Terex Mining has introduced some major innovations to two additional options for its R20T hydraulic track drill-the carousel rod changer and single rod changer options. The SKF rotary blasthole drill has also benefitted from a carousel innovation, allowing a quick change from rotray to DTH drilling. And, in Australia, a specially adapted SKF is now […]

Latest issue of International Mining Project News available (August 28): The biggest news of the fortnight is undoubtedly the announcement by the Mongolian Parliament of the amendment of four laws. This clears the way for the finalisation of the Investment Agreement for Rio Tinto and Ivanhoe Mines’  huge Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold complex in the South […]

Following on from the recent success of the 2009 Paydirt Resources Victoria Conference, at least five African mines and energy ministers will arrive in Perth to join Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Stephen Smith, for the seventh annual Paydirt Africa Downunder Conference, at the Sheraton Perth Hotel on September 3 - 4. The event will involve […]

“Refractories remain the most important end use of [natural graphite] in terms of volume, accounting for around 33% of total global demand. The main driver for growth in demand has been increasing steel production in Asia, particularly China. Future expansion in this sector is unlikely to track recovering steel output as unit consumption of refractory material per tonne […]

CHINA MINING Congress and Expo will open in Tianjin on October 20-22, 2009. International Mining is an international media sponsor and will have a booth there. Just today Mineweb reports base metals companies have attracted more investment than their glamorous gold mining counterparts recently, thanks to China’s appetite for metals and still strong investor interest.

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Following on from IM’s report in June 2009 about Sweden’s ‘mine of the future’ (MIFU) initiative (p44), copper and silver producer KGHM has now joined the consortium. As the eighth largest producer of copper and the third largest producer of silver in the world, it will bring extensive knowledge and experience to the program. Led by mining […]