The OZ Minerals inventory (potentially up for sale)

Troubled OZ Minerals has just released its Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves Statement as at June 30, 2008. Executive Group Manager - Exploration, Tony Manini, said “the statement shows significant year-on-year increases in OZ Minerals’ Group Mineral Resources with gold up 19%, copper up 22.1% and zinc up slightly 2.3%. Silver and lead decreased slightly by […]

Employing and maintaining centrifugal pumps

For over 30 years, GIW has offered the ‘Slurry Course’ officially known as Transportation of Solids Using  Centrifugal Pumps. The 2009 Course will be held March 23-27. This in depth course offers engineers an overall look at slurry transport and is based on the 3rd Edition text, Slurry Transport Using Centrifugal Pumps by Wilson et.al. […]

Projects finish 2008 with some positive news in difficult times

Latest issue of International Mining Project News available (December 19): As Christmas comes, Project News’ stocking is packed full, with some positive and, potentially, meaningful presents. There may be the gloom of uncertainty on the horizon, but even in this time projects are still making headway in terms of investment, resources and appointments.

Indian coal requirements growing rapidly

Indian Coal Industry Outlook till 2012 is the new market research report by RNCOS. India relies heavily on coal for its energy requirements. This report reviews the performance of the Indian coal industry in recent years and focuses on the driving factors, future prospects and issues associated with it. The Indian coal industry is the fourth largest […]

AREVA to supply India with uranium

AREVA, a leader in nuclear power technology solutions, has signed a contract for the first foreign uranium supply since the reopening in September of nuclear businesses between India and the rest of the world. This contract, AREVA hopes, will pave the way for a Franco-Indian partnership in the field of civil nuclear electricity generation.

Major Venezuelan appropriation reported

Venezuela’s basic industries and mining ministry (MIBAM) plans to withdraw the Las Cristinas mining concession from Crystallex International and will pass control of its operations to Rusoro Mining, BNamericas reports it has been told by a ministry official. The government’s decision, BNamericas says, also includes withdrawing the Brisas concession from Gold Reserve and the La Camorra […]

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