The President of the Austrian Parliament, Barbara Prammer, has honoured Alan R. Hill, President and CEO of Gabriel Resources, the ‘Responsible Manager of the Year’ Award in the international category at an event hosted at the Austrian Parliament in Vienna.
The prize is given to those who excel in responsible management as part of the ICON-Vienna Congress, […]

Led by the Swedish Mining Research Foundation (MITU), and in co-operation with other actors, companies and organisations involved in research and development (R&D), mainly for the metal extractive industry, have created the Bergforsk arena. The main purpose is to integrate and coordinate R&D between the industry and acamdemia, mainly Luleå University of Technology.
Bergforsk is an […]

Brammer, which claims to be Europe’s leading supplier of maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) products, is implementing a pan European campaign to warn all of its customers about the dangers of counterfeit MRO products now finding their way onto the European market. The move follows initiatives from manufacturers SKF and Schaeffler Group, two world leaders […]

As part of the decision to manage its energy coal business alongside its iron ore, manganese and metallurgical coal businesses, BHP Billiton is bringing together energy coal and metallurgical coal under a single customer sector group president.
The current President of Metallurgical Coal, Dave Murray, will become the President of Coal, with responsibility for both the […]

The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) has received orders from Equinox Minerals for the supply of electrical equipment and systems for the open-pit haul trucks, grinding Mills and in-pit electrical reticulation, required for the development of its new Lumwana copper mine the North Western Province of Zambia. The order volume amounts to around […]

Xstrata and LionOre Mining have entered into a support agreement for an all-cash offer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of LionOre by way of a friendly take-over bid. The offer is for C$18.50 per share, valuing the transaction at some C$4.6 billion.
The support agreement between Xstrata and LionOre provides for, among […]