As IM October goes to press, with a feature on comminution, there is news that BJD Crushers has supplied six BJD Hammermills to pulverise coal at a new co-generation power plant being built in Western Australia. The crushers are part of a $500 million contract for the plant, which will be built at the Worsley Alumina refinery, near Collie. The units are […]

As International Mining prepares an article on surveying and GPS for the November issue, the news from Leica is the Viva that combines the latest state-of-the-art technologies into an unrivalled portfolio of total stations, GNSS receivers, controllers and onboard software. Encompassing innovative, feature rich functionality with a new, modern and ergonomic design, Leica Viva is easier […]

A healthy population is at the heart of sustainable development is a philosophy wholeheartedly embraced by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold and Freeport Indonesia. On a typical day in Tembagapura, the town near the great Grasberg mine that is currently the subject of a series of articles in International Mining, the 100-bed employee hospital is abuzz with activity. […]

A customer had multiple coal types, that were processed through the preparation plant. Some of the coal types had different settling characteristics, which affected tailings thickener efficiency and the “clarometer” instrument that tested settling rates in the incoming feed well failed from time to time, which meant that the floccing rate changed and the suspended solids increased, […]

Uranium Star is targetting a 200 Mt minimum resource for the Green Giant vanadium project in Madagascar. It now has 100% ownership of the 194 km2, 22.5 km long property, in which the Green Giant project is situated. Vanadium, like lithium that is a co-component of certain high tech batteries, could be becoming a very sought […]

This event will be held in Shanghai, December 3-4. China Gold & Precious Metals Summits have been held successfully in the past three years, 2005 to 2008. This time, the premier event will be convening top professionals from the global gold and precious metals fraternity including producers, refiners and fabricators, commodities exchanges, commercial & investment banks, dealers, futures brokers, […]