Mining Vietnam 2012 will be held from March 7 - 9, 2012 at the International Center for Exhibition in Hanoi. The exhibition co-organised by VCCI Exhibition Services and Allworld Exhibitions Alliance will attract exhibiting companies with the latest technology, products and services from around the world.

Thompson Pump will showcase a revolutionary priming system with OVT (oil-less vacuum technology) configured with the new John Deere IT4 (interim tier 4) engine at the upcoming ConExpo 2011. The OVT system offers many improvements to traditional vacuum priming. While both systems allow for a basic pump to prime automatically, the OVT does this more efficiently with lower […]

Alpha Natural Resources and Massey Energy Co have signed a definitive agreement under which Alpha will acquire all outstanding shares of Massey common stock, subject to customary closing conditions including stockholder approval of both companies. The merger brings together Alpha’s and Massey’s complementary assets, which include more than 110 mines and combined coal reserves of approximately 5,000 Mt, […]

In this 50+ page issue of International Mining Project News Banro has completed a PEA at its Nayoma gold project in the DRC - to find that using a heap leach process could double production to around 250,000 oz/y. The cheaper heap leach option, as opposed to CIL, would allow Banro to move into an […]

TWP Projects, which claims to be “the biggest EPCM organisation of its kind in Africa and the largest TWP subsidiary,” has entered 2011 with a robust portfolio of coal projects worth in the order of R100-mililon, which will see it well into 2012. Coal projects portfolio manager, Brad Rip, says although mineral projects have been […]

The global energy industry is undergoing unprecedented changes. Rapid increase in energy consumption in the developing world will be the key driver of growth for the global energy market. China is becoming the world’s largest consumer. Huge demand for power will come from Africa and India as well, thanks to the development and electrification in rural […]