Press Release Archive
Archive of corporate news from the global mining industryPress Releases By Date
February 2012
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Murray & Roberts Cementation Creates Emergency Egress System at Finsch Mine in Just 11 Days
Murray & Roberts Cementation has set a mining industry benchmark by establishing an innovative emergency egress system - from design to operation - in just 11 days at Petra Diamonds' Finsch...
Beak Consultants Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Africa
Beak Consultants and the Geological Survey of Rwanda in East Africa have signed a contract to carry out geological studies and...
Beak Consultants Presents at Mining Indaba
Beak Consultants is set to present for the fourth time at the most important mining event in...
Avrupa Signs MOU with Beak to Explore Precious Metal Deposits in Erzgebirge
Avrupa Minerals is pleased to announce the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Beak Consultants of Freiberg, Germany to explore for gold deposits in the Erzgebirge mining...
Clariant Mining Solutions to Exhibit at Explosives and Mining Industry Conferences
Clariant Mining Solutions will attend ISEE's 38th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique and the SME's annual 'Mine to Market: Now It's Global' meeting to exchange expertise in...
Canadian Company Works Overtime to Supply Essential Equipment after Mudslide
SEI Industries, a Canadian manufacturing facility, began operating 24 hours a day to supply essential equipment required after the recent Papua New Guinea mudslide. The mudslide cut off a...
Bulk Aviation Transport Tank Wins Two Technology Awards
Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME), in collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP), have announced that SEI Industries...
Murray & Roberts Cementation Makes 'Remarkable' Progress at Konkola North Project
Murray & Roberts Cementation has made an excellent start to the Konkola North decline sinking project, achieving a 220m advance per month in the first 14...
DCD Dorbyl Restructured for Growth
DCD Dorbyl (Pty) Limited, a global leader in the manufacture and supply of heavy engineered products and services, has officially launched a new look group under the condensed banner...
January 2012
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Rinstrum Release XD30 Harsh Environment Remote Display
The XD30 remote builds on Rinstrum’s already successful X320 indicator to create a remote display that is ideal for use in agriculture, food processing, automotive, chemical or...
Loesche’s LM_Master – Model-Based Predictive Process Optimisation for Ecologically Increasing Plant Performance
Loesche Automation has introduced the new LM_Master for increasing performance and for supporting the operators of Loesche vertical...
PolyCom Goes Viral in Queensland
The phenomenal increased uptake of PolyCom Stabilising Aid in the Queensland region over the past six months has been a well-kept secret - until...
Slimline Manufacturing Release White Paper on Mining Technology Website
Portable evaporator specialist Slimline Manufacturing has released a new white paper detailing its Turbomister Mini evaporator...
Verderflex Peristaltic Hose Pumps Becoming Increasingly Popular in Gold Mining
Gold mining is one of the important mining sectors in Australia and New Zealand involving pumping of a number of corrosive and hazardous slurries. Global Pumps, the experts in pumping...
3D Laser Mapping Appoint Jon Chicken as Managing Director
3D Laser Mapping has appointed Jon Chicken as managing director. Jon will take on responsibility for the day-to-day running of the Nottingham-based supplier of laser scanning hardware and...
New Aviation Tank Reduces Fuel Hauling Costs By Nearly 50%
SEI Industries has developed the world’s first collapsible, double-walled, baffled transportation tank that allows users to safely carry bulk fuel to remote sites via...
Kemira Minerals & Metals to Showcase its Wide Range of Water-Intensive R&D and Applications Expertise
During the 2012 SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit, to be held from February 19 to 22 in Seattle, Washington, US, four technical papers presented by Kemira researchers will address current issues...
GEMCO Tightens Safety on Remote Island Mining Site with IntelliPERMIT
The Groote Eylandt Mining Company (GEMCO), one of the world's leading suppliers of manganese ore, has implemented ApplyIT's IntelliPERMIT to tighten and streamline safety procedures at its site...
Pelican Deploys the 2710 and 2720 Headlights
To incorporate the latest technology and features, Pelican Products, the global leader in both the design and manufacture of advanced portable lighting, has introduced the 2710 and 2720...
CEEC Medal Launched to Recognise Outstanding Advancement in Comminution
The CEEC Medal, an annual award intended to recognise and celebrate the contribution of outstanding published papers, articles or case studies profiling beneficial strategies for...
FLSmidth to Supply Equipment for Copper Mine Expansion in South America
FLSmidth has been awarded contracts worth a total of approximately $85m (approximately DKK500m) for equipment supplies to a copper producer in South...
Mine Site Technologies Announces New Appointments
Mine Site Technologies is pleased to announce a number of key appointments to its ever-growing...
Equifab Launches New Diesel Fuel Tanks
Equifab, based in Toowoomba, has been awarded a major contract for manufacturing 20,000l tanks after releasing their new range of self-bunded diesel fuel...
Tenova acquires Bateman Engineering
Tenova, a worldwide supplier of advanced technologies and equipment for the iron, steel and mining industries, has announced the acquisition of Bateman Engineering, a leading equipment supplier...
Flotation: Advantage Circular Cells
From its beginnings in the first decade of this century, flotation has gradually moved to a predominant role in mineral...
Delkor Delivers for Osisko's Flagship Gold Property
Canadian Malartic is the largest gold reserve in Canada and was scheduled to be in production by mid...
Delkor Floats Above the Rest in Australia
Delkor Asia Pacific, a sister company of Delkor Sub-Saharan Africa (DSSA), was commissioned by GR Engineering Services to supply and deliver flotation cells as part of a larger upgrade of...
Delkor India Wins its Largest Thickener Contract
Delkor is supplying two 100m diameter thickeners for Iron Ore Tailings and two 20m diameter thickeners for iron ore concentrate for their upcoming 4.1 MTPA integrated Pellet plant at...
Equifab Launches Trailerised Fuel System
The latest innovation to come out of the Equifab design team, the company is proud to announce the launch of its trailerised fuel...
Rajant Release White Paper
Pioneer of kinetic mesh networks and a provider of pervasive, multi-frequency wireless solutions, Rajant has released a new white paper which documents its annual testing and demonstration...
Rajant Corporation Enhances Advanced Diagnostic, Monitoring and Administrative Capabilities for Kinetic Mesh Networks
Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh Networks and provider of pervasive, multi-frequency wireless solutions, today introduced RRADS, an advanced network administration, monitoring...
Konecranes CXT Hoists Selected for Western Australia's $5bn Sino Iron Project
Leading global crane and hoist manufacturer Konecranes has won another tender to supply its high efficiency, high safety CXT Wire Rope Hoists to Hong Kong-based CITIC Pacific's Sino Iron project...
Konecranes Delivers the Reliability Southern Steel Demands - 100 Times Over
Southern Steel, the largest privately owned steel distributor in Australia, is extending its long running relationship with Konecranes with the successful; installation of 17 new overhead cranes...
Engineering & Mining Journal Article Highlights Success of TruckLogic at Suncor Energy
VISTA Training published an article in the October 2011 issue of Engineering & Mining Journal that explains how its TruckLogic™ haul truck training curriculum resulted in a 50% reduction...
The Answer Company and Idasa Sistemas Sign Agreement and Establish New Strategies for Rosmiman MMS System
Idasa Sistemas has announced a new strategic partnership with The Answer Company, the largest Sage Software Partner in Western Canada, and one of the largest...
Wabtec Release New Brochure
Wabtec Corporation has released a new white paper brochure which showcases COBRA®TG TreadGuard - High Friction Composition Brake...
Mine Site Technologies Acquires Nixon Communications
Mine communications leaders Mine Site Technologies, a subsidiary of MST Global Holdings, has acquired 100% of the share capital of Nixon Communications - a network and communications...
Hagenbuch Technology Licensed to Hitachi Construction Machinery
Philippi-Hagenbuch chairman LeRoy G. Hagenbuch has announced that his company and Hitachi Construction Machinery / the HCM Group have expanded their existing license agreement to include...
Simsmart Technologies Release White Paper
Simsmart Technologies has released a new white paper which explains how process control systems can boost mine ventilation efficiency and reduce operating...
Copper Order in Mongolia Awarded to FLSmidth
FLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth approximately USD105m (approximately DKK 600m) from the Mongolian company, Mongolyn Alt (MAK) Group, to supply a greenfield copper concentrator for a...
December 2011
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Kemira’s KemGuard® Scale Control Agents - A Good Fit for Mining
Kemira has long been recognized for its dispersant technology used in the white pigments arena. It is a leader in providing low molecular weight polymer chemistry for dispersion of kaolin clay...
Gates Offers Training Seminars on Hydraulic Solutions and Industrial Hose and Couplings to Promote Safety and Drive Value
Gates Corporation, a leading manufacturer of industrial and automotive products, offers training resources and seminars focused on hydraulic products, industrial hose and couplings, fluid...
New Neptune™ Corporate Brochure Now Available
Neptune™, a premier manufacturer of chemical metering pumps, chemical feed systems and chemical injection accessories, has a long standing tradition of providing innovative solutions for...
Wilden® Advanced™ Series Metal AODD Pumps Handle Rugged Conditions Found in Mining Operations
Wilden®, the worldwide leader in air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) pump technology, has a well-deserved reputation of producing pumps that have the capability to operate efficiently and...
Wilden® Stallion® Series Metal AODD Pumps - A Workhorse in Solid-Handling Applications
Wilden®, the worldwide leader in air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) pump technology, has announced that it has designed its Stallion® Series of Metal Air-Operated Double Diaphragm (AODD)...
Scanimetrics Release White Paper
Wireless monitoring solutions supplier Scanimetrics has released a white paper which emphasises the importance of maintenance in the mining...
Gull to Build Large Fuel Tank
Gull is building a 10 million litre fuel tank at its Mount Maunganui storage facility operated by Terminals Limited...
DavyMarkham Apprentice Honoured with Industry Accolade
The achievements of a budding young South Yorkshire engineer have been honoured at a prestigious national awards...
Mine Site Technologies’ PED and ICCL Receive India I.S. Certification
Mine Site Technologies announced today that its personal emergency device (PED) and integrated communications cap lamp (ICCL) products have received India coal mine intrinsically safe...
MinePhone and NS40 Access Point Achieve ATEX Approval
Mine Site Technologies has confirmed that its MinePhone VoIP digital phone and NS40 wireless access point for integrated underground mining communications have achieved ATEX certification, group...
Productive Year for A Boughey
The last 12 months have seen A Boughey involved in ongoing management of heavy mining equipment cost and availability sustainability, long term planning and component forecasting and asset...
Interest High in Gekko’s CGR Test Protocol
Gekko's technical and metallurgical laboratory team is a leader in the design of gravity and intensive leach test research programs. Determining the recovery of minerals at their liberation...
Positive Recovery Results from Python at Kloof
Gekko Systems was contracted by Gold Fields in June 2010 to design, build, install and commission a Python 500 modular plant for their Kloof GROWTH project in South Africa. The purpose of the...
News from Gekko Offices Across the Globe
Our offices have been very busy these last 12 months and the South African office celebrated its ten-year anniversary on February 10 at the Pigalle restaurant in...
IPJ Gangue Rejection and Pre-Concentration Plant Results Match CGR Lab Work
Full-scale installations of the InLine Pressure Jig (IPJ) continuous gravity recovery (CGR) circuits at Pirquitas (Silver Standard Resources) and Kloof (Gold Fields) have provided further...
Century of InLine Leach Reactor Sales for Gekko
Gekko Systems South American team is proud to confirm the sale of its 100th InLine Leach Reactor (ILR)...
WPT Power Corporation Announce New Hydraulic Pump Drives
WPT Power Corporation is proud to announce a new line of Hydraulic Pump...
Urecon Release New Brochure
Urecon (formerly Polybrand) is the most diversified distributor, fabricator and transformer of rigid insulation in eastern Canada has released a new white...
SEI Industries Release White Paper
SEI Industries has released a new white paper which details its successful fuel system project in Nunavut,...
New Voith Turbo Fluid Coupling for Open-Pit Mining Belt Conveyors
Open-pit mining belt conveyors often transport extracted raw materials over long distances. Voith Turbo has developed a new coupling, the TurboBelt 780 TPXL, for the drives of these belt...
Cement Mill Kitted Out With Electronic and Automation Engineering from Loesche Automation
In conjunction with placing an order for an LM46.2+2 C / S vertical mill from Loesche, PT. Semen Baturaja (Persero) awarded Loesche Automation the contract for the electronic and...
Loesche Automation Provides Electronic and Automation Engineering for a Cement Mill In Chile.
Hormigones Transex has awarded the contract for a LM26 2+2C / S cement mill in Puente Alto, Chile to...
Martin Engineering Release White Paper
Martin Engineering has released a new white paper detailing the technical specifications of its MARTIN® Mandrel belt cleaner...
November 2011
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P&H Showcases MAS 361 Roof-Mounted Unit in White Paper
P&H Mine Air Systems has released a white paper which details the features of the MAS 361 roof-mounted...
Allmineral Has a New Partner
Schmidt, Kranz Group Germany is a globally active mechanical engineering company based in Velbert in, whose recent acquisition of 75% of the shares in Allmineral will continue the growth of...
STP Building for the Future
We are proud to announce that one of the first Omani companies that will be providing Gyro Services with 100% local workforces has acquired SPT's GyroTracer™ North Seeking Gyro instrument and...
P&H Mine Air Systems Release White Paper
P&H Mine Air Systems manufactures climate-control units (for air conditioning and heating) for use on operator cabs on a wide variety of mining equipment, including electric shovels,...
SAFEmine Welcomes Todd Ruff
SAFEmine Technology (USA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Todd Ruff as Business Development Manager for North America. Todd brings over 24 years of experience in mine safety...
Polycom to Exhibit at Eco Buy 2011 Green Product Showcase
ECO-Buy is hosting the Latrobe Region Green Product Showcase on November 30 in...
Triple Point Technology Acquires QMASTOR
Triple Point Technology, the leading global provider of software to manage commodities and enterprise risk, announced today that it has acquired QMASTOR Limited, the premier provider of...
Japanese Initiative Delivers Manufacturing Efficiency
A heavy engineering company is aiming for a ten per cent improvement in manufacturing efficiency after introducing the Japanese 5s programme throughout its...
Transfer of Leister Process Technologies into a Corporate Structure
Since its founding in 1949, Leister Process Technologies has operated in the legal form of a sole proprietorship. With the growth over the last few decades, diversification into additional...
The New Pelican 1095 and 1085 HardBack Cases
Sometimes, all it takes is one drop to ruin your tablet or laptop computer (along with your music, photos and...
Gekko Systems Expands Services Group
Gekko Systems is excited to announce it has expanded its services group. Staff numbers in this area have tripled in the last 12 months, reflecting the high demand for Gekko's technical skills...
IPJ Gangue Rejection and Pre-Concentration Plant Results Match CGR Lab Work
Full scale installations of the InLine Pressure Jig (IPJ) continuous gravity recovery (CGR) circuits at Pirquitas (Silver Standard Resources) and Kloof (Gold Fields) provide further evidence of...
Pelican i1075 HardBack Case Protects the Apple iPad and iPad 2
The iPad currently holds more than 70% of the consumer market which means that if you own a tablet computer, you probably have...
How Much Ore is Still Left in the Erzgebirge Mountains?
Scientists from Beak Consultants are currently targeting this question in the frame of a research...
Dragflow: High Depth Dredging
A new trend of deep sea and high depth dredging and exploration is emerging in the dredging market. Deep sea exploration represents both a development possibility, and a huge technical...
Timken Completes Philadelphia Gear Acquisition
Timken today announced the completion of its $200 million purchase of Philadelphia Gear, a leading provider of gear-drive systems and aftermarket services for the industrial and military...
SAFEmap's North American Vice President to Conduct Workshops at Conference in Vancouver
SAFEmap's North American vice president Marius Jacobs will be conducting two workshops on 15 February 2012 at the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union's Western Region Safety...
Seats Available on Transformational Safety Leadership Course
There are still a few seats available for the SAFEmap's Transformational Safety Leadership Course on 13-15 December, 2011 in Brisbane, QLD,...
The Compelling Case for Kemira’s KemPel™ Binders in Iron Ore Pelletization
Kemira has developed a series of KemPel™ synthetic organic binders for iron-ore pelletization. The technical and commercial benefits of this technology were presented in August to the...
Unique Innovation for Australian Road Stabilising and Earthworks
Traditional road stabilising calls for heavy duty machinery and support equipment. It involves specialised contractors and larger projects are required to justify the...
Rajant Corporation to Present the Future of Mobile Broadband and Wireless Communications at 2011 Military Wireless Conference
At this week's Military Wireless conference in Las Vegas, Rajant Corporation , the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh Networks and provider of pervasive, multi-frequency wireless solutions, will present...
Western Mining Services Release White Paper
Western Mining Services (WMS) has released a new white paper, which explains mineral systems science and is accompanied by detailed diagrams and...
Apprentices on their ‘Marks’ and Ready to Sprint into a Great Career
Heavy engineering specialist, DavyMarkham, has taken on the latest batch of specially selected school leavers to be part of its much sought after apprenticeship...
Loesche Presents World's First Containerised Coal Grinding Plant
Loesche’s brand new solution to reduce operating costs by substituting coal instead of oil or gas in various thermal...
SatNetCom to Represent SAFEmine Collision Avoidance Systems in Indonesia
SatNetCom has announced that it is promoting, selling, installing, and servicing the collision avoidance system (CAS) from SAFEmine to enhance traffic safety in surface mines and...
SAFEmap to Attend Northwest Mining Association Convention
SAFEmap is attending the Northwest Mining Association Convention on November 28 to December 2 at the John Ascuaga's Nugget Casino Resort in Sparks,...
Visit SAFEmap at Partners in Prevention Convention
SAFEmap, an innovative company that provides risk management training and risk awareness training services to the mining industry, is attending the Partners in Prevention Convention on November...
Introducing Cypher Enviromentals Ultrazyme Waste Water Remediation Control
UltraZyme is a blend of environmentally friendly cultures specifically designed to remediate organic wastes and provide odor control in a variety of water and waste-water treatment...
Rajant to Exhibit Wireless Broadband Solutions for Critical Offshore and Remote Infrastructure
Rajant Corporation , the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh Networks and provider of pervasive, multi-frequency wireless solutions, will showcase its innovative GULFMESH™ broadband network solution,...
Techniflo TB Series Magnetic Drive Pumps for Mining
Mining is one of the important industries in Australia and involves the flow of a number of corrosive and hazardous chemicals in some of its processes. Techniflo Magnetic Drive Pumps from All...
Tycom Releases New Tools and Testing Instruments White Paper
Tycom is a leading supplier of test and measurement instruments and an extensive range of tools for mining...
Powerscreen Announces Strategic Distributor Appointment in Mongolia
Powerscreen has signed an agreement with its first distributor in Mongolia - Wagner Asia...
Pelican Products Unveils The 1560 Laptop Overnight Case
The Pelican Products 1560 laptop overnight case (LOC) is a tough, watertight case designed for road warriors who want to protect their laptops without wasting time at the airport luggage...
Martin Engineering Improves Paint System at World Headquarters
Martin Engineering recently installed a new and improved paint system at its Neponset, IL location. This new system is already up and running and producing high-quality paint jobs. The new...
October 2011
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Pelican Opens Sales Office in South Korea
Pelican Products, the global leader in design and manufacture of both high-performance protective case solutions and advanced portable LED lighting systems, has opened a sales office in...
Pelican Goes To Work With the 1460TOOL Mobile Tool Chest
To offer a legendarily tough, portable tool protection solution, Pelican Products has introduced the 1460TOOL - Mobile Tool...
FLSmidth Awarded Order for Iron Ore Crushing Plant in India
FLSmidth has received a contract worth approximately $30m (DKK 175m) for the supply of an iron ore crushing plant with a capacity of 1,800 tonnes per hour from Indian M/s National...
FLSmidth Wins Minerals Order in Latin America
FLSmidth has been awarded a significant contract for equipment supplies to a copper mine in Latin...
FLSmidth Wins Order for a Coal Handling Project in India
FLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth approximately €25m (approximately DKK 180m) by Jhabua...
FLSmidth Wins Multi-Million Dollar Material Handling Project in Indonesia
FLSmidth has today signed a contract in Jakarta worth in excess of $135m (DKK 700m) with PT Adaro Indonesia, a subsidiary of PT Adaro Energy Tbk., to supply material handling equipment to its...
FLSmidth to Supply Equipment for Copper Mine in Zambia
FLSmidth has received a contract worth approximately $50m (approximately DKK 260m) from Kalumbila Minerals Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of First Quantum Minerals for the supply of equipment...
FLSmidth Acquires Phillips Kiln Services
FLSmidth has today signed a share purchase agreement to acquire 100% shareholding in Phillips Kiln Services, a US-based supplier of kiln services for the cement and minerals...
Large Material Handling Order in Morocco Awarded to FLSmidth
FLSmidth has received an order worth approximately €90m from the Moroccan company, OCP Office Chérifien des Phosphates, to supply equipment for a phosphate terminal for the Jorf Lasfar port at...
FLSmidth Acquires Canadian Company Knelson
FLSmidth has today signed an agreement to acquire the assets of the privately owned company Knelson, a Canada based corporate partnership which is active within the minerals...
FLSmidth Wins Coal Handling Project in India
FLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth approximately €36m (DKK 265m) by Korba West Power Corporation Limited for supply and installation of a 1,800 tonnes per hour coal handling plant for...
FLSmidth to Supply Equipment for Russian Gold Plant
FLSmidth has received a contract worth approximately €30m (DKK 223m) from Russian Open Joint Stock Company Pervenets for the supply of equipment for their brownfield Verninskoye gold plant....
Material Handling Order Awarded to FLSmidth in Kuwait
FLSmidth has received an order worth approximately €34m (DKK 250m) from Kuwait Cement Company for the supply of in-plant material handling equipment for the second production line at their...
FLSmidth to Supply World's Largest Sizer Station
FLSmidth has been awarded a contract for the supply of a complete semi-mobile sizer station for minerals processing by Minera Peñasquito which is owned by Goldcorp. The Peñasquito gold mine...
Gemcom Provides Support to the Mining Education Australia Engineering Program
Gemcom Software International, the largest global supplier of mining software solutions, today announced its support of the Mining Education Australia (MEA) engineering...
Language is the Key for Quality Steel Plate Distributor Brown McFarlane
What is the best way to connect with clients and potential customers...
Timken Completes Acquisition of Drives
The Timken Company today announced it has completed the $92 million acquisition of Drives, a leading manufacturer of highly engineered drive-chains, roller-chains and conveyor augers for the...
Mettler Toledo Release White Paper
METTLER TOLEDO, the leading global supplier of vehicle weighing systems and services, has released a new white...
Mine Cable Services to Attend Expominera Tradeshow in Acapulco, Mexico
Mine Cable Services is exhibiting with Mexican Distributor Grupo Vysisa at the Expominera show in Acapulco, Mexico from 26 October to 29 October...
SPT Gyro Market Growth Set To Surge
Established in November 2006, Altain Khuder is a Mongolian registered mining and mineral exploration company with the primary objective to survey, explore, develop and mine iron ore at the...
Ausroad Systems Develops Range of Stemming Trucks and Road Maintenance Equipment
Ausroad Systems manufactures, distributes and hires stemming / material placement trucks and road maintenance...
Stemming Trucks Under Construction by Ausroad Systems
Brisbane based manufacturers Ausroad™ Systems is currently constructing two new Stemming Trucks for delivery in November and December...
SAFEmap Offers Leadership Course
SAFEmap Australasia is offering a Transformational Safety Leadership Course from December 13-15, 2011 in Brisbane, Queensland,...
SAFEmap Chief to Speak at National Safety Council Congress
Corrie Pitzer will be speaking at the National Safety Council Congress in Philadelphia on 31 October...
Straits Resources’ Tritton Copper Mine Implements Gemcom InSite for Mine Production Management Solution
Gemcom Software International, the largest global supplier of mining software solutions, has announced that Straits Resources has implemented the Gemcom InSite™ mine production management...
Executive to Play Key Role in Driving Technological Software Innovation in Mining Industry
Gemcom Software International, the largest global supplier of mining software solutions, has announced that John Vandermay has joined the Company as vice president of product...
All Systems Go at Booysendal
Murray & Roberts Cementation got off to a good start on a prestigious R1.3-bn contract to develop four declines for Northam's new Booysendal Platinum...
SEI purchases PremoFire™ and Offers Premo Fire Ignition Product Line
SEI Industries (SEI) is pleased to announce its recent acquisition of PremoFire™ from Vanguard Plastics Ltd...
SEI purchases PremoFire™ and Offers Premo Fire Ignition Product Line
SEI Industries (SEI) is pleased to announce its recent acquisition of PremoFire™ from Vanguard Plastics...
Bunds and OHS from Spilldoktor
On-site liquids, whether dangerous or non-dangerous (excluding rain water), should be bunded, and who can provide solutions as timely and effectively as...
Kemira and Superfloc® - Trusted for Mining Applications
Kemira's oil and mining segment is pleased to announce that the globally-recognized Superfloc® brand, trusted by the mining industry for over 50 years, is produced solely by Kemira and...
Innovation and Safety in Mining Environments from MineWare Consulting
There has been much debate lately, both in the media and in legislature regarding safety in mines. Much has been made of corporate accountability and the role played by training and...
Gates Corporation Announces Longhorn® MegaFlex® Petroleum Transfer Hose
Gates Corporation, a leading manufacturer of industrial and automotive products, today announced the addition of Longhorn® MegaFlex® petroleum transfer hose to its full line of advanced...
Castolin Eutectic Presented with Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Service Leadership
Castolin Eutectic has been conferred a prestigious Frost & Sullivan Award for the fourth consecutive...
Scanimetrics Tests Your Strength with King of Strain
It's trade show season and Scanimetrics has been busy rustling up some healthy competition at trade shows across...
QMASTOR’s Algosys software selected by Large Copper Project
QMASTOR's Algosys Metallurgical Accountant™ software has been contracted to be installed by a large copper project located in Central East...
QMASTOR Software Chosen by Vale Brazil
QMASTOR has been chosen by Vale for the provision of its Pit to Plant and iFuse systems for installation at their Onça Puma nickel operations in the Brazilian state of...
QMASTOR Selected for Major Contract with Vale in Mozambique
QMASTOR has been selected by Vale for the provision of its Pit to Port, SMS3D and iFuse systems for installation at their Moatize coal operations near Tete, Mozambique,...
QMASTOR Wins Contract with Canada's Largest Export Coal Terminal
The directors of QMASTOR Limited are pleased to announce that QMASTOR has been awarded a contract with Canada's largest export coal...
Austmine Breaks New Ground in Uzbekistan
Austmine broke new ground in September by leading the first ever official Australian industry delegation to...
Improved Sand Quality for Reddal Sand
A new sand washing plant for Reddal Sand has resulted in a significant improvement in the quality of the sand being produced at their site in the South of...
Wlodan Invest in New Mobile Washing Plant
Wlodan have introduced the M2500 mobile washing plant from CDE Global to their operations on the outskirts of Lodz in central...
Mobile Washing in Action
Eren Construction has recently taken delivery of a new mobile washing plant for a major canal construction project in...
EPMS Engaged for Australian, Indonesian and Armenian Projects
West Australian-based engineering and project management company, EPMS continues to be called on for its mineral sands, magnetite and gold expertise. Latest engagements see the company...
Pelican Unveils 1910 And 1920 LED Flashlights
Pelican Products has introduced the Pelican 1910 and 1920 LED flashlights as tough-as-nails, bright illumination for glove compartments, travel bags, tool kits and anyone who needs a powerful...
Newcrest-Gekko Collaboration Seeks Step-Change Benefit
Gekko Systems is pleased to announce the signing of a collaborative agreement with Newcrest Mining Limited to undertake a three-year research and development...
Australian Earth Stabilising Technology for Civil Projects
Australia-wide civil contractors and government departments are realising the benefits of PolyCom Stabilising Aid, a simple to use and reliable Australian made product, for soil...
September 2011
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PolyCom Stabilising Aid Discussed at MWOA Conference
At the September MWOA conference held in Bendigo, Victoria, delegates from councils and shires around Australia were talking about PolyCom Stabilising...
Loesche Celebrates Landmark
In January 2011, Loesche Energy Systems (LES) celebrated its fifth birthday. Founded in January 2006, LES handles Loesche business for the worldwide fuel-grinding markets for power...
Loesche India Proves a Big Success
Loesche India (LOI) was incorporated in the year 1995. Since then, LOI is engaged and fully equipped to handle supply of Dry Vertical grinding plants for Cement, Steel, Mineral and...
SAFEmine Celebrates Delivery of Landmark Unit
On 9 September 2011, during the Asia Pacific International Mining Exhibition (AIMEX) in Sydney, SAFEmine presented Thiess Australia with an award to mark the delivery of the 10,000th SAFEmine...
BEUMER Group Expands Indian Operations
The BEUMER Group has taken over the company Enexco Teknologies India Limited, expanding its operations in...
SAFEmap Opens New Brazilian Office
Simsmart Technologies to attend Expominera Tradeshow in Acapulco, Mexico
Simsmart Technologies is exhibiting at the Expominera show in Acapulco, Mexico from 26 October to 29...
RET Rollers Perform in the Worst Conditions
Dirt, water, corrosive substances, ice or abrasive media alone and together are the worst enemies of conveyor rollers. The constant man power required for inspecting and changing conveyor...
Micronics Named Tenth Fastest Growing Company in New Hampshire
Business NH Magazine, which ranks the top private companies in the state of New Hampshire, has recognized Micronics as the tenth fastest growing NH company in 2010 with a 24.3% surge in...
PolyCom Stabilising Aid at Stand 14 MWOA conference in Bendigo
PolyCom Stabilising Aid and Earthco Projects will be attending the 2011 Municipal Works and Officers Association 18th National Works and Engineering Conference at the Bendigo Show Grounds...
Proven Performance by Renewed Larox Flowsys
Larox Flowsys, the worldwide supplier of flow control and pumping solutions, has decided to change its name to Flowrox. The visual look and feel will also be renewed. The new name will be...
Advanced Geosciences to Host Three-Day Resistivity Imaging Short Course
The Advanced Geosciences Europe Combined Three-Day Resistivity Imaging Short Course will be held in Madrid, Spain, on 19-21 October 2011. The Resistivity Imaging Short Course is designed...
METTLER TOLEDO Launches New POWERCELL PDX Vehicle Scale System ROI Calculators
METTLER TOLEDO has created tools to assist in your evaluation. These calculators allow you to input details about your specific operation, and view financial outcomes. See how a high-quality...
METTLER TOLEDO to Host Webinar on How to Ensure Compliance and Quality of Transport and Logistics Equipment
When weight or volume is used for invoicing, measurements must be recorded using Weights and Measures approved equipment. Learn more about how to remain compliant in transport and logistics...
Timken Launches White Papers on Mining Technology
Timken has recently launched two new white papers on Mining Technology. One white paper is intended to educate the mining sector about how Timken’s coating technology dramatically...
All Pump Supplies Offers 200l Drum Pumps
All Pumps Supplies is a leader in pumping technology, offering a complete range of industrial pumps throughout Australia and New Zealand. The company supplies mining pumps, chemical pumps, food...
Vertical Building Solutions to Attend OilSands Tradeshow in Fort McMurray
Vertical Building Solutions is exhibiting at OilSands Tradeshow in Fort McMurray on September 13-14th. Representing Vertical Building Solutions will be president Mark Loos, sales and...
Carbon Emissions Reduction with PolyCom on Unsealed Roads
Climate change is creating new risks and new opportunities for local governments and markets. Governments and road makers are investigating on-going management of carbon emissions, water use...
SPT Expanding North American Markets
Stockholm Precision Tools' (SPT) state-of-the-art North-seeking GyroTracer™ has recently been acquired by a leading well logging company based in North...
Colibrys Precision Tilt Sensor Locked Into High Reliability Platform Stabilization Applications
Colibrys has announced today the release of the MS9001.D, a MEMS-based tilt sensor targeted at industrial and aerospace markets for use typically in platform stabilization applications. The...
Centrian and Helian Installed Across South America
Mine Radio Systems (MRS), global designer and manufacturer of communication systems to increase owners and operator's safety, productivity and profitability in the mining and tunnelling...
Jonair Announces New Website
Jonair is pleased to introduce its new website http://jonair.com.au, which makes finding and reviewing our products easier and faster for our customers. All of our products now have a...
PolyCom Stabilising Aid to Attend 2011 Municipal Works and Officers Association 18th National Works and Engineering Conference
PolyCom Stabilising Aid has announced it will be attending the 2011 Municipal Works and Officers Association (MWOA) 18th National Works and Engineering Conference, taking place on 22-23...
Bechtel Installs World-Class Drive-Through Mine Truck Wash
Continuing the automation of mine vehicle washing throughout Australia, Autowash has recently installed a two-minute drive-through truck wash for Bechtel (Gladstone) to clean all...
Tap Rap Boss to Answer Questions at Brazilian Exhibition
Recapagem Alterosa is exhibiting at Exposibram 2011 Belo Horizonte on September 26-29. Representing Tap Rap, Sergio Ferrara will be a guest at their stand: Y11. He will gladly welcome...
New CEO at LKAB’s Subsidiary Wassara AB
Peter Schmid takes over as CEO at the Swedish mining company LKAB’s subsidiary Wassara AB from the September 1. He will be located at the head office in Stockholm, Sweden. Peter has a Master...
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MRS Pacific Partners with New Zealand Radio Communications Integrator
Mine Radio Systems (MRS) the leading provider of leaky feeder communication and safety solutions is excited to announce that its MRS Pacific office has partnered with one of New Zealand’s...
PolyCom Stabilising Aid Enables the Recycling of a Variety of Surfaces
Maintaining container yards, hardstands and truck parking areas in good condition requires constant material replacement, grading and watering. It’s an expensive and time consuming problem....
West River Conveyors and Machinery Company Launches New Website
West River Conveyors and Machinery Company recently celebrated the launch of its new website. In addition to the website, we will soon be launching a brand-new, user-friendly parts database. ...
Murray & Roberts Cementation to Sink and Equip Mopani Shaft
Murray & Roberts Cementation Zambia has been awarded the shaft sinking and equipping of the synclinorium shaft for Mopani Copper Mines in Kitwe, Zambia. The new shaft is expected to add...
New Bambi Bucket and Dragon Fire Ignition Sales Representative in Australia
SEI Industries announces the retirement of a dedicated and long-term sales distributor in...
Zambia Plans Return to The Glory Days of Mining
Roymec Technologies has been involved with the Zambian mining industry for over 10 years now supplying equipment to several metallurgical plant projects on the copperbelt. In the last year...
Smarttrack® Improves Track Drainage in Floodplain Areas
JD Rail Solutions Pty Ltd, a manufacturer of unique rail solutions, are pleased to announce the introduction of their newly patented product SmartTrack® which removes the need for...
New Bambi Bucket and Dragon Fire Ignition Sales Representative in Australia
SEI Industries announces the retirement of a dedicated and long-term sales distributor in...
Loesche Receives Order from Reliance Cementation for Maihar and Kundanganj Clinker
Reliance cementation Pvt. Ltd. is putting up a 3.3 MTPA new green field integrated unit (IU) at Maihar, Madhya Pradesh and stand alone cement grinding unit (GU) of 1.1 MTPA at Kundanganj...
Dragflow Lands in the Social Media World
Youtube, Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin are now waiting for your opinions about our products, the dredging and mining market, technological development and much more. Dragflow, always on...
EPMS Open Brisbane Office
West Australian-based engineering and project management company, EPMS has opened an office in Brisbane, Australia. The decision to open an east coast office was made after a recent increase...
West River Conveyors and Machinery Company to Exhibit at 2011 Bluefield Coal Show
West River Conveyors and Machinery Company will be exhibiting at the upcoming Bluefield Coal Show at the Brushfork Armory-Civic Center in Bluefield, WV on September 14-16, 2011. West...
Experience the High-Capacity Rear Loading Lowboy Trailer Difference
Philippi Hagenbuch recently launched its new White Paper on Mining Technology. This White Paper is intended to educate the Mining Sector as to the unique benefits this custom designed...
Polycom Stabilising Aid Sparks New Approach to Earthworks
When developers, contractors and pavement design engineers are confronted with problematic materials that have to be worked with, they face expensive and complex solutions. Engaging...
RANA’s Tommyknocker Mobile Mine Refuge Chambers Updated for 2011
RANA has recently updated its Tommyknocker mobile refuge chambers The company has refreshed the chambers by adding the following new features: Extra steel reinforced exterior corners,...
Increasing Demand in Australia Creating Tons of Business for MRS
Mine Radio Systems (MRS) Global designer and manufacturer of communication systems to increase mine and tunnel owners and operator’s safety, productivity and profitability is proud to announce...
Why Verderflex Peristaltic Hose Pumps are Suitable for Mining
Verderflex Peristaltic Pumps supplied by All Pumps Supplies are designed to operate under the tough conditions of mining processes. Some of the main reasons why Verderflex peristaltic pumps...
Griffin Presents Range of Versatile Electric Submersible Pumps
Griffin Pump and Equipment Inc. offers a complete line of electric submersible pumps. Whether it is clean water, gray water, or trash laden effluent, Griffin can provide the right pump for...
Griffin Non-Clog Pumps Power Through Water and Debris
Griffin non-clog pumps pumps are well suited to aid in the rehabilitation of America’s aging sewer infrastructure by bypassing sewage during sewer line repairs. Griffin’s Model 18 NCRD...
Rajant Adds Two Engineers to Development Team
Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh Networks and provider of pervasive, multi-frequency wireless solutions, today announced the addition of Paul Bartholomew and Jon Wurtz to...
Griffin Reveals Three Stage Water-Jet Pumps
Griffin's three stage water-jet pumps provide high volume, high pressure, high head capacity and now come equipped with tier three engines for cleaner emissions. These three stage jet pumps...
Banlaw's International Success in Fuel Management Rewarded
Australian refuelling specialist, Banlaw, has been named 2011 Hunter and Central Coast Exporter of the Year. Banlaw took out the award as well as the Large Exporter of the Year at the 2011...
Scanimetrics' Bolt Tension Monitoring System Featured in Alberta Venture
Alberta Venture recently featured Scanimetrics' Bolt Tension Monitoring Solution in an issue exploring new technology in the oil and gas...
MRS Welcomes New General Manager in Europe
Mine Radio Systems (MRS), the supplier of the most advanced communications and safety solutions for the Mine and Tunnel markets is proud to announce the appointment of Jason Stout as...
Powerscreen Launches Giant 1500 Maxtrak Cone Crusher
Powerscreen, one of the world's leading providers of mobile crushing and screening equipment, has launched the new Powerscreen® 1500 Maxtrak, the largest addition to the highly...
Gemcom User Conference
Gemecs will attend the annual Gemcom South African User Conference to be held form 17-19 August in South Africa. Gemecs is proud to be associated with Gemcom as a provider of Minex...
Challenges for the Mining Pumps from All Pumps Supplies
Mining pumps not only have to pump the liquids of varying quality and quantity, but also have to meet the expectations of investors. The life and performance of mining pumps will have the...
Minco Pipe Announces Expansion
Minco Pipe of Longview, Texas, supplying specialized pipe products to the worldwide metals and mining industry, is pleased to announce it is growing. With growth comes needs for...
Rajant to Sponsor Forum for the Arizona Mining Alliance
Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh Networks and provider of pervasive, multi-frequency wireless solutions, has announced that it will sponsor the August meeting of the Arizona...
Exxaro’s Tshikondeni Coal Implements Gemcom InSite Mine Production Management Solution
Gemcom Software International Inc., the largest global supplier of mining software solutions, today announced that Exxaro’s Tshikondeni Coal has implemented Gemcom InSite as its mine...
West River Conveyors Launches New Logo and New and Improved Website
West River Conveyors is celebrating 30 years in business and is proud to announce some exciting changes. As we enter into a new stage of growth, we feel it is necessary to make enhancements for...
PolyCom Stabilising Aid Reduces Carbon Footprint
Research comparing the use of PolyCom Stabilising Aid to traditional methods of re-sheeting resulted in a reduction of the carbon footprint fourfold. Initial results on the use of...
Resistivity / IP Imaging Short Course Scheduled for 12-14 October
Advanced Geosciences has scheduled a resistivity/IP imaging short course for 12–14 October 2011. This three day course will give you the necessary knowledge to perform electrical...
Powerscreen to Exhibit at Steinexpo
Powerscreen, one of the world's leading providers of mobile crushing, screening and washing equipment, will be showcasing and demonstrating its latest products at the Steinexpo Exhibition...
Top prize for Davy Markham apprentice
A budding young engineer has been recognised for his achievements by winning the prestigious student of the year award at the Rotherham College of Arts and Technology. Jonathan Cheeseman, 21,...
Loesche Mill to Expand Pulverised Pre-Dried Lignite Production at RWE Power Plant
After having sold a Loesche coal mill type LM 28.3 D for the coal upgrading plant located in Niederaussem to RWE Power, Loesche has received a repeat order for the same mill type for the...
Loesche to Supply Mills for Jaiprakash Associates Project
M/s Jaiprakash Associates is putting up a brown field integrated unit (IU) at Shahabad, Karnataka. For this project Jaiprakash Associates has placed an order with Loesche for following mills: ...
Boltstress Performs Weldless Installation of Globe Valve Using Quickflange
Boltstress has performed the weldless installation of a 2in globe valve using Quickflange. The process was comprised of: Pre-installation Pipe cutting Pipe...
Latest Version of Gemcom InSite Increases Mining Efficiency and Provides Full Visibility into All Areas of Production Management
Gemcom Software, the largest global supplier of mining software solutions, has announced that it has released the latest version of its award-winning Gemcom InSite™ mine production...
Gates Corporation Announces G8K MegaSpiral® Hose
The Fluid Power unit of Gates Corporation, a leading manufacturer of industrial and automotive products, today announced G8K MegaSpiral® hydraulic hose as part of its new and improved...
Twiflex Modular Braking System Ensures Safety and Reliability on Sag Mill at New Copper and Gold Mine
When Mount Milligan Mine in British Columbia, Canada, commences production in 2013, it is anticipated that it will produce 81 million pounds of copper and 194,000 ounces of gold annually - vital...
Submersible Pumps from All Pumps Supplies
All Pumps Supplies has a range of submersible pumps available. The extensive variety of submersible pumps from All Pumps Supplies can meet your light industrial and heavy duty...
Technosub Industrial Pumps Opens New Branch in British Columbia, Canada
Continuing the company's expansion throughout western Canada, Technosub is proud to announce that it has opened a new stocking warehouse and office facility in Surrey, British Columbia....
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Innovation Offers Safer Alternative to Lifting Off-Highway Truck Bodies
Philippi-Hagenbuch (PHIL) launched its new patent pending Body Lifting System with its inclusion in a HiVol® Body designed for a Cat 797B haul truck. Safety is paramount in life and in business;...
Loesche Receive Third Order for Copper Matte Mill
In May 2011 Loesche was awarded the third order of Copper Matte mill-LM31.3 in Fangchenggang City, P.R. China, following the YangGu Copper Matte project in September 2009 and Tongling Copper...
The Benefits of Automation and Centralisation in the Mining Industry
Mining companies saw moderate growth in 2010, and the forecast for 2011 is strong as global demand for base and precious metals continues to climb. Prices for these commodities are expected to...
Australian Road Stabilising and Earthworks Innovation
Traditional road stabilising requires heavy duty machinery and support equipment, and it involves specialised contractors and larger projects are required to justify the cost. There is a way...
Pelican Opens First Sales Office in India
Pelican Products, the global leader in design and manufacture of both high-performance protective case solutions and advanced portable LED lighting systems, is expanding its network to better...
TYAZHMASH Celebrates its 70th Anniversary in 2011
70 years are the source of pride and the result of the cooperative conscientious work of a great number of people. Notwithstanding the fact that TYAZHMASH had been developed within the hard...
Pelican 1075 HardBack™ Case Protects Netbooks and Tablet Computers
As the popularity of netbook and tablet devices continues to grow in the mobile computing market, they are projected to account for roughly 35% of the global market by 2014. To offer...
Bentley Systems Showcases at Infrastructure Best Practices Symposium and Awards
Infrastructure is integral to mining. With well established infrastructure in the vicinity of a deposit, projects can potentially be fast-tracked into production. On the contrary,...
Introducing Cypher Enviromental's New Product Dust Stop
Dust Stop is a dust control solution that effectively eliminates unwanted fugitive dust from dirt roads or unpaved roads. Dust Stop is 100% environmentally friendly Dust Stop is effective...
Aussie Mine Uses the Verderflex Pump for Slurry
A copper mine in the north of Australia has installed several Verderflex hose pumps in their operation plant. All Pumps Supplies is the Australian and New Zealand distributor for the...
Successful Repeat Order from Hyundai Steel for Two Loesche PCI Mills for BF3
In June 2011 Loesche has contracted a repeat order of two LM 28.2D PCI mills and 2 LOMA LF 20 hot gas generators for the 4.28 million tons per year expansion project BF3 of the integrated iron...
Telestack TS 842 Radial Telescopic Conveyor Chosen Instead of Cat 980 Loading Shovel
What was the situation before the Telestack? Before the purchase of the TS - 842 the customer had ordered a CAT 980 loader for his quarry, but identified the benefits and features of...
Introducing the Telestack Radial Telescopic Stacker
Radial Telescopic conveyors offer unrivalled operational flexibility and mobility. Applications: Stockpiling from primary crusher / screener Stockpiling in Heap Leaching Applications...
EnviroTech Services Opens New State-of-the-Art Facility in Prineville, Oregon
EnviroTech Services, a road maintenance and safety solutions company that produces products to improve natural and man-made environments, recently announced the opening of a new facility...
Banlaw Offer Calibration Service
Banlaw offers a programmed calibration service that can take away all of your fears of non compliance around audit time. Banlaw and our experienced technicians are National...
STP at the Moscow International Oil and Gas Exhibition
Stockholm Precision Tools AB has been show casing its products at the 2011 Moscow International Oil & Gas Exhibition (MIOGE) in Moscow, Russia with great...
Pioneering Earth and Road Works Using Modern Australian Technology
Tough times call for innovation. It is the beginning of a new financial year and money is tight. Frequent rain events, sourcing gravel, increasing haulage costs, the cost of purchasing...
Extend the Life of Your Haul Truck Tires with VISTA's New Tire Care Training Program
VISTA Training recently launched an affordable new Tire Care training module that aims to help mines to extend the life of their haul truck tires – and hopefully avoid costly tire shortages....
Auralia to Attend Digger and Dealers Conference
Will you be attending Diggers and Dealers this year? Auralia board members Steve Lampron, Anthony Keers and Daniel Tuffin will be in attendance for all three days. We'll be more than happy to...
BNT Adds Third Franchise
BNT is happy to annouce the addition of BNT Undrwar, their third franchisee sole distributor of BNT products. BNT Undrwar work in Ural mountains, Russia, and are a welcome addition to the...
Reutech Annouces New Self-Powered Container
In line with its policy of offering flexible solutions within the mining environment, Reutech Mining can now provide solar power options to suit the client's individual needs. In the case of...
Achieve Faster, Safer Refuelling and Avoid Costly Equipment Fires with Banlaw FillSafe™
Unfortunately on-board equipment fires occur too often, often fuelled by diesel leaking from the ruptured flexible hose of the tank refuelling line. Using flexible hose is often unavoidable, ...
Pelican Produces Hazardous Location Approved Remote Area Lighting System
To give users a safer lighting option in hazardous locations, Pelican Products announced today that their Advanced Area Lighting Group, has rolled out the 9435 remote area lighting system (RALS)...
Enviropacific Takes Delivery of a Direct Fired Thermal Desorption Plant
Direct Fired Thermal Desorption (DFTD) is a proven soil treatment technology that effectively removes volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds, including chlorinated compounds, to below...
Two New Stemming Trucks Under Construction by Ausroad
Brisbane based manufacturers Ausroad Systems is currently constructing two new Stemming Trucks for delivery in July and August 2011. Brent Cleaning and Maintenance Contractors, based...
Banlaw Provides End-to-End Fuel Management Solutions for Indonesian Miner
KPC is a world class producer of high quality coals from one of the world's largest open pit mining operations in Sangatta, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. 18 months after installing...
Enviropacific Provides SACO Treatment for Soils Impacted with Organic Contaminants
In the late 1990's Enviropacific services managing director Matt Fensom worked on two Sydney sites where the remediation approach involved the application of ex situ surfactant assisted...
Reutech's New Waste Spreader Positioning System
Reutech Mining and Stone Three Venture Technology successfully collaborated in the delivery and deployment of the first Waste Spreader Positioning System (WSPS) at the Sishen iron ore mine in...
Murray & Roberts Success with Local African Projects
As the mining sector continues to flood into Africa, sinking and underground development mining specialist, Murray & Roberts Cementation is proving that the South African mining landscape...
SAFEmap International Announces Two Transformational Safety Leadership Courses
SAFEmap International announces two upcoming Transformational Safety Leadership courses: a Spanish speaking course will be held in Santiago, Chile, from 8 - 10 August, and an English...
Australian Rollforming Relocates to New Larger Premises
Australian Rollforming's expansion results in relocation to new larger site. Responding to significant sales growth and an increasingly diverse market, Australian Rollforming Manufacturers...
Australian Rollforming Enters Manufacturing Hall of Fame
Australian Rollforming's reputation for manufacturing excellence has been formally recognised with its induction into the prestigious Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame at a gala dinner...
DavyMarkham Secures Golden £10m Contract
Heavy engineering specialist DavyMarkham has secured an impressive contract worth more than £10m to supply drum hoists to a Canadian gold producer. The Sheffield based company, which...
Verderflex Pumps on Display at MiningWorld Central Asia with Enko
Verderflex® pumps will be on display at this year's MiningWorld Central Asia exhibition held in Almaty, Kazakhstan between the 21st and 23rd September. Verderflex's innovative...
Earth Stabilising PolyCom
Logging roads, highways, car parks, container storage, civil projects where sub-grade or on site material is unsuitable can all be helped with PolyCom Stabilising Aid. Simple to use...
Auralia to Exhibit at Asia Mining Congress 2012
Will you be attending the 2012 Asia Mining Congress in Singapore? If so, Auralia would be delighted to see you there! Look for our booth, come and say hello and grab some free promotional...
Gemcom Names Warren Johnstone Vice President of Global Services
Gemcom Software International, the largest global supplier of mining software solutions, today announced that Warren Johnstone has rejoined the Company as vice president of global services....
Gemcom Extends Presence in Kazakhstan and Central Asia with New Office Opening
Gemcom Software International, the largest global supplier of mining software solutions, today announced it will open an office in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 24 June 2011. Gemcom’s software...
Solving Erosion Problems with PolyCom Stabilising Aid
PolyCom Stabilising Aid meets the needs of councils, shires, and non-government businesses with one application. Specialised equipment is not required, it's easy to use and PolyCom doesn't...
Dragflow for Social Responsibility
Dragflow is a world player in solid pumping solutions with over 25 years of experience in manufacturing heavy duty pumps and complete dredging equipments, focused on the continuous development...
VISTA Training Launches Pair of Introduction to Heavy Equipment Online Training Modules
VISTA Training has launched two new training modules as part of its growing, cost effective Silver Series: Heavy Equipment – Intro & Safety and Heavy Equipment – Pre-Use Inspection. These...
Inauguration of Aslean International Tires Factory Completed
The formal inauguration of Aslean International Tires factory was completed on 23 June 2011, with the Mayor, along with other high officials, attending the ceremony. Mr Giuseppe Ferrara,...
EMAG Begins Development of ValueSec
The prestigious undertaking began this year in February and is carried out by nine partners from Germany, Finland, Norway, Spain, Israel and Poland (EMAG is the only Polish partner in this group)....
CDE Announces Distribution Agreement for Africa with Pilot Crushtec
CDE has announced the addition of Pilot Crushtec to its global distributor network with responsibility for South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. Pilot Crushtec will promote the full range of...
Pelican's 9440 Remote Area Lighting System Honoured During the 2010 Good Design Award Show
The Pelican 9440 remote area lighting system (RALS) was recently honoured and recognised during the 2010 Good Design Award Show in Chicago, held from June 13-15, 2011. The three-day event...
Gemecs Launches New Website
Gemecs is proud to announce the launch of our new website. Please visit us for updated information on our company, projects and contact...
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Culture by Design Initiative Yields Promising Results
Murray & Roberts Cementation reports promising results from the first formal assessment of the impact of its 1st Choice programme, implemented in 2010 as an intervention to boost safety levels...
EMAG Receives Silver Medal for Mining Robot
The mining mobile inspection robot (GMRI) was awarded a silver medal at the 110th International Invention Show, 'Concours Lepine', that took place between 28 April and 8 May 2011 in Paris. ...
Truck Scales That Eliminate Unplanned Downtime
Nothing ruins your productivity like unplanned downtime. To prevent this, METTLER TOLEDO developed the POWERCELL® PDX® load cell system. When coupled with proactive service, the...
FELUWA Awarded Contract for Tailings Pumps of Prestigious Baja Boleo Project
Long distance hydrotransportation of aggressive or abrasive products is an exceptionally challenging task even for positive displacement pumps. FELUWA's MULTISAFE double hose-diaphragms pumps...
Pelican Products President and CEO Lyndon Faulkner Wins 2011 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award
Pelican Products has announced that President and CEO Lyndon Faulkner has won the 2011 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award (Greater Los Angeles region) in the distribution...
Auralia Half-Yearly Update 2011
Spotlight on Asia: Auralia directors Anthony Keers, Steve Lampron and Daniel Tuffin have been busy training the G-resources mining team in preparation for the upcoming commencement of...
New Mining Specialist for Powerscreen
Powerscreen, one of the world's leading providers of mobile crushing, screening and washing equipment, has appointed Allen Smith as the company's mining business development manager. ...
Auralia Advise Running a Mining Project Health Check
When was the last time you looked at your mining schedule? Or mining cost model? How long ago was the last optimisation or mining review carried out on your block model(s)? In many cases...
Leading Miner Xstrata Coal Upgrades to Multiple Leading Edge Technology PRO3 Simulators
Xstrata Coal has chosen to upgrade its existing fleet of simulators based in the Hunter Valley NSW, to three PRO3 base simulators and a range of equipment modules units from Immersive...
BNT Grows to a Worldwide Chain
BNT's organisation continues to expand. We are building a franchise chain, based on our successful concept of quality parts for mining and aggregate industry. You can find all BNT companies...
Tunnel Radio Announces MSHA Approval Issued for First of it's Kind Wireless Methane Sensor
Tunnel Radio of America is pleased to announce the recent US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) Intrinsic Safe approval of our latest technology, the TR-MX-332 Methane and CO...
allmineral Has Contracts Rolling in from Australia
allmineral has been awarded three independent contracts to supply its leading mineral processing products and equipment to the Rio Tinto low-grade Iron ore pilot plant. The Pilot Plant,...
New Management Team at DavyMarkham
180-year-old, Sheffield-based engineering design and manufacturing specialist, DavyMarkham enters a new era this April as a new management team takes the helm. Following the departure of...
FHF Produces New I M1 Ex ia I Ma Intrinsically Safe Micro Computer PLC Z51-ZM22
The computer Z51- ZM22 is a high integrated network controller with a new system architecture optimized on communication and data transfer. Features include: 32-bit micro computer ...
New McCloskey Track Mounted Stackers Match with Tracked Screening and Crushing Plants
McCloskey International is proud to announce the new diesel powered 36in x 65ft, 36in x 80ft and 36in x 100ft track mounted stacking conveyors. "Our customers have reaped the benefits of...
EMAG Awarded Reliable Company Certificate by the Institute of Innovative Technologies
For the second time the Institute of Innovative Technologies EMAG was awarded a 'Reliable Company' certificate. The ceremony of presenting the 'Reliable Company' certificates took place on...
Hosch's FD Skirting System
The level of safety has become a focal point across all mine sites today. Spillage typically occurs at the loading point of a conveyor belt due to material overflow, asymmetric feeding,...
$5.4m Mine Hoist Order is DavyMarkham's First in Peru
Sheffield heavy engineering company, DavyMarkham, has secured an important $5.4 million contract for the supply of two heavy duty mining hoists to Volcan Compania Minera of Peru, the...
Liebherr Renew Exclusive Simulator Agreement with Immersive Technologies
Liebherr Mining Equipment Newport News, has renewed its technical and licensing agreement with advanced equipment simulator manufacturer Immersive Technologies for a second five-year period. ...
New McCloskey Impactor Designed for High Production and Ease of Use
McCloskey International is proud to announce the new I-54 impactor, designed from the ground up to be the most productive track mounted impactor in the sub 50 ton, one piece move class. ...
Krohne Introduces New Book
This book not only explains the measurement principle and all diagnostic features in detail but also provides example of installations hints and various applications. Its main objective is...
Martin Engineering Finalises Plans for New Larger Facility in China
A global leader in conveyor technology and bulk materials handling has announced final plans for a new 10,000m² (107,600ft²) facility in Kunshan, which is in the Jiangsu Province...
Metal Surgery Announces Case Study on Successful Emergency Gear Repair
Gear failed during production. (No spare, emergency repair). We started by the disassemble pinion assembly, repair teeth by welding, machine and hand finish teeth; and reassemble. After all...
Putzmeister Increases Customer Support with 24hr Technical Service Hotline
Putzmeister Iberica, Madrid has established a 24/7 technical service hotline for emergencies, available to all customers worldwide requiring troubleshooting or technical assistance for...
Queensland Distributor of PolyCom Stabilising Aid, SEALS Group, has Launched its New Website
SEALS Group delivers stabilisation and ground improvement services to the civil and mining industry throughout Queensland. This innovative company considers a balance of environmental...
Krohne Secures Major Project Win in Papua New Guinea
Krohne Australia secured a project win for the gold and silver processing facility at the Morobe Mining Joint Venture (MMJV) operation, Hidden Valley Mine in Papua New Guinea. Krohne...
Moolarben Coal Mines Chooses Megadoor
Megadoor has received an order for six doors for the new workshop building at Moolarben Coal Mines. The new workshop building was completed in 2010 and was designed with the possibility of...
HOSCH Releases the C4 Secondary Scraper
The HOSCH Type C4 Secondary Scraper is a robust scraper system designed for installation on wide conveyor belts, operating at high speeds. The individual self-adjusting modules align to the...
Smartditch Alliance with Civil Engineering Firm Provides Added Engineering and Technical Support
Penda Corporation has retained MSA Professional Services to provide additional engineering and design support for the SmartDitch™ System, a flexible HDPE channel designed to broaden the...
McCloskey Introduces Compact Jaw Crusher
Following up on the success of the J-50 (formerly C-50) jaw crusher, McCloskey International has released the compact J-40 as an entry level unit to our track mounted jaw range. Featuring...
HAZEMAG Expansion Continues New Subsidiary in Singapore
As already announced in winter 2010, HAZEMAG & EPR, headquartered in Dulmen, Germany, continues its planned expansion with the announcement of the opening of HAZEMAG Asia Pacific in Singapore. ...
HAZEMAG Supplies Impact Crusher for the Production of Chippings in Poland
The Georyt Company with its headquarters in Zabno, Krakow, in the South of Poland, ordered the biggest hard rock impact crusher for secondary crushing at HAZEMAG in Dulmen. The AP-KMH 1625...
Advanced Geosciences to Run Resistivity / IP Imaging Short Course in July 2011
Advanced Geosciences has scheduled a resistivity / IP imaging short course scheduled for 27 - 29 July, 2011. This three day course will give you the necessary knowledge to perform...
Krohne Produces New Multiphase Flowmeter for Shell
Shell and Krohne signed an agreement to commercialise a new multiphase flowmeter based on the magnetic resonance principle for oil and gas field installations. The agreement comprises...
Holcim Relies on Simalube®
At a concrete plant, machines and systems have to be available for use at all times – and Holcim Kies und Beton in Glattbrugg and Birsfelden is no exception. The company has been relying on ...
Mine Cable Services at Exponor 2011
Mine Cable Services will participate in Exponor 2011 in Antofagasta Chile fron 13 to 17 June. We will be at the Cobre pavillion with a display of some of our main products. If you happen...
Suncor Achieves Impressive Results with TruckLogic™
VISTA Training recently presented a technical paper at the 2011 Haulage & Loading Conference in Phoenix, Arizona that summarized the results Suncor Energy has achieved with its...
Ausroad Systems Delivers New Stemming Hire Truck to Rio Tinto's Clermont Mine
Brisbane based manufacturers Ausroad Systems has just completed production of a new stemming truck specifically manufactured for hire to the mining industry. The new stemming hire truck...
West River Conveyors Launches New Facebook Page
Please visit our new Facebook page at www.facebook.com/westriverconveyors. Here, you will find additional information about the company, many pictures of our product offerings, upcoming...
Mettler Toledo to Host Webinar about POWERCELL PDX
Learn more about the revolutionary POWERCELL PDX load cell, unsurpassed in reliability and accuracy. Webinar outline: Load cells: the heart of every scale Total cost of ownership ...
Telestack Install Mobile Shiploaders and Mobile Truck Unloading Units in Port of Vostochy
Telestack Limited continue to excel in providing innovative mobile Shiploading systems to its worldwide customer base. This has been emphasised in the manufacturing and development of a...
PolyCom Stabilising Aid and Earthco Projects Attending ECO-Buy Awards
Earthco Projects and PolyCom Stabilising Aid have been invited to attend the 9th Annual ECO-Buy Awards for Excellence in Green Purchasing. ECO-Buy is a Victorian award winning...
The GHT 2500 Lands in Latin America
With the first contract in Latin America for the supply of series GHT 2500 filter presses, signed last 14 May, Diemme Filtration strengthens the sales achievements in Asia during 2010, thanks...
Devico Ready for New Projects
Devico, the leading provider of directional core drilling services has increased their capacity for the Scandinavian mining industry with more professionally trained technicians. The company...
Obtain Higher Weighing Capacities and Lightning Protection
In order to boost productivity and to move coal quicker, Solar Sources needed a larger truck scale. METTLER TOLEDO supplied a heavy-duty truck scale capable of weighing new off-road trucks...
Gates Corporation Announces Enhancement to MegaSpiral® Hoses Used in Integrated Hydraulic Systems
The Fluid Power unit of Gates Corporation, a leading manufacturer of industrial and automotive products, has made improvements to its MegaSpiral® hoses, which are part of its MegaSys® product...
New Canadian Product Makes Fuel Transportation Safer and Cheaper
For many companies, keeping their operations running smoothly with a supply of fuel in a remote location can create a number of expensive challenges. Few remote sites have year-round access...
Praise Heaped on Australian Emergency Management Firm
Australian emergency management firm Dynamiq is in the spotlight on the national and international stage after being nominated for a swag of business awards recently. The firm is a...
Hot Corrosive Liquid and Acid Pumps from All Pumps Supplies
The Techniflo pumps from All Pumps Supplies achieves high value in use for its seal-less mag drive centrifugal pumps with the aid of hot corrosive liquid / acid-resistant components...
DRA Americas Builds its North American Footprint
DRA Americas is involved in a number of North American mining projects. In the iron ore sector, DRA is completing an iron ore processing plant for Labrador Iron Mines near Schefferville in...
Cirlock's Group Lock Box And Lockout Equipment
Australia's original manufacturer of lockout equipment, Cirlock, continues to expand its wide range of lockout /tagout equipment for energy sources. Since the company's development and...
DRA Returns to Russia
DRA Mineral Projects is currently constructing two new 150t/h automated DMS plants at Alrosa's Mirnyi Ore and Processing Complex, Plant No. 3 Main Building in the North Eastern region of...
Conveyor Seminar Highlights Safety and Productivity in Coal Industry
Two of the coal industry's leaders in conveyor technology have completed a one-day conveyor safety symposium to introduce strategies and innovations to raise safety education and...
Minecom To Exhibit at Expenor, Chile 2011
The 14th International Exhibition of the Latin American Mining Industry (EXPONOR 2011) will take place on 13 - 17 June, 2011, in a new 112,000m² site on the outskirts of Antofagasta....
Helical Rotor Pumps (Progressive Cavity Pumps) from All Pumps Supplies
All Pumps Supplies has available a complete range of helical rotor pumps (progressive cavity pumps) for the mining industry. These helical rotor pumps have many advantages; being a...
Gekko Sells 100th InLine Leach Reactor
Gekko Systems proudly announced the sale of its 100th InLine Leach Reactor Unit (ILR). The sale marks not only an impressive milestone for intensive cyanidation but also the first sale into...
BNT Nordic Attends MaskinExpo
The Nordic countries' largest machine fair, MaskinExpo, at Barkaby Airport was held on 19 to 21 May. Again noted new visitor record. 32,000 people visited the fair during the three...
Flender Approval for Whitmore's Synthetic Gear Oil
Whitmore's Decathlon™ F Gear Oil has received formal approval from Siemens for use in their Flender brand gearboxes. Flender gearboxes are used in a variety of industries and can also...
Immersive Technologies Drives Operator Optimisation at Key Mining Simulator Events
Immersive Technologies has successfully delivered two simulator User Group Forums for its customers in North America and Indonesia during May, with the theme 'operator optimisation' providing...
May 2011
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Komatsu Renew Exclusive Simulator Agreement with Immersive Technologies
Komatsu has renewed its technical and licensing agreement with advanced equipment simulator manufacturer Immersive Technologies for a second five year period in an official signing ceremony...
A Day in the Life of PolyCom Girl
Many representatives of shires, councils and non-government organisations have seen, met, or spoken too PolyCom Girl. She explains PolyCom over the phone, discusses its advantages in boardrooms...
Pelican Products Honoured with Prestigious World Trade Week Export Achievement Award
Pelican Products, a leading manufacturer and the global leader in the design and manufacture of both high-performance case and packaging solutions and advanced portable LED lighting...
TWI Welding Inspection Gauges
Inspection and Quality Services (IQS) can now offer TWI weld inspection gauges for R850.00 including VAT. IQS was established in 1989 to provide worldwide project quality...
Feluwa Pumps to Exhibit at ALTA Nickel / Cobalt / Copper and Uranium Conference
Feluwa Pumps are pleased to announce that they are going to show double presence at ALTA Conference to be held in Perth, Australia, from 23 - 27 May 2011. A lecture will be held as part of...
Finsa to Exhibit at Techtextil Frankfurt 2011
Finsa will be present in Techtextil 2011, the most important international trade fair for technical textiles that takes place from 24 to 26 May in Frankfurt (Germany). We will showcasing...
Putzmeister Underground Concreting Division Forms Partnership with GHH & Mine Master
Putzmeister reaches an agreement with GHH & Mine Master for the distribution and service of drilling jumbos, bolting rigs and load haul dumpers to complement the company's shotcreting equipment...
Minecom Exhibiting at AIMEX 2011
Minecom are pleased to be part of AIMEX 2011 and will exhibiting on stand number B1019 on the 6 - 9 September. AIMEX is the largest and most important trade event for the Asia-Pacific...
Fidax Foundry Gains ISO9001:2002 Certification
Technical and quality manager at Fidax Foundry, Gerry Murphy, commented that Fidax had never had such a successful audit. "We have focused very directly on finding potential for errors...
TS 525 Radial Telescopic Utilised in Heap Leaching Operation in Kazakhstan
Before the acquisition of the TS 525 Radial Telescopic Conveyor this customer was stockpiling the material by unloading trucks directly into a stockpile heap. As a key factor in a successful...
Minco Pipe Announces New and Improved Coating for Ceramic Coated Lance Pipe
Minco Pipe, a worldwide supplier of burning bars and lance pipe, is also a producer of high quality ceramic coated pipe (CCP). Always seeking to be on the cutting edge of industry, MPI...
Fidax Foundry Announces Production of Five Million Rail Plates
Fidax general manger Alistair Gilbert said that capital expenditure programs in the plant had improved efficiency to enable production of more castings, while technical advances gave...
Save Money and Improve Safety with the Swiss Lubricator
With its unique technology, simatec ag from Wangen an der Aare in Switzerland is the most successful manufacturer of automatic lubricators. Driven by a gas producing dry cell, the simalube...
Mine Master and GHH Form Partnership with Putzmeister Underground Concreting Division
Putzmeister reaches an agreement with GHH and Mine Master for the distribution and service of drilling jumbos, bolting rigs and load haul dumpers to complement the company's shotcreting...
Pelican Products Nominated as Finalist for BritWeek UK Trade & Investment Business Innovation Award
California-based Pelican Products has been nominated as a finalist for a BritWeek UK Trade & Investment Business Innovation Award in the design category for the innovation of their popular...
Cut Your Costs with PolyCom Stabilising Aid
The new, tough federal budget has been released and money is tight. The focus is on cutting spending around the country and this affects roads too. Increasing costs of haulage, the cost...
Dragflow to Exhibit at Summer Conferences
Dragflow continues its world tour to introduce its products and technologies to mining and dredging industry. Come and meet us during the following exhibitions in the next upcoming weeks: ...
TS 1542 Stockpiling Over Gravity Reclaim Tunnels in Australia
Before the installation of the TS 1542, BGC Company were considering a wheeled tower conveyor. However, after calculations were performed, the conclusion was that this type of unit would not...
Transtrack Link Conveyor Provides Efficient Solution for Austrian Cement Company
Before the acquisition of the 2 x TT643 Mobile Link Conveyors, the customer was using an excavator which was directly loading into trucks. These trucks then had to transport the material down...
TS 1242 and RH 1220 Truck Installed in Iron Ore Mine in India
Before the purchase of the Telestack Machinery, Fomento Industries were using a number 10 tonne trucks to transport the material around the site. They were dumping the material in a pile,...
PolyCom Stabilising Aid Specified by Council for Road Stabilisation in Myrtleford, Victoria
This week, as part of a road stabilising contract the latest PolyCom Stabilising Aid innovation was put into practice with great results. The PolyCom Dry Spreader was used to spread PolyCom...
All Pumps Supplies Releases its Progressive Cavity Pumps
All Pumps Supplies has available a complete range of helical rotor pumps (progressive cavity pumps). These helical rotor pumps have many advantages; being a positive displacement pump make...
Simsmart Announces Major Enhancements to Mining Energy Optimisation Solution for Ventilation
Increasing health and safety regulatory control, rapid energy cost escalation and operating cost of mining as mines go deeper are driving the global mining industry to react vigorously. ...
CDE Provides Enhanced Sand Production Capability for the Gulf Region
Washing is widely accepted to be the most efficient way of producing high-quality sands for use in a variety of applications ranging from sands for use in concrete to specialist applications...
Most Advanced Shaft Lining System Goes to Work in Botswana
Murray & Roberts Cementation has introduced the most advanced shaft lining technology used in the African mining industry and is poised to deploy it on its first job at a mine in Botswana to...
Customised Shotcrete Solutions by Putzmeister
Shotcrete is ideal for early ground support after blasting or excavating in mining, providing early strength development. Putzmeister's mobile shotcrete equipment applies concrete in mines...
ESdat Automates Calculation of HiVol and Dust Deposition Concentrations
Environmental data is normally reported from laboratories in units per volume or units per mass (ie mg/L or ug/kg). However HiVol and Dust deposition data is different in that labs often report...
Polaris Cordless Cap Lamp Receives MSHA Approval
Strata Safety Products has announced that the Northern Light® Polaris has become the first cordless cap lamp to be approved by the US Mine Safety and Health Administration...
Council Specified PolyCom Stabilising Aid for Road Stabilising
This week, as part of a road stabilising contract, the latest PolyCom Stabilising Aid innovation was put into practice and with great results. The PolyCom Dry Spreader was used to spread PolyCom...
Pelican Appoints New Senior Director
Pelican Products, the global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance case solutions and advanced lighting systems, has promoted Chris Zawacki to the position of senior director...
April 2011
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Dragflow Achieve Successful Installations and New Partnership in Peru
Dragflow, consolidated supplier of pumping solution for heavy duty application, teams up with Intech in Peru for the distribution of dredging and mining equipment. "After two...
Chemical Pumps from All Pumps Supplies
All pumps supplies have a range of chemical pumps for dangerous, corrosive and aggressive solid laden fluids throughout Australia and New Zealand. The chemical pump range extends from...
Minecom Launch New Website and 2011 Product Catalogue
A new Minecom 2011 product catalogue has been released and is available on the new Minecom website. The communications, tracking and safety specialist are pleased to announce the launch of...
Kinross Fort Knox Receives Mining Business Improvement Award
Kinross Fort Knox has received Immersive Technologies' 2010 Business Improvement Award for the outstanding results the site has achieved with its simulator-based operator training...
Self Priming Techniflo Centrifugal Pumps From All Pumps Supplies
The Techniflo self priming centrifugal pumps are available from All Pumps Supplies. Self priming pumps allow liquids to be drawn from a depth of up to 4m below the pump, ideal for pumping out...
Dragflow Achieves Successful Installations and New Partnership in Peru
Dragflow, consolidated supplier of pumping solution for heavy duty application, teams up with Intech in Peru for the distribution of dredging and mining equipment. "After two...
3D Laser Mapping Expands Sales Team with New Appointment
3D Laser Mapping has expanded its sales operation with the appointment of Jon Chicken to the position of sales director. Operating in the UK and across mainland Europe, Jon will be responsible...
Martin Engineering Offers Online Training to Improve Conveyor Operating Efficiency
Martin Engineering has now added an online course to its library of FOUNDATIONS™ Training programs that teach personnel to make the operation and maintenance of belt conveyors cleaner,...
Rajant Corporation Aligns with Vislink Services as a Premier Partner
Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh Networks and provider of pervasive, multi-frequency wireless solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Vislink Services a global...
Micronics Accepts Contracts in Excess of $33.5m in First Quarter of 2011
Micronics, manufacturer of filter presses, filter plates, and filter cloths used for mine tailings, gold/ silver, and mineral concentrate, has accepted contracts in excess of US$33.5...
Side Dump Industries Introduces the High Side Revolution Series Side Dump Trailer
Ralph Rogers, founder and president of Side Dump Industries, announces the development of the High Side Revolution Series side dump trailer. Adaptable to all Side Dump Industries trailers, the...
GyroTracer - A Reliable Investment
ABIM Solutions, an Australian-based company providing high quality downhole directional surveying and geophysical logging services to the West Australian mining, exploration and civil...
Underground Mining Training Simulator Demonstrated by Immersive Technologies
In joint participation with Barminco Australia, Immersive Technologies has demonstrated its unique UG360 simulator at the 2011 AusIMM Underground Operators Conference. Held in March 2011 at...
URECON to Attend Northern Mines and Exploration Expo
Urecon, a specialty manufacturer of pre-insulated piping solutions for the Mining Industry is proud to announce its attendance of the Northern Mines and Exploration Expo from May 18th-19th 2011. ...
SAFEmap Announces Dates for Advanced Safety Leadership Courses
SAFEmap a global safety consultancy that focuses on risk competence, safety commitment and culture change is proud to announce the dates for its Advanced Safety Leadership courses. The...
SAFEmap to Attend Pacific Safety Center Conference in Vancouver
SAFEmap a global safety consultancy that focuses on risk competence, safety commitment and culture change is proud to announce its attendance of the Pacific Safety Center Conference in Vancouver...
RISKMAP Releases New Paper on Website
RISKMAP, a specialist in risk management for the mining industry has recently launched the findings of a study entitled, 'Why Safe Organisations Fail' on their website. This study into...
Reliable Detection of the Most Minute Leaks
Plant safety is the number one priority in the oil and gas industry. In accordance with the German Federal Water Act, all storage tanks must be monitored for leaks. Endress+Hauser has now...
Dundee Precious Metals Deploys Gemcom InSite as its Mine Production Management Solution
Gemcom Software International Inc., the largest global supplier of mining software solutions, today announced that Dundee Precious Metals’ Chelopech mine has selected Gemcom InSite™ as...
SRK Opens Second Office in Argentina
SRK Consulting is expanding its presence in Argentina, opening a second office in the country to service the increasing demand from mining industry clients. The new office in Mendoza...
Hansen Industrial Transmissions Moves Forward Under New Ownership of Sumitomo Heavy Industries
Industrial gearbox specialist Hansen Industrial Transmissions (HIT), formerly in hands of Hansen Transmissions International (HTI), and acquired by Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) in March 2011,...
P&H Mine Air Systems Announce Their Attendance at CIM Montreal
P&H Mine Air Systems a specialist manufacturer of climate control units for use on operator cabs on a wide variety of mining equipment is proud to announce their attendance at CIM Montreal from...
Combination of Techniques Reduces Cost of Shaftsinking
Soft-ground digging, drilling, blasting and raiseboring are being combined for the first time to sink a new shaft for a manganese mine in South Africa. This method of shaftsinking will...
Scandinavian Devico Carves Out Leadership Position in Accurate and Precise Drilling Equipment
Within an ordinary industrial building in central Norway, people hover over a test drillhole running many meters deep. They are Devico engineers assessing the latest enhancements to the...
Hansen Moves Forward Under New Ownership of Sumitomo Heavy Industries
Industrial gearbox specialist Hansen Industrial Transmissions (HIT), formerly in hands of Hansen Transmissions International (HTI), and acquired by Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) in March 2011,...
Transport Bulk Material with Curved Belt Conveying Systems
Modern mining technologies require belt conveying systems that are capable of moving increasingly larger volumes on growing centre distances across impassable and mountainous terrain,...
Beumer Provides Pipe Conveyors for Long Distance Bulk Material Transport
Pipe conveyors have been in use in Europe since the early 1980s. They are becoming a highly recognised and accepted solution for a number of applications and now represent the state of the art...
PolyCom Assists in Road Construction, Maintenance and Rebuilding
When constructing and maintaining unsealed rural roads, teams consider the type of material available to them and how they get it into the pavement. PolyCom Stabilising Aid comes in 2kg...
New Addition to Rotomax Logwasher Range
The RX80 has been added to the range of CDE Rotomax logwashers for application in the construction materials and mining sectors. The new model has a capacity of 80 tons per hour and can be...
Minecom Install Leaky Feeder at Gold Mine in Victoria
The Morning Star Gold Mine is located in Woods Point, a small mining town 120km NE of Melbourne, Victoria. Being Australia’s second ranked hard rock, gold has been mined here for around 150...
Gekko Announces New Bowl Liner Replacement Technology
Gekko is excited to announce today that it has developed a bowl replacement system for all common batch centrifugal concentrators including the InLine Spinner and other gravity gold...
AMOG Celebrates Double Decade of Engineering Solutions
Twenty years is a long time in engineering. For AMOG, it's a double decade of growth, leadership and innovative problem solving. We have marked our special milestone with a make-over of...
March 2011
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Polycom Sees Road Repair and Rebuilding Made Easier and Cheaper
Due to recent flood events that have caused unprecedented damage to road assets, rising costs and demands for road repair and rebuilding in Australia are more critical than ever. ...
CDE Expand Mineral Testing Capability with IMMT Collaboration
CDE Asia has announced an expansion of its current material testing capability following an agreement with the Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology in India. The agreement will...
VTC221 Truck Scale Receives Top Rollout Recognition by Aggregates Manager
Mettler Toledo, the leading global supplier of vehicle weighing systems and services, received the Top 25 Rollouts of 2010 recognition by Aggregates Manager for the newly released VTC221...
Putzmeister Truck-Mounted Concrete Pump is Used to Cool Fukushima
For over 50 years, Putzmeister has been building truck-mounted concrete pumps. They are designed for use in the widest range of concrete applications, such as the construction of bridges...
How a New Model of Training Can Help Your Mine to Increase Productivity
With productivity being the name of the game in the Global Mining Industry, mining companies are increasingly starting to look at new and innovative methods to improve productivity at their...
VISTA Training Launches New Line of Web-Deliverable Operator Training Programs for Mining
The new Silver Series of web-based equipment operator training programs from VISTA Training gives mines convenient access to task-focused training on many types of heavy equipment, on demand....
Metso to Supply Single Tandem Rotary Railcar Dumper to Australia
Metso will supply a single tandem rotary railcar dumper to Hamersley Iron for its Cape Lambert, Port B iron ore operation in North Western Australia. The value of the order will not be...
Valley Rubber Receives Governor's Trade Excellence Award
Valley Rubber was one of eight companies chosen in the state of Alabama to receive the Governor's Trade Excellence Award presented by Governor Robert Bentley. This trade award is designed...
CDE Announces New Distributor For Australia
CDE has announced the signing of a new dealer for Western Australia, the Northern Territory and South Australia. The washing equipment specialist from Northern Ireland has added 888 Crushing...
CDE Named as a Best Managed Company by Deloitte
CDE Global has requalified as one of Ireland’s ‘Best Managed’ companies in the Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards Programme. The company was first recognised as a Best Managed Company in...
Registration Open for 3rd C&D Recycling Plant Open Week
Following the success of the recent open week at JPE Aggregates in Birmingham CDE have confirmed the dates for the next event as Tuesday 7th to Friday 10th June. The event will once again...
Minecom Releases New Vehicle Radio Enclosure and Base Station Radio
Minecom now provides a ruggedised housing unit for mobile radios. The vehicle radio enclosure provides a splash proof case for a mobile radio as well as offering extra protection from knocks...
Mine Site Technologies Raises Growth Capital to Support Global Expansion and Increased Customer Service Offering
Mine Site Technologies (“MST”), a market leader in mining communication networks and applications, has raised growth capital from Macquarie Capital (“Macquarie”) to further its...
SPT North-Seeking Gyro Technology Enters New European Market
Stockholm Precision Tools' (SPT) state-of-the-art North-seeking GyroTracer™ has recently been acquired by a leading well logging company based in...
Agnico Eagle's Kittila Mine Turns to Gemcom Insite for Greater Control Over Mine Production Management
Gemcom Software International, the largest global supplier of mining software solutions, today announced Agnico Eagle’s Kittila mine in northern Finland has chosen Gemcom InSite™ as its...
Cirlock Present the Next Generation of Group Lock Box
Lockout manufacturer Cirlock has now released their next generation group isolation lock box. This large group lock box features a clear tough polycarbonate sliding lid, 20 padlock holes for up...
ATCO to Supply Rio Tinto Alcan with 1,500-Person Workforce Housing Facility
ATCO Structures & Logistics has been awarded a contract to design and build a 1,500-person workforce housing facility for Rio Tinto Alcan. The Kitimat Modernisation Project (KMP)...
New Bucket Wheel Drive for BWE SRs2000 in Belchatow Open-Cast Mine
After 25 years of operation in the Polish lignite plant of Belchatow, the bucket wheels and drives of the five SRs2000 bucket wheel excavators have been refurbished. The implementation...
Road Repair Budget Goes Further with PolyCom Stabilising Aid
Recent weather events have caused extensive road damage in many areas of Australia. Council and shire road repair budgets are stretched to breaking point, even with government emergency funding. ...
Successful Performance Test of Compact Bucket Wheel Excavator and Spreader
Between 16 and 26 February 2011, the Compact Bucket Wheel Excavator SRs(H) 1050 and Spreader A2Rs-B 5500.60 were tested to verify their guaranteed performance parameters. The test...
Gates Corporation Launches Sentry™ Services for Hose Assembly Monitoring, Diagnostics and Identification
The Fluid Power unit of Gates Corporation, a leading manufacturer of industrial and automotive products, has launched Sentry™ Services, breakthrough hose monitoring, diagnostics and...
JPE Aggregates Investment Offers a Solution to UK Aggregates Shortages
An upgrade to the processing capability at Elford quarry to include a modular washing plant from CDE Global has resulted in a significant increase in the value of the products being produced....
Tenova TAKRAF Compact Bucket Wheel Excavator SRs(H)1050 Starts Operation in Macedonia
Tenova TAKRAF developed and supplied a new type of compact bucket wheel excavator for the Brod Gneotino open-cast mine in Macedonia and the special working conditions encountered in the...
ATCO Recognised with Modular Building Institute's Awards of Distinction
ATCO Structures & Logistics has won an Award of Distinction from the Modular Building Institute (MBI). The award is for Restaurante Rucaray, a restaurant/residence built and donated by...
Hosch's Belt Scraper Revolution at the Three O' Clock Position
With the development of their new scraper type HD, Hosch say that they have developed the first scraper in the world, which is installed at the three o’clock position on the head or...
Boltstress Eliminates Liner Bolt Failures Again
Another Western Australian mine site that experienced high levels of breakdowns, typically one every week, now goes from shutdown to shutdown with no failures. This is the third site in the...
Hosch Integrates Belt Cleaning Systems into Conveyor Structure
Basic pre-requisites for good cleaning performance require the principle behind the scraper system but also the underlying technical conditions encountered in the conveyor system as a whole and...
New Frontier for Global Assistance, Medical, Safety and Security Market
Two of the world's most respected assistance, medical, safety and security solutions providers, Exploration Logistics Group and MEDEX Global Solutions, have merged to form Frontier MEDEX...
Tranter Updates the SECO BB35's Casing to Black
The SECO BB35 paving breaker, has always been instantly recognisable with its distinctive orange casing. In order to evolve with and respond to our market requirements, Tranter Rock Drills,...
Boltstress Ultrasonics Supplies Drive Pad Bolting for Tailings Thickener
Boltstress Ultrasonics was asked by the operator of a tailings thickener to provide a reliable joint and to establish an in situ monitoring system to prevent future failures on the...
Lack of Raw Materials Warning from Eurogomma Supplier
The current difficult situation in North Africa and the related oil crisis is affecting the global availability of polyurethane raw materials. Eurogomma's supplier, BASF group has advised...
Alimak Supplies Hoists for Construction of Western Europe's Tallest Skyscraper
Specially adapted Alimak hoists are playing a vital role in one of Europe's foremost engineering feats, the construction of the Shard in central London. When completed in late 2012, the...
Technosub to Attend the CIM Show in Montreal, Canada
In Canada, Technosub has become a benchmark in pumping solutions for the mining industry. We develop and supply high-quality, timely pumping solutions tailored to the specific needs of...
PolyCom Stabilising Aid for Driveway and Footpath Construction: Attractive and Cost Effective
PolyCom Stabilising Aid is well known as an alternative stabiliser for sealed and unsealed roads. Those same properties are being used for smaller projects, like driveways and...
Colibrys Strengthens its Presence in China
Colibrys signed an agency agreement with NAV Technology, based in Beijing, China, today for its MEMS accelerometers within China. Colibrys has profited from significant growth within...
CiDRA's SONARtrac® Flow Monitoring Technology Selected for Sino Iron Project
CiDRA Minerals Processing, working together with KROHNE in China and Australia, has secured a major project win at CITIC Pacific Mining's Sino Iron Project in Australia. The massive Sino...
Gemcom Unveils and Advanced Data Management Solution with Gemcom Hub
Gemcom Software International Inc., the largest global supplier of mining software solutions, today announced that it has unveiled Gemcom Hub™, an innovative new data management solution...
Hosch Provides Simple and Sophisticated Scrapers
Today, efficient belt cleaning devices are indispensable in most conveyor installations. At a time when the number of operatives employed on such conveyors is being reduced, even greater...
EPMS On the Move
To accommodate an increase in staff numbers and project commitments, West Australian-based engineering and project management company EPMS has moved to a more modern premise. The relocation...
Banlaw Assists Ground-Breaking Rio Tinto Mine with Fuel Management
Rio Tinto has again chosen Banlaw to help with fuel management, this time at its new $1.3 billion Clermont thermal coal mine in Central Queensland. Banlaw is installing its...
Graham A Brown Releases Environmental Training 2011 White Paper
Graham A Brown & Associates covers the areas of environmental management, auditing and consulting; occupational health and safety management, auditing and consulting; social and community...
DRA – Bridging the Olifants River
The Dorstfontein project in Kriel, South Africa, is DRA Turnkey division’s largest project to date and includes 10.5kms of overland conveyor traversing a 160m long bridge over the Klein...
Ega Master Intrinsically-Safe ATEX Tablet-PC
The MasterEx rugged laptop with one quick rotation turns into a rugged tablet PC. Designed with the real-world in mind, this laptop is equipped with an innovative touch screen. It is both...
SAFEmine to Present at Collision Avoidance in Mining Conference
SAFEmine are to present 'Assessing the Effectiveness of Collision Avoidance' technology at the Collision Avoidance in Mining conference in Brisbane, QLD, Australia from March 8th to 9th. As...
Gemcom Announces Office Opening in Mongolia to Support Industry Expansion in Mining and Exploration
Gemcom Software International, the largest global supplier of mining software solutions has announced that it has opened an office in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Gemcom’s software, including...
Rajant Announces MSHA Certification of the UX-2400 BreadCrumb® for Wireless Mesh Networking in Underground Coal Mines
Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of kinetic mesh networks and provider of pervasive, multi-frequency wireless solutions, today announced that the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)...
Revolutionary Safety Tool Released Globally
GroundProbe, a world leader in unique slope monitoring systems has released a new, easy-to-use, rugged and affordable tool to help keep mining crews safe. The Work Area Monitor (WAM&trade)...
SmartDitch Introduces the MegaDitch
Penda Corporation announces the SmartDitch™ MegaDitch, a new addition to their SmartDitch line of HDPE channel ditch lining products and accessories. MegaDitch is an expandable system...
Wassara Presents the Latest Addition to the Wassara Drilling Systems Family
Wassara hereby proudly present the latest addition to the Wassara Drilling Systems family: the W70 hammer. W70 extends the bit diameter range available between our existing drilling systems...
Ega Master Launches Electronic Measuring Egatronik Devices
Accurate measuring is a fundamental requirement in modern life. Comfort, quality, efficiency, and above all, safety, are determined by the accuracy of the measurements done. Conscious about it,...
SAFEmine Present 'Safety Technologies for Safer Mines' at SME
As part of SAFEmine’s attendance at this year’s SME show in Denver, Mr. Cyrille Sauvain, Director Americas, will be giving a talk on how traffic awareness technology can improve...
Murray & Roberts Cementation Secures Turnkey Contract at Morupule
Murray & Roberts Cementation has secured a turnkey contract to raisedrill and support two ventilation shafts at Debswana’s Morupule colliery in Botswana. Both shafts, each with a 6.1m...
February 2011
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New Heavy Forklift Truck Models from Linde
New heavy forklift truck models from Linde with a lifting capacity range from 10t to 18t. Linde has a pedigree of designing high performance, durable forklift trucks for even the most...
GEMS 6.3 Provides Users with New Enhanced Capabilities for Greater Control
Gemcom Software International Inc., the largest global supplier of mining software solutions, today announced it has released Gemcom GEMS™ 6.3, the latest version of its collaborative...
Grinding of Limestone in Germany with a Loesche Mill
Karl Kraft Steinwerke oHG, Heidenheim an der Brenz, in Germany has placed an order for a Loesche mill type LM 19.201 D for the grinding of limestone. The Loesche mill will be integrated into...
Canadian College Invests in Simulation Training and the Mining Industry
The College of the North Atlantic's Labrador West Campus has purchased two advanced equipment simulators from leading supplier Immersive Technologies to support their mine technical...
Growing Membersip for the Construction Recycling Alliance
The Construction Recycling Alliance has added two new members to their ranks following a visit to the construction and demolition waste recycling plant being operated by JPE Aggregates at...
Micronics Announces $14m Contract for Extracting and Dewatering Tailings at North American Gold Mine
Micronics manufacturers of filter presses, filter plates, and filter cloths used for gold, silver, and mineral processing in the mining industry, has been awarded a $14 million contract to...
Graham A Brown Releases Free Environmental Training 2011 White Paper
Graham A Brown has released a free white paper: Environmental Training 2011. At our training workshops, you benefit from the knowledge gained through over 40 years of environmental...
Rajant to Showcase New BreadCrumbs at 2011 SME Annual Meeting
Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh Networks and provider of pervasive, multi-frequency wireless solutions, today announced it will be showcasing its newest BreadCrumb devices...
SSI Successfully Completes Pilot Programme for Shutdown HSE Advisors
Smart Staff International (SSI) has successfully completed a pilot programme providing suitably qualified personnel to operate as HSE advisors for a large-scale coal facility shutdown in the...
Boltstress Complete Structural Fastener Work on World's Largest Ball Mill
Boltstress Ultrasonics Service Division has completed the Ultrasonic Monitoring & Torque Tightening of the structural fasteners on the worlds largest Ball Mills in less than five shifts...
SJS Resource Management to Attend Exploration Technologies 2011
SJS Resource Management is pleased to announce their role in the AIG symposia Exploration Technologies 2011 to be held from March 28 - 29 in Perth. The meeting is promoted as new and...
Valley Rubber Purchases Rockland International
Valley Rubber announced today the purchase of Rockland International of Minden, Nevada. Rockland is a leading provider of material delivery solutions to the mining, aggregate, quarry and...
New Partnership Between Technosub and Joseph Emmerich Pumpenfabrik
Technosub is pleased to announce that we have joined forces with Joseph Emmerich Pumpenfabrik, manufacturer of large size of piston-diaphragm pumps. We have been designated as representatives...
McCloskey International New Range of Crushers Unveiled
National Heavy Equipment took place on 5th and 6th of March in the International Centre in Toronto. McCloskey International unveiled their new range of crushers, as well as the latest addition...
Safely Solving a Sticky Problem
Canadian miner Xstrata-Nickel has installed two heavy-duty sub-surface B&W Samson™ feeders to intake mine tailings at its Nickel Rim South mine site in the Sudbury Basin located...
RANA Announces Upgrades to its Mining Refuge Products
Rimer Alco North America (RANA), a specialist manufacturer of mine refuge products for hard rock mining applications around the world is proud to announce new upgrades to its existing Refuge...
The BASF MEYCO® Tunnel Team is Crossrail-Ready
BASF is gearing up for the Crossrail tunnel project in London by doubling the size of its UK tunnel team for MEYCO solutions in order to support the scale of the project and the breadth of...
SimMine Release Development Package White Paper
SimMine have released their white paper: Optimised Resource Planning and Scheduling of Underground Development. Make the most out of your assets. Use SimMine&'174; for optimised...
ISO 51001 Draft International Standard on Energy Management Systems
ISO 51001 has been developed as a management systems standard for industrial plants, commercial facilities or entire organisations to manage energy. The draft standard, issued in July 2010,...
Boddingtons Presents Arc Flash Protective Clothing
The main reason to be concerned about arc flash is for the safety of staff or contractors. With the rising frequency of reported arc flash accidents, and the potential for serious injury or...
Dynamiq Cooperates with Europ Assistance IHS
Leading Australian emergency management specialists, Dynamiq, has announced the establishment of a strategic alliance with Europ Assistance International Health Solutions (EA IHS), a...
Compact Microwave Barrier with Extended Range of Application
Endress+Hauser is now offering another contact-free measurement technology solution. This time for the level measurement of bulk solids like stones, wood and powders. Many new and exciting...
Safemine Featured in the February Edition of Leading Publication in the Mining Sector
Safemine, a worldwide leader in collision avoidance technology, has recently been profiled in the February edition of the Mining Magazine in a segment called Traffic Management. The...
SPT Offers Unrivalled Customer Support
Stockholm Precision Tools (SPT) are proud to deliver a second to none 24/7 customer support service, which not only provides confidence to our clients but also a significant competitive edge,...
World Champions Work with Leister Devices
The Swiss flat roof construction team won the gold medal for the second time in the professional world championship in Belfast. Thanks to a very precise and impressive performance, the...
New Version of Gemcom InSite Mine Production Management Solution Enables Faster Return on Investment
Gemcom Software International Inc., the largest global supplier of mining software solutions, today announced that it has released the latest version of its award-winning Gemcom InSite™...
Business as Usual at Roymec Technologies
"It’s business as usual at Roymec Technologies," says sales director Hoosen Essack. "The independent and privately owned ten-year old company continues its successful operations from...
Gates Corporation Announces its MegaSys® Product Line for Integrated Hydraulic Systems
The Fluid Power unit of Gates Corporation, a leading manufacturer of industrial and automotive products, today announced its expanded and re-engineered MegaSys® product line for hydraulic...
Terra’s Perspective on Money, Mining and Mapping
Terra, an innovative remote sensing company specialising in the acquisition, analysis and presentation of spatial data, has the following perspectives on money, mining and mapping. ...
ATCO Introduces Blast-resistant Inflatable Shelters
ATCO Structures & Logistics announced today that it has become a distributor of blast-resistant inflatable shelters and ballistic-resistant barriers for military and civilian response. Patented...
Strong Demand for Immersive Technologies’ Mining Simulators in 2010
In 2010, sales of Immersive Technologies’ Advanced Equipment Simulators were near the record level experienced in 2008 – 25% of these being for the new-generation PRO3 launched towards the end...
3D Laser Mapping Jointly Develops First Mobile Laser Mapper in Africa
Global Geomatics is set to revolutionise the survey market in Africa following the purchase of a StreetMapper mobile laser mapping system. It is the first system of its kind to be operational...
Dragflow Dredging Equipment Launches New Company Website
Dragflow, a specialist manufacturer of dredging and mining pumps as well as turnkey dredging equipment, is proud to announce the launch of their new company website. The new website...
SimMine Releases a New Short-Term Planning Package - SimSched
SimMine is pleased to announce the launch of the new SimSched, a short-term planning package. The new package is an extension to SimMine, through which the system can simulate the creation...
New Production Module for SimMine
SimMine has been testing a new production module, in cooperation with the company Vale-Inco, Canada. The production module will allow you to simulate stopping, cut-and-fill and breast...
Colibrys Partners with IMCA Elektronik in Turkey
Colibrys (Switzerland) has announced signing a distribution agreement with IMCA Elektronik for the distribution of its MEMS accelerometers in Turkey. Colibrys continues its worldwide...
PressurePro and International Telematics Corp Announce Integration
International Telematics (ITC) and Advantage PressurePro, worldwide leaders in telematics and tire pressure monitoring systems respectively, are proud to announce their partnership...
ACE Construction Expo Opens its Door in a Few Weeks
The ACE Construction Equipment Expo is only a few weeks away. PolyCom Stabilising Aid will be at stand #A17, talking about roads, road repair and civil construction. Australia's councils...
SimMine Development Package Release New Version 1.15
SimMine is build on a powerful technique: the usa of simulation engines combined with a user-friendly interface the programme can be used either as a pre-feasibility study or as a planning tool...
ISO 26000 – an International Standard for Social Responsibility
Social responsibility is the responsibility of an organisation for the impacts of its decisions and activities on society and the environment – in effect, its contribution to...
Major Iron Ore Beneficiation Project for CDE ProMet Concentrators in India
Shri Bajrang Power & Ispat has appointed CDE ProMet Concentrators as technical consultants for the development of an iron ore beneficiation plant to be located at Tilda in Chhattisargh, India....
Kador Apprentice of the Year 2010
Each December, Kador Manufacturing director, Don Vogel, gives an award to the Kador Apprentice of the Year. This year, the award went to Luke Alvea, who won a jacket from Kador, a welding...
RISKmap Launches New White Paper: 'Human Factors in Risk Management for the Mining Industry'
RISKmap, an innovative company that provides risk management training and risk awareness training services to the mining industry, is proud to announce the launch of a new white paper on the...
DRA Mineral Projects Appoints New MD
Angus Fynes-Clinton has been appointed managing director for DRA Mineral Projects, replacing Leon Uys, who remains CEO of the DRA Group of companies. The new appointment is the result of the...
EUROGOMMA Manufactures Screen Panels with Non-Blinding Superflow Apertures
EUROGOMMA manufactures polyurethane tensionable and modular screens with Superflow aperture. Such screens are undoubtedly the most suitable product to screen abrasive and sticky or...
IQS Opens Offices in Walvis Bay, Namibia
ROCON IQS is now operational in Walvis Bay, Namibia. The company has been trading since October 2010 and over the past three months has been providing engineering inspection, welding...
BASF Presents Workshop for Waterproofing Designers
BASF has launched a workshop for waterproofing designers to learn more about the company's MEYCO® Underground Construction solutions. The workshop, to be held in Trondheim, Norway, on...
January 2011
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Aslean International Tires Nominated for Best Newcoming Company of the Year 2010
Aslean International Tires has been nominated as the Best Newcoming Company of the Year 2010 for the Skelleftea, Vasterbotten business region. Aslean International Tires started...
Kador Delivers Tailgates for Hitachi EH4500 Dump Bodies
Kador has recently delivered a tailgate for an Hitachi EH4500 dump body, to be trialed on a Hunter Valley coal mine. Designed by CMP engineers, the tailgate is expected to be the first of...
Caterpillar to Acquire Bucyrus Creating Mining Equipment Company
Caterpillar and Bucyrus International have announced that they have entered into an agreement under which Caterpillar will acquire Bucyrus International in a transaction valued at...
Kador Partners with United Industries
Kador has recently reached an agreement with United Industries of Perth WA, for United to market and manufacture Kador's range of mine water tankers, rear dump bodies and service modules in...
Minvent to Provide OPS for Nystar's Clarksville Tennessee Site
Minvent Solutions has been awarded the service contract to provide, install and monitor an overhead protection system (OPS) for the furnace at Nystar's Clarksville Tennessee site in September...
Acubis Releases Free White Paper on Mining Technology
Acubis Group, a leading technology company specialising in the design, installation and maintenance of wireless data networks for mines, mining accommodation, hospitality and other industries,...
Nystar Awards Minvent Contract for OPS
Minvent Solutions has been awarded the service contract to provide, install and monitor an overhead protection system (OPS) for the furnace at Nystar's Clarksville Tennessee site in September...
Qld Mines Inspectorate Comments on Problems Caused by Haul Road Overwatering
Twice last year, Qld chief inspector of coal mines has commented on safety problems caused by excessive watering of mine haul roads. In the Safety Bulletin No 94, issued on 22 January 2010,...
Mine Site Technologies Presents Latest Version of ICA
The ImPact Communications Appliance (ICA) consolidates the key user interface and network management tools into one single integrated hardware and software solution. The ICA monitors and...
SAFEmine to Attend 2011 SME Show in Denver
Safemine, a worldwide leader in collision warning technology, is proud to announce to attend the 2011 SME show, taking place in Denver on 27 February - 3 March. The company can be found at...
B&W 'Fast-Tracks' Stormajor™ Rail-Car Loader to Polish Mining Company
A B&W, heavy duty, 800 series Stormajor™ radial boom loader has been supplied in record time to the Poznan-based company, Strateg Capital for its mining operation located in Tlumaczów...
Easy Flood Damaged Road Repair with PolyCom Stabilising Aid
In Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland councils have started repairing and rebuilding roads, shoulders, levees and open drains after some of the worst floods in Australia's history. Now it...
Reutech Mining Appoints New Regional Managers
Reutech Mining, a division of Reutech Radar Systems and a leading supplier of advanced geotechnical slope stability monitoring radar systems, is pleased to announce the appointment of a...
Caterpillar at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2011
Caterpillar will present one of the largest displays at CONEXPO-CON/AGG with three different exhibit areas totaling 60,000ft² of floor space. Nearly 40 machines, a wide variety of work...
De Beers Marine-Crawler Refurbishment
De Beers Marine has again appointed IQS to provide project quality management services to their 240t diamond mining crawler. This project involves major design modifications to increase...
JPE Aggregates to Host Washing Plant Demonstration Days
JPE Aggregates are to host a series of demonstration day events at their site in Birmingham during February. The events are being organised following the installation of a new modular washing...
Cost-Saving Refurbishment Solutions by Lebus
As a global market-leader for multi-layer wire rope spooling, Lebus International Engineers offers its customers clever refurbishment solutions, which combine substantial cost saving with...
New SmartDitch System Offers Stormwater Runoff Control Solutions to Landfill Operators
Penda has introduced the new SmartDitch™ system, a flexible HDPE channel designed to broaden the range of use in landfill maintenance and restoration applications such as erosion and...
Florida DOT Road Widening Project Uses Innovative Construction Site Water Clarification System for Dewatering Operations
Construction site dewatering is not a new phenomenon. However, over the last decade water resource management, at nearly every level has become an extremely high-profile environmental issue....
New SmartDitch System Offers More Fittings for Wider Range of Water Flow Management Applications
Penda has announced the SmartDitch™ system, a flexible HDPE channel with specially-engineered fittings designed to broaden the range of use in water flow control applications such...
Penda Adds Two New Color Options to the SmartDitch System
In response to the demand for more earth tone colors for upscale recreational and residential settings, Penda has recently bolstered the appeal of the world's first HDPE thermoformed ditch...
Strata Products Worldwide Shareholders Acquire Frederick Mining Controls
The shareholders of Strata Products Worldwide are pleased to announce the recent formation of Strata Proximity Systems and acquisition of Frederick Mining Controls. Frederick Mining Controls...
New Distributor for PolyCom Stabilising Aid in South Australia
PolyCom Stabilising Aid is pleased to announce a new distributor for its products: Charlie Misale and New Ground Projects have begun distributing PolyCom Stabilising Aid throughout South...
PolyCom Stabilising to Attend ACE Expo 2011
Come and say hello to the members of the PolyCom team at the Australian Construction Expo, taking place at the Sandown Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, on 24-26 February 2011. The team...
Rajant Appoints Scott Shirer to Oversee Customer Support Team
Rajant, the pioneer of kinetic mesh networks and provider of pervasive, multi-frequency wireless solutions, has announced the addition of Scott Shirer who will oversee the company's newly...
Rajant to Join Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on High-Tech Trade Mission to India
Rajant will join US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as one of 24 US companies on a business development mission to India. The delegation will make stops in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore to...
Hosch Presents New Conveyor Skirt System FD
The R&D team at Hosch has identified that there is a demand in the bulk material handling industry, for a system that addresses the dangerous issues caused by spillage at the loading point of...
Smith Hydrapede - an Award Winning Innovation
J. Smith & Sons has recently won the Innovative Mining Solution Award at the seventh annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards for its development of the Mk4 Hydrapede Dolly. Although Smiths...
CDE Announces New Appointment to Board of Directors
CDE has announced the appointment of Terry Ashby to the board of directors following the company's recent AGM. Mr Ashby moves to the new position having been general manager for CDE with...
Water Recycling Tops Agenda for Washing Plant Operators
The inclusion of water recycling equipment on washing plant installations has risen dramatically in recent times as operators realise that in addition to the altruistic benefit of protecting...
Bailac and AM Bromley Sign Exclusivity Deal for Chile
Chilean mining support company Bailac and technology specialist AM Bromley have signed a marketing agreement making Bailac the exclusive distributor of AM Bromley's tire management system...
RANA – Mine Refuge Systems Launches New Corporate Website
Rimer Alco North America (RANA), a specialist manufacturer of mine refuge products for hard rock mining applications around the world is proud to announce the launch of their new corporate...
Reutech Mining Announces Inverse Velocity Functionality as New Addition to Its MSR Software Package
Reutech Mining, a division of Reutech Radar Systems and a leading supplier of advanced geotechnical slope stability monitoring radar systems, is proud to announce the addition of...
Technosub Introduces New Technojet 'Monster Pump'
Technosub has just finished the production of its latest high-pressure pump in the Technojet series. This multistage pump was designed to respond to the urgent needs of an underground mine...
Minecom - Tracking Success
No-one can deny that things have been changing in the coal mining industry. Technology is moving fast, safety systems are being developed, and new procedures implemented. Throughout these...
Finsa Expands Business
In accordance to the Finsa strategy for 2010, the company has made constant investments in new equipment in order to improve efficiency and quality. In addition, all of the company's...
December 2010
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Minecom Provides Colorado School of Mines with a Leaky Feeder Safety System
The Colorado School of Mines is located in one of the densest mining sectors of the US and is recognized as a unique research center within the world’s institution of higher education. ...
Barminco Partners with Immersive Technologies for Training Technology
Barminco has boosted training capacity and reinforced its approach to safety with the purchase of a UG360 advanced equipment simulator from the mining industry's leading simulator...
Coalville Manufacturing Expansion
CMS Cepcor has announced plans to substantially expand our manufacturing and distribution facilities at its Coalville headquarters in the United Kingdom. A new purpose-built head office, a...
Dynamiq Launches People & Projects Global Service
As part of a new service offering, Australia's fastest growing security and emergency management firm, Dynamiq, will make highly experienced former military, medical and emergency...
New PRO3 Simulator and Caterpillar 793F - Perfect Match in Tucson
Immersive Technologies proudly demonstrated its new, next generation, PRO3 advanced equipment simulator at Caterpillar's premiere customer and dealer event, the 2010 Mining Forum held...
Tunnel Radio Presents the MineAx® MultiHop™ Tracking Reader
Tunnel Radio of America introduces their new MultiHop adaptation for the MineAx RFID tracking system. This new feature makes it feasible to have a completely wireless deployment of...
Refuelling Specialist Opens New Office in Western Australia
Australian fuel management specialist Banlaw, is boosting its presence and capability in Western Australia (WA) and other key markets by opening a new office and appointing two senior...
International Recognition for Halcrow's Tunnelling Expertise
Halcrow celebrated a triple success at the 2010 inaugural New Civil Engineer (NCE) International Tunnelling awards, presented at a luncheon at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Wednesday...
Australian Refuelling Specialist Banlaw Opens New Office in the US
Australian refuelling specialist Banlaw has made a concerted push into the North American market with the opening of its first US office in Nevada. The office is headed by new recruit Robbie...
Mine Increases Haul Truck Tire Life by 20% Using Innovative VISTA Tire Care Training Program
Thanks to an innovative computer-based training (CBT) program produced by VISTA Training, combined with management, supervisory and equipment operator commitment, the tires of the Caterpillar...
SRK Opens Mongolia Office
SRK Consulting expects staff numbers in its new office in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to increase significantly next year as exploration and development activity in the country's nascent mining...
SRK Global Appoints New Chairman
SRK Global has appointed a new chairman, Mike Armitage, who has been with the company for 20 years. A geologist by profession, Armitage has been instrumental in the company's expansion into...
SRK Opens New Office in Zacatecas, Mexico
A strong resurgence in investment activity in Mexico's minerals industry in the wake of the GFC as well as solid relationships with a number of key clients have prompted SRK Consulting to open...
Melco Conveyor Equipment Wins Inaugural Anglo American Supplier Award
Anglo American has presented Melco Conveyor Equipment with the inaugural Supplier Award for Sustainability. At a recent ceremony held in London, members of the executive committee presented...
JW Speaker in Australia
As part of a global restructuring process in the distribution of JW Speaker products, Invision Sales has been appointed as the sole Australian importer and distributor. Invision stocks an...
Namspace Opens New Office in Windhoek
Namspace, a specialist in the design, manufacture and erection of prefabricated (modular) structures in Namibia and the rest of Africa, is proud to announce the opening of a new office in...
KPI-JCI Featured on Discovery Channel's New Television Series 'What a Tool'
KPI-JCI's FT3055 jaw crusher and FT200+ cone crusher took on a starring role in the 21 April episode of the Discovery Channel's 'What a Tool' television show. The Discovery Channel series...
Speaker Launches New Range of Mine Bars
Safety on mining sites is the highest priority. As products have to be operated under toughest conditions, JW Speaker Mining Bars are designed as a heavy-duty construction, using only...
Speaker Introduces New 7150 Series of Worklamps
The new 7150 series achieves light output greater than HID for the same size lamp. The 7150 has been designed as an extra heavy-duty worklamp with a huge amount of light output utilising the...
Speaker Presents Two-Mode LED Beacons
In many applications, operators have a requirement to switch between either flash or revolving functions rather than cycle through too many available modes. The two new Speaker models are...
ESdat Offers Environmental Standards Compiled In Excel Format
ESdat offers environmental standards in Excel format for both users and non-users of the software. The online environmental standards provide professionals with links to the publishers, and...
KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens at Bauma 2010
KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens, Astec Companies, exhibited at the outdoor exhibit area at the Bauma 2010 International Trade Fair. The event was held on 19-25 April 2010 in Munich, Germany....
P&H Mine Air Systems Announces New Addition to Its Product Range
P&H Mine Air Systems, a specialist manufacturer of climate-control units (for air conditioning and heating) for use in operator cabs on a wide variety of mining equipment is proud to...
KPI-JCI Washing and Classifying Equipment Incorporates Patented Design Features
KPI-JCI Series 7000 classifying tanks incorporate patented design features ensuring efficient operation and maximum profit per TPH processed. The patented tank design eliminates the need...
Storm Parts Supplies United Pacific Drilling, Papua New Guinea with Drill Rig Transport Machine
Storm Parts is a leading supplier of new track systems for a large range of purpose built track type machinery in Australia and overseas. Our track systems range from small 1t machines to...
Mobile Star Upgrade Now Standard on KPI-JCI Track Mounted Impactor Plants
Beginning with 1 April 2010, all KPI-JCI track mounted impactor plants will come with the Mobile Star equipment monitoring system as a standard feature. Mobile Star delivers remote monitoring...
MineWare Introduces Incident Management System (IMS)
There has been much debate both in media and in legislature regarding safety in mines. Much has been made of corporate accountability and the role played by training and preventative measures...
Further MultiCOM Deployment for MRS in Poland
Mine Radio Systems (MRS), the global leader in advanced communication and safety solutions for confined spaces, has announced that Sobieski coal mine in Poland has completed the installation of...
MineWare Consulting - Managing Gold
MineWare once again has broken new ground in writing tailored software that addresses the needs of the challenging international mining environment. MineWare is in the process of improving...
EUROGOMMA Provides PURFil Screen Panels for Mines and Quarries
EUROGOMMA is proud to announce that it newly supplies steel wire meshes coated with abrasion resistant polyurethane to the mining industry. The advantage of this system is to increase...
ESdat Reduces Costs for Environmental Regulatory Compliance Monitoring in Mines
ESdat has pre-loaded environmental standards so once environmental mining data is entered into the software managers can immediately see environmental regulatory compliance and...
Gemcom Announces Mining Buddy Builder Online App for Use in Social Media
Gemcom Software International, the largest global supplier of mining software solutions, today announced the launch of its free Mining Buddy Builder online app which enables people in mining...
PolyCom Stabilising Aid Provides Asset Management and Road Stabilisation to Councils
Earthco Projects and PolyCom Stabilising Aid were invited to attend two outstanding events in October and November this year. Making Cent$ of Sustainable Procurement is an initiative of...
November 2010
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Continued Support for Mill Operators and Engineering Houses
Mill operators often seek assistance when faced with the need to repair failed equipment, to upgrade equipment or to refurbish old equipment. But who do they turn to when they have problems...
Water Data Transfer Format (WDTF) Export From Esdat
The water data transfer format (WDTF) is an XML data transfer format designed to support the water industry to share and deliver water data to the Bureau of Meteorology as required under the...
Victorian Groundwater Management System Direct Input to ESdat
The Victorian groundwater management system (GMS) is a database of groundwater related data (for example groundwater, geology or chemistry data) across Victoria that is delivered quarterly by...
Pelican™ Deploys 9440 Remote Area Lighting System
Pelican Products has announced that its Advanced Area Lighting Group has rolled out the 9440 Remote Area Lighting system (RALS), as an incredibly bright and extremely portable area light. ...
Pelican™ Introduces 9430SL Spot Light
Pelican Products has announced that its Advanced Area Lighting Group has rolled out the 9430SL (spot light) Remote Area Lighting system (RALS), as a spot light version of the powerful, compact...
Pelican Launches Pelican-Hardigg™ Inter-Stacking Pattern (ISP) Cases
Shifting loads and loose cargo are not a problem for Pelican-Hardigg Inter-Stacking Pattern (ISP) cases. Designed to stay secure in transit, ISP cases are engineered with a patent-pending...
Dragflow Teams Up with Aquatech in Eastern Canada
Dragflow, one of the main manufacturers of dredging and mining pumps, has partnered with Aquatech Pump and Power, leader in dewatering and pump-related services in Ontario, to promote...
OTR Tire Reconstruction Facility Opens in Sweden
Aslean International Tires, located in Vasterbotten, Sweden and recognised for the highest standard of OTR tire reconstruction, has started production in October in close cooperation with Tap Rap....
Mine Radio System Europe Upgrades to ISO 9001; 2008 Certification
Mine Radio Systems (MRS), supplier of the most advanced communications and safety solutions for mining and tunneling, is proud to announce that its Europe office Mine Radio Systems Europe...
ATCO Wins Detour Lake Bid to Build Mining Camp to House 1,000 People
ATCO Structures & Logistics (ASL) has announced that the company has been awarded a contract to build a 1,000-person mining camp accommodation facility for Detour Gold at its Detour Lake...
MRS Courses Create Communications and Safety Experts in the Field
Mine Radio Systems (MRS), the global leader in advanced communication and safety solutions for confined spaces, would like to announce that many employees of MSA Chile have successfully...
Unique Upgrade at Mineracao Caraiba Marks Further Success for MRS
Mine Radio Systems (MRS), the global leader in advanced integration of communication and safety solutions for confined spaces, has announced that Mineracao Caraiba, located in Jaguarari,...
AngloGold Ashanti Deploys MRS New Centrian High-Speed Data Connectivity Solution
Mine Radio Systems (MRS), the global leader in advanced integration of communication and safety solutions for confined spaces, has announced that AngloGold Ashanti Brasil Mineracao has...
Loesche Opens New Office in Vietnam
Loesche is a privately-owned company with its headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany. With more than 600 employees and subsidiaries in the US, Brazil, Spain, Great Britain, South America,...
ESdat Presents the Results of Inaugural ESDat Users Opinion Survey
ESdat is proud to present the results of our Inaugural ESdat Users Opinion Survey. The top line result was that 98.8% of respondents to the survey said they would recommend ESdat to...
Ore Processing Knowledge Centre to be Launched in India
CDE Global used its attendance at the International Mining and Machinery exhibition in Kolkata (India), in November, to launch the enhanced iron ore beneficiation offer to the Indian...
ADC to Attend FinnMateria 2010
ADC, a leading manufacturer of exploration drilling rigs, is pleased to announce that it will be attending FinnMateria 2010 on 24-25 November 2010 in Jyväskylä, Finland. ...
Battery Advice for Efficient Battery Usage
Thousands of functional batteries are wasted each year due to incorrect advice given to battery owners. Many batteries that are thought to be faulty and require jump-starting are often...
Wireless Sensor Technology
Bestech Australia is proud to announce that it is now able to distribute wireless data acquisition platforms for its sensors as a further convenient form of data transmission, because of a...
MVS Release White Paper
Mine Ventilation Services (MVS) is a professional engineering consulting firm specialising in solving ventilation and climatic problems associated with the operation of mines and other...
alljig® Jigging Machines in Global Demand
Europe's largest stainless steel plant in Tornio, Finland, which is producing 1.7 million tonnes a year, opened a new slag processing plant in September 2010. The main components of this new...
Rajant Extends the Utility of Wireless Mesh Networks with Range of New BreadCrumb Nodes
Imagine a fully-mobile, multi-frequency wireless broadband network that is self-establishing, self-healing, requires minimal administration or maintenance, and grows stronger with the addition...
ADC Release White Paper
ADC are specialists in reliable and eco-friendly exploration drilling rigs for any climate zone on earth. Using only the best components and tools from world-leading companies, ADC aim to...
Superior Industries Introduces New RazerTail Truck Unloader with Extra-Large Capacity
Superior Industries, a leading manufacturer of conveyor systems and components, introduces a new addition to the company's line of RazerTail® truck unloaders. The extra-large capacity...
Tunnel Radio Receives MSHA-Approval for Mineax Digital Tracking - VHF Version
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) recently issued a revised approval modification program (RAMP) for Tunnel Radio of America's model TR-MX-332, MineAx RFID tracking system....
Lubrication Engineers Adds E-Commerce Capability to Revamped Microsite
After launching its Clear Grease Guns product line in March 2009 and achieving a solid first year of sales, Lubrication Engineers is further bolstering its investment with a complete revamping...
Clear Grease Gun Plus Battery Power Equals Convenient Solution
For maintenance personnel and others seeking a solution to the costly problems of grease misapplication and cross-contamination, Lubrication Engineers offers its Clear Grease Gun® in...
New Polyurea Grease Prolongs Life of Electric Motors
Responding to customer requests for an electric motor grease with a polyurea thickener, Lubrication Engineers introduces Monolec® Extend EM Grease (1282). The new grease helps bearings...
Strata CommTrac Wireless Communications System Now MSHA Approved
Strata Safety Products is pleased to announce MSHA approval of its intrinsically safe wireless communications system, Strata CommTrac. Strata CommTrac wireless communications and tracking ...
How to Estimate the Proper Number of Evaporators
Slimline Manufacturing, a specialist manufacturer of portable Turbomist evaporators and turnkey solutions, have come out with a very interesting paper on how to measure the proper number...
3D Laser Mapping System to Predict Avalanches in the Himalayas
3D Laser Mapping is proud to announce that the company's laser mapping technology is being employed to predict avalanches in the Himalayas. The SiteMonitor laser monitoring system, developed by...
Now Available from Leister - Compact and Long-Life Advanced Air Heaters
Leister's LHS 15 and LHS 21 advanced air heaters are distinguished by their extremely small dimensions - especially the lean design with only 67mm width - as well as their long service...
P&H to Attend Newfoundland Mineral Resources Review
P&H Mine Air Systems, a specialist manufacturer of climate-control units (for air conditioning and heating) for use in operator cabs on a wide variety of mining equipment is proud to...
Cytec Delivers Innovative Products to Increase Efficiency and Recovery for Mining Companies Worldwide
Cytec metal extraction business has announced the introduction of four innovative technologies for solvent extraction of metals. The first two innovations help mining companies protect...
Lebus Newly Opened Assembly Hall in Full Operation
Opened last autumn in the peak of a worldwide economic crisis, the second production hall of Lebus International Engineers is now in full operation. The new establishment enables Lebus...
History and Capabilities of Torque Industries
Torque Industries' history began in Adelaide, South Australia, where it was founded as Torque Hydraulics in 1985, primarily supplying parts and components to the industry. The business has...
October 2010
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DRA Technical Services Breathes New Life into Old Winders
DRA Technical Services, the specialist South African winder engineering company, has handed over two refurbished winders to the Great Basin Gold's Burnstone gold mine near Balfour. The project...
First Choice Murray & Roberts Cementation
More than 100 years of service to the mining industry has established Murray & Roberts Cementation as the undisputed leader as first-choice underground mining contractor in Africa,...
Staying Water-Wise
Autowash was established in 2003 to provide vehicle washing solutions to its customers, focusing primarily on the supply, installation and maintenance of automated washing and water...
Superior Adds Conveyor Components Sales Representation in Canada
Superior Industries, a leading manufacturer of conveyor systems and components, appointed Tom Hesse as its new conveyor components territory manager in Canada. Most recently, Hesse worked as...
Presentation by World-Leading Authority in Cleaning Mining Vehicles
In the upcoming week, Autowash will be taking the world's leading authority of cleaning mining vehicles on a roadshow across Australia: Olli Lamminen, the founder of InterClean in 1984. ...
Minco Pipe Supports Students in California
In an effort to promote students the understanding of available tools to assist them in cutting difficult materials of all kinds, but specifically those relating to the metallurgical class in...
New International Sales Coordinator Appointed at Allmand
Allmand has appointed Marilú Barroso as its new international sales coordinator, Americas. Working under the direction of Ross Hilton, director of international operations, Barroso will...
Gemcom Whittle 4.4 Significantly Increases NPV with Latest Advancements in Strategic Mine Planning
Gemcom Software International Inc., the largest global supplier of mining software solutions, today announced it has released Gemcom Whittle™ 4.4, the latest version of its industry...
Kador Continues to Supply Carbon Energy Project
Over recent months, Kador has played a key role in the development of Carbon Energy's 5MW underground coal gasification (UCG) power station project at Bloodwood Creek (approximately 50km west...
Cavotec Mandates Review of Possible Secondary Listing on OMX Stock Exchange
Cavotec MSL is pleased to announce that its board of directors has granted a mandate to Sweden's Handelsbanken to explore the possibilities surrounding a secondary listing on the Nasdaq OMX...
Moduline Presents TAL Plus
For over ten years Modulines T & TAL series skirting ducts have emerged as the most preferred method of providing access to power, voice and data in commercial offices. Moduline skirting...
Moduline Launches New Range of Industrial Cable Management Systems
Moduline, a market leader in structured cabling solutions, cable duct and accessories, is pleased to present its new range of industrial cable management systems. Known as ICMS, this range...
Enhanced Mine Emergency System to Hit Market
Queensland Mines Rescue Service (QMRS) has awarded Mining Logic Solutions (MLS) the exclusive distribution rights for the jointly developed Mine Emergency Management System (MEMS*2) software...
ESdat to Attend RemTech 2010
ESdat is pleased to attend RemTech 2010 on 21-22 October in Banff, Canada and to provide visitors with free demonstrations of their products at our stall#22. ESdat has enjoyed continued...
Kador Precision Fabrication for Rio Tinto Aluminium Operations
Kador recently delivered the last of 60 pile splints being manufactured to strengthen a rail bridge over the Mission river near Weipa on Cape York in Far North Queensland. The pile...
Kador Fits Further 'Enviro-Spray' Options to Water Tanks
Since the start of 2010, Kador has received orders for 15 new water tankers, in sizes from 45KL to 110KL, to be fitted onto Cat trucks. Ten of the 15 tankers will be fitted with the...
Mobile 'Reclaim' Hopper Enhances Production in Coal Stockyard
Telestack continues to excel in providing innovative mobile coal handling solutions to its worldwide customer base. Telestack mobile materials handling systems are built to last, combining...
Superior Industries Launches Website Dedicated to CONEXPO 2011
Superior Industries, a leading manufacturer of conveyor systems and components, has launched a new page on its website, dedicated to broadcasting activities surrounding the company’s involvement...
Finsa: Double-Layer Fabrics for Vacuum Belt Filters
The mining industry has been a key market for Finsa since the early beginnings of the company. Our commitment to innovation shows off in the continuous search for new products that...
Aussie Wins in Afghan Election
Austrade's Export Market Development Grant (EMDG) recipient Anodyne Services Australia (ASA) was on the ground in Afghanistan working with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)...
New Low-Profile TeleStacker® Conveyor with Onboard Power from Superior Industries
Superior Industries, a leading manufacturer of conveyor systems and components, offers a range of low-profile TeleStacker conveyors including its latest 170ft unit. With a low-level loading...
SPT Assistance in Chilean Mine Rescue Featured in Swedish Media
The largest financial newspaper in Scandinavia, Dagens Industri, interviewed SPT general manager Orlando Ramírez on a range of subjects regarding the company's growth since its inception and...
Wassara Water Powered Drilling System for Rana Mines in Norway
Rana Mines is making considerable investments in a new main level and a change of mining method to sublevel caving, going from open pit to underground mining. Since the design adopted by...
Auralia Mining Consulting - Quarterly Update
This latest Auralia Mining quarterly update starts with director Anthony Keers, who recently made a site visit out to India, spending two weeks in the north-western state of Rajasthan to...
Gemecs Communication - October 2010
Gemecs, a medium-sized geological company that delivers geological consulting services to the mining industry, would like to make use of this opportunity to update its customers on the...
Digital Network and VoIP Telephone Safe-Approved
Mine Site Technologies' (MST) MinePhone, a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) telephone handset for underground two-way communications, has received the IEC Ex ia Group I certificate of...
Bestech Australia Offers Fibre-Optic Sensors for Mining / Civil Engineering
Bestech Australia, a specialist in sensors and measurement instrumentation, now distributes fibre-optic sensors from the European company Fiber Sensing. These sensors are based on optical...
VISTA Launches Training Program for TruckLogic
To help mine managers to better understand how the new TruckLogic™ haul truck operator training curriculum can pay off in a typical mine, VISTA Training has recently developed a...
Wassara Launches Updated Version of W80 Hammer
Wassara, renowned for offering complete systems for effective drilling in soil and rock to the mining and construction industry, has launched a new model of the W80 hammer: the W80 N2. The...
Three New Orders for Aerobelt
Aerobelt, a provider of air-supported conveyors, has recorded three significant new orders in the last two months from Joe White Maltings, BHP Billiton's Worsley Alumina and Rio Tinto. The...
Transmin's Low Profile Feeder (LPF) Consolidates its Position
Transmin is reporting increasing sales of the Transmin LPF materials feeding system into the mining industry due to the advantages it offers over alternative forms of feeders, notably...
Gemcom Delivers New Mine Scheduling Capabilities with the Release of Gemcom MineSched 7.0
Gemcom Software International, the largest global supplier of mining software solutions, today announced it has released Gemcom MineSched 7.0, the latest version of its next generation...
Metso to Design and Supply the World’s Largest SAG Mill in Peru
Metso has been selected to design and supply a 42ft x 25ft, (12.8m x 7.6m) 28MW gearless SAG mill, plus two 26ft x 42ft, (7.9m x 12.8m) 15.6MW ball mills and two VTM-1500-WB VERTIMILLS® for...
ADC Drills the Deepest NQ Hole Ever Drilled in Europe
Arctic Drilling Company (ADC), a young and fast growing drilling contractor and successful manufacturer of custom-made exploration drilling rigs in Finland, has taken on the task of drilling...
Gemcom Unveils Latest Innovations in Automated Underground Design for Gemcom Surpac
Gemcom Software International, the largest global supplier of mining software solutions, has released an updated version of its Advanced Underground Design module for its Gemcom Surpac geology...
3D Laser Mapping Launches SiteMonitor Mobile
3D Laser Mapping has launched an innovative laser-based mine monitoring solution. SiteMonitor Mobile combines the flexibility of a mobile mapping system with the performance and accuracy of a...
Marston Hires Jim Sronce as Mining Consultant
Marston is pleased to announce the addition of Jim Sronce as mining consultant. Jim brings many years of experience to Marston with a focus on applying Mincom© Minescape in surface mine...
A Quantum Jump: Gaustec's New WHIMS
It took them five years: from the first industrial unit to the biggest WHIMS ever built. And once again the Itaminas mine in the heart of the Brazilian iron quadrangle in the state of Minas...
September 2010
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Haulmax: Reducing Off-Highway Road Haulage Costs
With many mining companies across Australia opening satellite pits located more than 10km from the processing plant or rail line, the cost of hauling material is becoming a major issue. ...
Haulmax Off-Highway Water Tanker Delivers More
A truck specifically designed for off-highway work at mine sites with an ability to operate as a water tanker carrying 75,000l of water, or fitted out as service vehicle to carry up to 65,000l...
Dragflow and Primax Co-Operate in Africa and India
Dragflow, one of the main worldwide suppliers of mining pumps, and Primax, a company of Sykes Group, one of the largest auto prime pump manufacturers, have reached an agreement to further...
Bestech Australia Presents EDS Series of Sensors
Bestech Australia presents the EDS series of sensors, from Micro-Epsilon, Germany. These are long-stroke sensors designed for industrial use in hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders for...
IDS Awarded Drive Package Contract for Kirkland Lake Gold Service Hoist
Industrial Drive Service (IDS) has been awarded a contract to supply a drive package for the new service hoist at Kirkland Lake Gold, located at Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada. The hoist is...
Marston Promotes Dale Halley to Vice President of Engineering Services
Marston is pleased to announce that Dale Halley has been promoted to vice president – engineering services for Marston’s Denver office. Halley joined Marston in 1998 as a project manager....
Minecom at the Goldfields Mining Expo 2010
Minecom will be exhibiting at the Goldfields mining expo in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, on 26–28 October 2010 at stand 1060 in the Kalgoorlie pavilion. Minecom will be providing estimates...
Carl Fessenden Joins Marston as Consulting Engineer
Marston is pleased to announce that Carl Fessenden, consulting engineer, has recently joined the company. With more than 20 years of mining experience, Fessenden is a versatile, accomplished...
PressurePro and Eurotire Announce Distribution Agreement
Eurotire, an emerging global leader in the design and manufacturing of OTR tires for the mining industry, and Advantage PressurePro, leaders in Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) and...
SSI Launches Recruitment Division
Smart Staff International (SSI), a resource industry leader in technical writing, permit to work systems and safety management systems, has now added a specialised recruitment division to...
Scope Systems to Present at the 2010 Australian Nickel Conference
Scope Systems is excited to announce that it has been invited to present at the Australian Nickel Conference, to be held at the Sheraton Perth Hotel on 13-14 October 2010. Troy Morrison...
Rajant to Present at Ivara Reliability Leadership Summit
Rajant Corporation, a leading provider of dynamic, pervasive, multi-band and multi-frequency wireless solutions, today announced that Gary Anderson, senior vice president, sales will present,...
germanBelt Launches New Production Line for Corrugated Sidewall Belts
In record time, the germanBelt Group has launched a new production line for germanWell® corrugated sidewall belts in the new Plant 2 at the Halle / Leipzig site. By expanding its...
TAKRAF Signs New Contract in Mauritania
Tenova TAKRAF has recently signed a contract for the turnkey supply of a Ship Loader and a Conveyor System with Société Nationale Industrielle et Miniére(SNIM), the...
Techniflo Magnetic Drive Pumps for Mining
The Techniflo TB series mag drive pumps are the world leader of sealless, non-metallic centrifugal mag drive pumps. These mag drive pumps are ideal for corrosive and hazardous liquid transfer...
LED Headpiece Approved for ICCL Cap Lamp
Coal mine certification for NSW and Queensland has been received for Mine Site Technologies' new LED headpiece which is designed to operate with their Integrated Communications Cap Lamp...
Rajant to Present the Future of Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications at Inaugural AutoVenture Forum
Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications is rapidly evolving from a futuristic concept to a readily available, multi-use technology that stands to revolutionise the safety, economy, utility...
Smith Launches New Website
J Smith & Sons are proud to announce the launch of their new website. You can use it to view their extensive product range, to access technical information about your Smith product or...
Teijin Aramid Present at the MERL Oilfield Engineering with Polymers Conference
Teijin Aramid will present its high performance aramid fibers Twaron® and Technora® on the Teijin Aramid booth seven in the exhibition room during the MERL Oilfield Engineering...
Bergteamet / Rock Team to Assist with Rescue Operation of Chilean Miners
Bergteamet, leading underground mining contractor in Sweden, is participating as an important partner in the rescue operation of the 33 trapped miners in the San Jose mine in Chile. ...
The Pelican 0450 Mobile Tool Chest is Military Approved and Ready for Commercial Use
The combat-ready 0450 mobile tool chest built by Pelican Products specifically for the US military as the general mechanics tool kit (GMTK) is now being introduced for civilian use. The...
Pelican Delivers the World's Largest Protector Case
Built for tough and versatile large equipment protection, the Pelican™ 0550 transport case is designed to offer more than 20,000 cubic inches of usable storage space. The 0550...
Pelican Introduces the 2490 Recoil LED with Traffic Wand
To prevent foreign object damage (FOD) in an aviation or military environment, Pelican Products has introduced the 2490 Recoil™ LED as a secure, tough and versatile traffic...
Finsa Develops Special PP Filter Cloths for Tailing Management
Due to the development of vacuum and pressure belt filter technology; there is an alternative to conventional tailing management called 'dry stack' filtered tailings. Finsa R&D department...
Ega Master Exhibits in Kazakstan Oil and Gas Exhibition
Ega Master took part at 18th edition of the KIOGE oil and gas exhibition in Almaty Kazakhstan from 6-9 October. It is the biggest and most prestigious oil and gas exhibition in Central Asia....
August 2010
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Scope Systems Commits to New Direction for Customer Service
With the recent employment of Damien Kenworthy as a new relationship manager, Scope Systems has signaled once again its commitment to providing outstanding levels of customer service to all of...
3D Laser Mapping Opens New Headquarters
3D Laser Mapping has opened a new global headquarters near Nottingham, UK, following continued expansion of its worldwide laser scanning business in the mining sector. This relocation to...
Scope Systems to Exhibit at Africa Downunder
Scope Systems is excited to announce that the company will once again be exhibiting at the Africa Downunder conference. This conference is one of Australia's premier conferences promoting...
Pelican Launches the 1460EMS Case
To offer EMS professionals a legendarily tough, portable medical supply protection solution, Pelican Products has introduced the 1460EMS case. Easily washed and sterilized, the 1460EMS case...
Putzmeister Launches New Shotcrete Website
Having been a reference point in the fabrication of concrete and mortar pumping equipment for more than 50 years, Putzmeister has developed into a strong partner in the difficult field...
Immersive Technologies Releases Next Generation Advanced Equipment Simulators
Leading mining equipment simulator provider, Immersive Technologies, announces the release of its next generation advanced equipment simulators - the PRO3 for surface mining and the UG360...
Pelican Introduces the Compact and Powerful 9410 LED
Pelican Products has introduced the rugged 9410 LED as their most powerful handheld flashlight ever. Engineered with an array of four next-generation LEDs, the 9410 LED shines a smoke-cutting...
Cognis Granted US Patent on Split Circuit Configuration
The Mining Chemical Technology (MCT) division of Cognis' Functional Products Group is pleased to announce the granting of the US patent application to its split circuit technology that...
Micronics Experiences a Significant Increase in Orders
Micronics Engineered Filtration has seen a significant increase in new orders, receiving this month over $1.6m for new filter presses to be used in the Merrill Crowe process. In addition to...
Strata 15 PSI Block Stopping
Strata Mine Services is pleased to announce the immediate availability of a 15 PSI Block Stopping which incorporates a steel access door capable of withstanding a 15 psi explosion. The...
Rajant to Showcase Autonomous Mine Rescue Project at AUVSI's Unmanned Systems 2010
Rajant, a leading provider of wireless mining solutions, today announced that it will showcase an autonomous mine rescue project it recently supported and participated in, in conjunction with...
Gemcom Releases Latest Generation of Mine Production Management Solution
Gemcom Software International, the largest global supplier of mining software solutions, today unveiled the latest release of its award-winning Gemcom InSite™ mine production...
Twiflex Provides Modular Braking System for South African Mine
Twiflex modular brakes are providing up to 35 MNm of total braking torque on two 8-metre ball mills, which are part of South Africa's - and probably the world's - biggest platinum concentrator,...
Twiflex VMS-3 Provides Greater Braking Force for Demanding Mine Hoist Applications
Twiflex has launched a larger, enhanced version of its highly successful VMS2-SP safety brake, aimed specifically at the demanding Mine Hoist...
Metso to Provide Mining Equipment for Finland's Nordic Mines
Metso will supply mining and minerals processing equipment and services for the new gold ore processing plant of Nordic Mines Oy in Finland. The equipment delivery will be completed during...
Rajant to Sponsor Local Tucson, Arizona, SME Chapter Program
Rajant Corporation, a leading provider of wireless mining solutions, today announced that it will sponsor Tucson, Arizona's chapter of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration...
July 2010
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Metso Appoints North American Product Manager for Vibrating Equipment
Metso has announced the appointment of Scott Snyder to the position of product manager, vibrating product line, North America. The appointment is effective 1 July 2010. Snyder will be based...
acQuire Continues to Deliver Despite Economic Downturn
Due to a lot of firms shedding staff in the economic climate, IP is in the downturn. As a result, many of these firms are now ill equipped to deliver even basic technical consulting...
Bestech Australia Presents the EMA 200 Digital Manometer
Bestech Australia presents the EMA 200 digital manometer from Halstrup Walcher. It is a battery-operated, digital pressure gauge for measuring overpressure, vacuum and differential pressure...
Environmentally Friendly Dust Control Solution Introduced to Harsh Gobi Desert
The Gobi desert is a rain shadow desert formed by the Himalaya mountains, which blocks rain carrying clouds from entering the desert and causes massive amounts of dust to be generated in the...
Metso to Deliver Complete Crushing and Screening System to Mount Gibson Iron
Metso will supply a complete crushing and screening system to Mount Gibson Iron for the Extension Hill mine. The iron ore mine site is located north of Perth in Western Australia. The...
Metso to Deliver Lime Calcining System to NLMK in Russia
Metso will supply a lime calcining system to OJSC Novolopetsk Steel's (NLMK) steel plant in Russia. Equipment delivery will be completed during the fourth quarter of 2011 and the...
PT Pamapersada Nusantara Increases Training Capacity with Immersive Technologies Simulators
Indonesia's largest mining contractor PT Pamapersada Nusantara (Pama) continues to receive strong results from its simulation based training program with additional products and services...
Immersive Technologies Strengthens its Mining Simulation Community in Latin America
Immersive Technologies continues to support its Latin American customers with a very successful inaugural user group forum. The two-day forum held in Santiago, Chile brought together major...
Keyano College Meets Industry Demands with Immersive Technologies Training Simulators
Canadian based education institute, Keyano College, has expanded the capacity of its mining operator training program with the acquisition of additional simulators from Immersive...
Immersive Technologies User Group Drives Value Through Operator Optimisation
Immersive Technologies has continued the recent success of it operator optimisation user group forum in North America with a recent event in Perth, Western Australia for the Africa and...
Singleton Birch Selects TMS to Improve Tyre Efficiencies and Reduce Costs
Singleton Birch have had tyre monitor system (TMS) installed on their brand new Volvo L350 wheeled loader, now operational at their Lincolnshire chalk quarry, in order to improve tyre...
Immersive Technologies' Advanced Training Simulator Continues to Make Powerful Impact in India
Immersive Technologies have been awarded first prize in the international category of machines and products display at the 2010 International Mining Exhibition held in Kolkata, India. ...
Immersive Technologies' TrainerAdvantage Program Reaches New Heights
The mining industry's leading training simulator provider, Immersive Technologies, continues its industry-leading position, reaching a further significant milestone with the...
Immersive Technologies Extends Long-Standing Relationship with Caterpillar
Immersive Technologies and Caterpillar have signed the renewal of a global technical information and licensing agreement for the development of advanced equipment training simulators. The...
Becker Mining Systems Expands in Australia with Acquisition of Vale Group
As part of the Becker Group's expansion strategy in Australia, Becker Mining Australia - a subsidiary of Becker Mining Systems AG, Germany - has acquired the Vale Group of companies. The Vale...
All Pumps Supplies Launches Jessberger Drum Pumps
All Pumps Supplies launches jessberger drum pumps into Australia and New Zealand. Jessberger are a lightweight, compact and robust drum pump and have been designed for the transferring of thin...
Becker Mining Systems Expands with Vale Group
As part of the Becker Group's expansion strategy in Australia, Becker Mining Australia - a subsidiary of Becker Mining Systems AG, Germany - has acquired the Vale Group of companies. The Vale...
Becker Mining Systems Acquires Australian Vale Group
As part of the Becker Group's expansion strategy in Australia, Becker Mining Australia - a subsidiary of Becker Mining Systems AG, Germany - has acquired the Vale Group of companies. The Vale...
Murray & Roberts Cementation Secures South Deep Vent Shaft Contract
Murray & Roberts Cementation secured the contract to deepen the existing ventilation shaft at Gold Fields' South Deep mine to a depth of 2990 metres. The shaft is being extended to match the...
Reutech Mining's Commitment to Improve Operational Availability
As the MSR products are being applied to safeguard mine personnel it has become crucial to our clients that the MSR is operationally available for the maximum possible time. Reutech Mining...
Communication and Tracking System Fully MSHA Approved
Mine Site Technologies' (MST) MinePhone, a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) underground mobile telephone handset, has received MSHA approval for use in US coal mines. This approval...
Outotec and Larox Merge Service Offering
Outotec’s expertise in minerals and metals has now merged with Larox’s expertise in solid-liquid separation. The new 'dream team' offers innovative and sustainable solutions and services...
New Goodwin Barsby Mk5 Series Crushers
The new Goodwin Barsby 42in x 24in Mark 5 Single Toggle Jaw Crusher was premiered alongside the new range of Vibrating Grizzly Feeders at the Hillhead 2010 exhibition. The Mk5 series Jaw...
Roymec Technologies Partners with Skorpion Zinc to Solve PLS Clarification
As background, Skorpion Zinc has not been able to reduce the PLS suspended solids to the stringent specification levels required for zinc solvent extraction. The mine has trialed...
June 2010
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Gemcom Announces Senior Executive Appointments
Gemcom Software International, the largest global supplier of specialised mining productivity solutions, today announced that it has appointed current executive team member and company...
Moventas' Offers Multi-Segmented Ring Gear Solution for Andritz
Moventas is to supply mechanical power transmission equipment for drum pulpers manufactured by Andritz. This is Moventas' largest single order for drum pulper ring gears. Start-up...
TMS Proven to Work with Chained Tyres
TMS, the direct tyre pressure and temperature monitoring system for the OTR tyre market has been tested on chained tyres by Chilean mining service company Bailac. The results prove that TMS...
JOEST Australia Delivers Tower Mills for Karara Iron Ore Project
JOEST Australia, the sole Australian agent for mixing and grinding equipment in the mining industry, has completed the manufacture of five tower mills on time. For the production of...
Metso to Supply Equipment to China-Based Iron Ore Plant
Metso will supply mining equipment to TISCO's iron ore processing plant in Lan county, Shanxi Province, China. The delivery will be completed during the third quarter of 2011. The value of...
Gemcom Announces Office Opening in Indonesia
Gemcom Software International, the largest global supplier of specialised mining productivity solutions, today announced that it will open an office in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 25 June 2010....
Jeremy Klein Promoted to Director of Marketing
Jeremy Klein has been promoted to director of marketing at Allmand Bros. He will be in charge of the Allmand Bros. marketing strategy, including value proposition, product feature...
Safety Vision, PressurePro and Rice Lake Bring All-In-One Unit to Commercial Trucking
Safety Vision, a leading provider of mobile video solutions, Advantage PressurePro, a leading provider of tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS), and Rice Lake Weighing Systems, an...
Sandvik and Gemcom Announce Collaboration Agreement on Technology for Underground Mining
Gemcom Software International, the largest global supplier of specialised mining productivity solutions, today announced that they have signed a collaboration agreement with Sandvik Mining...
ENDETEC Presents its KAPTA and TECTA Range at AWWA
The launch of ENDETEC, Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies' (VWS) subsidiary and new global sensor platform, will be showcased at the annual convention of the American Water Works Association...
Watson-Marlow Peristaltic Technology Solves Prelok's Sticky Situation
When Prelok encountered problems using both impeller and diaphragm pumps to circulate adhesive coating fluids at its Willenhall plant in the West Midlands, this specialist in the application...
CiDRA Selected for Barrick Mining Operation in Peru
CiDRA Minerals Processing announced today that Barrick Peru has selected the CiDRA SONARtrac system for a critical chemical reagent line within their Lagunas Norte gold mine. The mine is located...
ADM Systems Engineering Announces Launch of RtEMIS Software
On November 5th ADM Systems Engineering launced RtEMIS™ at the 2009 Canadian PI Seminar in Moncton, NB ADM. RtEMIS is a real time, energy management information system. Part of the...
HVCCC Selects QMASTOR Software
Australian listed QMASTOR Limited announced today that it has signed a major contract with Hunter Valley Coal Chain Coordinator Limited (HVCCC). The contract is for the provision and support...
MCC Contracts Embarks on Strategic Training Program with Immersive Technologies' Simulators
MCC Contracts (MCC), one of the largest and fastest growing surface mining contractors in Africa, has strengthened its operator training program capabilities with the acquisition of...
FLSmidth Gains Middle Eastern Copper Order
FLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth €49.5m (approximately DKK368m) from a company in the Middle East for engineering services and equipment for the expansion of a copper mine. ...
Superior Industries' Track-Mounted Mobile Pivot Base Delivers Free-Ranging Conveyor Mobility
Superior Industries, a leading manufacturer of conveyor systems and components, introduces a new option for maximum conveyor mobility. The track-mounted mobile pivot base, when applied with...
3D Laser Mapping Appoints Mining Manager
3D Laser Mapping, the international developer of laser scanning solutions, has appointed Francois Stroh to the position of global mining product manager. Stroh, an engineering surveyor...
FLSmidth to Supply Equipment for Russian Gold Plant
FLSmidth has received a contract worth approximately €30m (DKK 223m) from Russian open joint stock company Pervenets for the supply of equipment for their brownfield Verninskoye gold...
Superior Industries' Radial Travel Tracks Deliver Maximum Flotation and Traction
Superior Industries, a leading manufacturer of conveyor systems and components, introduces a new conveyor mobility option – Radial Travel Tracks. When applied with the TeleStacker®...
Superior Industries Introduces New Single Wheel Drive Conveyor Mobility Option
Superior Industries, a leading manufacturer of conveyor systems and components, introduces its new single wheel drive conveyor mobility option. When applied with a portable radial...
Dragflow to Participate in Conference, Warsaw
Dragflow with its partner Wichary Technologies, will attend the II Conference: modern mining of gravel and sand in Zegrze (near Warsaw) on the 15 -16 of June. The main purpose of the meeting...
MeVEA a Success at First EU-Russian Innovation Forum
Finnish based MeVEA took part in their first EU-Russian Innovation Forum which was held in Lappeenranta, Finland in May 2010. As MeVEA originated from the Lappeenranta University of...
MMD’s New High Capacity IPCC System
Having designed, built and installed the two highest track-mounted capacity fully mobile units in the world today, MS1 8000-10,000 tph of overburden commissioned in 2001 and OS1 6000 -8000 tph...
FLSmidth Gains Large Chilean Copper Order
FLSmidth has signed a contract worth in excess of $75m (DKK440m) with Minera Lumina Copper Chile for the supply of design, engineering, and process equipment for their Caserones copper...
Colibrys Contract Pewatron to Supply Motion Sensors
Colibrys has signed Pewatron as distributor for its standard motion sensors in Switzerland and custom products world-wide. Colibrys' partnership with Pewatron will strengthen its presence and...
Scope Systems Opens New Office in Queensland
Scope Systems is excited to announce the opening of their new office in Queensland. This office strengthens Scope Systems' commitment to providing optimum levels of customer service to new...
FLSmidth Gains Egyptian Operation and Maintenance Contract
FLSmidth has been awarded a contract from Egyptian-owned Wadi El Nile Cement Company for operation and maintenance of their 5,000t/day cement plant, being constructed approximately 120km south...
Innovative Haul Road Management
Haul roads can be a high value asset for mines much the same as the machinery fleet or personnel. Competent construction and good maintenance regimes can deliver substantial savings to haul...
Hansen Announces Notice to Special Shareholders Meeting
Hansen Transmissions International has announced that the notice to the Special Shareholders' Meeting, to be held on 24 June 2010 in Edegem, Belgium, has been published today and is now...
May 2010
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FLSmidth Gains Contract for Canadian Gold Plant Equipment
FLSmidth has received an order worth $49m (DKK275m) from Detour Gold Corporation for the supply of equipment for its Detour Lake gold plant in north-eastern Ontario, Canada. The open pit...
New Haul Truck Training Program Helps to Improve Operator Safety and Productivity
VISTA Training, Inc. (Waterford, WI, USA), a leading provider of safety training resources to the mining industry, recently released TruckLogic™, an innovative new haul truck...
Material Handling Order in Kuwait
FLSmidth has received an order worth approximately €34million (DKK250million) from Kuwait Cement Company for the supply of in-plant material handling equipment for the second production...
FLSmidth Awarded Contract for New Phosphate Rock Terminal in Jordan
Flsmidth has been awarded a contract worth approximately €70m (DKK520m) from Afcons infrastructure, India, which has signed a contract worth approximately $200m with Jordan...
Strata Mine Services and On Site Gas Systems Announce Strategic Partnership
Strata Mine Services and On Site Gas Systems have announced a strategic partnership to expand their mine seal construction and behind-seal inerting capabilities to provide a comprehensive...
Bestech Australia Unveils New Servo Control Hydraulic Tensile Testing Machines
Bestech Australia is pleased to present a new range of large horizontal servo control hydraulic tensile testing machines. These massive machines have load capacities of 500kN up to...
MMD Delivers New Sizer to Czech Operation
In 1999 MMD delivered and installed a 625 series sizer to a lignite operation in the Czech Republic. Now, more than ten years later, the same operation has increased their production targets...
MMD Provides First Sizers to Turkey
An order for a plate feeder and 2 MMD sizers has been received from the largest borate mine in Turkey. MMD sizers have been previously utilised in North American borate applications;...
Hansen Transmissions International Reports Q4 and Full Year 2010 Results
Hansen Transmissions International NV ("Hansen", "the Group" or "the Company", LSE ticker 'HSN') has announced its results for the three months ending 31 March 2010 and for the 12 months ending...
New Twiflex VCS MK 4 Caliper Brakes Engineered With 50% More Pad Area
Twiflex Limited's new technologically advanced VCS MK 4 caliper brakes have been engineered to provide a 50% increase in pad area, providing improved stopping and holding in a wide range...
FLSmidth to Work for New Phosphate Rock Terminal in Jordan
Flsmidth has been awarded a contract worth approximately €70m (DKK520m) from Afcons infrastructure, India, which has signed a contract worth approximately $200m with Jordan...
FLSmidth Receives Large Copper Order in Chile
FLSmidth has signed a contract worth in excess of $75m (DKK440m) with Minera Lumina Copper Chile for the supply of design, engineering, and process equipment for their Caserones copper...
Egyptian Operation and Maintenance Contract Awarded to FLSmidth
FLSmidth has been awarded a contract from Egyptian-owned Wadi El Nile Cement Company for operation and maintenance of their 5,000t/day cement plant, being constructed approximately 120km south...
FLSmidth to Supply Equipment for Gold Plant in Canada
FLSmidth has received an order worth $49m (DKK275m) from Detour Gold Corporation for the supply of equipment for its Detour Lake gold plant in north-eastern Ontario, Canada. The open pit...
FLSmidth Receives Copper Order in the Middle East
FLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth €49.5m (approximately DKK368m) from a company in the Middle East for engineering services and equipment for the expansion of a copper mine. ...
Introducing SPT's New High-Speed Continuous Gyro
Stockholm Precision Tools (SPT) has developed an inertial north-seeking gyro that is now ready for the world market. This new generation product is the result of many hours of hard work,...
Diemme Supplies Wastewater Treatment System to Mochovce Nuclear Plant
It is expected the doubling in size of Mochovce nuclear plant, Slovakia, being carried out by ENEL through its subsidiary company Slovenske Elektrarne, will be completed by 2013....
Diemme Filtration Sets Up Indian Office
After setting up bases in Chile, Australia, Russia and France, Diemme Filtration is now ready for the Asian market. We are establishing a fully autonomous company in India where specialists...
SPT Introduces Flexible Rental and Sales Options on a Range of Products
Since 1 October 2009 Stockholm Precision Tools (SPT) has been offering flexible rental and sales options for its GyroTracer, MagCruiser and other geophysical tools. Call SPT's sales team now...
Hansen Transmissions International to Publish Full-Year Results for 2010
Hansen Transmissions International, an established global wind turbine gearbox and industrial gearbox designer, manufacturer and supplier, with a leading position (by MW supplied) in the...
Wire Rope and Steel Core Belt Conveyor Inspection
IQS is now able to offer internationally approved inspection and condition monitoring technology for the inspection of wire ropes and belt conveyors. Using state-of-the-art technology, the...
Bruker Receives Contract from National Institute of Standards and Technology for N8 TITANOS
Bruker today announced that it has been awarded a $1.1 million contract to supply a customized N8 TITANOS™ large sample atomic force microscope (AFM) to the United States...
New Trailblazer Portable Groundline Includes 500ft of Conveyor in Towable Package
Superior Industries, a leading manufacturer of conveyor systems and components, introduces the Trailblazer™ portable groundline conveyor, a first-of-its-kind overland conveying system....
Core Systems Design Delivers Custom Drive and Tail Pulley Assemblies
Superior Industries, a leading manufacturer of conveyor systems and components, announces its new Core Systems™ Design program, which offers drive and tail pulley assemblies...
MeVEA Launches New Product Line of Training Simulators
MeVEA has announced three new training simulators. For different types of training; for beginners to professionals, MeVEA offers a basic, advanced and pro training simulator, which are based...
New Milestones Achieved by Local Engineering Contractor
South African engineering contractor Murray & Roberts Cementation has amassed a number of accreditations and achievements of late. Most significant among these is the impressive safety record...
Murray & Roberts Promote Safety Not by Default but by Design
"Safety is not a bolt-on, it's an integral, vital part of the entire business management process and the personal responsibility of each individual." This statement by Koos Oosthuizen,...
X-Ray Metrology Study of the SiGe Epitaxial Layer on a Patterned Wafer
Smaller, faster, and better are always the primary goals for the development of innovative semiconductor devices. Smaller, faster and more efficient – are the most important factors...
CiDRA Uploads Free White Paper
CiDRA's SONARtrac® process monitoring systems are a breakthrough in full-bore, non-invasive flow and entrained air / gas measurement technology. By installing on existing process...
Strata Safety Goes Wireless with StrataCommTrac System
Strata Safety Products is pleased to introduce a completely wireless, intrinsically safe digital communication and tracking system for underground mining, StrataCommTrac. StrataCommTrac is...
Customer Testimonial - APEX DUO
"In 1987 the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg established single crystal X-ray structure determination as a routine method using a...
Proximity Detection and Collision Avoidance with Strata Safety Products HazardAvert
Strata Safety Products LLC is pleased to announce a new distributorship agreement with Frederick Mining Controls of Huntsville, Alabama to offer HazardAvert® systems for proximity detection...
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Chemical Structures at the Touch of a Button with the SMART X2S
Modern research moves at breakneck speed. So should structure determination. The award winning SMART X2S produces 3D structures at the touch of a button, quickly, simply, and cost effectively. ...
Mining Company Makes New Moves with Merger
With the re-organisation of its mining division and the recent acquisition of consultants, Lower Quartile Solutions (LQS), South African-based global minerals processing group, DRA, is ready...
X8 Proteum: A Complete 2.0 A Lysozyme Data Set in 30 Seconds
The ability to quickly obtain diffraction information is extremely useful in structural biology labs. Whether characterising samples for an important synchrotron trip or...
ImPact Digital Tracking System Used for Underground Mine in Peru
A large gold mine in Peru is investing in their operations to ensure they are as safe and productive as possible. The engineers at the mine identified the significant benefits a tracking...
LEDs Light up for Safety
Light emitting diodes (LEDs) are fast becoming the technology of choice for lighting applications in the mining industry. These solid state devices have no moving parts, no fragile...
Update on Global Agreement between BASF's MEYCO Equipment Unit and Sandvik
In September 2009, BASF’s unit MEYCO Equipment and Sandvik Mining and Construction (Sandvik) signed an agreement on a global cooperation in the field of tunnelling and mining. According...
Delkor Signs Contract with Bakor Filter Ceramics
Delkor Technik has signed a representatives agreement contract with Bakor Filter Ceramics for the sale of Bakor products in the Delkor Global sales territories. Bakor offers...
Sepon Expansion Project Re-Started
After having a 14 month project suspension during which the mine was sold to the Chinese Minmetals Group, the Sepon Expansion Project has been re-started. Delkor is the supplier of the...
Delkor Belt Filter Replaces Dewatering Centrifuges in Indian Coal Preparation
Delkor India has recently commissioned India's largest horizontal belt filter for coal filtration at West Bokaro Coal washery III of Tata Steel. The Horizontal belt filter is also the...
Acquisition Enhances Range
The incorporation of solid and liquid separation company Delkor Global into Bateman Engineered Technologies (BET), the specialised equipment supply and bulk materials handling division of...
Earthmover Tyres to Show TMS at Hillhead 2010
Wakefield based Earth Mover Tyres is exhibiting the tyre pressure and temperature monitoring system TMS at Hillhead, stand R5. The system has been well received throughout South America and...
FLSmidth to Deliver the World's Largest Pipe Conveyor to Indian Customer
FLSmidth has been awarded its second coal handling order from NTPC this year. The contract from M/s. NTPC Tamil Nadu Energy Company, a joint venture company between National Thermal Power and...
PressurePro and PeopleNet Partner to Bring Market-Integrated Tyre Pressure Monitoring Capabilities
Advantage PressurePro, provider of the market-leading PressurePro tyre pressure monitoring products and technology has announced a partnership with PeopleNet, leading providers of...
Road Shoulders in Western Australia Benefit from PolyCom Stabilising Aid
Betta Roads director Paul Bright, the sole distributor for PolyCom stabilising aid in Western Australia, reports that the crew on the MRWA shoulder stabilisation job have taken to PolyCom...
Heavy Duty Linear Position Sensors Ideal for Hydraulic Applications
Position feedback devices are commonly implemented in hydraulic applications for monitoring the performance accuracy of actuators and cylinders to improve operational efficiencies. The...
Endress+Hauser Reveal a New Addition to the Prosonic Family
For over 40 years, Endress+Hauser has been the leading provider in the field of continuous level measurement with the ultrasonic measuring principle. With the new Prosonic T FMU30, a...
Endress+Hauser Introduces The New Liquiline CM442 Multiparameter Transmitter
When developing the new four-wire transmitter by Endress+Hauser, the central idea was to offer the user a maximum of flexibility along with the simplest opera-tion and maintenance....
Endress+Hauser's First Standardised Two-Wire Concept for Flow and Level, Increases Safety and Reduces Costs
In the process industry, the requirements for automation engineering are rising. Systems that are ever more powerful and more flexible, covering the entire range of metrological applications,...
Arthur Habermann to Attend bauma 2010
Arthur Habermann will be exhibiting at bauma 2010 in Munich from 19-25 April 2010, and would like to welcome you to hall B2, stand 106 for suction dredgers and hall C3, stand 107 for...
Phoenix Process Equipment To Exhibit at IFAT Trade Fair 2010
Phoenix Process Equipment will present their processing and dewatering technologies at the 2010 IFAT Trade Fair in Munich, Germany, from 13 to 17 September at Booth number 19 in the US Pavilion. ...
WAMGROUP® Introduces Online Machine & Equipment Testing
WAMGROUP® proudly introduces their new outdoor test plant in Ponte Motta, Modena (Italy) including a comprehensive webcam monitoring system. The test plant includes most WAMGROUP...
Micronics Engineered Filtration Receives Order from Gammon Gold for Fully Automatic Filter Press
The highly successful LASTA mining concentrate (MC) filter press distributed by Micronics is successfully dewatering mine tailings and mineral concentrates throughout the world. A proven...
CiDRA Successfully Monitoring Long-Distance Iron Slurry Pipeline
CiDRA Minerals Processing has announced today that it has successfully installed and commissioned SONARtrac® process monitoring systems at Minera Hierro Atacama, located in the...
JAMA TMB 420 Introduced to Provide Flexible, Efficient and Safe Drilling
The JAMA product family has been extended with a new member, the JAMA TMB 420. Like the rest of the red coloured JAMA machines, the JAMA TMB 420 is optimised for the tough demands of the...
BMA Establish a Project to Design and Install Wireless Networks at their Mining Operations
BMA established a project to design and install wireless networks at their many different mining operations. This challenging assignment had to provide infrastructure to sites as large as...
TECCO Mesh Used for Ground Support in Underground Mining
Geobrugg’s steel wire mesh TECCO®, which has a tensile strength of 1,770N/mm², pro-tects against rockfall, rock bursts and squeezing ground in underground mining and tunnelling. Tests...
Murray & Roberts Cementation Awarded Multiple Shaft Sinking Projects
Engineering contractors Murray & Roberts Cementation has been awarded a number of new shaft sinking projects in Southern Africa, as well as in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). ...
Chilean Project Marks Start of Group’s New Synergy
The mining contracting division of construction and engineering group Murray & Roberts, Murray & Roberts Cementation South Africa and Cementation Canada, have been selected as one of...
Murray & Roberts Awarded Multiple Shaft Sinking Projects
Engineering contractors Murray & Roberts Cementation has been awarded a number of new shaft sinking projects in Southern Africa, as well as in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). ...
Pacific Relines Awarded Mt Isa Reline Contract
Pacific Relines has once again proven that they are a world-class provider of mill reline services, offering first rate project execution with experienced, accredited and safe crews. This...
EMAG Awarded at Product of the Year 2009
The coal quality analyser, Gamma Natura, won in the 'automation/diagnosis' category at the Product of the Year 2009 competition, organised by the monthly Plant Engineering. The diagnosis...
EMAG recieves SEP Reccommendation Certificate
The Association of Polish Electrical Engineers (SEP) granted a recommendation certificate to EMAG and awarded the company for its activity with a medal of 90-years of activity with SEP. Some...
EMAG Wins Award at Exhibition of Inventions
EMAG has won three diplomas and the International Invention Achievements Award following its attendance at this year's Exhibition of Inventions. At the 107th edition of International...
EMAG's PASAT M Sells Across the Globe
The biggest Chinese institute engaged in mining problems and energy issues has bought EMAG-created mobile seismic apparatus, PASAT M. This is the second implementation of the device abroad. ...
Meet Wire Rope Industries at CIM 2010
Wire Rope Industries is a leading manufacturer of high-performance wire ropes for the mining industry. At this year's Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum conference (CIM...
Dragflow Appoints Eekels as its Sole Dutch and Belgium Distributor
Dragflow, one of the most qualified suppliers of heavy duty pumps in the mining and dredging industry with more than 25 years of experience, has enlarged its sales network appointing Eekels as...
Leister Process Technologies Present the New Weldplast S6
Leister is a world leader in the development and production of welding machines and hand extruders. Our engineers have used all their experience in the development of the new unit, which...
Arthur Habermann to Exhibit at bauma 2010
Arthur Habermann will be exhibiting at bauma 2010 in Munich from 19-25 April 2010, and would like to welcome you to hall B2, stand 106 for suction dredgers and hall C3, stand 107 for...
Road Contract Paves the Way to the Mining Sector: Mining Weekly
In its latest foray into mining projects, consulting engineering group Jeffares & Green (J&G) was appointed by construction firm WBHO Construction as the principal designer of...
AM Bromley Increases TMS Sales in South America.
Tyre pressure monitoring system, TMS, has been integrated with additional technologies by Santiago-based Aditiva to develop UMAN. UMAN is used by mine service company, Bailac, as part of...
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Hostile Environment Services Provides Medical, Security and Emergency-Response Services for Karara Iron Ore Project
The Western Australian-based company Hostile Environment Services (HES) has recently been awarded the contract for providing medical, security and emergency-response services to mine site...
New Updates to Ventsim Visual Released
Version 1.3 of Ventsim Visual has been released, containing some great new features, as well as improved usability and stability. The new version can be downloaded or updated from the...
3D Laser Mapping Strikes Gold in the Dominican Republic
3D Laser Mapping has delivered an advanced laser scanning system to help monitor the construction of a new gold mine in the Dominican Republic. Selected by the Pueblo Viejo Dominicana...
Allmineral to Exhibit Technology at 2010 Trade Fairs
Allmineral, the specialist in efficient mineral processing, will present new developments, machines and procedures at some of the world's most important trade fairs. Allmineral's machines...
Distribution Agreement with GijimaAST and Datamine Announced
Chasm Consulting, the developer and distributor of Ventsim Software, is pleased to announce a new distribution agreement with GijimaAST and Datamine. Ventsim Visual is now available through...
MEYCO Equipment Presents New Poca Spray Mobile
For the first time in Europe, MEYCO® will show its new MEYCO Poca spray mobile for small and medium size tunnels in hall C3, stand 113 at bauma, which will be hold on 19-25 April 2010...
Hansen Transmissions International Announces the Appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer
The board of Hansen Transmissions International is pleased to announce, with effect from 31 March 2010, the appointment of Alex De Ryck as chief executive officer (CEO) following the decision...
Medvet Achieves Australian Standard AS 4760:2006 Accreditation for Oral Fluid Drug Testing
Medvet Laboratories is pleased to announce its latest achievement in oral fluid drug testing. In January 2010 we were assessed by the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) for...
RER Secures Australian Rights to Turbo-Mist Evaporation Products
Resource equipment specialist RER Group (ASX: RGD) has announced that it has secured the Australian rights to the Turbo-Mist range of evaporator products in an exclusive three year initial...
EUROGOMMA Provides Polyurethane Screens and Polyurethane Screen Panels for Mines
EUROGOMMA is a manufacturer of polyurethane screens, including modular polyurethane screens and modular polyurethane screening panels, tensioned polyurethane screens and many other...
Verderflex Pump Chosen to Dose Carbon Slurry
A British-made Verderflex peristaltic hose pump has certainly proved excellent value for money for a Swedish energy and environmental technology company. It was chosen to dose carbon slurry, a...
Dragflow to Exhibit at BAUMA 2010 in Munich, Germany
We are pleased to announce that Dragflow will be exhibiting at the BAUMA 2010 international trade fair. The event will run from the 19th to the 25th April 2010, in Munich. On this occasion...
Ega Master Introduces New Mini Inspection Cameras with Wi-Fi Technology
Ega Master is soon to launch the latest outcome of its high-tech R&D team: new mini inspection cameras equipped with Wi-Fi technology. These are the result of Ega Master investing 7% of...
Ega Master Opens New Office in Singapore
Ega Master has recently established an office in Singapore that will act as its representative office for Asia. Under the leadership of Ronnie Ting, a well-known professional with nearly...
Watson-Marlow Pumps Group to Attend 2010 TOTAL Exhibition
Leading pump company Watson-Marlow Pumps Group will showcase its enhanced range of positive displacement pump technologies at stand 5673 at the 2010 TOTAL Exhibition. Following the...
SMC Makes Russian Connection
Southern Mapping Company (SMC) and Opten Solutions of Russia have signed a memorandum of understanding to further advance cross-border know-how and scope of work to expand on the offering...
Endress+Hauser to Demonstrate the World's First Replica Mobile Flotation Cell and Tailings Thickener
At the Bauma 2010 exhibition, to be held in Munich on the 19-25 April 2010, Endress+Hauser will introduce the world's only replica of a mobile flotation cell and tailings thickener, called...
Larox Provides Modernization Services for Filters
Technologies, filtration technology included, keep progressing. As a technology leader in solid-liquid separation, Larox continues to introduce new modernizations and upgrade products that...
Verderflex Dura Pumps to be Exhibited at Shows
The world's most advanced peristaltic hose pump, the Verderflex Dura, will be showcased at two exhibitions in Europe over the coming weeks with our international group distributors. At the...
Mine On-Line Service Introduces New Automated Drill Cuttings Sampling System
Mine On-Line Service's innovative automated drill cuttings sampling system, Autosampler, has a new, highly accurate cone-type sample splitter and an innovative sample-collection system,...
Verderflex's Pumps Utilised for Innovative FlexTreat System
CETCO Oilfield Services is working with Verderflex for the pump requirements in its FlexTreat™ system. The water treatment division at CETCO Oilfield Services specialises in the removal...
CiDRA Instrumentation Chosen to Modernize Major Iron Mine in Mexico
CiDRA Minerals Processing announced today that SONARtrac process monitoring instrumentation has been chosen for flow measurement on critical lines within Hercules MINOSA, located in Coahuila...
February 2010
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Gemcom Offers Innovative Performance Features with Latest Version of Surpac Geology and Mine Planning Software
Gemcom Software International, the largest global supplier of mining software solutions, today announced it has released Gemcom Surpac™ 6.2, the latest version of the world’s most...
TLT-Turbo Supplies Huge Fan for Chinese Wind Tunnel
TLT-Turbo recently supplied a huge fan for a wind tunnel to Tongji University in Shanghai. This fan has now been successfully commissioned. With a diameter of 8.5m, this is the...
Falcon Belt Splicing Presses Now Available in South America
Through our South American subsidiary All Rubber (Chile), Falcon conveyor belt splicing presses are now readily available in Latin America. All Rubber is able to offer full service and...
Pana-Pacific Takes Helm of OEM and CVS Distribution for PressurePro
Pana-Pacific Corporation is an established preferred supplier and engineering partner to the commercial vehicle (CV) market. Advantage PressurePro is a worldwide leader in tire pressure...
TLT-Turbo Successfully Exhibits at ISH Aircontec
TLT's building and ventilation business unit presented itself very successfully at last year's Frankfurt-based ISH Aircontec fair, which was held on the 10-14 March 2009. Many visitors...
Colibrys Releases New MEMS Accelerometer for Attitude Heading and Reference Systems
Colibrys has announced the release of its new MS9005, a ±5g range MEMS accelerometer, to complement its existing family of ±2g and ±10g products targeted primarily at...
RUD ERLAU's Mining Tyre Protection Chains Used to Combat Global Tyre Shortage
A fire at Bridgestone's tyre factory in Togichi, Japan, recently resulted in a shortage of tyres for large construction equipment. It became common to hear of expensive tyres and...
Bestech Australia's New System for Testing of California Bearing Ratio and Unconfined Compressive Strength
Bestech Australia has announced the introduction of a new system for the testing of compression strength of aggregate, cement and mortar. This includes the testing of unconfined...
RUD ERLAU Copes Well with Recession
RUD ERLAU's 130-year old history of industrial chain making has enabled it to cope well with the global recession. This is proven by a spate of recent orders, including the contract for...
FLSmidth Awarded Contracts for Vale Inco Project in Canada
FLSmidth has been awarded contracts from Vale Inco for the supply of comminution and sedimentation equipment for the processing plant project in Long Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada. The scope...
RUD ERLAU Delivers Mining Tyre Protection Chains to Chile
In 2009 RUD ERLAU, a designer and manufacturer of mining tyre protection chains, delivered and fitted over 50 of its TERRA PLUS products to mines in Chile. Several copper mines in the...
RUD ERLAU to Exhibit at bauma 2010
RUD ERLAU, a manufacturer and exporter of high-quality, heavy-duty wheeled mining tyre protection chains and components, is delighted to announce it will exhibit at bauma 2010, the...
Contector Wins International Award
With the JAMA SBU 8000 scaler, Contector won the Mining Magazine 2009 award in the category Underground Mining (Hard Rock) – Ancillary and Analysis. The annual Mining Magazine Awards...
Tunnel Radio Receives MSHA Approval for Mineax Digital Tracking
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) recently issued a new approval for Tunnel Radio of America's Model TR-MX-332 MineAx radio frequency identification device (RFID) tracking...
Trolex Appoints New Mining Sales Engineer
Alan Scott has recently been appointed as mining sales engineer for leading manufacturer of sensors for hazardous areas and mining safety, Trolex. Having previous experience as an...
Trolex Adds In-Line Vortex Gas Flow Sensors to Range
Trolex, one of the leading manufacturers of sensors and sensing systems, has just introduced an in-line version of its vortex gas flow sensor/transmitter. Designed for in-line flow...
New Era Launched For Trolex South Africa
Trolex, one of the world's leading manufacturers of gas sensors and sensing systems, has recently re-affirmed its long-term commitment to the South African mining market by further...
Advantage PressurePro and QA Technologies Announce Web-Based Fleet Management/TPMS System
Advantage PressurePro, a worldwide leader in tire pressure monitoring and TPMS technologies, is pleased to announce a new partnership with QA Technologies, a leader in internet-based...
Leaders in TPMS and CAN Technology Create Integrated Telematics System
Advantage PressurePro, a worldwide leader in tire pressure monitoring, is proud to announce to the market another first in TPMS advancement. Led by partners RM Michaelides, a worldwide leader...
Cavotec Connectors Continues Steady Expansion with New Premises in Southern Sweden
Heavy-duty electrical power connector and power unit manufacturer, Cavotec Connectors, continues its solid growth with the opening of new premises in Staffanstorp, southern Sweden. "We...
IFAP and Hostile Environment Services Partnership Takes Safety Training to New Level
IFAP is excited to announce its newest partnership in the training services arena: Hostile Environment Services has now joined IFAP in a collaboration that will provide industry with access to...
Ausco Answers Enviromental Challenge in $50 Million Gorgon Gas Project
Ausco Modular will take unprecedented steps to safeguard the ecology of Western Australia's Barrow Island, during a $50 million building project for Chevron Australia's Gorgon...
Sidrasul Chosen as New Distributor for Dragflow Mining and Dredging Equipment in Brazil
Dragflow of Italy, one of the most qualified suppliers of heavy duty pumps in the mining industry with more than 25 years of experience, has appointed Sidrasul as its Brazilian distributor for...
Aker Wirth to Deliver Tunnel Boring Machine for Swiss Hydroelectric Power Plant
Aker Wirth has been commissioned to construct and deliver a gripper tunnel boring machine (TBM) by the ARGE Zugangsstollen Limmern (AZL) consortium, which commissioned the Aker Wirth TBM and...
The Complete Inert Mine Seal Solution - Strata Mine Services and On Site Gas Systems
Strata Mine Services and On Site Gas Systems have announced a strategic partnership to expand their mine seal construction and behind-seal inerting capabilities to provide a comprehensive...
Peristaltic Dosing Pump Deployed in London Health Spa
Although only introduced last year, the Verderflex Aura peristaltic dosing pump is already making waves. This model is ideal for low-flow, high-pressure dosing applications and the facilities...
German Chamber Filter Press Manufacturer Uses Verderflex Industrial Hose Pump
The benefits of using a UK-manufactured Verderflex peristaltic pump to remove yeast from fermented wine are manifold. This peristaltic pump is self priming, dry running, provides constant flow...
Verderflex Receives ISO 9001:2008 Qualification
Verderflex has considerable manufacturing aptitude and its Basildon factory exemplifies the company’s ability to design and manufacture special tube pumps. Its application knowledge and...
Gemcom Announces Appointment of New Executives to Senior Management Team
Vancouver, Canada — Gemcom Software International, the largest global supplier of specialised mining productivity solutions, today announced that it has appointed to its senior...
PolyCom Stabilising Aid Proves Ideal for Maintenance of Unsealed Roads
During maintenance and planning of a road one of the main considerations is the in-situ conditions and proximity of suitable materials. The most common problem in the selection of a...
EPSA Re-Engineers Faulty Service Vehicle at Thiess' Mount Owen Coal Mine
With more than 70 years' experience in all areas of mining, including coal, open-cut and underground, the Thiess group is regarded as a world-class mining service provider mining in excess ...
EPSA Hands Over First Block Oil Storage Pump
March 2009 represented a milestone for Energy Power Systems Australia (EPSA) with the handover of the first locally designed, engineered and manufactured block oil storage pump for...
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Top Employer Award Goes to Aker Wirth
Leading equipment supplier, Aker Wirth, is one of the best small-to-medium-sized enterprise (SME) employers in Germany. ‘Top Job’, was awarded to Aker Wirth because of the exceptionally...
Lidar Technology Supports Sishen Mine with Expansion Plans
Sishen Mine, owned by Kumba Iron Ore, is one of the world’s seven largest open-pit mines, and is still expanding. To assist the company in planning for increased production, Southern...
New Technology Supports Africa's Mining Potential
Africa produces more than 60 metal and mineral products and is a major producer of several of the world’s most important minerals and metals including gold, diamonds, uranium, manganese,...
Southern Mapping Company Lends a Helping Hand towards Environmental Sustainability
With concerns about global warming and the damage of carbon emissions on the rise, companies across the globe are starting to be more proactive in finding ways to become 'greener'...
Hansen Releases 2010 Third Quarter Interim Management Statement
Hansen Transmissions International (Hansen) today announced its interim management statement for the third quarter, which ended on 31 December 2009. The financial information reported in...
DSA Delivers Defensive and 4WD Training to Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Kalgoorlie-based companies can now have defensive and 4WD training delivered locally by Driver Skills Australia (DSA). Mike Elliot has joined the team as the new Kalgoorlie-based trainer...
Colibrys Selects Treffer Technologias as its Brazilian Distributor
Colibrys (Switzerland) has appointed Treffer Technologias as Brazilian distributor for its complete range of MEMS motion sensors. Brazil and South America more widely is recognised as a new...
Lebus International Engineers Publishes Latest New Bulletin
Lebus International Engineers, established in 1962, has released its latest news bulletin to the Mining-Technology website. The seventh bulletin includes the Det Norske Veritas' (DNV)...
3D Laser Mapping Partners with Brazilian Surveying Specialist
3D Laser Mapping has appointed CPE Technologia to act as a reseller of SiteMonitor, the specialist mine safety monitoring system. Founded in 1974, CPE has established a reputation as a leader...
Murray & Roberts Cementation Develops New Shaft Sinking Methodology
Murray & Roberts Cementation is currently engineering a new shaft sinking methodology for its African operations that will see an increase in the safety and productivity of shaft sinking...
3D Laser Mapping Showcases StreetMapper at GEO-10
GEO-10 combines a trade exhibition that has seen some of the most significant product launches and announcements over its 12-year history. With two days of conference, a packed programme of...
New Synthetic Oil Provides Long-Lasting Protection to Wire Rope
Lubrication Engineers introduces Wirelife™ Almasol® Syn coating lubricant, an extremely tacky, non-asphaltic synthetic lubricant with exceptionally high film strength. Perfect...
New Australian Coal Mine Goes Digital for Underground Communications and Tracking
Whitehaven Coals has chosen two of Mine Site Technologies' (MST) core systems to provide a complete communication solution for their new Narrabri North coal mine. The overall...
Lubrication Engineers Adds Low Tox Product to its Wire Rope and Chain Line
Lubrication Engineers has introduced its newest lubricant solution: Wirelife™ Low Tox® penetrating lubricant, ideal for marine environments and other applications where...
Komatsu Excavators Buyer Uses Crisp Airgineering Cabin Pressurisers
Working in the recycled, environmentally friendly green world has its challenges. When it comes to the recycling of some chemicals, odours and fumes can be a hazard to the employees. ...
Hansen Announces Guidance Adjustment For Financial Year 2010
Since early 2009, the volatility and challenges impacting the near term wind market have been reflected in Hansen Transmissions International’s financial results, most recently in the...
AngleStar Precision Digital Inclinometer for Angle Measurement
Bestech Australia presents the AngleStar electronic protractor system from Sherborne Sensors. This precision inclinometer is a ready-to-use, standalone system for angle measurements. The...
Devico Opens Test Holes for Borehole Survey Instruments
Devico has now opened two test holes for borehole survey tools at their head office in Norway. The holes consist of a 250m long horizontal borehole for testing of non-magnetic instruments, and...
Geraldton Emergency Response and Safety Training Centre Brings Skills and Savings to Mid West Australia
In March 2009 one of the largest new mining projects in the Mid West Australian region, the $1.8 billion Karara Iron Ore Project, joined forces with the Central West TAFE for the...
Aker Wirth Gains Top Employer Award
Aker Wirth, a leading equipment supplier, is one of the best small-to-medium-sized enterprise (SME) employers in Germany. ‘Top Job’, was awarded to Aker Wirth because of the exceptionally...
Larox and Lappeenranta University of Technology Enhance Filtration Technology
"Without wanting to boast, we offer the best expertise in separation technology in Finland," states Professor Antti Häkkinen from the department of chemical technology at Lappeenranta University...
PolyCom Stabilising Aid Makes Airstrip Maintenance and Construction Easy
Road and airstrip maintenance and construction, particularly in remote areas, is made easier and more cost-effective with the PolyCom stabilising aid. The new PolyCom stabilising aid...
Retriever Communications is Lead Sponsor at the FSM Expo 2010
Retriever Communications will exhibit at the Field Service Management (FSM) Expo 2010 to be held at the Australian Technology Park in Sydney. The FSM expo is the only event in...
Airstrip Maintenance and Construction Made Easy with PolyCom Stabilising Aid
Road and airstrip maintenance and construction, particularly in remote areas, will become easier and more cost-effective with PolyCom stabilising aid, the new and extremely versatile...
Allmand Introduces V Series Vertical Tower for 7.5kW, 8kW, 15kW and 20kW Generator Maxi-Lite Models
Holdrege, Nebraska, US — Allmand Bros has now added the increasingly popular V series vertical light tower configuration as an option for its ML 7.5, ML 8, ML 15 and ML 20 Maxi-Lite...
Allmand Maxi-Lite EX Series to Feature Vertical Tower
Holdrege, Nebraska, US — Allmand Bros introduces the increasingly popular V series vertical light tower configuration as a standard feature for its Maxi-Lite EX series light towers. The ML...
Aker Wirth Awarded as Top Employer
Aker Wirth is one of the best small-to-medium-sized enterprise (SME) employers in Germany. In comparison to the numerous companies competing for the title, ‘Top Job’, was awarded to Aker...
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Medvet Laboratories Raises Australia’s Drug Testing Standards to New Level
Medvet Laboratories has raised the bar in drug testing, becoming the first in Australia to receive full accreditation by the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA). ...
FLSmidth Strengthens with Acquisition of SVEE
FLSmidth has acquired the assets of Summit Valley Equipment & Engineering, located in Salt Lake City in Utah, USA, effective 16 December 2009. Summit Valley Equipment & Engineering...
CPE Places Order for Tenova TAKRAF Bucket Wheel Excavator
Leipzig — Tenova TAKRAF has obtained the turnkey contract for the supply of one SRs 2000 bucket wheel excavator for the coal mine extension operated by the Zhahanaoer branch of the...
FLSmidth Acquires Summit Valley Equipment & Engineering
FLSmidth has acquired the assets of Summit Valley Equipment & Engineering, located in Salt Lake City in Utah, USA, effective 16 December 2009. Summit Valley Equipment & Engineering...
Verderflex Hose Pumps Add a Positive Charge
Sermat is a battery factory for the automotive market based in the city of Bahia Blanca, Argentina. Founded in 1961, Sermat grew its reputation through stringent quality control standards in...
Rema Tip Top South Africa Acquires Shares in Dunlop Industrial Products
Rema Tip Top South Africa has announced its acquisition of shares in Dunlop Industrial Products, the holding company of Dunlop Belting Products, thereby placing South Africa on the map as a...
Winder Refurbishment Reduces Delivery and Costs for Gold Mine
Johannesburg-based winder consulting company, DRA Technical Services (DRATS), has secured a contract for the refurbishment and delivery of two winders for the Burnstone gold mine near Balfour...
Latest Acquisition gives Rema Tip Top South Africa More Muscle in Corrosion Protection Market
South African producer and supplier of corrosion protection rubber sheeting, Rema Tip Top South Africa, has acquired Specialised Rubber Products (SRP), a local company operating in the same...
Tenova TAKRAF Surface Miners Released in Australian Iron Ore Mine
Two Tenova TAKRAF surface miners TSM 300 supplied to HWE Mining have been released for production at the Yandi Iron Ore Mine in Western Australia. During the initial start-up and...
Alimak Supplies Underground Lift for Voskhod-Oriel’s Chromium Mine
In 2008, Alimak Hek of Sweden signed a contract to provide an Alimak rack and pinion-driven lift for Voskhod-Oriel’s chromium mine, located in the Khromtau district, Republic of Kazakhstan....
Sepro Announces Involvement in Vancouver Seminar
Sepro Mineral Systems is pleased to announce the ‘Strategies for Mineral Recovery through Enhanced Gravity’ seminar will be taking place at the Vancouver Marriott on January 29, 2010, from 8am...
Lubrication Engineers Releases Paper on Lubricant Consolidation Benefits
Lubrication Engineers, suppliers of specialist, heavy-duty lubricants ideal for use in extreme, heavily loaded mining applications, has released a free white paper on the benefits of...
SPT Succeeds with North-Seeking Gyro Survey Tool
High above the deep valleys and canyons in Colorado’s Piceance Basin, Frank Westcott, the president of Colorado-based Native Navigation, faces a challenge. He’s listening to his...
Gyro Survey Tool Outshines MEMS Survey Instrument
With millions of dollars on the line, even the smallest mistake can cost precious time and money. In the drilling industry mistakes cost more than money; they can result in significant damage to...
BASF Launches Highly Ecological Tail Sealant
BASF Construction Chemicals, one of the world’s leading suppliers of technical solutions for tunnel boring machines (TBMs) in underground construction, has launched new MEYCO® TSG 26. TSG 26...
SRK Australia Turns 15
Leading multi-disciplinary consulting firm SRK Australia is recruiting again after a hiatus in the first half of 2009. If the past 15 years is anything to go by, the new arrivals can expect to...
CiDRA Awarded Additional Mine Expansion Contract in Chile
CiDRA Minerals Processing announced today that they have been awarded, through Bechtel Chile, an additional contract to supply SONARtrac® process monitoring systems to Minera Los Pelambres...
November 2009
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FLSmidth Receives Copper Order in Peru
FLSmidth has signed a contract with Chinese-owned Minera Chinalco Peru for equipment for its Toromocho copper mine in the Morococha mining district, about 140km east of Lima, the capital of...
FLSmidth Gains Peru Copper Order
FLSmidth has signed a contract, valued at US$30 million (DKK 150 million), with Chinese-owned Minera Chinalco Peru for equipment for its Toromocho copper mine. Toromocho is located in the...
UNICEF Contract for Protan
Protan has won a long-term contract with UNICEF for supply of pillow tanks and ancillary equipment. Steinar Langedahl is an employee of Protan, specialising within Protan's investment in...
Protan Celebrates 70th Anniversary
Protan is a distinctive company with an extraordinary history. During the past 70 years, we have built the foundation for today’s Protan Group. A glimpse at our product history ...
FLSmidth Awarded Vietnamese Coal-Handling Contract
FLSmidth has won a contract with state-owned LILIAMA Vietnam Machinery Installation for the supply of a coal-handling facility, worth approximately $40 million (approximately DKK 200 million)....
FLSmidth Wins Material-Handling Contract in Vietnam
FLSmidth has signed a contract worth approximately $40 million (approximately DKK 200 million) with state-owned LILIAMA Vietnam Machinery Installation for the supply of a coal-handling...
Murray & Roberts Cementation In Large Backfill Contract
One of the deepest backfill operations in the world is to be upgraded to accommodate advanced mining methods at Gold Fields' South Deep gold mine. South Deep, a fully mechanised deep level...
Protan Acquires Enterprise in Oslo
Protan has signed an agreement with Torgersen & Høgseth. The purchase is the result of Protan’s desire to strengthen its position in the central region of Østland, particularly within...
The City of Eagan Chooses Verderflex Peristaltic Hose Pump for New Wastewater Treatment Plant
When the City of Eagan in North Minnesota, US, required a pump capable of accurately dosing 15% sodium hypochlorite ('hypo') for its new wastewater treatment plant, Verderflex was able...
Haulmax Releases 90m³ Body for Extended Haulage of Lightweight Materials
Haulmax has released a large capacity rear dump body for its 3900 Series, designed for hauling light materials. At a capacity of 90m³ (118 cubic yard), the body incorporates a...
Hansen Releases Statement Regarding Secondary Placing
Hansen Transmissions International NV (Hansen) notes the announcement made today by AE Rotor Holding (AERH), a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Suzlon Energy (Suzlon), regarding the...
Bestech Australia Presents Range of Pore Pressure Gauges
Bestech Australia presents the KP series of pore pressure gauges from TML, Japan. These devices are used to measure pore water pressure in ground, sheet piles, piles, boreholes etc. The...
DRA Increases Turnkey Project Offering
DRA's small projects (turnkey) have now become an integral part of the DRA Mineral Projects profile. This is in response to a need in our clients' mineral processing requirements, which...
QMASTOR Expands South African Client Base
QMASTOR announced today that its subsidiary QMASTOR Africa has signed a four year contract with the Barberry Group. The contract covers the licensing of QMASTOR's Pit to Port software including...
BNT Nordic Continues To Expand
BNT Nordic continues to expand by opening a subsidiary in Hungary for the Eastern European market. BNT Eastern Europe will provide the same line of business as BNT Nordic — stockholding...
Kador Increases Lifting Capacity
November sees the installation of two new 35t overhead cranes in the heavy fabrication bay of Kador's Sherwood workshop, replacing two old 25t cranes. This investment demonstrates...
Volclay Under Construction
DRA, a specialist in coal mining and washing projects, is currently in the construction phase of the sand processing plant, designed for the Volclay 100tph chromite foundry. Located in...
Kador Continues Lean Initiatives
Kador Engineering has enrolled more than 30 staff in a competitive manufacturing course. The project will run for about 15 months and will be based around its core manufacturing processes. ...
3D Laser Mapping Appoints South American Distributor for SiteMonitor
3D Laser Mapping has appointed GEOCOM to act as Chilean representative for its high-tech laser scanning systems. With over 20 years’ experience in providing advanced solutions for field...
DRA Designs Dorstfontein Coal Washing Facility
DRA is currently designing a 400tph coal washing facility for Total Coal South Africa's Dorstfontein project in Kriel. The project will include an export stockpile and withdrawal facility as...
Gemcom Addresses Industry’s Need for Simpler Scheduling Software
Gemcom Software International, the largest global supplier of specialised mining productivity solutions, today announced that it has released Gemcom MineSched™ 6.1, the latest version of...
October 2009
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Verder Pumps Solve Printing Bubbling Problem
Peterson Packaging, a company based in Denmark, had been experiencing problems when transferring ink from storage containers to rollers on its print machines. The air diaphragm pumps the...
CiDRA Wins Additional Contract in Mexico
CiDRA Minerals Processing announced today that they have been awarded, through M3 Engineering & Technology, an additional contract to supply SONARtrac® process monitoring systems to...
FLSmidth Wins Coal Handling Project in India
FLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth approximately €35 million (DKK 260 million) from Coastal Gujarat Power for the supply and construction of a coal handling system for the...
FLSmidth Awarded €35 Million Coal Handling Project
FLSmidth has won a contract worth approximately €35 million (DKK 260 million) from Coastal Gujarat Power for the supply and construction of a coal handling system for the company's Ultra...
Property Developers and Road Contractors Benefit from PolyCom Stabilising Aid
PolyCom treated water is of great benefit during the initial phase of construction projects. Mine developers, civil roadworks contractors and subdivision specialists benefit from reduced water...
Dragflow Introduces New Mining Pump
Dragflow electric pumps line has grown with a new model especially designed for the mining market. The new pump, called EL25S, is an evolution of the well-known model EL25, widely used in...
Gallagher Channel Partner Awarded ‘Integrated Security Solution of the Year’
Gallagher Channel Partner, 20-20 Vision, has won the 'Integrated Security Solution of the Year' award for the Cardax FT and Veracity integration at the Security Excellence Awards in the UK. ...
Hansen Reports Q2 and First Half Results for the 2010 Financial Year
Edegem, Belgium and London, UK - Hansen Transmissions International ('Hansen', 'the group' or 'the company', LSE ticker 'HSN') has announced its results for the three months ending on 30...
CiDRA Appoints Operations Manager for Oilsands Business
CiDRA Oilsands has recently appointed Perry McKechnie as operations manager. He will be responsible for and manage all field service operations and related client interactions in Ft....
Optalert Highlights Drowsy Driving Warning Signs
"Drowsy driving" episodes are quite commonly reported by drivers in the general community and by professional drivers. A recent population-based survey in USA indicated that 37% of the...
Optalert’s Tailored Solution Eliminates Drowsy Driving
There is a broad consensus among regulators of road safety that "falling asleep at the wheel" is among the most important causes of road crashes. These crashes typically involve a single...
Tyre Pressure Monitoring System Saves Ferrybridge Time and Money
The foresight to fit their Terex TS40 motor scraper with a tyre pressure monitoring system (TMS), as part of a tyre-management programme with Wakefield-based Earth Mover Tyres, has...
Townlands: More Space to Breathe
Anglo Platinum's Rustenburg Section is currently undergoing an era of change with a number of reserve replacement projects still underway to extend the life of some of the oldest platinum mines...
Hansen Transmissions to Publish Results
Hansen Transmissions International NV (LSE ticker "HSN") will publish its results for the three months ended 30 September 2009 and for the six months ended 30 September 2009 on Monday 26...
3D Laser Mapping First to Equip Kenya with Advanced Laser Scanner
Mining operations in East Africa are set to benefit from the latest laser mapping technology following the purchase of a high-specification laser scanner by Kenyan firm Ramani...
KSW-2000E: A New Generation of Longwall Shearers
Dynamic restructuring in the Polish mining sector and requirements of the global mining industry have contribute to new challenges for mining machinery manufacturers, including producing...
CiDRA's SONARtrac® Flow Monitoring Technology Selected by BHP Billiton's Worsley Alumina Refinery
CiDRA Minerals Processing, together with KROHNE Australia, has announced the successful completion of a trial at BHP Billiton's Worsley Alumina Refinery, one of the biggest and most...
Hostile Environment Services Wins Gold at IFAP Safety Awards
On 1 October, West Australian safety training, emergency personnel and equipment company Hostile Environment Services (HES) was awarded the IFAP / CGU Gold Safe Way Award. The awards...
Drakes & Associates Increases Mining Products and Services
Drakes & Associates, Inc. (DAI) has finalized the expansion of their headquarters located in OH, USA by acquiring an additional 4,500ft² of office space, leasing a further 50,000ft²...
Laser Scanning Robot Maps Historic Tin Mine
Nottingham, UK - A revolutionary laser scanning robot has been used to create a highly accurate 3D model of an historic tin mine in Cornwall. Developed by Jobling Purser RSV with support from...
SGS Designs Maintenance-Friendly 3MW Drive Units
St Ingbert – SGS Sonder Getriebe Service has designed maintenance-friendly 3MW drive units for overland conveying systems, for one of the leading materials handling equipment manufacturers....
Drillog PDL of Nigeria to Improve Drilling Efficiency
Drillog Petro-Dynamics Limited (PDL), a 100% Nigerian company, is the leading oil and gas drilling service company in Nigeria, specializing in directional / horizontal drilling, rotary...
Bestech Provides Laser Sensor and Line Scanner for Tunnel or Shaft Profiling
Often it is necessary in mining to profile a tunnel or shaft to evaluate its size and structural integrity. This can be achieved with Acuity's AR4000 laser sensor and line scanner unit,...
QMW Industries Releases the New Q~ROPS
QMW Industries, Australia's market leader in the design, testing and supply of certified roll over protective structures (ROPS) to ISO3471-2008 and AS2294.1, has recently announced the release...
Gekko Founders Win Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Sandy Gray and Elizabeth Lewis-Gray of Gekko Systems were this month announced as winners of the Technology, Communications, E-Commerce & Life Sciences section in the Southern Region...
CFD Modelling Demonstrates Inline Pressure Jig's Capabilities
Recent modelling by Dr Chris Solnordal, from the world-leading computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling team at the CSIRO in Melbourne, has provided more information and answers as to how...
Gekko Sales Manager Wins Award
Gekko Systems' Sales Manager, Jennifer Abols, was presented with the prestigious 'Bill Moore Special Achievement Award' during the gala event at the recent CMP Conference in Ottawa, Canada....
New Thor Trax™ Mobile Track Systems
Thor Global announces the addition of the new Thor Trax™ mobile track system to their standard line of products. This independent system is a versatile solution for moving equipment...
PolyCom Stabilising Aid Provides Cost-Effective Road Maintenance for Unsealed Roads
Road re-sheeting is budgeted for and programmed as standard practice in most unsealed roads, but there is a cost-effective alternative. PolyCom stabilisation can be utilised in many...
September 2009
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Tough at Subzero Temperatures and Highly Loadable Spur Gear Units
Five spur gear units from SGS Sonder Getriebe Service will be running in a Russian mineral processing plant in the future. As double unbalance exciters, they will drive the vibrating screens in...
First Sepro Scrubber Installed in North America
Sepro Mineral Systems was recently awarded a project to supply a 2.4m x 4.2m - 110kW Sepro scrubber to Lehigh Materials, a division of Heidelberg Cement. The unit will be installed in their...
Gemcom Releases New Human Logistics Product for Gemcom InSite
Belo Horizonte, Brazil and Vancouver, Canada - Gemcom Software International, the largest global supplier of specialised mining productivity solutions, announced at EXPOSIBRAM 2009 that it...
Gemcom and AIG Team Up on Education Initiative
Perth, Australia – Gemcom Software International, the largest global supplier of specialised mining productivity solutions, today announced that they have teamed up with the Australian Institute...
PHOENIX Process Equipment Appointed Exclusive US Distributor by Diemme
PHOENIX Process Equipment of Louisville, Kentucky (US), is delighted to announce its appointment as the exclusive US distributor for Diemme recessed chamber and membrane filter presses...
KATI Releases Drilling and Measurement Services Brochure
KATI, a Finnish company that specialises in the core diamond drilling of ore, has released a free white paper on its drilling and measurement services for the mining industry. KATI has...
Discover the World’s Most Efficient Hose Pump at WEFTEC
After the startling success of the initial Verderflex Dura range of peristaltic pumps, GPM Pumps is delighted to announce the launch of the Verderflex Dura 35 as the latest addition to this...
ASMG Creates Database of Templates for Mining and Earthmoving Equipment Glass
Australian Specialised Machinery Glass (ASMG) has created its own database of templates for mining and earthmoving equipment glass. We have glass in stock for R2900 loaders, Axera DU07...
UK-Designed Aggregate Scrubber Delivered to Canada
Sepro Mineral Processing, Shenfield, UK, was recently awarded a project to supply a 2.4m x 4.2m - 110kW Sepro scrubber to Lehigh Northwest Materials, a division of Heidelberg Cement. The unit...
New GyroSmart Survey Tool on the Job in Kevitsa
The KATI survey tool kit was expanded lately by the new GyroSmart tool. The new tool makes it possible to complete deviation surveys even in old drill holes. No drill rig is needed on...
Axera D07 Front and Rear Windscreens Now in Stock
Australian Specialised Machinery Glass has announced that the Axera D07 front and rear windscreens are now in stock. For further information, please contact Australian Specialised Machinery...
Immersive Technologies Bucks the Economic Trend with Record Production Levels
In a climate that has left many businesses carefully weighing their options, Australian company Immersive Technologies is staying the course, creating strong financial growth and confirming...
P&H and Immersive Technologies Renew Exclusive Alliance
Immersive Technologies and P&H Mining Equipment d/b/a P&H MinePro Services have renewed their exclusive alliance for advanced training simulators development. The formal licensing...
Global Best Practice Driven Forward by AE Simulator Users and Immersive Technologies
Immersive Technologies has held its largest and most successful simulator User Group Forum to date. Themed operator optimization, the three-day event provided Immersive Technologies' customers...
3D Laser Mapping Launches Advanced Mine Safety Monitoring System
3D Laser Mapping has launched a new safety monitoring system that automatically detects tiny movements in slopes and walls in open pit mines. Using advanced laser scanning technology, the...
CiDRA Supplies Instrumentation to Major Mine in Peru
CiDRA Minerals Processing announced today that they have successfully installed and commissioned SONARtrac® process monitoring systems at Minera Antamina. The SONARtrac systems will...
Gekko Appoints R&D Manager
Gekko Systems is pleased to announce the appointment of Tim Hughes as research and development manager. Tim Hughes is Gekko's newly appointed R&D manager and is the latest member to join...
AusIMM Narrow Vein Mining Conference: President Talks About the Future of Mining
The mine of the future will be underground, predicts keynote speaker, Peter McCarthy, at the AusIMM Narrow Vein Mining Conference held at Ballarat, in the Australian state of Victoria. The...
PHOENIX Releases New Brochure on Thickening and Dewatering Technology
PHOENIX Process Equipment, a manufacturer of a variety of high-quality systems for slurry thickening and dewatering, and fine particle wet classification and separation, has released a free...
Kador Delivers Dragline Tee Section Upgrade
Kador's Carole Park workshop recently delivered a new tee section for a Bucyrus 8200 dragline upgrade. The contract was to fabricate, trial-assemble, weld, heat-treat and paint the eight...
Kador Receives Order to Design and Manufacture Coal Dump Bodies for Clermont
Kador has received an order for the design and manufacture of seven dump bodies for the Komatsu 830E trucks at the Clermont Mine in central Queensland. These bodies will each carry 220m³...
Secoroc TRB – Making Chips out of Soft Rock
Atlas Copco Secoroc presents the all-new Secoroc TRB drill bit range - the latest in soft rock drilling. Aimed at production drillers, this unique drill bit offers a greater penetration rate...
Watson-Marlow Acquires Maso Process-Pumpen from Sundyne Corporation
Watson-Marlow, a world-leading positive displacement pump manufacturer, has acquired the German MASO / sine pump manufacturing business from MASO Process-Pumpen and Sundyne Corporation. The MASO...
ASMG Introduces New Laminated Polycarb Layered Windscreen
Australian Specialised Machinery Glass (ASMG) is proud to announce a new addition to its product line. The laminated polycarb layered windscreen is an ideal safety item that should be...
Geoimage Offers Discount on Quickbird Satellite Imagery
Geoimage is pleased to announce a discounted rate on Quickbird imagery for orders placed before 30 September 2009. The new rates are effectively: 50% off Quickbird archive imagery 25%...
Gekko Inline Leach Reactor Successfully Commissioned at Ares Mine
The successful commissioning of the inline leach reactor (ILR) 10000 Batch Manual at the Ares Mine in Peru scores some world-first honours. It is the largest batch machine commissioned in the...
Colibrys Launches MEMS Tilt Sensor
Colibrys has announced the release of one of the world's highest-stability, ±3g, full-range, commercially available accelerometers, the RS9003.A. Featuring micro g bias stability...
Gold Plant Ramps up to 50t/h
The development and installation of a Python 200 unit, operating at 20t/hr, has resulted in a decision by Johannesburg-listed goldmine, Central Rand Gold (CRG), to order and install two...
Gekko Gravity Gold Plant Offers Unique Design Features
The Gekko gravity recovery system, "consisting of rougher and scavenger IPJs and a cleaner unit", at Ballarat Goldfields' Woolshed Gully site works in a closed circuit with a vertical...
IPJ Recovers Angolan Diamonds
The Angolan diamond industry is set to benefit from the introduction of Gekko Systems' inline pressure jig (IPJ). Plans to expand SDM's Janange 1 plant in the Lunda Norte region of...
Olympus Pacific's Bong Mieu Gold Mine Begins Production
Following the successful commissioning of Olympus Pacific Minerals' Bong Mieu gold mine in December, the company is already ramping up from 500t/day to 800t/day in the first half of this year....
Latest Version of Gemcom Whittle Delivers Capabilities Required to Develop More Robust Mine Plans
Gemcom Software International, the largest global supplier of specialised mining productivity solutions, today announced that it has released Gemcom Whittle™ 4.3, the latest version of...
Gekko's Services Manager, Leon Dickinson, Visits Customers in Australia, Africa and South America
Leon Dickinson, Gekko's services manager, writes: "Since the last edition of The Gekko Update, my site visits have included Ghana and South Africa on the African sub-continent, as well as...
Pogo Bounces Forward
Treatment facilities at the first major greenfields mine to be developed in North America in almost a decade are starting to take shape, with an Australian processing equipment...
Gekko's Inline Leach Reactor Proves a Success at Jundee
The Gekko inline leach reactor (ILR) at the Jundee site was installed in 2005 by Proteus Engineers and has been consistently achieving in excess of 90% recovery with over 95% availability. The...
Gekko Systems Sells Five Additional ILRs to San Jose
Gekko Systems, Australia's leading developer of mineral-processing equipment, announced today that South American mining company, Minera Santa Cruz, has ordered five inline leach reactors...
Barrick Gold Places Order for Gekko's Inline Leach Reactor
Toronto-based Barrick Gold has placed an order with Australian supplier Gekko Systems for an automatic inline leach reactor (ILR) for use at the Tulawaka project in Tanzania. Barrick tested...
Newcrest Chooses Gekko's Inline Leach Reactor
Gekko Systems' inline leach reactor (ILR) continues to demonstrate its strength as the world leader in intensive leach technology with new installations contracted for mines in Western...
Australian Technology Optimises Gold Recovery at Kencana
Gekko Systems has recently supplied an integrated gravity/leach circuit for the Kencana Project which consists of a new, very high-grade gold and silver underground ore body at the Gosowong...
Modular Gravity Pre-Concentration - Reducing Plant Size and Operating Cost
Pirquitas is Silver Standard’s recently commissioned silver, tin and zinc mine located in Jujuy, a province situated at 4,500m in the Argentinian Andes. Gekko designed and installed...
Gekko's Services Manager, Leon Dickinson, Visits Customers in Australia and Asia
During the 12 months that Gekko's services manager, Leon Dickinson, has been with the comany he has prioritised visiting a large number of Gekko customers on-site. He has travelled...
Seebach and Tech-Trading Sign Distribution Agreement for Seebach Filters
Vellmar – Seebach, which has its head office in Vellmar, Germany, and Tech-Trading, which is based in Katowice, Poland, have signed an exclusive distribution agreement for Seebach filters in...
August 2009
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Gemcom Delivers End-to-End Software Solution for Coal and Other Stratified Deposits with Release of Gemcom Minex 6.0
Gemcom Software International, the largest global supplier of specialised mining productivity solutions, today announced the release of Gemcom Minex™ 6.0, the only integrated...
L&H Industrial Re-Launches Website
L&H Industrial, a manufacturer, remanufacturer and distributor of aftermarket parts and services for electric mining shovels, draglines and blast hole drills, has re-launched its website. ...
Anglo American Selects CiDRA SONARtrac® Process Monitoring Technology for Los Bronces Mine
CiDRA Minerals Processing announced today that Anglo American, a global leader in mining, has selected SONARtrac® flow monitoring systems for use in critical slurry lines in their Los...
Devico Training New Field Personnel
Devico is very happy to welcome three new candidates to the Devico team. They have joined the busy training school and are at work in Devico's brand new workshop where they will specialise...
QMW's Rollover Protective Structures and Falling Object Protective Structures make the Mining Industry Safer
Since 1984, QMW has been helping to make the mining and construction industries safer through its rollover protective structures and falling object protective structures. In many ways, QMW has...
QMW Industries Expands Into North Queensland with MACS Engineering Alliance
QMW Industries has appointed the MACS Engineering Group as its new truck rollover protective structures (ROPS) and falling object structures (FOPS) distributor in Queensland. QMW Industries...
Dragflow to Exhibit New Pump Range at Katowice 2009
Dragflow, a leading company in heavy-duty pumps manufacturing, will participate in 'Katowice 2009', an international fair for the mining, power industry and metallurgy industries, with its...
Safe TBM Tunnelling Under Urban Areas
BASF Construction Chemicals, one of the world's leading suppliers of technical solutions for underground construction, has announced the organisation of the BASF TBM conference 2009 from 5...
Verderflex OEM Pump Chosen for Methadone Dosing
For several years a supervised methadone dosing service has been available to recovering drug addicts. Available in pharmacies, rehabilitation centres and prisons, this allows the patient...
The Biggest Underground Mining Contractor By Far
Although not unaffected by the downturn, Murray & Roberts Cementation remains South Africa’s biggest underground mining contractor by a wide margin, with a workforce that is almost twice as big...
Hepburn Engineering To Attend Upcoming Mining Trade Shows
Hepburn Engineering, a leading supplier of mine hoisting systems, is pleased to announce that we will be exhibiting at EXTEMIN 2009 (within PERUMIN Mining Convention), from 14-18 September...
DustChek for Dust Control and Water Saving in Mining and Quarry Operations
Thousands of dollars are spent on haul road construction to ensure stability and reliability for haul traffic, but sadly the effort often falls short of really producing a durable finished...
Superior Industries Unveils New Look Website
Superior Industries, a leading manufacturer of conveyor systems and components, launched a redesigned website this week. Filled with bigger, better pictures, a newly enhanced dealer...
MEYCO® Global Underground Construction Introduces Thin Spray-On Liner
The MEYCO Global Underground Construction business of BASF is strengthening its portfolio in North America for underground coal mining with the introduction of a new, elastic polymer-based...
New Transfer Conveyors Designed for Maximum Setup and Takedown Efficiencies
Superior Industries, a leading manufacturer of conveyor systems and components, introduces a three-unit conveyor system designed to bring a whole new level of efficiency during loading...
FLSmidth Wins Another Alumina Project in India
FLSmidth has received an order worth approximately DKK100m from Anrak Aluminium India for a gas suspension calcination system. The equipment is for Anrak's 1.5 million tonnes per year...
Expansion and Relocation of SIEMAG M-TEC²
In early 2010, SIEMAG M-TEC² GmbH will move. Its new premises will be located in close vicinity to highway A45 by Haiger, about 20km south of the present site. This relocation of the...
TRACKWEIGHT Brings Live Loading Data
TRACKWEIGHT brings live loading data directly from the loading machine into your computer. How? Data are sent to the internet directly from your loader and then collected from any computer in...
Helper 21 Portable Four Wheel Scale Becomes Legal for Trade
With the Helper 21 loader scale approved for sales purposes in Europe, customers can now count on a portable four wheel legal scale to have anywhere a material loading and sale is...
New Product, Terraloc MK8, is Launched
Terraloc MK8 is the successor to Terraloc MK6, a seismograph that runs completely under Windows without compromising the excellent casing it has inherited. A lot of the physical features...
Product Launch of Terrameter LS
The Terrameter LS is a completely new concept of geo-electrical equipment. The instrument itself lets you check your data on site in the field thanks to a large, 8.4in colour screen that...
Allmineral Speeding Ahead - Continued Expansion with New Subsidiary Company in India
Just four years after its successful entrance into the Indian market, Allmineral GmbH & Co KG is continuing its plans for expansion into India by opening a subsidiary company. Allmineral Asia...
July 2009
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VEI Group Releases Free White Paper
VEI Group has released a new white paper called Loader Data Transferral Software. The company provides state-of-the-art on-board weighing systems to mining and other industries,...
Hansen Transmissions - Interim Management Statement for the First Quarter of Financial Year 2010
Hansen Transmissions International NV ("Hansen", "the Group" or "the Company") yesterday announced its Interim management statement for the 3 months ended 30 June 2009. Highlights Q1...
MEYCO Underground Construction Team Expands Horizons
BASF Construction Chemicals is pleased to announce that the underground construction team, formerly known as UGC International, now acts as MEYCO Global Underground Construction. Its...
New EUROGOMMA in West Africa
EUROGOMMA is proud to announce that a new EUROGOMMA has been established in Accra, Ghana. The Ghana office will provide support to our clients in West Africa where EUROGOMMA has close...
PolyCom Stabilising Aid Used to Upgrade the Subgrade
A recent major project undertaken by BioCentral Laboratories' Queensland distributor Phil Turley, of the Seals Group, was a large industrial development and sub division. PolyCom, a...
BNT Nordic Releases Free White Paper
BNT Nordic has released a free white paper about its range of VSI crushers. In 2007, BNT Nordic successfully launched the Techroq "T" series range of crushers. Contributions to the...
New Flexiprobe Deflection Switch Has No Limits
Trolex has just launched a brand new version of its proven Flexiprobe multi-purpose limit switch which has extensive applications in the mining, coal and quarry industries. With its...
Latest News from Leading Rock Crushing Company - BNT Nordic
Over the past two years BNT has been involved in the Swedish Machine Expo in Stockholm, exhibiting products and meeting customers. BNT has expanded its product layers with more spare parts...
Methane Monitoring Takes on a New Importance
The advance of methane recovery monitoring equipment technology is helping mining companies to improve safety and generate new revenue. Phil McClean, senior engineer at gas sensing...
SRK Becomes First International Mining Consultancy to Open Permanent Office in Sweden
SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd has become the first international mining consultancy to open a permanent office in Sweden. The office is in Skellefteå, a coastal town at the head of Skellefte...
Crinum Underground Coal Mine Installs Digital Tracking System
The Crinum mine is located in the Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia, and is operated by the BHP Billiton-Mitsubishi Alliance. The operation comprises the Gregory open cut operation and the...
Utkal Alumina Awards $41m Contracts to FLSmidth
FLSmidth Minerals has received $41m (DKK220m) of orders from Indian company Utkal Alumina International Limited for a bauxite grinding and a mud washing plant. Design, engineering,...
Lords of the Ring: Metso Impresses Customer with Large Kiln Project
Kiruna, in the northernmost part of Sweden, is a remote region that is home to the iron ore pelletising plant at Svappavaara, which is owned and operated by LKAB. As an international...
FLSmidth Wins Alumina Project in India
FLSmidth Minerals has received orders worth $41m (DKK220m) from India-based Utkal Alumina International Limited for a bauxite grinding and a mud washing plant. The contracts include...
CiDRA Minerals Processing Instrumentation Chosen for Major Mine in Bolivia
CiDRA Minerals Processing Inc announced today that SONARtrac process monitoring instrumentation has been chosen for the flow measurement on critical lines within the Minera San...
SRK Poised to Grow with Argentinian Mining Industry
The Argentinian mining industry may still be small compared with Australia, Canada and Chile, but SRK Consulting believes it has huge potential. VS Consultores (VSC), a Buenos...
SRK Opens Second Chinese Office
Increasing opportunities in China have convinced leading consulting group SRK Consulting to open a second office in the country, in Nanchang. The new office in Jiangxi Province represents a...
ABB Wins $28 Million Mining Order in Canada
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced that it recently won a contract valued over $28 million from Terrane Metals Corporation. The contract includes the delivery...
Australian Mining Services Company Signs Agreement with China Coal Research Institute
GroundProbe and the Shenyang Branch of China Coal Research Institute (SYCCRI) have signed an agreement to bring world leading Slope Stability Radar technology into Chinese mines. The use of...
GroundProbe Sponsoring the Rock Slope Stability 2009 Symposium and Exhibition
GroundProbe is proud to announce that it is a sponsor of the Rock Slope Stability 2009 Symposium and Exhibition to be held in Santiago 9-11 November, at the Universidad de los Andes. This...
June 2009
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Murray & Roberts Cementation Brings Its Raiseboring Experience to Selebi North Shaft
Murray & Roberts Cementation has secured two contracts at BCL Limited's Selebi North Shaft in Botswana. Both contracts are related to the deepening of the existing shaft to access the ore body at...
UG2 Circuit Commissioned Ahead of Schedule
During the first half of 2009, commissioning of the Pilanesberg Platinum Concentrators progressed well with the completion of the cold commissioning of the UG2 section. This milestone...
SRK Opens Jakarta Office
SRK Consulting has opened a new office in Jakarta in a move aimed at cementing a stronger foothold in the expanding Indonesian mining market. The office expands existing ties to the...
SPT's MagCruiser HT Goes East to West
The newly introduced MagCruiser HT™ by SPT is a new and improved high temperature version of the MagCruiser™. Sales of the instrument have now gone global, reaching as far east...
Mimosa Mine Upgrade Completed
The 14-day test of Phase 5.5 of the expansion project at Mimosa Platinum Mine in Zimbabwe, a joint venture between Implats and Aquarius, has been completed. This stage included the second...
Dragflow to Participate in Extemin and Exposibram in Latin America
Dragflow, a well-known manufacturer of submersible dredging pumps for mining applications, will participate in two of the most important exhibitions in Latin America for the mining...
Hansen Transmissions Announces Appointment of John Deutch as Second Nominee Director
At the annual shareholders meeting held on 25 June, the resolution to appoint John Deutch as the second (non-executive) nominee director of Hansen Transmissions International NV was passed. ...
Leading Downhole Measurement Tools Company Now Has a Distributor for the Mexican Mining Sector
Stockholm Precision Tools AB (SPT) is a Stockholm-based Swedish company that designs and manufactures downhole survey tools and supplies to the world's major oil, gas and mining companies...
BASF Introduces Injection Portfolio for Underground Coal
The Underground Construction Group (UGC) of BASF Construction Chemicals (North America) today announced the launch of its new polyurethane and urea silicate injection portfolio for the coal...
SRK Group Celebrates 35 Years in Business
After 35 years in business, SRK Consulting has plenty of reasons to be excited about the future. Established in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1974 by three talented and...
Superior Manufactures Long Lasting Primary Belt Cleaner
Superior Industries, a leading manufacturer of conveyor systems and components, manufactures a durable belt scraper designed for extended cleaning power and fewer change-outs. Packed with...
Shenhua Coal Liquefaction Valves a Resounding Success
The SchuF Fetterolf Group has successfully installed the world's most advanced diverter and control valves in the Shenhua coal liquefaction plant in Inner Mongolia. Coal Liquefaction is...
BASF Launches 'Expanding Horizons' Campaign For Underground Construction
BASF Construction Chemicals, one of the world's leading suppliers of technical solutions for underground construction, has now launched its new campaign and introduced its new identity for...
CiDRA Minerals Processing Supplies Instrumentation to Major Mine in Chile - Collahuasi Selects SONARtrac Systems for Water Lines
CiDRA Minerals Processing announced today that SONARtrac process monitoring instrumentation has been chosen for flow measurement on critical water lines within the Collahuasi mine in Chile....
Hansen Transmissions: Rule 2.10
In accordance with Rule 2.10 of the City Code on takeovers and mergers, Hansen announces that, as at the close of business on 15 June 2009, it has a share capital of €17,966,814.57. The...
DustChek Success at the Minerva Mine in Queensland
Phil Turley, the Dustchek distributor in Brisbane, has reported on the recent success of DustChek Dust Control at the Minerva Mine in Queensland: The road surface is tight and smooth and...
Business Heats For McQuaid Engineering In Chile
For the duration of this week McQuaid Engineering will be exhibiting their range of products for the mining sector at the 13th International Exhibition for Latin American Mining, 15-19...
Morgantown Machine & Hydraulics Becomes Exclusive North American Distributor for Seebach
Seebach GmbH, with its head office in Vellmar, Germany, and Morgantown Machine & Hydraulics (MMH), a subsidiary of Swanson Industries, both based in West Virginia, US, have signed an...
Major Innovations Announced In Remote Control of Large Robotic Equipment
One of the major issues faced by companies operating large moving machinery is safety and the avoidance of collisions with other moving or static equipment or objects. Transmin, a successful...
Ishigaki and Micronics Enter Into a Cooperation and Distribution Agreement
In March Ishigaki Company Ltd., Tokyo, Japan and Micronics, Inc. entered into a cooperation and distribution agreement. Micronics will market the Ishigaki line of equipment. Micronics...
Kador's Completion of SEBBA Body Fabrications
Kador recently delivered the first of a quantity of dump bodies being manufactured for SEBBA International. SEBBA is the product design and development arm of Queensland-based Swift Group...
Kador Helps Put a Lid on Municipal Landfill Problems
Kador is helping municipal landfill operators put a lid on their costs and environmental problems through the manufacture of WasteWell Environmental's Landfill Lid. WasteWell have designed...
Kador Implements 5S Housekeeping System
Kador, with the help of Brisbane-based consultancy QMI Solutions, recently introduced the 5S Housekeeping System across its three workshops. The 5S system is a structured, systematised...
McQuaid Attend M&T Expo Brazil
Northern Ireland based manufacturer and supplier McQuaid Engineering will this week attend the largest M&T Expo ever held. It will take place in Sao Paulo, Brazil 2-6 June. By visiting one of...
Gallagher Security Management Systems Appoints New Training Manager for Americas
Jeff Roach, Ed.D, has joined Gallagher Security Management Systems as the company's new training manager for Americas. Formally the technology training and instructional design manager at...
Larox Helps Customers Reduce Costs
There are many ways to reduce costs and Larox is committed to helping customers reach their most ambitious cost saving and productivity targets. Larox's comprehensive and safely implemented...
Larox Establishes a Subsidiary in China: Local Service for the Growing Filtration Market
Larox reinforced its presence in the growing Chinese market by establishing a subsidiary near Shanghai in the beginning of 2009. The subsidiary manufactures and sells Larox filters and...
Goedgevonden Coal Mine is Up and Running : Mining Weekly
The Goedgevonden project has seen the development of a major new Greenfield, opencut thermal coal mine. The project is expected to produce an estimated 3.1m tons of export thermal coal...
Larox's Efficient Filtration Technology Can Save Money and the Environment
Larox filters and filtration solutions help customers meet growing environmental requirements and tightening environmental legislation. In addition to savings in energy and water, the amount...
Larox's Hoesch Fast Opening Filter Press Redesigned
Larox has created the platform for large scale pressure filtration in mining applications in response to the increased need for tailings and fine iron ore filtration. The latest development,...
May 2009
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Dustcheck to Join Tyre Crunch: Cost-Efficient Haulage and Tyre Management Forum, 6 August to 7 August
We are pleased to announce Dustcheck will be joining the Tyre Crunch: Cost-efficient Haulage and Tyre Management Forum, which takes place from 6 August to 7 August, as an associate partner. ...
Bruckner and Seebach Form Joint Venture in India
On 2 January the Brückner Holding Gesmbh and the Seebach GmbH formed the joint venture Brückner Seebach Filter Solutions India Pvt Ltd, with its head office in Pune, India. ...
Hansen Transmissions Publishes New Documents
Hansen Transmissions International has announced that the following documents have been published today and are now available on the Hansen website: Annual financial report 2009, for...
CiDRA Wins Major Mining Contract in Mexico
CiDRA Minerals Processing announced today that they have been awarded, through M3 Engineering & Technology, a contract to supply SONARtrac process monitoring systems to the Peñasquito project....
A New Addition to MQ Selector Grab Range: The HL3045 from McQuaid Engineering
McQuaid Engineering have extended their MQ range of selector and demolition attachments with the launch of a new heavy-duty uni grab. The latest addition is the HL3045 Selector Grab,...
Comprehensive and Targeted Education Enhances Safety and Increases Productivity
Safety awareness programmes need to be more than just lip service to be effective. At the core of any good safety programme is a carefully considered and planned educational process which...
Thermoset Releases Free White Paper
Thermoset, an established world-class manufacturer of wet disc brake components, supplies its range of high quality components to a diversified customer base for a variety of...
Safety Programme in North American Open Pit Mines Enhanced With Slope Stability Radar Technology
GroundProbe North America established operations in the US in 2005 and since then has sold or leased its Slope Stability Radar systems to 17 mine sites. The sites are owned by major...
Diemme Filtration Wins Contract for Maintenance of the State-Of-The-Art AMORAS Antwerp Port Project
Diemme has been awarded by SeReAnt (a joint venture with Dredging International-Deme Environmental Contractor-Jan De Nul-ENVISAN) a very important supplying of Membrane Chamber Filter Presses...
Dragflow Introduces New Electric Mining Pumps
Dragflow is proud to present its new electric pump range. Many years of experience in the mining and dredging section have lead us to develop new electric pump models to fulfil customer requests. ...
Colibrys Savours the Success of its OTC 2009 Attendance
Colibrys would like to express its gratitude to those that visited the company's stand at OTC 2009, the world’s largest offshore resources industry event. The event was held between the 4-7...
DustChek Makes Haul Road Maintenance Simple in WA Mine Site
Paul Bright, our distributor in Perth, Western Australia (WA), for sales and support of our DustChek product, has reported ongoing success in remote-area mining operations. Two years...
Cidra Trial Is Success in the World’s Largest Copper Mining Company
CiDRA Minerals Processing announced the successful completion of a trial done in two mine sites of Codelco-Chile, the world’s largest copper mining company. The trial was conducted by...
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies/John Meunier Commissions Its First Biostyr® Baf at the Ravensview Wastewater Treatment Plant in Kingston
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies/John Meunier is proud to announce the start-up of its first BIOSTYR biological aerated filter in Canada at the Ravensview wastewater treatment plant...
Contract Mining Company Spending Above National Average on Training
Mining, engineering and construction contracting company Murray & Roberts Cementation remains committed to the development and training of its base of over 11,000 employees despite the...
Verder Can Stop Your Business Losing Thousands
Not all companies go out of their way to find the best solution for a pumping problem. Verder Pumps SA (VPSA) director Keith Gass said: "At VPSA, we know all pump types have advantages and may...
Vale Makes Major Investment in Simulation Training
Brazilian mining heavyweight Vale has underlined its commitment to recruiting and training local people at its major new Moatize coal project in Mozambique with a significant investment in...
Why Spain Offers Opportunities for Innovative Australians
Travelling from Barcelona via Valencia and west to Madrid, the tremendous infrastructure achievements over the past decade of European Union investment are breathtaking. The Mediterranean...
April 2009
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Verder’s New Engineered, Air-Powered Diaphragm Pump
Verder’s new engineered, air-powered diaphragm pump offers: Non-lubricated air valve – can run dry without damage Non-stalling operation – delivers smooth reliable flow Handles abrasive...
Minera Chinalco Chooses ABB to Supply Gearless Mill Drive Systems for New Copper Mine in Peru
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced that it recently won an order from Minera Chinalco Peru SA for the delivery and installation of three complete gearless mill...
CiDRA Announces New Canadian Subsidiary
CiDRA has announced the creation of a wholly owned Canadian subsidiary, CiDRA Oilsands, to provide complete product and service solutions to the oilsands industry in western Canada. On June...
Dragflow Presents New Dredges Catalogue
Dragflow was born at the end of the 1980s as a manufacturer of heavy-duty submersible agitator pumps specifically designed for handling slurries with a high content of abrasive solids. As...
Hansen Exhibits at Hanover Fair, 20-24 April 2009
Hansen will be exhibiting at Hanover Fair 2009, which takes place Hanover, Germany, on 20-24 April 2009. The display of Hansen Transmissions' industrial business activity at the Hanover...
Hansen Launches Series of Monobloc Gearboxes
Hansen Transmissions Industrial has extended its product portfolio of industrial gearboxes with the Hansen M-Series, a complementary range that caters for optimised application requirements...
CiDRA Wins Major Mining Contract in Chile
CiDRA Minerals Processing announced today that they have been awarded, through Bechtel Chile, their third expansion contract to supply SONARtrac® process monitoring systems to Minera Los...
Gekko Systems Tackles Global Warming
Gekko Systems is proud to announce it will further its environmental credentials by tackling global warming head on using novel adaptations of its two most successful technologies. In the...
ContiTech Buys Serbian Conveyor Belt Company Univerzal Kolubara
The ContiTech Conveyor Belt Group, Northeim, has purchased Serbian conveyor belt company Univerzal Kolubara. The acquisition was concluded on 6 April. Heinz-Gerhard Wente, a member of...
New Engineered Air-Powered Diaphragm Pump
Verder's new engineered air-powered diaphragm pump has the following features: Non-lubricated air valve - can run dry without damage Non-stalling operation - delivers smooth reliable...
Well Trained Personnel Equals High Levels of Safety
Murray & Roberts Cementation has safety as its primary objective and this requires a completely different approach to mining activities and, in particular, to shaftsinking activities. ...
Colibrys Exhibitions 2009
Colibrys is frequently exhibiting in the USA, in Japan and in Europe. This is a great opportunity for us to present you our products and to exchange very valuable information with you. Please...
Atlas Copco Takes Full Ownership in Focus and Prisma in India
Atlas Copco (India) has exercised an option to buy the remaining 75% of shares in Focus Rocbit and Prisma Roctools. The acquisitions will strengthen the Group’s position in the market for...
DRA Acquires Holley & Associates
As of the 1st March 2009, the DRA Group acquired all the shares in Holley & Associates (H&A). From a strategic perspective this extends and strengthens DRA’s offering to include in-house civil...
March 2009
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CiDRA Wins Flow Contract with Major Potash Supplier
CiDRA Minerals Processing announced today that one of the largest potash producers has chosen CiDRA’s SONARtrac® flow monitoring systems as their preferred technology for use on the...
Hansen Delivers First Gearbox from Chinese Facility
Hansen Transmissions International, an established global gearbox designer, manufacturer and supplier with a leading position in the wind turbine gearbox market, has announced that it has...
Superior Industries Names New Dealer in Florida
Superior Industries, a leading manufacturer of conveyor systems and components, has announced that Ring Power is its new, exclusive equipment dealer throughout the state of Florida. Ring...
Introducing the Pump Shield
The pump shield is designed to minimise the intake of shot crete fibres by cleverly keeping the intake beneath the floating fibres. It also protects the pump from drill fines by keeping the...
Introducing the Pump Shield
The pump shield is designed to minimise the intake of shot crete fibres by cleverly keeping the intake beneath the floating fibres. It also protects the pump from drill fines by keeping the...
Newmont Gold – Leeville Mine in Nevada Goes Digital with MST
Newmont Gold is the world’s largest gold miner and as such is always looking for operational improvements to keep their mining operations at the forefront of efficiency, as well as...
Dragflow to Exhibit at Mining World – Moscow, Russia
We are pleased to announce that Dragflow will be exhibiting at Mining World. The event will run 15-17 April 2009 at the Crocus Expo in Moscow, Russia. On this occasion the company will...
PolyCom Stabilising Aid for Mine Ramps and Haul Roads
PolyCom Stabilising Aid allows the use of on-site materials, in many cases reducing the need to haul expensive crushed material. Slippery haul roads can be improved significantly with the use...
Aquaboost Green Irrigation Additive for Mine and Quarry Landscape Rehab
Australian-made Aquaboost Green irrigation and planting supplements are suitable for mine rehab and re-vegetation projects, landscaping, planting etc. Aquaboost slows the movement of...
FLSmidth Signs Material-Handling Contract in Germany
FLSmidth Minerals has signed a contract worth close to €40m (DKK300m) with German-based Hoesch Spundwand und Pro