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True Gold Mining has signed a letter of intent to purchase its primary mining fleet for the development of the Karma project in Burkina Faso. The supplier selected is Equipment & Services BIA, a licensed dealer of Komatsu heavy equipment, with operations in 14 African nations. “The purchase of the mining fleet brings the Karma[…]

Exploration, funding and equal opportunities are three examples of topics in focus at the seminars and workshops help at the Euro Mine Expo, an international trade fair for the mining industry to be held in Skellefteå, Sweden. Speakers include experts from international companies and organisations. ”The topics chosen for the seminars and workshops are pressing[…]

Booyco Electronics’ pioneering biometric control system effectively addresses the challenge of maintaining proper control of underground machine operators. This unique system uses fingerprints to authenticate licensed  operators. Unique personalised smart cards issued to operators store fingerprints and details of all their licensed capabilities, with expiry dates. This means the only way an operator can access and[…]

Russian coal company Karakan Invest has joined the World Coal Association (WCA) as its newest member. Karakan Invest closely follows the addition of Minerals Council Australia and Whitehaven Coal in April this year and broadens WCA’s ever-growing, global network of major coal producers, national coal associations and other non-profit bodies with an interest in the[…]

Ansul, part of Tyco Fire Products, has just started a major roll-out of its new CHECKFIRE 110 and 210 systems. It will be the 210 that is most useful in mining, a supervised electronic detection and actuation system that has been engineered to stand up to extreme operating environments. This versatile system is designed to[…]

Sandvik has released a patented mechanical heel shroud system for loader buckets in underground and surface hard rock mining applications, allowing bucket heel shrouds to be changed out quickly and safely without gouging or welding. Described as a new concept in mechanical wear part, Sandvik Shark’s Mechanical Heel Shroud (MHS) is “significantly quicker and safer[…]

Shaft Sinkers Holdings, the international shaft sinking and underground construction group, has announced continued excellent progress at its Kibali Goldmines project in the DRC. The main shaft sinking is progressing very well and has reached a major milestone of 500 m, with sinking proceeding at a rate of at least 3 m/d for more than[…]

In its third version, the Ranking of Suppliers of the Chilean Mining Industry study shows which are the most recognised suppliers to the country’s mines. The data and conclusions gathered by the industrial research company Phibrand, with the support of the Mining Ministry, the Association of Large Suppliers of the Mining Industry, the Association of[…]

Kalumbila Minerals, a subsidiary of First Quantum Minerals, will implement Modular Mining systems at the Sentinel copper mine in Zambia. The Sentinel open-pit copper mine received Board approval in May 2012. Construction started soon thereafter with commissioning scheduled for Q3 2014. Sentinel mine’s processing facility will have an anticipated annual throughput rate of 55 Mt at[…]

One of the longest-running opencast mining contracts in recent Concor Opencast Mining history has now been completed. The Impala open-pit project, located on the Western Limb of the Bushveld Complex near Rustenburg, South Africa, was awarded in 2002 by Impala Platinum and mining commenced in the vicinity of Impala # 6 shaft, with the Concor[…]