The Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation has appointed Kinross Gold Corp to Russia’s Foreign Investment Advisory Council (FIAC). FIAC was established in 1994 to assist Russia in forging and promoting a favourable investment climate based on global expertise and the experience of international companies operating in Russia. FIAC functions on the basis […]

According to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), 2009 mining M&A saw significant decreases in values and also changes in the characteristics of buyers and sellers. Sellers were acting largely through necessity to strengthen balance sheets for survival rather than seeking expansion and development capital according to Mining Deals, PwC’s annual publication on deal activity in the mining sector.

As International Mining prepares its April issue, including a look at the latest in block caving, Gemcom notes that Dr. Tony Diering, VP of Advanced Technologies with the company, will be speaking at the SME 2010 on Block Cave Scheduling using PCBC. Diering, who has been involved in the development of mining applications for more than […]

Latest issue of International Mining Project News available (February 26): Rio Tinto has started producing iron ore from the $901 million Mesa A/Warramboo mine in the Pilbara of Western Australia. The open-pit mine will have an initial production of 20 Mt/y, increasing to 25 Mt by 2011. The company is also progressing with construction of […]

Australia’s surging uranium industry - propelled by rapidly advancing new exploration projects in its three westernmost states - will return to the national stage in Adelaide next Monday (March 1), with the opening of the fourth annual Paydirt 2010 Uranium Conference. “With hundreds of nuclear reactors currently planned or proposed around the world, and billions […]

With less than a month to go before the start of the show International Mining previews more from its April Bauma article. This includes Bell Equipment’s mark VI generation ADTs, LiuGong’s 842III wheel loader, Godwin Pumps’ two new Dri-Prime® pumps and Liebherr’s new 62-t crawler excavator. There are also details of four new Terex Finlay models. Manufacturers […]