This authoritative guide introduces the principles of airborne magnetometers, and explains how survey data is processed to generate maps and images. Geoscience students and geologists now have a useful guide for learning the theory and practice of aeromagnetic surveying. The importance of the aeromagnetic survey as a reconnaissance tool is growing as exploration success becomes increasingly […]

The Quarry Academy program has become one of the defining elements of the Sandvik/Dyno Nobel Alliance in North America. In order to build upon the success of the first three Academies (2005, 2007 and 2008) and with current economic conditions top of mind, the alliance has decided to hold the fourth Quarry Academy at Sandvik’s […]

“The National Research Council’s report, America’s Energy Future: Technology and Transformation, makes a compelling case for why America needs to keep moving forward on technologies such as carbon capture and storage (CCS) for coal to meet the nation’s energy demands and environmental objectives.  The report projects that by 2035, coal-based electricity generation plants with CCS […]

At the 2009 Bluefield Coal Show on September 16 -18 at the Brushfork Armory Civic Centre, Bluefield, West Virginia, Bucyrus, a manufacture of high productivity mining equipment, will exhibit advanced room and pillar equipment and innovative belt systems products including a 25M2 continuous miner, a 488D Un-A-Trac scoop, idler rolls, scraper systems, a combination drive […]

The National Mining Association (NMA) has launched the second in a series of new safety initiatives to raise awareness and provide training tools aimed at sustaining continued improvement in safety performance at mining facilities. NMA President and CEO Hal Quinn: “As part of the mining community’s on-going effort to further improve health and safety at […]

Ausmelt has successfully completed provision of its Top Submerged Lance (TSL) smelting technology for the new nickel smelting plant built by Jinchuan Nonferrous Metals, China’s largest nickel producer, in the Gansu Province of China. At more than 1 Mt/y of concentrate feed, it is presently Ausmelt’s largest operating smelting plant and the first application of TSL […]