In February the company announced that Goodyear would retire by the end of the year and that a search was underway for a new CEO. Chairman Don Argus said the Board was confident that Kloppers would bring to the CEO role the skills needed to take the company to the next stage of its development. “We are […]

IM, lead media partner of the World Mining Investment Congress, has already reported on some of the presentations at the event. During the event we kick started a new series for the magazine of ‘High Profile’ discussions with key players – in June IM you will see the results of a chat with Dr Tom […]

In a world first, the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) and Australian Federal Government held the Inaugural Women and Mining Symposium on May 29 as a critical input to the development of a five year strategic agenda to increase the participation of women in the minerals industry.
“The business case for increasing the numbers of women working […]

A deal that will combines leaders in engineering, construction and management services to create a huge diversified ‘Single Source’ E&C company has been struck between URS and Washington Group International (WGINT). They had combined 2006 revenues of $7.6 billion, more than 54,000 employees and both are well known in mining.
URS and Washington Group International […]

Gemcom Software International, which claims to be “the largest global supplier of specialised mining productivity solutions,” has released Gemcom GEMS 6.1 (GEMS), the latest version of its geology, mine planning, production scheduling and data management software. Tom Gibson, Gemcom GEMS product manager: “To ensure critical mining data is managed effectively, GEMS is at the forefront […]

Around the world it is reassuring to see mining companies and mining executives taking positive action against the bully tactics and illegal activities of anti-mining NGOs and others. Legal action in justified cases is one thing, illegal and dangerous actions that are wholly self-serving to the anit-mining cause are quite another.
Just this weekend, New Zealand […]