Posted on July 2nd, 2009
Up to $408 million is available for new technologies to advance carbon capture and storage. US Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu just announced that projects by Basin Electric Power Cooperative and Hydrogen Energy International LLC have been selected for up to $408 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The two projects selected - an existing power plant in North Dakota and a new facility in California - will incorporate advanced technologies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. (more…)
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Posted on July 2nd, 2009
Sandvik Mining and Construction has successfully completed assembly of the compact bucket wheel excavator, including the beltwagon for, mining company, Mátra Kraftwerk in Hungary. After completing the detailed design and the fabrication of the main components, the assembly of the entire unit started at the beginning of November. Assembly was conducted according to a demanding schedule of only eight months, with up to some 130 erectors working on the site every day. (more…)
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Posted on July 1st, 2009
Boart Longyear is selling certain of its sub-Saharan African operations to Tranter Energy and Mining Services, a subsidiary of Tranter Holdings. The business, to be renamed Tranter Rock Drills, consists of Boart Longyear’s percussive rock drills and hard rock tools product lines for sub-Saharan Africa as well as all manufacturing operations in Roodepoort, South Africa. The business generated some $14 million in revenues in 2008. Boart Longyear will continue to supply rock drills and hard rock tools outside of the sub-Saharan Africa region, and under the terms of the sale, Tranter Rock Drills will become Boart Longyear’s exclusive supplier of rock drills for a two-year period. (more…)
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Posted on July 1st, 2009
Global Laser Enrichment (GLE), a business venture of GE, Hitachi Ltd and Cameco, has announced a landmark in the deployment of its proposed, next-generation enrichment facility designed to increase the US supply of enriched uranium to fuel its nuclear power plants. GLE has completed its licence application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to build the world’s first commercial uranium enrichment facility to use laser technology. The proposed facility would be built in Wilmington, North Carolina. (more…)
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Posted on July 1st, 2009
Ruukki Group, an industrial refining company, and mining company Sylvania Resources have entered into a merger implementation agreement pursuant to which Ruukki will acquire all of the issued and to be issued share capital of Sylvania. The combination of Ruukki and Sylvania will create an integrated, mine to metals platinum group metal (PGM) and ferrochrome company with operations in South Africa’s PGM rich Bushveld Igneous complex. (more…)
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Posted on June 30th, 2009
Atlas Copco has extended the warranty for light and medium hydraulic breakers to three years. The newly developed 1+2 program is a free of charge offer for all SB and MB range hydraulic breakers purchased after July 1 2009. ”During the three year period, maintenance according to the operating instructions is required,” explains Jörn Weise, Product Line Manager for Attachment Solutions at Atlas Copco Construction Tools. “The 1+2 program is meant to protect the customer’s investment and achieve a higher resale value.” (more…)
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