Projected new mines and major mine expansions in Canada will total more than 50 over the next five to six years. To keep up and adjust to projections, major infrastructure improvements are required. In this month’s Spotlight Feature Article, from the pages of the April issue of International Mining magazine, John Chadwick looks at how, with a reputation of leadership and innovation, Canada’s domestic equipment and technology suppliers are up to the task.

In this month’s Spotlight Feature Article, from the pages of the March 2013 issue of International Mining magazine, John Chadwick looks at the application of heavy media separation (HMS), flotation developments, cleaning up conventional pyro metallurgy, and some innovative technologies for maximising efficiencies in copper processing and treatment.

In this month’s ‘Spotlight Featured Article”, direct from the February 2013 issue of International Mining magazine, Editor Paul Moore reviews mineral exploration trends and technology, from drilling to geophysics, and submitted for your timely consideration just ahead of the Annual Prospectors & Developers (PDAC) show in Toronto.

The advantages of In-Pit Crushing & Conveying, in the right context, are irrefutable. In this month’s Spotlight Feature Article, from the pages of the January issue of International Mining, Editor Paul Moore reports on IPCC 2012 in Bali, an IM Events conference. The conference highlighted current progress – with record orders for IPCC systems being delivered – and homed-in particularly on the potential in Asia.

As operating costs rise, mines around the world are looking at their equipment and focusing on maximising efficiency and productivity to get more with less. In this month’s Spotlight Feature Article, from the pages of the December 2012 edition of International Mining magazine, John Chadwick considers the important role of wear reduction in this effort.

In this month’s Spotlight Feature Article, from the pages of the November 2012 issue of International Mining, Editor Paul Moore reports that the provision of maintenance and service monitoring systems, local support centres, and, planning strategies to help owners and operators maximise uptime are crucial in mining across the board, from crushers to shovels.

In this month’s Spotlight Feature article, from the pages of International Mining magazine, John Chadwick investigates some of the latest conveyor trends and technology developments, on surface and underground.

In this month’s Spotlight Feature Article, from the September issue of International Mining magazine, Paul Moore reviews the current tyre market, from new manufacturing capacity to fresh approaches to tyre protection and haul road management.

In this month’s Spotlight Feature Article, from the August 2012 issue of International Mining magazine, Editor Paul Moore looks in-depth at the Vermeer precision mining concept and new T1655 machine, both of which are a major part of current and future mining plans at the FMG Christmas Creek iron ore mine in Western Australia, visited by IM in June.

In the final installment of the latest Great Mines series profiling Petra Diamonds, from the July issue of International Mining magazine, John Chadwick examines more of the company’s South African operations, including Kimberley Underground, Koffiefontein and the Fissure mines.

In this month’s Spotlight Feature Article, from the pages of the June 2012 issues of International Mining, Editor Paul Moore reports that Underground Drilling remains a challenging environment, so continued improvements from key machine and component suppliers continues to help mines improve efficiency, particularly as operations go deeper.

In this month’s Spotlight Feature Article, from the pages of the May issue of International Mining magazine, Publisher John Chadwick discusses some of the latest underground communications, monitoring and control technologies and applications, and examines, in particular, an all-encompassing system.

In this month’s ‘Spotlight Feature Article’, from the April 2012 edition of International Mining magazine, Editor Paul Moore reviews some of the advancing Canadian mining projects coming on-stream in 2012-2014, then looks in-depth at the Canadian mining equipment and services suppliers that are helping make these projects, and many other leading global operations, a reality.

In this month’s im-mining.com ‘Spotlight Feature Article’, from the latest issue of International Mining magazine, Publisher John Chadwick examines one of the industry’s most critical issues, with a focus on new ideas and technologies for the management and handling of water in all aspects of mining operation, including desalination, more effective wastewater treatment, and reuse.

This month’s im-mining.com ‘Spotlight Feature Article’, from the pages of the February 2012 issue of International Mining magazine, focuses on Exploration. With an uncertain economic future, ever more remote deposits in operationally challenging countries, and more interest in other mined products – from potash to rare earths and lithium – Editor Paul Moore reports that the importance of the most accurate exploration methods, with the most advanced technology and equipment, continues to increase.

There are two key issues behind the drive to develop ever more sophisticated autonomous and remote technologies – safety and the shortage of skilled and unskilled workers. In this month’s im-mining.com Spotlight Feature Article, from the pages of the January issue of International Mining magazine, John Chadwick takes an annual look at the advance of autonomous and remote control mining equipment and new products in the field.

The planned underground expansions to existing mines, as well as major new underground operations being looked at, means that achieving faster and more efficient development underground is as much at the fore as it has ever been. In this month’s im-mining.com ‘Spotlight Feature Article’, from the pages of the December 2011 issue of International Mining magazine, Editor Paul Moore looks at some advances being made in helping to make faster and more efficient underground mine development a reality.

For more than a century now, flotation has been at the heart of the mineral processing industry. In this month’s SPOTLIGHT FEATURE ARTICLE, direct from the November issue of INTERNATIONAL MINING magazine, John Chadwick examines new technologies and applications from some of the key players in mineral flotation, a technique that is so important to the global industry.

Save accidents and training costs. Using simulators can create training and refresher course applications, serious situation exercises that allow operators to build skills in a practical and cost effective way, and, can also prove process designs. John Chadwick discovers this and more in this month’s ‘Spotlight Feature Article’, from the October 2011 issue of the monthly global mining management magazine, International Mining.

Blast fragmentation should be optimised for material haulage, comminution and mineral processing. In this month’s im-mining.com Spotlight Feature Article, from the September issue of International Mining, John Chadwick examines some technologies and the benefits accruing…

This month’s im-mining.com Spotlight Feature Article, from the pages of the August issue of International Mining, examines exploration sampling. At a time when the number of exploration programs and studies is very high, it is more than ever important to ensure the sampling employed observes best practice, especially when designing process flowsheets.

In the im-mining.com ‘Spotlight Feature Article’ of the month, from the pages of the July issue of the International Mining monthly magazine, Publisher John Chadwick looks at Water Management and Delivery, including the trend toward the use of more saline water, some of the latest cleanup techniques, and, new water delivery technologies.

Mining chemicals represent a niche area of supply but at the same time their use is almost
universal across the industry. In this month’s im-mining.com Spotlight Feature Article, from the June issue of International Mining magazine, Editor Paul Moore looks at the players, challenges, and future horizons for the sector.

Ghana is the newest of Newmont’s operating regions, and one that holds great potential for expanded gold production. For the fifth in International Mining magazine’s six-part ‘Great Mines’ series of articles profiling the mining giant’s key world regions, John Chadwick reports on exploration and production activity at Newmont operations in the Brong Ahafo area of west-central Ghana.

Climate change and the need for environmentally responsible, cost effective and efficient methods of ore and tailings transport place great demands on the industry. A growing number of operations are meeting the challenge by using more hydrotransport handling of solid/liquid mixtures in both short- and long-distance pipelines. In this month’s im-mining.com ‘Spotlight Feature Article’, from the pages of the April 2011 issue of International Mining magazine, John Chadwick looks at equipment and services for environmentally friendly mineral pipelines.

In this month’s im-mining.com ‘Spotlight Feature Article’, from the March 2011 edition of International Mining magazine, Paul Moore, editor, reports that the market for large hydraulic excavators continues to grow, while shovels retain their position as the tools of choice in the highest tonnage mines. For this and more on the latest in Surface Loading, see the full feature article now…

Since 1965, Newmont has mined and processed gold in Nevada, building up one of the world’s leading hubs of gold production along the Carlin Trend. This journey has seen a number of new discoveries both in mineral deposits and process efficiency. In this month’s im-mining.com ‘Spotlight Feature Article’, from the February issue of International Mining magazine, Paul Moore reports on ‘Newmont’s Nevada’ in the second of six ‘Great Mines Series’ reports on Newmont Mining Corporation.

Newmont Mining Corp is 90 years old this year. It is a company that has pioneered many technical innovations for the industry, not least large-scale open-pit gold mining. In this month’s im-mining.com ‘Spotlight Feature Article’, John Chadwick kicks off part one of six in International Mining magazine’s latest ‘Great Mines’ series of mining operation profile articles, with a look back over nine decades of Newmont.

The expansion of Aitik, Sweden’s largest mine, was opened at the end of August by King Carl XVI Gustaf. The expansion, which will double ore production, is one of the biggest industrial investments in Sweden in recent years. High level automation is essential to project success, and this month’s Spotlight Feature Article, from the December issue of International Mining, examines it in detail.

This month’s IM-Mining ‘Spotlight Feature Article’, direct from the pages of the November 2010 issue of International Mining, is a comprehensive look at developments in software for designing and operating mines, starting with a nod to its critical role in the dramatic San Jose mine rescue.

Growth in this equipment sector has been impressive in recent years as mines appreciate the safety, efficiency and economy values of simulators. John Chadwick examines some of the latest developments in this month’s IM Spotlight Feature.