer, to using Atlas Copco for...
08 Jan 2015
AVEVA acquires 8over8 and its ProCon project control and lifecycle software
AVEVA announced this week that it has acquired Northern Ireland-based 8over8 Ltd, whose flagship product...
07 Jan 2015
Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2014
This report from the IEA contains market analysis and forecasts to 2019 (132 pages, ISBN...
07 Jan 2015
Doosan launches new mid-size excavators for small mines with numerous improvements
Providing significantly improved performance compared to the previous ‘LC-3’ Stage IIIB models, Doosan has launched...