18 Oct 2010
BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto terminate iron ore production JV
On June 5, 2009, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto signed core principles to establish a production...
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18 Oct 2010
South African PGMs – the power squeeze
RBC Capital Markets notes that South Africa has been plagued by a power shortage since...
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18 Oct 2010
Wilden Advanced Series metal AODD pumps handle rugged mining conditions
 Wilden®, a worldwide leader in air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) pump technology, has a reputation of producing pumps...
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18 Oct 2010
Launch of the OneGeology-Europe Web GeoPortal
On October 27, in Paris, the closing event of OneGeology-Europe will take place (http://www.onegeology-europe.org/). Experts...
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15 Oct 2010
The surface crawler drill of the future – in Shanghai
Atlas Copco's futuristic vision of a surface drill crawler has been revealed to the world...
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15 Oct 2010
Sandvik launches new range of low profile LHDs
Sandvik launched its new range of LHDs at a South Africam platinum conference - that...
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15 Oct 2010
Nickel production worldwide forecast to rise marginally
Global nickel consumption is forecast to increase to around 1.3 Mt in calendar 2010, reflecting...
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15 Oct 2010
Finland and Sweden are ‘hot’ for equipment and mine projects
Articles in International Mining November will look at new mining and processing equipment from Finnish...
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14 Oct 2010
San Jose rescue was an incredible success for Chile and for the mining industry at large
At the San Jose mine near Copiapo in Chile all the miners have emerged, one by...
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14 Oct 2010
European Nickel says new heap leaching will boost global transition to laterite processing
New nickel laterite heap leaching technology will increasingly provide more competitive and "greener" mining and...
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14 Oct 2010
Rusal offers technical help to the Hungarian tailings spill disaster and future such occurences around the world
RUSAL, the world's largest aluminium producer, has offered its expert support to help tackle the...
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14 Oct 2010
ABB supplies GMD technology to Escondida copper mine in Chile
ABB will supply a new gearless mill drive (GMD) system to Minera Escondida. The contract...
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