The program for the four-day Comminution `08 conference, which will be held in Falmouth, Cornwall, UK, from June 17-20, is now available at www.min-eng.com/comminution08. Technical sessions over the four days will cover Understanding Breakage; Primary Comminution; High Pressure Grinding Rolls; Energy Considerations; Modelling & Simulation; Grinding Practice: Fine Grinding; Ultrafine Grinding. The program also includes […]

The path is set  to create the leading European copper producer and processor. The European Commission has given its approval to the planned merger of Norddeutsche Affinerie (NA) with the Belgian Cumerio, without conditions. After completion of the antitrust investigation, the Commission announced today that the EU had cleared the plan without reservations.
Dr Bernd Drouven, NA’s CEO, […]

US coal production in 2008 will be near the record set in 2006, defying a slowing economy, said the National Mining Association (NMA) in its annual forecast for coal.  NMA also forecast record demand in 2008 for America’s coal reserves, the world’s largest, and projected continued strong demand for minerals and metals mined in the […]

BHP Billiton today announced approval of the Newcastle Third Port Project, with a capital investment of $390 million, which is BHP Billiton’s share as advised by Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group (NCIG). The project, to be managed by NCIG, involves the construction of a 30 Mt/y export coal loading facility with a future option to expand to 66 […]

Consolidated Minerals says it is set to embark on a significant new chapter in its history as a diversified resources group after announcing plans to accelerate its growth strategy as an unlisted company - with the backing of its new owner, Palmary Enterprises. Underpinned by its existing manganese, chromite and nickel businesses - and now with […]

Bucyrus China has become a much bigger operation since May 2007, following the Bucyrus acquisition of DBT. Clearly the company sees great potential for China. Just three weeks after the acquisition, the approvals were signed for Langfang Phase III expansion which doubles the size of the existing Bucyrus facilities there. More importantly, the company says, “it […]