In an admirable move to try and help those in London who work in the financial sector in particular who have to deal with mining matters, MinSouth (London and Southern Counties Minerals Industries Institute), in conjunction with the Association of Mining Analysts and corporate law firm Simmons & Simmons has been conducting a series of […]

Many of the world’s largest mining companies are engaged in individual initiatives and partnerships to combat HIV/AIDS, from providing for employee testing to community peer educator programs and from providing workplace and family treatment plans to funding cutting-edge research. ICMM President Tony Hodge: “A number of mining companies have shown leadership on the need to tackle […]

Minova has continued to raise the pace of its business development in China and it is now set for further growth with the establishment of a roof bolt production plant in Tai’an.  Since its formation in late 2005, Ruichy Minova has experienced increasing demand for its products from the Chinese mining authorities as they continue their drive […]

Maptek has entered into a strategic partnership with fleet management and management information systems specialist MinLog. This, it says, ”will provide a greater global marketing, delivery and support capability as well as deliver enhanced product functionality to global customers in the short and long term.” Maptek has a longstanding and successful relationship with MinLog in its […]

The First International Future Mining Conference & Exhibition was held at The University of New South Wales, Sydney, November 19 - 21 November, organised by the School of Mining Engineering, UNSW and The AusIMM. Dr Serkan Saydam, Chair of the conference, told IM “the conference was very successful. We tried to look at the future of mining […]

Anglo American is providing its full support as a Founding Member of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute (GCCSI) which was launched this week. The Institute will be administered and funded by the Australian Government and is an important global initiative which aims to facilitate the development and deployment of carbon capture and storage […]