MineTECH’07, India’s national seminar on Mining Technology - Past and Future, was held September 21-22 at Hotel Swosti Plaza, Bhubaneswar (in the eastof the state of Orissa). The two day seminar deliberated on 40 technical papers. The main them of the seminar was presented through Key Note Addresses by G.S.Khuntia, Editor-in-Chief of The IME Journal on the Indian iron […]

Outotec has been awarded a contract for the supply of a new zinc roaster with gas cleaning and sulphuric acid plant for OZK Kardzhali, the second biggest zinc smelter in Bulgaria. The contract value is approximately €25 million. Outotec’s scope of delivery covers engineering and supply of the roasting, gas cleaning and acid technology […]

Gold and base metals are to be sought in Europe for the first time by gravity survey specialist, Bell Geospace in contracts valued at more than $1 million. Aberdeen based Bell Geospace which specialises in marine and air gravity surveys will spend five weeks surveying areas of Portugal and Finland. An aircraft, equipped with […]

After some weeks of protracted negotiations, Yamana Gold and Meridian Gold have entered into a definitive support agreement pursuant to which Yamana has agreed to revise its offer to purchase all of the outstanding common shares of Meridian and Meridian’s Board of Directors has agreed to unanimously recommend that Meridian shareholders accept Yamana’s revised offer.   […]

Indonesia’s coal mining association expects coal output in 2008 to rise by 6% to 218 Mt from an estimated 205 Mt this year, reports Macquarie Research. The country produced 193.5 Mt in 2006. However, the news for exports is not good. With domestic demand expected to rise by 18.4% to 58 Mt, exports are forecast […]

The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has presented awards to 13 American mining companies for outstanding environmental and reclamation accomplishments in 2006.  The awards were presented in conjunction with the annual fall board of directors meeting of the National Mining Association (NMA). 
Three mineral mining companies won annual awards from the US Bureau of […]