News Archive

July 2018
10 Jul 2018
Finnish Minerals Group established
The Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy of the Finnish Government has reorganised the State’s mining...
10 Jul 2018
EPA recommends approval for BHP’s long-term mining plan in the Pilbara
A strategic mining proposal for the Pilbara, by resources giant BHP, has been recommended for...
10 Jul 2018
Encanto appoints COO and announces next stages of mine plan
Encanto Potash Corp. has appointed Richard Lively to the position of Chief Operating Officer. "Since...
10 Jul 2018
New Ethereum platform to fundamentally change the way minerals and metals are traded
Blockchain venture studio ConsenSys and cloud-based metal concentrates exchange Open Mineral, have established Minerac, a...
10 Jul 2018
Whitehaven Coal’s Maules Creek to get first commercial Hitachi autonomous truck fleet
Confirming officially what was first published in IM earlier this year, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd...
10 Jul 2018
Peak signs option agreement for Teesside rare earths refinery land
Peak Resources has entered into an option agreement for the long term lease of the...
10 Jul 2018
Smoothing out Australian mining’s ‘booms and busts’
Just how to better manage the historic booms and busts in Australia’s mining and energy...
09 Jul 2018
Spark-proof smartphones aid underground maintenance at Vorkutaugol
PAO Vorkutaugol, one of the largest coal mining companies in Russia and part of PAO...
09 Jul 2018
Michelin tackles underground mining tyre life with new line
Michelin North America says its new series of underground mining tyres for loaders and transport...
09 Jul 2018
JENNMAR to exclusively distribute Draeger gas monitoring technology in the US mining and tunnelling market
JENNMAR has reached a five year agreement with Draeger, Inc granting JENNMAR exclusive distribution rights...
09 Jul 2018
DRA Global and Novus Engineering announce new collaboration to serve Western Canada mining clients
DRA Global and Novus Engineering Inc have announced a collaborative partnership which will serve mining...
09 Jul 2018
Asahi Refining latest to sign up to Emergent blockchain-based tech to track gold provenance from mine to vault
Emergent Technology Holdings LP and Asahi Refining announced today that Emergent has licensed to Asahi...