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10 Oct 2009
Caterpillar Global Mining – readying for the global upturn
Al Frese, Solutions and Product Support Manager of Caterpillar's Global Mining Division notes that the...
10 Oct 2009
LME week – Macquarie Research looks beyond China for signs of recovery
Macquarie Research notes "after last year's LME week, the consensus was that we were in...
09 Oct 2009
New gold and copper mines hit production as agreement is finally signed for Oyu Tolgoi
Latest issue of International Mining Project News available (October 9): Finally, Rio Tinto and Ivanhoe...
09 Oct 2009
Ore characterisation the first step – there is continuing need for XRF and XRD to evolve
Demand for minerals is growing globally but the availability of high-quality ore deposits is in...
09 Oct 2009
Indonesia’s Coal Bed Methane (CBM) sector hots up — technical workshop in November
Indonesia's ambition to produce CBM by 2011 is picking up steam with 14 PSC contracts...
08 Oct 2009
Emerging market demand growth anticipated in metals and mining
The long term view of Brewin Dolphin, the UK's largest independent private client investment manager,...
07 Oct 2009
NGO World Growth commends Mongolia’s signing of the Oyu Tolgoi agreement
All too often, a mining agreement that is vital to a country's development and that...
07 Oct 2009
Trident gold mine paste plant commissioned on time and A$1.5 million under budget
Avoca Resources announced that it commenced placing cemented tailings (paste) into underground stopes at its...
06 Oct 2009
Coffey and Virtalis team up to bring Virtual Reality to EXPOSIBRAM 2009
Coffey International has entered into a preliminary strategic partnership with the UK's Virtalis, one of the...
06 Oct 2009
AngloGold Ashanti taps into De Beers expertise for seafloor mining venture
AngloGold Ashanti and the De Beers Group have formed a joint venture with the purpose...
05 Oct 2009
J. Robert Fletcher – a man who helped mechanise America’s underground coal mines
Bob Fletcher, founder of equipment manufacturer J. H. Fletcher & Co., died on Memorial Day...
03 Oct 2009
Keep on trucking, but with mechanical drive – Cat proves its 25-year point
Caterpillar is moving rapidly forward with the new large mining trucks showcased at MINExpo last...