A recent study, commissioned by Christian Aid and written by researchers from the Universities of Surrey and Edinburgh, reveals the prospects for Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) technology in India. It examines whether CCS could be a suitable technology for cutting down India’s carbon dioxide emissions. Drawing on a survey of energy experts with particular […]

As we finish off the Nordic technology and mining features for IM November, news comes from technology provider Alimak Hek, which is carrying out work for Boliden’s Aitik copper mine expansion near Gällivare in northern Sweden. Alimak’s contract, which is part of the mining company’s SEK 6 billion investment, will provide seven rack and pinion-driven lifts […]

Over the week to Friday October 16, the world’s base metal producers, consumers and traders converged on London for the annual LME dinner and surrounding events (including Macquarie’s own well-attended conference on the Monday). Contrary to the fears of a year earlier, China turned its economic policies on their head from a tightening bias at mid-2008 to […]

Space is too tight to include everything in our annual software focus in IM November. As a result, this news has been collected from the cutting room floor. News includes Maptek VulcanTM and Maptek I-SiteTM being selected by consultants AMEC for several of its sites in the Americas, whilst the company has also launched Vulcan […]

Air traffic at PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) Jobsite has increased for the next six months due to the addition to the air fleet at Jobsite of a new helicopter operated by Nyaman Air. Among other tasks, this helicopter will transport employees and their families to Tembagapura, the mine town, which is the subject of International […]

Yesterday in Perth the WA Mines Minister, Norman Moore, formally opened the 2009 Paydirt Australian Nickel Conference, which continues today. The long-term nickel floor price has “turned the corner” and will continue to rise over coming decades even though there will be periods the base metal grapples with wild price fluctuations within a new “super […]