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Joseph Grosso, Executive Chairman, President and CEO reports that at the PDAC Argentina’s government, through its newly appointed Secretary of Mines, Daniel Meilán, confirmed the various fiscal policy changes implemented by the new government in office that now provide incentives to attract mining investors to develop the vast natural resources of Argentina that are virtually[…]

Danfoss says OEM customers and distributors “can see a range of innovative, reliable and quality solutions for machine design” at its booth during Bauma 2016. Danfoss Power Solutions will offer a live demonstration of its latest telematics offerings from the European Application Development Center (ADC) in Nordborg, Denmark. The demonstration will highlight how products work[…]

BHP Billiton Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) has lodged a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of its central Pilbara iron ore assets to contribute to the long term environmental planning and management of its operations. The SEA is the first of its kind in the Australian mining industry and gives an overview of the regional environmental[…]

ABB is to provide four hoists to the Venetia mine, South Africa’s largest producer of diamonds. It will supply one double drum hoist for personnel and material conveyance, two friction hoists for production, and one single drum hoist for service duty. ABB will provide the design, supply, manufacture, installation and commissioning of all four hoists,[…]

Ausdrill Ltd has sold its DT HiLoad truck tray manufacturing business to WA-based Schlam Engineering. Ausdrill Managing Director, Ron Sayers, said the sale includes A$2.6 million in up-front consideration, with additional steel and tray inventories provided on a fixed price, consignment basis over three years. The sale is expected to generate total proceeds of up[…]

PhosAgro, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated phosphate-based fertiliser producers, has launched a special Green Chemistry grant program together with UNESCO and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). Young scientists under the age of 36 will be eligible for grants to support green chemistry research project on innovations in the processing[…]

In the latest issue (over 50 pages) of International Mining Project News, as the last issue, there is a lot of ‘hot’ lithium news, gold and potash too. There is detailed information in the issue on all these projects and those mentioned below and many more projects covered in the full subscribers’ issue. There are important contact details for[…]

In open pit mining transport routes increase – worldwide easily accessable sources are increasingly exploited. Cost effectiveness is therefore more and more a matter of hauling prices per ton, because long routes between decentralised mines, processing or storage facilities have to be mastered. Toll Mining Services put the NICOLAS Tractomas on trial use in Western[…]

Booyco Electronics has extended its electronic safety equipment offering having recently launched its Asset Protection System (APS) which is specifically aimed at enhancing vehicle and operator safety in surface mining operations. In combination with its underground pedestrian detection system (PDS) technology, the company now offers the mining industry a turnkey, fully integrated surface and underground[…]

Avalon Advanced Materials reports that at the 2016 Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention in Toronto, Canada, lithium shared the spotlight with gold as the commodities attracting the most interest from investors. In fact, a Tesla Motors Model S electric car powered by a lithium ion battery was on display in the Investors[…]