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16 Jun 2008
Rio looks to BRC DiamondCore for DRC diamonds
BRC DiamondCore (which features in International Mining's July issue) has signed a Letter of Intent with Rio...
16 Jun 2008
Revenues soaring but with costs eating into margins, is this as good as it gets for many miners?
A report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC),  Mine As good as it gets?, shows that while revenues...
15 Jun 2008
Driverless trains for Rio Tinto in the Pilbara
Rio Tinto will invest $371 million [(Rio Tinto share $350 million)  to automate its iron ore...
13 Jun 2008
Venezuela accused of weakening efforts to control conflict diamonds
Civil society members of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for rough diamonds have called for Venezuela's...
13 Jun 2008
Scandinavian joins the First Quantum fold
Scandinavian Minerals' shareholders have voted in favour of the previously announced plan of arrangement with First...
12 Jun 2008
Intellection lifts international mineral research support
Intellection has expanded its support for international minerals industry research, becoming an industry sponsor of...
10 Jun 2008
GPS for underground operations – great potential for controlling block caves, saving trapped miners and machine automation
Today at the MassMin conference in Lulea, Sweden, Greg Baiden of Laurentian University, Canada (also...
10 Jun 2008
UC Rusal ‘greens’ aluminium production
UC RUSAL reports it has successfully launched test production of the key component of a...
09 Jun 2008
Exxaro and PE Minerals initiative leads to increased Namibian ownership of Rosh Pinah mine
Diversified South African-based resources company Exxaro Resources, the Rosh Pinah Zinc Corp and the Namibian...
07 Jun 2008
AfDB calls for transparent management of Africa’s mineral resources
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has called for a more transparent management of Africa's...
07 Jun 2008
NMA coal survey details 2007 increases in consumption, power generation and exports
The National Mining Association's (NMA) recently published 2007 Coal Producers Survey documents increased coal consumption and...
06 Jun 2008
Tight markets for consulting and engineering expertise
International Mining has for some months been reporting on tight markets for both consulting and...