EURACOAL has held a conference in Brussels with representatives from the European Commission and the International Energy Agency (IEA) over global coal consumption and its effects on the climate. A steadily rising coal consumption rate will fuel a third of the world’s power by 2030, according to the IEA, and has provoked concern over resulting […]

Water is one of the focus subjects in the July issue of the magazine. Typical of what is required in African countries and places like Chile and Australia, Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM), has an EPCM contract for Oz Minerals to undertake upgrade works for the water supply well field at its Prominent Hill mine in […]

CPM Group has released a 2010 PGM market view, with the long term outlook for platinum, palladium, and rhodium over the next 10 years seeming most likely to be one of historically high prices. This outlook is supported by expectations of increased fabrication demand, constrained supplies, and rising investment demand as a result of these […]

Aker Solutions has signed a strategic partnership agreement with South African project house, TWP Projects. The alliance will see the two companies collaborating on large minerals processing and hydro-metallurgical projects in Africa. “Aker Solutions houses a wealth of global engineering, procurement and construction expertise in the mining & metals sector, whilst TWP brings significant local […]

Yesterday, Massey Energy filed a legal challenge to an order by the US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) that prohibits Massey investigators from using basic investigative tools, such as cameras, electronic mapping and coal dust analysis as part of the inquiry into the April 5, 2010 Upper Big Branch (UBB) mine accident. The legal challenge […]

The largest ever electric haul truck to be deployed in the Indian mining sector has been commissioned by Larsen & Toubro, the distributor of Komatsu equipment in India. Komatsu’s Model 830E-AC trucks with a payload capacity of 218 t were ordered by the mining giant, Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL), a Vedanta Resources company, in Rajasthan.