International Mining’s inaugural focussed mining technology conference on the subject of In-Pit Crushing & Conveying (IPCC) on 21-23 September in Belo Horizionte, Brazil is already gathering momentum with just under five months to go. Without exception - all six of the key players with fully mobile designs have indicated their intention to send delegations to the […]

BacTech Environmental Corp has been awarded the contract by the Mines Branch of the Manitoba Department of Innovation, Energy and Mines (Canada), to remediate a stockpile of arsenopyrite concentrate located in the community of Snow Lake. The contract is subject to negotiating a suitable agreement between BacTech and the Manitoba government. BacTech has proposed a […]

Xstrata Process Support (XPS) notes that “deeper mines, lower grades, and higher processing cost all place pressure on mining operations. In order to remain profitable, today’s mining companies need to mine smarter, not harder.” One underused opportunity for smart mining lies in the concept of preconcentration” of ore. Modern process developments have produced rapid advances […]

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has set 2011 mining quotas for several minor metals, Reuters reported, increasing the permitted output of tungsten, tin, antimony, molybdenum and rare earths by between 5% and 12%. The announcement on MIIT’s website establishes new quotas for tin and molybdenum, but re-iterates ones already announced by the […]

First Quantum Minerals (FQM) last week reported Q1 2011 production of 74,900 t of copper and 49,100 oz of gold. Lower overall copper production, compared to Q1 2010, reflects the forced shutdown of operations at the Frontier mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo in August 2010. International Mining’s Great Mines series on Newmont Mining […]

In July 2010 Rulmeca Tianjin Co completed the delivery of rollers for the second phase of China Resources Cement’s (Huarun Group)  important project in Fengkai, China, - the longest belt conveyors ever built in Asia. Rulmeca Tianjin received the order at the beginning of 2009 for more than 180,000 rollers for two belt conveyor lines of 40 km.