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Massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project moves to EPCM phase with Fluor
Thursday , 22 Jul 2010Fluor Corporation, which has been involved on Mongolia's major Oyu Tolgoi mine development ,virtually from the start, has now been awarded the PM and EPCM work to take the project through to production.
Gold Fields awards Tarkwa gold plant studies to MDM
Monday , 19 Jul 2010Gold Fields Ghana has awarded MDM Engineering Group a study contract for optimising the reclamation and re-processing of one of its leach pads and of its crushing plant at Tarkwa
Ausenco awarded contract for major Canadian copper-gold project
Monday , 19 Jul 2010Australian engineering company, Ausenco, has been awarded a major contract forTaseko Mines' big Prosperity copper-gold project in British Columbia.
Metalysis looking for partners for titanium plant
Monday , 19 Jul 2010The British technology firm says it is in talks with potential partners to help it build a $10, low-cost titanium plant
Improved ventilation system for u/g mining
Sunday , 18 Jul 2010Underground ventilation specialist, Sweden's GIA Industries, has come up with a number of improvements in its systems for the mining and tunnelling sectors.
MDM awarded andalusite expansion project in Peru
Thursday , 15 Jul 2010South African engineering group MDM has been awarded the contract for the engineering work to double the size of Andalucita SA's andalusite processing plant in Peru.
Germany's Süd-Chemie will build lithium iron phosphate plant in Quebec
Tuesday , 13 Jul 2010An award-winning Mitsubishi electric car, which begins its trials this fall in Canada, could eventually be powered by Canadian lithium.
ANSTO carries out successful extraction of uranium from lignite source
Monday , 12 Jul 2010Uranium ore processing specialist, ANSTO Minerals, has proved that uranium may be extractable successfully from a uranium-rich lignite source using conventional processes
Cleaning up Powder River Basin coal emissions
Friday , 09 Jul 2010Arch Coal licenses ADA-ES technology to clean up PRB coal emissions
Freeport's Morenci copper mine contracts for driver monitoring equipment
Wednesday , 07 Jul 2010To improve open pit safety, Freeport McMoran's Morenci mine is to employ DSS driver monitoring equipment from Seeing Machines for its truck fleet.
Major Copper miner Kazakhmys selects Mincom for mine planning and design
Wednesday , 30 Jun 2010Mincom MineScape will enable one of world's largest copper producers to improve the productivity, efficiency of its mining operations while decreasing costs
Fluor wins $1.3 bln Caserones copper mine contract in Chile
Tuesday , 29 Jun 2010$1.3 bln major copper project will help push Fluor's work backlog over $30 bln in Q2, but the company admits it is lower margin work than its oil business.
Metso to supply iron ore processing equipment to TISCO in China
Wednesday , 23 Jun 2010Metso will be supplying China's TISCO with three semi-autogenous mills and associated services in Q3 2011
AEL and Lake break new ground with bulk emulsion explosives homogeniser
Tuesday , 22 Jun 2010AEL, in conjunction with associate Lake International, has designed a new emulsion explosives homogeniser to improve emulsion explosive efficiency and reduce costs.
Swedish drilling specialist launches new heavy duty rock drills for tough face drilling
Monday , 21 Jun 2010Atlas Copco has launched three new heavy duty rock drills for underground mining and tunnelling applications
Top Indonesian mining contractor increases training capacity with equipment simulators
Friday , 18 Jun 2010Major Indonesian coal mining contractor has added to its inventory of equipment simulators for personnel training.
Caterpillar to launch new shovel range
Friday , 18 Jun 2010The group says it will spend $700m over four years on the line designed to compete with shovels offered by Bucyrus and Joy Global
Sandvik and Gemcom announce underground mining technology collaboration agreement
Monday , 14 Jun 2010Innovative equipment performance and production management system to provide vital operational decision-making information for underground mining
FLSmidth - another coal handling project in India
Thursday , 10 Jun 2010Danish headquartered plant manufacturer FL Smidth reports its sixth materials handling plant order in seven months.
African surface mining contractor buys Immersive mining simulators
Wednesday , 09 Jun 2010One of Africa's leading surface mining contractors has acquired mining equipment simulators from Australia's Immersive Technologies.
Conroast platinum group metals smelting process begins commercialisation
Thursday , 03 Jun 2010Conroast, an environmentally friendly and safe way of smelting PGM concentrates, especially for the troublesome high-chromium concentrates is entering commercialisation stage.
CONSOL reducing methane emissions using regenerative thermal oxidation
Thursday , 03 Jun 2010US Coal miner, Consol Energy, is developing methane emission reduction technology at one of its coal mines in West Virginia
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Heat exhaustion and holidays make July tough month for gold
Thursday , 29 Jul 2010Gold prices have traditionally moved lower in July and August over the past few decades and the past month has been no exception.
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