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Are you attending the SME? The night before registration opens, International Mining, with sponsors Rio Tinto, Boart Longyear, Redpath Mining and Sandvik, is hosting the gala dinner for the Mining Technology Hall of Fame inductions – see www.im-halloffame.com in the Grand America hotel, Salt Lake City. Following a presentation by Rio Tinto Group Executive Technology &[…]

Researchers at CRCMining are collaborating with Peabody’s Wambo coal mine in Australia’s Hunter Valley to dramatically improve cable-bolting processes in underground coal mining, with an innovative new water jet bolt hole drilling technology. A continuous water jet drilling technique is being developed to improve the safety and productivity of underground cable-bolting. Water jet drilling uses[…]

Agilent Technologies introduced its next-generation microwave plasma atomic emission spectrometer (MP-AES) at Mining Indaba this week. Agilent also presented its full portfolio of solutions for the mining industry, including MP-AES, inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer, micro gas chromatograph, portable Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer, atomic absorption, inductively coupled plasma triple[…]

SNC-Lavalin, in partnership with Cementation Canada, the Morris Group, Flying Post First Nation, Lac Seul First Nation, Mattagami First Nation and Wahgoshig First Nation, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the intent to capitalise the First Nations Mining Corp (FNMC). FNMC will form joint venture partnerships with local Aboriginal communities to promote, develop[…]

In this month’s Spotlight Feature Article, from the pages of the February 2014 issue of International Mining magazine, Editor Paul Moore reports on how making the best use of available data through better modelling and interpretation, combined with new technology to shed light on deeper orebodies are key factors in the current challenging mineral exploration market

Coal & Allied has welcomed the New South Wales Planning Assessment Commission’s approval of a vital Development Consent modification for the Mount Thorley Warkworth coal mine. This is an interim measure to maintain production and employment as close as possible to existing levels for around two years, following the Land and Environment Court’s unprecedented decision in[…]

Speaking to Bloomberg TV from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, President Macky Sall of Senegal said he’s eager to bring more mining investment into the country; in fact, mining will be one of the country’s “pillars of development.” Sall wants the resource industry to help Senegal’s economy to expand by an average rate[…]

Kiruna Wagon recently delivered the first of 40 new ore wagons to Norwegian iron ore mining company Rana Gruber AS. The wagon was presented at a delivery ceremony in Mo i Rana, which was attended, amongst others, by Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland. The first wagon has been decorated with a symbolic text[…]

In a win for women in mining, JKTech’s Diana Drinkwater has recently been elected as Chair, Education Commission for the International Mineral Processing Council (IMPC).  The Education Commission has been established to monitor global trends of interest to the Council regarding educational developments, skills development and skills availability in minerals processing.   Chairs of IMPC Commissions[…]

Sandvik DE130i and DE140i, the company’s latest compact core exploration drills, feature more automation, increased productivity and easier operation thanks to computer systems that control all drilling. Not only do DE130i and DE140i enable better productivity and safer operation through automation advancements, the two new developments of the established fully-hydraulic core drills DE130 and DE140[…]