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Metso Mining and Construction’s product portfolio is expanding with the addition of a new rock breaker series designed for primary stationary crushing stations in mines. The proven hammer-boom combination, already well known in Metso’s mobile solutions, is now available for stationary mining applications. Rock breakers are commonly used in primary crushing stations to break oversized boulders[…]

Mogensen has introduced its largest vibratory spreader feeder to date, which is designed to accept a feed from a relatively narrow, high-speed source such as a conveyor belt, and divide it accurately between two following items of process equipment spreading the process material evenly across the whole width of each unit. The new machine weighs[…]

After two years of discussion and deliberation, Indonesia’s controversial ban on raw ore exports finally came into effect in January – although in a slightly watered-down form. A long-standing fear in the ore industry was that the ban would immediately apply to any minerals that fall short of 100% purity. At the 11th hour, however,[…]

Poland’s Kopex group is delivering a turnkey solution for the Vladimirskaya longwall coal mine in Russia. Part of this project is the powered roof support system to be installed at the coal face itself. Kopex has awarded the supply of the critical pumping systems to RMI Pressure Systems0, based in Manchester in the UK. A crucial part[…]

Komatsu Australia is about to start work on a major new state-of-the-art service and rebuild centre in Port Hedland, servicing North Western Australia’s massive iron ore mining industry. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new Komatsu service centre was on February 25, with the new facility scheduled to be opened in late 2014. Situated on 9,000[…]

Jade Davenport has written a book called Digging Deep – which is about the history of South Africa’s great mining industry, published by Jonathan Ball. The origins of some of today’s great mining houses can be found in South Africa – companies like BHP Billiton, Anglo American, Gold Fields and of course, perhaps the most[…]

Dando engineers have recently returned from Indonesia after commissioning a Dando Mintec 12.8 for a customer drilling for coal in East Kalimantan. The Dando Mintec 12.8 is a medium sized multipurpose mineral exploration drilling rig capable of a wide range of techniques including RAB, deep wireline coring and reverse circulation. It is hugely popular for coal exploration[…]

As a result of detailed metallogenic and country studies, Variscan Mines has focussed its efforts into Europe and has formed a wholly owned EU subsidiary, Variscan Mines SAS. It has employed an experienced technical team to acquire high quality projects within this highly prospective, but largely forgotten region. In June 2013 Variscan announced that it had[…]

AUPL has an opportunity for coal supply in the eastern region of India. The company is searching for experienced companies which have relevant experience. The total quantity required to be supplied is 6 Mt/y (+/- 10%) and the minimum agreement period will be for three years and thereafter the agreement will be renewed for a[…]

Fifteen organizations have formed the new Mineral Science and Information Coalition (MSIC) to advocate for reinvigorated minerals science and information functions in the US federal government. The MSIC says “reliable supplies of mineral resources underpin the US economy and national security. To maintain robust supply chains of critical mineral materials and make well-informed land-use decisions,[…]