News Archive

December 2017
03 Dec 2017
Simon Thompson to succeed Jan du Plessis as Rio Chairman
Rio Tinto has appointed Simon Thompson as chairman. Thompson, who joined the Rio Tinto board...
03 Dec 2017
Argentina projects $2 billion in lithium projects
The US Geological Survey and the Geological Mining Service of Argentina (SEGMAR), reports that there...
03 Dec 2017
EPA rejects unnecessary, duplicative financial assurance requirements on US mining industry
The National Mining Association (NMA) has welcomed the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision that...
01 Dec 2017
Major Drilling reports healthier exploration market and invests in grade control and UG rigs
Major Drilling Group International Inc is one of the world’s largest drilling services companies, primarily...
01 Dec 2017
Nevada Copper outlines Pumpkin Hollow mining options in new Technical Report
Nevada Copper Corp has completed, and SEDAR-filed, a Technical Report prepared in accordance with National...
01 Dec 2017
Merlin Diamonds banks on new Tomra sorting technology to recover larger stones
Australia's Merlin Diamonds advises that a Tomra X-Ray Transmission Machine has been delivered to the...
01 Dec 2017
Gold Fields’ current vision and reality of the mine of the future
Nick Holland, CEO Gold Fields, gave a presentation entitled The Gold Mine of the Future...
01 Dec 2017
FAMUR and Polish Development Fund set up strategic mining investment vehicle
On November 30, FAMUR SA and the Polish Development Fund (Polski Fundusz Rozwoju - PFR)...
01 Dec 2017
FLSmidth launches modular Reflux™ Classifier plant
FLSmidth has officially launched its modular Reflux™ Classifier plant for fines gravity separation applications. The integrated...
01 Dec 2017
Atlas Copco to acquire Cate Drilling in US
Atlas Copco, a leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions, has agreed to acquire the assets...
01 Dec 2017
Lockheed Martin strategic partnership with Elcora Advanced Materials to develop of Li-ion anode technology
Elcora Advanced Materials Corp has .signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement with Lockheed Martin...
01 Dec 2017
Engineers appointed for Hayes Creek DFS (zinc, gold, silver)
PNX Metals Ltd has appointed GR Engineering Services Ltd (GRES) as study manager for the...