Sandvik Mining and Construction plans to close its manufacturing plant in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. The decision, it says, “follows a thorough assessment of the operation’s future financial robustness, an alignment of the global manufacturing capacity and of addressing a number of projects critical to its long-run profitability.” Currently underground hard rock mining low profile LHDs, […]

International Mining’s December issue is approaching. The Operation Focus looks at Freeport’s great Grasberg open-pit mine in Indonesia and other features include German technology, rapid development, coal clearance and mine infrastructure. The Leader will examine China following John Chadwick’s attendance at China Mining this week. As always, if you have interesting news (of new technology or […]

China is leading the global mining industry in more ways than one. Both its demand for metals and the capital it is making available to foreign mining companies are benefitting the global mining industry. In a Day 2 keynote session on mining development at the China Mining conference in Tianjin, presenters from three of China’s […]

Lower ore grades and smaller discoveries demand equipment to reach deeper and more complex orebodies. Sandvik is responding to those needs by expanding the DE100 series with the new compact and powerful DE150 core drilling rig. The DE150 can work both underground (where it is Sandvik’s most powerful exploration drill rig) or on surface. The […]

John Elkington, founder of consulting firm SustainAbility, a global adviser on corporate social responsibility and sustainability issues, will deliver a keynote address at this year’s Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) Sustainable Development conference in Adelaide, Australia (26-30 October). Elkington, known as the world’s `dean of corporate responsibility’, has been at the forefront of the sustainable development […]

CiDRA Minerals Processing, together with KROHNE Australia have successfully completed a trial at BHP Billiton’s Worsley alumina refinery, one of the biggest and efficient alumina refineries in the world. Worsley’s engineering team chose CiDRA’s SONARtrac® flow monitoring system to measure bauxite slurry flow and entrained air in a classifier feed line. The accuracy and repeatability of the system has enabled […]