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As the leading international resource for fact-based, technical information about America’s mining and related industries, the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) has released a technical briefing paper addressing the economic impact the industrial minerals sector has on society. In the paper, Industrial Minerals’ Impact on the U.S. Economy, SME states industrial minerals are[…]

Permanent Secretary for Trade and Commerce, Emmanuel Hategeka has told IM that Rwanda’s mining sector “presents huge potential for investors and for the country’s growth. But it also faces challenges: it is underdeveloped and predominantly made up of artisanal mines; it is subject to false and misleading accusations about involvement in Democratic Republic of Congo;[…]

ABB has won an order to provide two dual pinion high-speed ring-geared mill drive systems for the Katanga expansion, in the Province of Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The contract was awarded by FLSmidth and first deliveries are scheduled for Q1, 2014. The scope of supply includes two 4.75 MW wound rotor induction motors.

Mining software group Mintec says that gridded surface files used to store elevation data for surfaces or other types of 2D gridded data are integral to an improved version of its MineSight Economic Planner. Version 3 of MineSight Economic Planner has been enhanced to store 200 pits in a single GSF file. An option has also been[…]

On November 28 2013, a number of Anglo Coal mining assets will be auctioned in an online process by Clear Asset including a 3,298 t Bucyrus 1570W dragline which when new is valued at over $100 million. The last time a large second-hand dragline was sold in South Africa was over 15 years ago, and the last time a new[…]

MineARC Systems has received MSHA Part 7 approval for its CS-24-77120-CB CoalSAFE refuge alternative. The CoalSAFE is rated for occupancies up to 24 persons. Specifically, MSHA approval has been granted on the breathable air (oxygen system) and harmful gas removal (MARCis unit) components. The latter is MineARC’s intrinsically safe scrubbing and air conditioning system that[…]

The EPL-BS-70LED-100 Portable Explosion Proof LED Light from Larson Electronics is rated Class 1 Division 1-2 Groups C & D and Class 2 Division 1-2 and uses a low profile LED light head to produce 5,800 lumens of light while drawing only 70 W. It provides 420 m2 of work area coverage. It is available[…]

DeZURIK’s new KSV severe service knife gate valve is designed especially for highly abrasive services. The company says these valves “have superior features and workmanship including ANSI B16.34 Class 150 and 300 pressure ratings; bi-directional dead end shutoff capability; bi-directional drip tight seal; bonnetless design for ANSI 300 service; and a wide variety of hardened[…]

National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn said last week, “Congress heard from technology experts, power plant operators and state regulators that the Environmental Protection Agency is  entirely wrong in thinking that carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology is ready for use at power plants. These experts testified that CCS is a young,[…]

Australia’s leading construction, mining and services contractor, Thiess and RWE Generation SE, one of Europe’s leading power generation and lignite miners have formed an exclusive partnership which the groups say “is set to deliver significant savings for high-volume continuous mining applications in Australia and overseas.” Thiess and RWE have formed a global joint venture (TRWE),[…]