On May 2, the DRC’s Minister of Mines, Martin Kabwelulu, officially opened the Kibali gold mine on behalf of the country’s President, Joseph Kabila Kabange, in a ceremony attended by Province Orientale Governor Jean Bamanisa Saidi, DRC cabinet ministers, ambassadors of various countries and local dignitaries.
The Ontario government says it is prepared to commit up to C$1 billion to develop strategic all-season industrial and community transportation infrastructure in the Ring of Fire. However, Ontario also points out that it needs a partner and is calling on the Federal Canadian government to equally match this funding to build the infrastructure required[…]
Boart Longyear, the leading provider of integrated drilling services, equipment and performance tooling, has launched the BLH™ series of down-the-hole (DTH) hammers and bits. Designed to increase productivity in reverse circulation (RC) drilling and conventional DTH drilling, the new BLH series can be used in almost all DTH applications, including geotechnical drilling, quarrying/mining, water well/geothermal,[…]
Komatsu Australia has opened a new customer support facility in Mackay, underscoring its commitment to the Central Queensland mining industry – and its confidence in the long-term future of the region. The new facility was opened by Mackay Mayor Councillor Deirdre Comerford on May 1, 2014, just 10 months after the site’s ground-breaking ceremony on[…]
Caterpillar has announced at its Global Mining Forum event that it has been working on a new horizontal drill jumbo project since 2013, following feedback from mining customers. The new jumbo will be a two boom model, though as yet there is no name for the model and no specified manufacturing location. The two boom[…]
The innovative Caterpillar Rock Flow System previously discussed in IM and currently being installed at the Codelco Andina block cave is the first full scale project of its type, and follows two completed trial operations at the Codelco Salvador operation. SKM, recently merging with Jacobs, is managing the delivery of the continuous extraction project, which[…]
The latest issue of International Mining Project News, out today, has reports on 14 prefeasibility studies, seven feasibility studies, and 10 projects in development, two existing operations that are expanding, and one project that have gone into production as well as many new appointments to new positions. The report covers 14 gold projects, four iron ore, copper[…]
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has completed a previously announced acquisition of the products division of the material handling business of FMC Technologies. The new company will be named Syntron Material Handling.
The new Wirth triplex double acting piston diaphragm (TDPM) pump by Aker Solutions, also featured in the IM 2014 Paste Supplement in our May issue, combines two well-established and proven pumping principles for the transport of high volumes of abrasive slurry.The Wirth TDPM works on the triplex double acting principle. It has flow rates of[…]
The Russian Urals region experiences harsh weather conditions, with temperatures ranging from -40°C to +40°C. For the Levobereznoe copper mine in the Orenburg region, Uralprom opted for Atlas Copco Predictable Power to meet its power generation requirements in the form of an Atlas Copco QAS 250 generator built into a ‘North’ container. The Uralprom engineering[…]
