Andres Velasco, the Chilean Minister of Finance, will inaugurate the second day of the eighth World Copper conference. The event will take place at the Grand Hyatt in Santiago, Chile, between 31 March and 2 April 2009. The conference, organised by the analysis and consultancy group CRU and co-sponsored by mining company Anglo American, has […]

In November 2008 Bucyrus Africa, a manufacturer of high productivity mining equipment, delivered the world’s first 35M continuous miner to, the mining company, Anglo Coal’s Goedehoop colliery in Witbank, South Africa. The 35M is specially designed for the hard cutting and high coal seams of the South African room and pillar market. The 35M3 has been […]

The U209 conference will touch on all the challenges, developments and phases related to uranium mining and processing. It will bring together professionals in the fields of mining, processing, exploration, permitting, and health and safety along with business leaders, experts in the world uranium market, and government officials involved in regulation and permitting. The symposium will […]

Indonesia’s PT Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam (PTBA) expects coal sales to increase by 13% for 2009 on strong demand from the power sector. PTBA expects to sell 14.5 Mt of coal this year. About 12.7 Mt will come from its own production and it will purchase the remainder from other producers. PTBA sold 12.8 Mt in 2008. President Director Ir […]

The North West Iron Ore Alliance (NWIOA), a cooperative of iron ore producers focused on the Pilbara, has applauded the announcement from the Western Australian Minister for Mines and Petroleum, Norman Moore, on the introduction of an A$80 million exploration incentive program to increase the level of mineral exploration in the State. Deputy Chairman and […]

Following on from IM’s report on ever more stringent diesel particulate emission standards in the February issue, Donaldson, a leading, worldwide manufacturer of filtration systems and parts, has recognised Phillip Johnson, Director, Liquid Filtration, New Business Development at Donaldson for his work on Fuel Filtration Reality Check, a study that predicts by 2010 that diesel injection […]