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20 Oct 2009
Corporate social responsibility under spotlight at sustainable development conference
John Elkington, founder of consulting firm SustainAbility, a global adviser on corporate social responsibility and...
20 Oct 2009
Worsley Alumina gets good results measuring slurry flow to maximise throughput
CiDRA Minerals Processing, together with KROHNE Australia have successfully completed a trial at BHP Billiton's Worsley...
19 Oct 2009
Cutting down carbon dioxide emissions in India’s coal sector
A recent study, commissioned by Christian Aid and written by researchers from the Universities of...
19 Oct 2009
Alimak lifting Boliden’s Aitik copper mine expansion in Sweden
As we finish off the Nordic technology and mining features for IM November, news comes...
18 Oct 2009
LME week review: little conviction, says Macquarie, but copper bulls are in the ascendency
Over the week to Friday October 16, the world's base metal producers, consumers and traders converged...
16 Oct 2009
Maptek, Runge and AMIRA making more mining moves
Space is too tight to include everything in our annual software focus in IM November....
16 Oct 2009
New helicopter supports Freeport Indonesia operations up and down the mountain
Air traffic at PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) Jobsite has increased for the next six months...
15 Oct 2009
Nickel price will continue to rise; Western Australia prepares for good times
Yesterday in Perth the WA Mines Minister, Norman Moore, formally opened the 2009 Paydirt Australian...
15 Oct 2009
ABB to supply drive systems for 105 Mlb/y Copper Mountain project
ABB has been awarded a contract valued at over $19 million by Copper Mountain Mining...
14 Oct 2009
Industry-leading companies meet in London to discuss the future for platinum
Opening the RBC Capital Markets' second annual Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Conference at Grosvenor House...
14 Oct 2009
Thermo Fisher Scientific launches new Niton XRF analyser for mining and exploration
As the Niton unit becomes ever more a part of project analyses,  the Niton® XL2...
13 Oct 2009
Concentrate launder design: what is right for your operation?
Dr Rob Coleman, Outotec's Flotation Manager - Minerals Processing, explains that the selection of the...