Press Release Archive
Archive of corporate news from the global mining industryPress Releases By Date
May 2013
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Powerscreen Welcomes DUO as a New Distributor for Ghana
Powerscreen, one of the world’s leading providers of mobile crushing and screening equipment, is delighted to announce the signing of DUO Africa as their first distributor in Ghana. DUO Africa...
Powerscreen Winning Gold in Sochi for the 2014 Olympic Games, Russia
Powerscreen distributor in European Russia, Kwintmadi-Lonmadi, has been helping local contractors fulfill material requirements in advance of the 2014 Winter Olympics in the southern city of...
Sprung Structures Releases Mining Brochure
Sprung Structures, a company that has achieved international recognition by providing shelter solutions for thousands of different applications in over 90 countries around the world, has released...
EXAIR’s New Catalogue 26 Offers Even More
EXAIR's new Catalogue 26 is our best offering yet; a full colour technical guide offering solutions to common industrial cooling, drying, conveying, blowoff, cleaning, coating, and...
Cytec Releases Free Flotation Recovery White Paper
Cytec has released a white paper on its novel family of collectors designed for the flotation recovery of precious and base metals from primary and secondary...
Rajant Names Cesar Benavides Regional Sales and Service Director - South America
Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh Networks and provider of proven, multi-frequency mesh networking solutions, today announced the addition of Cesar Benavides to the position...
Richard Jay Laundry Equipment Receives Outstanding Achievement Award from Maytag Commercial Laundry
Richard Jay Laundry Equipment of Brisbane, Australia, recently received this year's Outstanding Achievement Award during Maytag Commercial Laundry's 55th Annual Meeting in Amelia Island, Fla....
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...
Visit Southwestern Scale at the Haulage & Loading Show
Southwestern Scale is proud to announce its attendance at this year's Haulage & Loading show at the Wigwam Resort in Phoenix from the 19th to the 22nd of May...
Cattron Group International Releases Free White Paper on Mining Technology
Cattron Group International, a manufacturer of technologically advanced underground communication systems and portable radio remote control systems for mining applications, has released a...
Large Gear Units for Powerful Crushers
The raw materials industry plays a strategically important role around the globe. ThyssenKrupp Fördertechnik manufactures a mobile crusher system for excavated material to be used in an iron...
Cirlock Releases Next Generation Group Isolation 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...
Another Loesche LM 56.2+2 C/S goes to Arequipa, Peru
Yura S.A. has again chosen to place an order with Loesche America for a Clinker / Additives grinding plant, which will be installed in Arequipa, Peru, at 2,600m above sea...
Top Gun Paintball Announces Special Offer for Team Building Paintball Bookings
At Top Gun Paintball, we recognise the importance of work performance and the value of friendship that is created by fun team building exercises....
Reliability and Maintenance News: Spare Parts Classification
The definition of 'spare parts classification' can fluctuate depending on the vision and / or focus assumed at any given...
Wheel Wash Systems Make Jobsites into Good Neighbors
Rain for Rent’s portable, high-performance and cost-effective wheel wash systems from MobyDick eliminate jobsite track out and protect public...
Largest CiDRA Flowmeter Installed in Peru
CiDRA Minerals Processing Inc. announced today the successful installation of the largest SONARtrac system in Peru, the largest flowmeter in Peruvian...
Rajant to Demonstrate High-Bandwidth, High-Availability Networking Solutions for Mining, Oil & Gas at CIM 2013 Convention
Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh Networks and provider of proven, multi-frequency mesh networking solutions, will showcase its Kinetic Mesh Networking solutions at the...
Peristaltic Pumps Play Key Role in Rectifying the pH Balance of Mine Water
This article looks at peristaltic dosing pumps used as part of the process to rectify the pH balance of acid mine...
Oxifree Releases Free White Paper
In the mining industry the effects of corrosion and particle contamination have long been a costly factor in production. Roller bearings and gear boxes are particularly affected, greatly...
New Results Lead to a Dimensioning Concept for Rockburst Protection Systems
Rockburst means stress-induced loosening of rock mass in tunneling and...
Atlas Copco Releases Hurricane Booster White Papers
Atlas Copco manufactures high-quality boosters for high-pressure air and gas compression under its Hurricane...
Atlas Copco Goes Green with New Range of Electric Loaders and Trucks
Atlas Copco is launching a range of underground loaders and trucks with electricity as the primary power source. The new range, introduced as The Green Line, includes seven products: two...
ABB Wins $10m Mine Hoist System Order in Ukraine
The state-of-the-art mine hoist system will help Kryvyi Rih (Krivoj Rog) iron ore plant's Zarya Mine increase productivity while lowering energy...
Cytec to Present Recent Developments in Phosphonium Ionic Liquid Technology for the Lubricant Industry
Cytec Industries will share its innovative CYPHOS® phosphonium ionic liquid chemistry at the upcoming Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) in Detroit, MI, May 5-9...
Cytec Industries Features Composite Parts at SAMPE’ Spring Conference
Cytec Industries will feature a range of advanced composite and process material at SAMPE's Spring Conference in Long Beach, California May 6-9,...
April 2013
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MTG Announces the Launch of a New Range of Products for Mining and Construction
During Bauma Munich 2013, MTG will be displaying its optimised solution for electric cable...
Three-Pack Universal Electrical Lockout Devices Now Available from Cirlock
A new three-pack of electrical lockout devices is now available from Cirlock. All lockout devices in the UCL-PACK are designed and made exclusively in Australia by...
Loesche Invited to a Coal Seminar in Cairo
Together with A TEC / GRECO, Loesche invited the interested clients in the region to participate in a seminar on coal grinding in Cairo on 19th March...
Holcim Orders Loesche Vertical Roller Mill
Holcim once again chose a Loesche Mill and ordered a LM 56.4 for their cement plant in Guayaquil,...
Ausrocks Newsletter No 13: Underground Space Workshop; Weather Stations; Stag Tipper Trailer
Over the last three months most of our clients have had more rain than they normally get in a year. This has affected both quarry demand and associated supply but further flood and cyclone...
MTG Launches the New ProMet II Bucket Protectors
MTG announces the launch of a new range of hammerless front bucket protectors for its acclaimed system...
Groundbreaking Performance with New Dyno Nobel Mobile App
Dyno Nobel has launched an Explosives Engineers' Mobile App for iPhone or Android. The app equips users with a full range of blasting tools that help optimise the blasting experience in the field....
Strategic Alliance Created for Transfer Point Technologies
Two global innovators in bulk material handling technologies have formed a strategic alliance specifically to design and manufacture state-of-the-art conveyor solutions for engineered transfer...
Reliability and Maintenance News
There are many different documentation tools for root cause...
Reutech Delivers First MSR060 in South America
Reutech is proud to announce the delivery of the first MSR060 series in South...
Telestack Mobility in Heap Leaching Application
Telestack has recently installed a fully mobile system in South America. The project consisted of seven mobile link conveyors feeding a radial telescopic stacker from a mobile crusher in a...
Donaldson Announces New TopSpin HD Heavy-Duty Pre-Cleaners
Donaldson Company, a leading, worldwide manufacturer of filtration systems and parts, is pleased to introduce the TopSpin HD, the company's newest air...
$1.1m Water Treatment Project Complete
Local engineering specialist Procon has completed the installation of a $1.1-million water separation system for international mining giant Vale's S2-billion Moatize coal - mining project, in...
IDS Slope Monitoring Radar Supports the Prediction of a Massive Slide at Bingham Canyon
At IDS we are proud to announce that our technology has aided KUC technical staff in the quest to increase mine safety and protect the lives of their...
Complete Integration with Carlson Machine Control and Atlas Copco’s FlexiROC™ with HEC3 Drills
Installation and testing has recently been completed at the Atlas Copco factory in Örebro, Sweden, on the first system integration of Carlson Machine Control's CBx5 control box console...
Minco Pipe Announces Affiliation with Raw Commodities
As a supplier to the worldwide metals and mining industries, Minco Pipe of Longview, Texas, is pleased to announce the affiliation of Raw Commodities as a representative and stocking distributor...
Meet Ammann at Bauma 2013 in Munich
Ammann will present its extensive product portfolio with many new developments in the area of compaction machines, asphalt pavers and mixing plants at Bauma 2013 in...
Verderflex Peristaltic Industrial Pumps Excel in Diverse Applications
Verderflex® industrial peristaltic pumps are extremely robust pumps, ideal for heavy duty operations on intermittent or continuous duty...
Atlas Copco Launches Five New Underground Products at Bauma in Munich
Atlas Copco is launching five new products for underground construction and mining applications at the Bauma 2013...
Devico, the leader in Directional Core Drilling
Devico, the leading provider of directional core drilling services, has increased its capacity for the worldwide mining, tunnelling and geotechnical industry with more professionally...
MTG Launches the First iPad App of the Wear Parts Sector for Earth Moving Machinery
Mining and construction sites are often located in remote places with limited connectivity. Our clients, partners and company representatives often experienced difficulties reaching...
Top Gun Opens New Ruins-Themed Paintball Field
After four months of development and building, our new Ruins field is now open. This exciting paintball field is one-of-a -kind in Australia, featuring a maze effect and bombed-out...
Global Trends in the Aluminium Market from Rusal, Alcoa and Hindalco
To what extent has the economic outlook changed and what are the implications? How does the outlook for producers differ due to their geographic location? How will emissions legislation in...
Ammann Opens Proprietary Plant in Brazil
The first asphalt mixing plants are already being assembled at the Ammann plant even though the final founding documents were only signed at the end of...
ABB Wins Order to Supply Complete Mine Hoist Systems to Uralkali
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order for 12 complete mine hoist systems and related shaft equipment to help Uralkali, one of the world's largest...
ABB to Supply 12 Complete Mine Hoist Systems to Uralkali, Russia
Nine double and three single drum hoists will help the company hoist potash in a most energy efficient...
Atlas Copco and BASF Team Up on Sprayed Concrete Innovation
BASF Construction Chemicals and Atlas Copco Underground Rock Excavation Division and Europe Ltd. have signed an agreement to join forces to foster further expertise on sustainable sprayed concrete....
Devico Unveils DeviShot, the Most Innovative Multishot Survey Tool on the Market
Devico, a Norwegian company with more than 20 years of experience in directional core drilling and manufacturer of borehole surveying instrument, is proud to announce the addition of its...
Diversified Storage Systems Release Free Product Catalogue
Diversified Storage Systems, specialists in the handling and storage of bulk powered material for the mining and manufacturing industries, have released a free product catalogue on Mining...
MTG to Inaugurate its New Plant in Spain in 2013
MTG announces the inauguration of its new plant located in Monzon, Spain, in 2013. With over 15.000 sqm² facilities within an operating area of 70,000m², the factory's foreseen initial...
FLSmidth Receives Order for Two Pipe Conveyors
FLSmidth has received an order worth approximately INR 1,900m (approximately DKK 200m) from a leading Indian steel producer, Tata Steel, to supply two pipe conveyors for the transportation of...
FLSmidth to Supply Large Material Handling System
FLSmidth has received an order worth approximately INR 1,900m (approximately DKK 200m) from a leading Indian steel producer, Tata Steel, to supply two pipe conveyors for the transportation of...
SRK Consulting Releases Free Brochure on Mining Technology
SRK Consulting has released a free brochure on Mining Technology, which gives an overview of their services to the global mining industry....
SRK Opens Hong Kong Office
SRK Consulting, one of the world's largest resources consulting groups, has opened a new practice in Hong Kong, its 7th in Asia and 50th around the...
EPMS Launches New-Look Website
Australian-based resource project development consultant Engineering and Project Management Services (EPMS) has launched an updated...
Verderflex Release New Process Application Video
Peristaltic pumps are a type of positive displacement pump used for pumping a variety of fluids. The fluid is contained within a flexible hose or tube fitted inside the pump...
Thorlopro for Mining Gold in Mexico
Thor Global has delivered a ThorLoPro low profile portable radial telescopic conveyor to a gold heap leaching application in Mexico. At this location, gold ore is crushed and conveyed from...
Bartec to Attend BAUMA 2013
Bartec will be attening BAUMA 2013 in Munich on the 15-21 April...
Verderflex Launches Website in Spanish
After launching the new Verderflex website in 2012, Verderflex are pleased to announce that the website is available to view in...
ABB Supplies World’s Largest Underground Copper Mine with Gearless Conveyor Drive System
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order to provide the electrical equipment, including its new gearless conveyor drives, for Codelco's largest operation in...
ABB to Supply Gearless Conveyor Drive System for World’s Largest Underground Copper Mine in Chile
ABB’s new gearless conveyor drive system to provide process efficiency and equipment
reliability for Codelco’s El Teniente copper mine at 2,300 meters above sea...
epco-ims Customer Testimonial: Lycopodium Minerals QLD
Lycopodium Minerals QLD is an EPCM company specialising in precious metals mineral processing plants. During a recent project we engaged EPCO, Leeds, England, to source a range of products...
epco-ims Customer Testimonial: Bassari Resources
Bassari Resources Limited is an Australian listed company focused on discovering multimillion ounce gold deposits in the Birimian Gold Belt, Senegal, West Africa. As a supplier to...
HexArmor Releases Free Brochure on Mining Technology
HexArmor has released a free PDF brochure covering the company's range of cut, puncture and impact protection...
Hibon Releases Free White Paper on Mining Technology
Hibon has released a free white paper on its multistage centrifugal blower on Mining...
Atlas Copco and BASF Team Up on Sustainable Sprayed Concrete Competence
Atlas Copco Underground Rock Excavation division and BASF Construction Chemicals Europe Ltd. have signed an agreement to join forces to foster further expertise on sustainable sprayed...
Combination Cradle Absorbs Impacts in Conveyor Loading Zones
An innovative impact cradle design is helping bulk material handlers protect conveyor belts and structures from falling material in loading zones, reducing equipment damage and downtime...
CiDRA Oilsands and Expro Meters Partner in Western Canada
CiDRA Oilsands announced an agreement with Expro Meters that will allow the Companies to partner in the sales of both passive and active sonar flow systems and...
March 2013
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GIW Employee Reaches 50-Year Tenure
GIW Industries, the leader in the design, manufacture, and application of heavy duty, centrifugal slurry pumps, is excited to announce a new record in employment longevity: as of January,...
Clifton Steel Releases Free Brochure on Mining Technology
Clifton Steel, a company offering pioneering resolutions to the abrasion, impact and wear-resistant steel markets, has released a free brochure on Mining...
Australian Specialised Machinery Glass Announces Two New Specialist Glass Products
Australian Specialised Machinery Glass is proud to announce the addition of two new specialist glass products to its existing...
CiDRA Announces Distribution Agreement with KROHNE
CiDRA announced that it has entered into a strategic sales representative agreement with KROHNE Australia Pty Ltd. Under the terms of the agreement, KROHNE will act as a sales representative...
Explosion-Proof Motors for Underground Coal Mines
Baldor Electric Company (a member of the ABB group) provides totally-enclosed explosion-proof motors for use in the dust-filled explosive atmosphere of underground coal...
Certified Explosion-Proof Motors for Hazardous Mining Atmospheres
Baldor Electric Company (a member of the ABB group) provides totally-enclosed explosion-proof motors for use in the dust-filled explosive atmosphere of underground coal...
Packaged System Can Reduce Ownership Costs for Service Water Provision at Wastewater Treatment Plants
A packaged service water pumping system from Gorman-Rupp is said to be more cost-effective than "conventional" approaches according to Australian distributor, Hydro Innovations. These...
Target Logistics Releases Free White Paper on Mining Technology
Target Logistics, the largest turnkey workforce housing provider in the US, has released a free white paper on Mining...
Hibon Announces Completion of Five-Year Product Development Plan
Hibon Ingersoll Rand has announced the completion of a five-year product development plan to add three new models to their industry leading multistage centrifugal blower line. The models 475,...
New Fluid Couplings Raise the Productivity of High-Powered Belt Conveyors
Developed especially for the drives on open-pit mining belt conveyors, the latest fluid coupling technology from Voith provides many...
Linatex Hard Wall Mining Hose (808)
The Linatex 808 Hard Wall Mine Hose range is custom built and designed to deliver outstanding wear performance in the most arduous of mining and industrial applications. Our world renowned...
Clariant Mining Announces New Head for Europe, Africa and the Middle East
Clariant today announced the appointment of Thomas Roy as head of the Mining business line in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, effective February 1, 2013. Roy brings more than 12 years...
HK HYDRAULIK-KONTOR at BAUMA 2013 International Trade Show
HK HYDRAULIK-KONTOR is exhibiting at the International BAUMA 2013, in Munich,...
IZ-KARTEX Participates in Minexpo International 2012, Las Vegas, US
MINEXPO International is the most significant event for the world mining industry and the largest show for mining equipment and technology manufacturers in the...
Eight New IZ-KARTEX Electric Shovels Put into Operation in Fourth Quarter of 2012 at Mining Enterprises In Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
On October 29, the first mining excavator EKG-12USM was set to work at the largest coal mine in the CIS - Bogatyr Coal in Kazakhstan. EKG-12USM is a modification of EKG-15 with longer...
NTN Bearing Corporation Celebrates 50 Years in America
NTN Bearing Corporation of America is proud to reflect back on its 50 years of success in the United States, providing world-class products to a wide variety of...
GIW Slurry Pumps Debut in Mexico
GIW Industries, the leader in the design, manufacture, and application of heavy-duty, centrifugal slurry pumps, announced two major contracts with Mexico's Industrias...
Mine Elastomer Products Releases Two White Papers on Mining Technology
Mine Elastomer Products, a manufacturer of high-quality suspension and shovel components for the mining industry, has released two free white papers on Mining...
TOTAL Oil Australia Partners 2013 F1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix
TOTAL Oil Australia is proud to be an event partner for the 2013 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix and the sponsor of the TOTAL Oil International Sports Car...
Smarter Storage Solutions
Fusion Bonded Epoxy Panel Tanks are a smart concept that delivers high quality storage with easy delivery and fast installation....
Watson-Marlow Launches Revolutionary ‘Qdos’ Range for Chemical Metering Applications
In what’s described as a “no-valve metering revolution” Watson-Marlow Pumps Group launches its revolutionary Qdos 30 pump range. Developed in response to extensive industrial customer feedback...
APEX: Peak Performance from the Market Leading Hose Pump Manufacturer
Decades of experience and knowledge have combined with closely scrutinised customer feedback to deliver APEX, three new hose pumps from Bredel, part of the Watson-Marlow Pumps...
Bredel Pumps Reduce Downtime and Maintenance at Australian Water Treatment Plant
Since adopting Bredel SPX50 hose pumps from Watson-Marlow Pumps Group in various parts of its process, the water treatment plant at Kembla Grange has saved significant costs associated...
Qdos Metering Pumps Solve Turbidity Testing Dilemma for Welsh Water
Until recently, turbidity testing at the Pontsticill Water Treatment Works in the Brecon Beacons National Park relied on the use of bellows pump technology. However, the inherent introduction...
Qdos Metering Pumps Usurp Diaphragm Models In Potable Water Application
The revolutionary new Qdos 30 metering pump from Watson-Marlow Pumps Group is proving a resounding success in Barrie, Canada. Located in southern Ontario on the western shore of Lake Simcoe,...
Better Touchscreens Now Available
In order to continuously improve our products, Thor Global has decided to upgrade all standard touch screens to the Schneider Magelis GTO...
Heavy Duty Dry Vacuum for 205 Litre Drums
EXAIR's new 205 Litre Premium Heavy Duty Dry Vac™ System is a rugged, industrial duty vacuum cleaner that has been engineered to rapidly vacuum high volumes of dry material....
S-Wall™ Now Available from PHOENIX Conveyor Belt Systems
PHOENIX Conveyor Belt Systems is expanding its supply capability for steep incline conveying...
The World’s Definitive Copper Market Gathering
The leaders of the copper industry will meet during April 2013 at the CRU's World Copper Conference and the CESCO Dinner. CESCO Week is the most important annual gathering of the copper...
FAMUR Presents a Brand New Website
FAMUR has launched and made available to Internet users a modern and functional website. With exceptional clarity and intuitive menu interface service, useful information about the company can...
ABB Successfully Commissions First Line of Northland’s Kaunisvaara Iron Ore Mine
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently completed commissioning of the integrated electrification and automation system for the first process line of Northland...
NORD Industrial Gear Units Drive Conveyor Belts at Demanding Construction Project in the Swiss Alps
In an extremely demanding construction project in the Swiss Alps, large chambers are being excavated to form the new expanded underground centre of a pumped storage hydroelectric power station...
Telestack Installs a Fully Customised System as Part of Investment from London Mining Company (LMC)
Telestack has recently installed a custom design mobile truck unloading, stockpiling, reclaiming and barge loading facility in Sierra Leone. Installation commenced towards the end of 2011 and...
Zip HydroTap® Announces Jamie Durie as International Ambassador
The internationally recognised Australian designer, Jamie Durie, has signed on as international ambassador for Zip HydroTap, the Australian-designed, Australian-made under-bench instant...
bauma 2013: PHOENIX with New Monitoring System and Corrugated Sidewall Belt
PHOENOGUARD® PX revolutionizes conveyor belt monitoring and PHOENIX S-Wall™ negotiates inclines of up to 90...
February 2013
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Directional Core Drilling
Core drilling is extremely valuable as an exploration method. But certain aspects make it slow and more expensive than necessary. Often, long sections must be drilled before reaching the...
Devico Invite You to PDAC 2013
Devico is looking forward to meet new and existing customers at our booth 0517 at this year's PDAC in Toronto,...
From Quarry to Consumer
At bauma 2013, the international trade show for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment (April 15-21, Munich),...
EXAIR's New Powerful Flat Air Nozzle Saves Space and Money
EXAIR's new 1" Flat Super Air Nozzle produces a flat 1" (25mm) wide airstream with a strong blowing force of 9.8 ounces (278 grams) when mounted 12" (305mm) from the target. The unique design...
Cirlock Releases New Combined Permit Control & Group Lock Box Board, the PCB-1
Cirlock has now released their new combined permit control and group lock box board -...
CiDRA Minerals Processing Announces Sales Representative Agreement with Classic Controls Inc.
CiDRA Minerals Processing Inc. ("CiDRA") announced that it has entered into a strategic sales representative agreement with Classic Controls Inc. based in Lakeland, Florida. Under the terms of...
CEMTEC to Attend POWTECH 2013
CEMTEC is proud to announce that we will be attending our first major trade show of the year: POWTECH 2013 which is being held in Nurberg Germany, April...
Clariant Mining Prepares to Open Robust New
Clariant Mining announced today that it will upgrade to significantly larger laboratory facilities filled with state-of-the-art equipment when Clariant Oil & Mining Services moves into its...
New Crushers for P&L Barton, UK
Powerscreen, one of the world's leading providers of mobile crushing and screening equipment, has delivered two new crushers to P&L Barton in northern England through its dealer Blue Central....
New Technical Support Manager for Powerscreen
Powerscreen, one of the world's leading providers of mobile crushing and screening equipment, has appointed Hugh Brennan as our new technical support...
Building Momentum with New Powerscreen International Sales Director
Powerscreen, one of the world's leading providers of mobile crushing and screening equipment, has appointed Colin Clements as International Sales Director. Outside of North America, Clements...
Revolutionary 3D Mapping Service for Mining Industry
Adelaide firm Aerometrex has launched a new 3D mapping service for the Australian mining industry which stands to revolutionise the way our miners track their assets and infrastructure,...
Loesche Supplies Complete Grinding Equipment for Dangote Cement Grinding Terminal in Cameroon
For the new Douala grinding terminal in Cameroon, Sinoma International Engineering (NCDRI), which has for many years been a Loesche customer, has once again decided on Loesche's vertical...
X-Ray Sorting Series CXR
Sensor-based sorting and identification is widely used by different industries. Lately, the importance of material recycling has created new requirements and needs for separation generally....
TERRATEC Delivers TR3000 Raise Boring Machine for Mexico
On Monday 4 February 2013, TERRATEC successfully completed the factory acceptance testing of its first raise boring machine sold for the Mexican...
Dragflow Launches New Umbilicals and Oil Hoses Spoolers for High Depth Dredging
Deep sea and high depth dredging: that's the new emerging trend in the dredging market and Dragflow is a world leader in this field, thanks to its decennal experience, combined with never...
Jacks Winches Have the Right Tools for Your Business
Welshpool based specialist equipment hire firm Jacks Winches has all the right tools to help your business get the job done. Their operations began in Perth in 2001, led by an experienced team...
The Reliability and Maintenance (R&M) Vision and What to do When Your Budget is Tight
Best reliability and maintenance practices take several years to develop, normally 3-6 years. It starts with a strong leader who realises an improved availability, quality and throughput...
Skid Steer Loader - Basic Operation & Safety: The Latest Web-Based Training Program from VISTA
VISTA Training, Waterford, Wisconsin, recently launched a new skid steer loader training module as part of its affordable, growing Silver Series of web-deliverable operator training...
Strata Signs US Distribution Agreement with Mine Safety Systems Company Trolex
UK-based Trolex has named Strata Worldwide the exclusive US distributor of its fixed gas detectors for underground mining. Trolex is a global leader in the manufacture of gas detectors, sensors...
Cytec Named as Key Member of a New Department of Energy Funded Institute
Cytec Industries will be a member of the Critical Materials Institue, a new research consortium funded by the US Department of Energy....
Energya 9: The First Plug-In Hybrid Truck Mixer
A sensational innovation is about to take the world of concrete-making machinery by...
CIFA for the Mining Industry: the Spritz CST 8.20 at the Bauma show
At Bauma 2013, which will take place 15-21 April in Munich, Cifa will be presenting on the German market the CST 8.20, a model that joins the company's well-known products in the shotcrete...
CIFA to Present Next-Generation CSS-3 EVO at Bauma 2013
The Spritz CSS-3 is the best-seller in Cifa's shotcrete product range. At the Bauma 2013 fair, the Spritz CSS-3 becomes the EVO, a more advanced version of the mobile...
CIFA to Showcase New Design for PC 506 Series 6 Trailer-Mounted Pump at Bauma 2013
The PC 506 series 6 trailer-mounted pump, the best-selling model in Cifa's trailer-mounted range, will be exhibited at the Bauma 2013 show in Munich with some major...
Sprung Exhibiting at SME Mining and PDAC Mining Shows
Sprung Structures is the world's leading manufacturer of tensioned fabric structures, designed and engineered to provide immediate, cost-effective, relocatable building solutions for...
Ausrocks Takes on Big Quarry Development
Whilst commodity prices drive the mining industry, the quarry industry is primarily driven by natural disaster recovery, residential and industrial development and ongoing road maintenance...
Large and Small Quality Customised Tanks
Chemstore International Group has been manufacturing fibreglass reinforced plastic tanks since 1972, and this long history and experience has proven our tanks to be an extremely durable,...
GE Oil & Gas Releases Wyoming Waterflood Injection Facility Case Study White Paper
GE has released a free-to-download case study outlining a recent project in...
Rulmeca at Bauma 2013: Hall B2 - Stand 311
At the core of Rulmeca's high-quality rollers, motorised pulleys and components for belt conveyors are three brands steeped in history, innovation, international development and research....
Technosub Releases Technojet MH Series Brochure
Technosub, a manufacturer of multi-stage, vertical, and submersible pumps, has released a free-to-download brochure on Mining Technology. In this brochure, you can find information on the...
Murray & Roberts Cementation Builds a Strong Presence in Coal Sector
Murray & Roberts Cementation's acquisition of Concor in 2006 saw the leading mining contracting company inherit several underground coal mining projects and a fleet of flameproof coal mining...
Allard Engineering Expands into North West Australia with New Shop and 1800 Number
Allard Engineering Services, a mining repairs specialist with over 20 years of experience, is expanding into the north west of Australia with the establishment of a new workshop in...
Compact Powerhouses
SEW-EURODRIVE Australia has added two sizes to their P-Series of standardised catalogue products, P072 and P082. With these two additions, the P-Series now covers rated torques up to 500 kNm....
Assessment Helps Miners Cope with Land Legislation
On January 30, the Strategic Cropping Land (SCL) Act 2011 took effect, with the objective of protecting land suitable for agriculture and managing the impact of development on that land to...
Rain for Rent Releases White Paper on Mining Technology
Rain for Rent has released a white paper on its self-priming centrifugal HH160 high head pump, which is free to download from Mining...
WeatherSolve Releases Brochure on Mining Technology
WeatherSolve Structures has made a brochure outlining the company's products and services available for free on Mining...
Presto Geosystems to Attend 142nd SME Annual Meeting & Exhibit and CMA 115th National Western Mining Conference & Exhibition
Presto Geosystems is to attend the 142nd SME Annual Meeting & Exhibit and CMA 115th National Western Mining Conference & Exhibition, which takes place from February 24-27...
Atlas Copco Launches New Electric Scooptram EST1030
With the new carbon emission-free LHD loader, Atlas Copco lives up to its brand promise of 'Sustainable Productivity'. The latest addition to Atlas Copco's range of Scooptram underground...
Presto Geosystems Reveal Product Range in White Paper
Presto Geosystems has released a new white paper to showcase its products and services on the Mining Technology...
Loesche wins order for Slag Grinding in Germany
In November 2012, Loesche won a contract from the German cement company Spenner Zement for the supply and construction of one complete slag grinding plant with the Loesche mill type LM...
JSG Offers Centralised Lubrication Systems from the SKF Range
JSG Industrial's relationship with Lincoln lubrication began back in 1968. Within this time both companies have worked very closely together to support and distribute class leading...
January 2013
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IHC Merwede Introduces New IHC Packhorse™ Offshore Support Vessels
IHC Merwede has extended its product range with the introduction of a new series of IHC Packhorse™ offshore support vessels at an official launch event in Singapore, organised by IHC Asia...
JLT Mobile Computers Introduces Leading Performance and Ruggedness in New Vehicle Computer
JLT Mobile Computers, developer of reliable computers for demanding environments, today announced the VERSO-series - new fixed-mounted computers that combine leading-edge performance with...
Extend the Reach with FlexiROC T30 R
Atlas Copco announces the upgrade of the popular ROC D3 RRC. This rig now comes with tier four engine emissions and improved diesel consumption. It also takes a natural place in the new...
Results of Line Creek Trial to be Presented at SME in Denver
At the 142nd SME Annual Meeting & Exhibit, Feb. 24-27, 2013 in Denver (CO, USA), Todd Ruff, SAFEmine's business development manager for North America, will present the results of a trial...
Static Eliminator Neutralises and Cleans Wide Surfaces
EXAIR's new 54" Super Ion Air Knife neutralises static electricity while blowing away dust and particulates from printed surfaces, paper, plastics and three dimensional...
RFID Snap-on Module for Mobile Computers
In cooperation with Motorola, BARTEC has developed the mobile computer series MC959xex-NI for use in potentially explosive...
Martin Engineering Releases White Paper
Martin Engineering has released a white paper available to download from...
PolyCom Stabilising Aid Allows Pavement Design Modifications That Improve Efficiency and Cost Outcomes
Our customers are incorporating PolyCom Stabilising Aid into the design of pavements to meet their specifications, often by improving the sub-grade...
Two Additional IBIS-M Units Commissioned in Peru
During the second half of October 2012, IDS, along with its Peruvian partner Quimica Suiza Industrial, installed two IBIS-M slope monitoring radar units at Toquepala, a mine located in...
Claisse Release Two White Papers on Mining Technology
Claisse has released two free-to-download white papers on the Mining Technology...
Powerscreen® XH320SR Impresses Logan Aggregate Recycling Inc.
The Powerscreen® XH320SR impact crusher is helping Logan Aggregate Recycling Inc. to meet increased demand in a compact, fuel-efficient package....
West River Conveyors Offers VFD Electrical Equipment from Complete Systems Controls Line
West River Conveyors now offers Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) electrical equipment from the complete System Controls, Inc. product line....
Meet AK Power Solutions at Middle East Electricity
AK Power Solutions manufactures transmission equipment for a variety of applications and industries, including mining, power and...
Atlas Copco Rental Enters Seismic Application Market
Dan Dorran, has been named vice president of Seismic, effective January 1, 2013, in order to develop the Atlas Copco Rental business in the seismic applications market. The seismic rental...
Atlas Copco Ranked Among World’s Top Sustainable Companies
Atlas Copco has again been recognised as one of the most sustainable companies by the annual Global 100...
Claisse® Fusion Monitors: Quick and Error-Free Proactive Monitoring of the Fusion Process for the Iron Ore Industry
Iron ore mining companies are obliged to assure the quality of their analytical results because chemical measurements support important decisions in production and commercial...
Power Deck Company Release Catalogue
The Power Deck Company has released a new catalogue on the Mining Technology...
Powerscreen Hosts Dealer Open Day Event in Boston, US
Powerscreen, one of the world's leading manufacturers of mobile crushing and screening plant and equipment for the mining, quarrying and recycling industries, hosted an Open Day event for...
Powerscreen to Reveal New Machine Enhancements At Bauma 2013
Powerscreen, one of the world's leading providers of mobile crushing and screening equipment, will be unveiling new product improvements at Bauma...
New Global Study Reveals Workforce Safety is Top Priority for Leading Mining Companies
Ventyx, an ABB company, today released the results of its third-annual Mining Executive Insights survey, revealing new trends and shifting attitudes around workforces, capital investments...
Workforce Safety is Number One Priority for Leading Mining Companies, Says New Global Study
Ventyx, an ABB company, today released the results of its third-annual Mining Executive Insights survey, revealing new trends and shifting attitudes around workforces, capital investments...
High-Speed Impact Cradle Cuts Downtime, Improves Serviceability at AZ Mine
A new high-speed impact cradle has solved problems with roller and frame damage from heavy conveyor loading conditions at an Arizona mine-for-leach copper mine, where two open pits feed a...
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...
Rain for Rent to Attend 142nd SME Annual Meeting & Exhibit and CMA 115th National Western Mining Conference & Exhibition
Rain for Rent is to attend the 142nd SME Annual Meeting & Exhibit and CMA 115th National Western Mining Conference & Exhibition, which takes place from February 24-27...
Rigaku Application Note: Silicate Rock Analysis by Fusion Method
Rigaku Corporation today announced a new method for silicate rock analysis by wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (WDXRF). Application Note XRF 5018 describes silicate...
Optech to Attend 142nd SME Annual Meeting & Exhibit and CMA 115th National Western Mining Conference & Exhibition
Optech is to attend the 142nd SME Annual Meeting & Exhibit and CMA 115th National Western Mining Conference & Exhibition, which takes place from February 24-27...
SNS Plummer Block Housing Increases Bearing Operating Life by 50%
The new FAG SNS plummer block housing from Schaeffler increases the operating life of the fitted spherical roller bearings by up to 50% compared to conventional plummer block housings. This is...
Philippi-Hagenbuch Rear Eject Bodies Earn European Union Patent
The European Union has awarded LeRoy G. Hagenbuch, P.E., chief engineer and co-founder of Philippi-Hagenbuch, Inc. a patent for the unique construction and components on the company's line of...
Tom Holcombe Joins Scheerer Bearing as Southeast Regional Sales Manager
Tom Holcombe, a mechanical engineer, recently joined Scheerer Bearing Corporation as their southeast regional sales manager, bringing with him 15 years of experience in technical sales and...
Rajant Corporation Enhances Data Routing and Network Management Capabilities for Kinetic Mesh Networks
Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh Networks and provider of pervasive, multi-frequency wireless solutions, today announced general availability of the new release of InstaMesh,...
NTN Bearing Corporation Launches New Website for the Americas – www.NTNAmericas.com
NTN Bearing Corporation has launched a new website to serve its North and South American customers. Combining its business territories in Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Central and...
Loesche Receives Order for Vertical Roller Mills from Sinoma International Engineering
On behalf of Dangote Industries, the management of Sinoma International Engineering Co. Ltd (NCDRI) placed another order for Loesche vertical roller mills for the cement plant Ibese Line 3 and...
FLSmidth Wins $112m Contract from Vale
FLSmidth has won a contract worth approximately $112m (DKK 658m) from Vale, its long-term Brazilian customer, to supply material handling and mineral processing equipment for Vale's Moatize...
FLSmidth Wins Large Coal Project in Mozambique
FLSmidth has won a contract worth approximately $112m (DKK 658m) from Vale, its long-term Brazilian customer, to supply material handling and mineral processing equipment for Vale's Moatize...
Optech Announces ILSC 2013 Call for Presentations
Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to issue an initial call for presentations for the third Imaging...
Sprung Structures Releases Brochure on Mining Technology
Sprung Structures, a company that has achieved international recognition by providing shelter solutions for thousands of different applications in over 90 countries around the world, has released...
P&H Mine Air Systems Releases 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,...
Scheerer Bearing Adds Additional Manufacturing Plant, New Headquarters, Warehouse and Employees
Throughout 2012 Scheerer Bearing Corporation has been engaged in a pattern of extensive growth that includes an additional manufacturing plant, and new headquarters, warehouse and...
December 2012
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Strata Signs Distribution Agreement with Dräger Safety
Strata Products Worldwide has signed an agreement with Dräger Safety to be the company's primary distributor for its mining divisions east of the Mississippi...
Loesche Ore Team Wins International Mining Magazine Award
For the development, construction and the first operation of the OGPmobile, Loesche GmbH was rewarded with the International Mining Magazine Award...
Backplane Systems Technology Announces Release of New Generation of Boards by Avalue
Backplane Systems Technology has announced the release of a new generation of boards by Avalue, powered by third-generation Intel® Core™ i5/i7 processors and the Mobile Intel® QM77 Express...
AEROmetrex Becomes a CASA Fully Certified UAV Operator
AEROmetrex is pleased to announce that it is now a fully certified Australian UAV operator. The operator certificate 1-UZCA9 has been issued by the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority...
Lubrication Engineers Releases White Paper on Lowering Energy Consumption
Lubrication Engineers has released a white paper outlining how the correct use of lubrications can lower energy...
New Conveyor Belt Cleaner for Challenging Conditions
A new powered brush cleaner for conveyor belt applications has been introduced by Martin Engineering, a rotating design that removes material accumulation and dust in difficult applications....
Orion Introduces the HX200 Broadband Satellite Router
Delivering enterprise-grade broadband services to areas with limited landline infrastructure, or to far-flung operations such as maritime or oil and gas exploration, has always...
Martin Engineering Releases White Paper
Martin Engineering has released a new white paper detailing the technical specifications of its MARTIN® Mandrel belt cleaner...
Ausrocks Relocates to Bigger Premises to Meet Demand
In early December, Ausrocks will relocate from Toowong to 17/71 Jijaws St Sumner Park, well above the 2011 flood level and only 12 minutes distant by car from the Toowong office and, when...
Ammann Plans Strategic Partnership with Indian Company Gujarat Apollo Industries
Ammann and Gujarat Apollo Industries Ltd. (GAIL), India's market leader in the field of road construction equipment, today signed binding agreements relating to the acquisition of a 70% share...
Hibon Team Featured on French Television News
Our Wasquehal, France, facility recently made the...
Bulk Handling Australia Unveils Revolutionary New Design in Export Pallets
Bulk Handling Australia Group (BHA) has released its revolutionary new slim line plastic export pallet for Bulk Bags onto the Australian and New Zealand...
EPMS Signs Agreement with China’s Leading Non-Metallic Minerals Institute
Australian-based resource development consultant, EPMS has recently signed a contract agreement with Suzhou Sinoma Design & Research Institute of Non-metallic Minerals Industry Co. Ltd...
MRS Releases Free White Paper on Reliable Communications Systems for Mines
Mine Radio Systems, an industry-leading communication and safety solutions provider for the harsh mining environment, has released a free white paper on reliable communications in underground...
Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo
Hibon Inc. will be participating in the Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo in Indianapolis from February 25-29,...
Why Have My Insurance Premiums Increased?
A number of factors have impacted the Australian insurance industry, including the devastating natural disasters in Australia and overseas in 2010-2012. According to Insurance Council...
How are Organic Catalysts Applied to Your System?
Organic catalysts are highly concentrated, with a completely non-toxic liquid formulation, and are either injected directly into wastewater streams or deployed through spray or fogging...
Announcing the 5th Fertilizer Latino Americano Conference, 20-22 January 2013
Following unprecedented demand from the fertilizer industry, CRU will be hosting the 5th annual Fertilizer Latino Americano conference in Brazil for the first time. Brazil is the most...
SEW-EURODRIVE Unveils $15m Heavy Industrial Solutions Division
SEW-EURODRIVE unveiled its new 10,000m² Heavy Industrial Solutions division as part a 30th anniversary dinner on November 1,...
FLSmidth Wins Contract to Provide Gold Processing Plant to Russian Customer
FLSmidth has won a contract worth approximately $35m (DKK 200m) from the Russian mining company JSC Pavlik for the supply of a gold processing plant with a capacity of 3 million tonnes per year...
FLSmidth to Deliver Gold Processing Plant to Russian Customer
FLSmidth has won a contract worth approximately $35m (DKK 200m) from the Russian mining company JSC Pavlik for the supply of a gold processing plant with a capacity of 3 million tonnes per year...
Optech Announces Third Imaging and Lidar Solutions Conference, ILSC 2013
Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce that it will be holding its third Imaging and...
Midwest Valves & Controls Now a Distributor for Aussie Pumps
Midwest Valves & Controls is pleased to announce it is a gold distributor for Aussie Pumps, and can now supply hydrostatic testers up to 500...
When are Organic Catalysts Treatments Useful?
Organic catalysts improve environmental waste treatment in a number of critical maintenance and processing...
Technology Breakthrough: Organic Catalyst Treatments
Organic Catalysts have undergone extensive and independent testing, showing the highest safety for human, animal, and marine life. Organic Catalysts are non-toxic, non-caustic,...
Thor's T190 Rocks Ontario
The Thorstacker is used worldwide in a wide range of applications and insutries - from oils to aggregates, in mining operations, ship loading, agricultural and...
IHC Merwede Introduces IHC Beaver® 65 DDSP
IHC Merwede has introduced the IHC Beaver® 65 DDSP, the successor to the highly successful IHC Beaver® 6518. The IHC Beaver® 65 DDSP is part of the IHC Beaver® series of standard cutter...
Can Organic Catalysts Help in Nitrogen Removal?
The potential of using organic catalysts to improve nitrification processes is promising due to the oxygen demand required for oxidation of ammonia to...
Are Organic Catalysts Economically Viable?
Municipal wastewater operators are faced with multiple challenges, juxtaposed between regulatory compliance, adequate carrying capacities and operating costs....
Hydrocarbon Remediation
Nontox™ is an environmentally friendly organic catalyst, extremely effective in the remediation of hydrocarbons in soil, air and...
EXAIR's Pico Super Air Nozzle for Precision Blowoff
EXAIR's new Pico Super Air Nozzle™, at only 5mm in diameter, is one of the smallest available, providing precision blowoff with a directed high volume, high velocity...
Worldpoly Provides Emergency Assistance to Flooding Coal Mine
The damage occurred after floodwaters from the Morwell River broke through to the Yallourn open cut, 150km East of Melbourne,...
BHP Billiton Copper Mine Sticks to Worldpoly
The expansion by BHP Billiton of the Antofagasta, Chile desal plant to provide the water requirements of Minera Escondida copper mine has added even larger diameter polyethylene pipe to that...
Worldpoly Launches Australian-Made Pipe Welding Machine PolyRover™ 630
Introducing the Worldpoly PolyRover™ 630, our latest development in a new series of Australian-made and engineered welding...
Antamina and Metso Team Wins 2012 CEEC Medal
"Optimisation and continuous improvement of the Antamina Comminution Circuit" by Rybinski et al was unanimously selected as the winner of the 2012 CEEC...
New Diesel Driven Pump Handles the Trash
A new range of diesel driven, self priming, trash pumps from Gorman-Rupp is now available from Authorised Australian distributor - Hydro Innovations. The "Ultra V Series pumps are matched...
Optech Announces Release of New Pegasus HA500 ALTM for High Density, High Altitude Mapping
Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce the release of the Optech Pegasus HA500 ALTM,...
November 2012
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New Transfer Chutes Clamp Down on Coal Dust at Westar Energy
The largest electric utility in Kansas has announced completion of an upgrade program to redesign transfer chutes and load zones on the coal handling conveyors at its biggest coal-fired...
CRU 12th World Copper Conference, 8-10 April 2013, Santiago, Chile
CRU is delighted to announce details of its 12th World Copper Conference on the 8 - 10 April at the Grand Hyatt Santiago, Chile. CRU's Copper Conference, held during CESCO Week in Santiago, is...
Loesche is Successfully Recertified
Once again, Loesche has been successfully certified according to ISO 9001. Loesche, with their headquarters in Duesseldorf, develop and produce turn-key machinery and plant engineering and...
IHC Merwede Delivers DCI DREDGE XIX Three Weeks Ahead of Schedule
On Thursday 15 November, the delivery of the 5,500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger, DCI DREDGE XIX, took place at Waalhaven in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The dredger was received by the...
FLSmidth Wins $190m Maintenance Contract in Chile
FLSmidth has won a five-year contract worth approximately $190m (1,1bn DKK) from Minera Los Pelambres to supply maintenance services for their copper and molybdenum plant in central Chile....
FLSmidth Receives Large Maintenance Contract in Chile
FLSmidth has won a five-year contract worth approximately 190m USD (1,1bn DKK) from Minera Los Pelambres to supply maintenance services for their copper and molybdenum plant in central...
Atlas Copco Wins Significant Order in Colombia
Atlas Copco has won an order valued at approximately $10m (SEK70m) to supply equipment for the second phase of Colombia's largest hydropower project, Ituango. The contract is the biggest...
BioSolid Odour Control with Organic Catalysts
Wastewater treatment plants often need to control the 'rotten egg' odours resulting from their waste and sewage treatment processes. The unpleasant odours in and around wastewater plants are...
VISTA Training Publishes Presentation on Trends in Equipment Operator Training
VISTA Training has created a helpful 26-minute multimedia presentation that describes six new and emerging technologies and their potential training...
New Generation Ausroad® Stemming Hire Truck Under Construction
Ausroad Systems has taken delivery of the first of their new purpose-built Volvo FMX chassis, which will be used to carry their latest Stemming...
Meshblox Digs into Australian Mining: Containerised Mining Data Centre Units Ship into Outback Queensland
MeshBlox, a global provider of remote data and telecommunications systems for use in hostile environments, today announced a new unit shipment into Hail Creek Mine in the Bowen Basin for...
Strata Chamber Receives First Component of Part 7 MSHA Approval
The Strata Worldwide Breathable Air Component used in its portable Fresh Air Bay mine refuge chamber has received US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)...
M&J Engineering to Supply Eight Weba Chutes
Lonmin has ordered eight Weba Chutes Systems to replace existing conventional chutes which have not been performing to the standard required. The eight coarse ore silo discharge chutes will...
New Sales Director at Loesche
On 1st November 2012, Michael Nisch will start at Loesche ThermoProzess GmbH (LTP) in Gelsenkirchen as sales director for Thermo Process Technology and member of the management...
Scheerer Bearing Offers High-Quality Bearings Throughout Canada
Scheerer Bearing offers its products through many sales representatives and distributors, and now through Beam Reach Industrial in Ontario,...
Weba Chute Systems Poised to Hot Commission 300 Chutes at Assmang’s Kep
Weba Chute Systems has installed more than 300 transfer points at various sections of Assmang's Khumani Iron Ore Mine in the Northern Cape and the most recent 19 chutes are poised for...
Wireless Remote Controlled Dredges for Pond Cleaning
Dragflow, a worldwide player in dredging and mining solutions, extends its wide range of products launching on the market with a new line of dredges that are fully wireless remote...
DCD Heavy Engineering Mills En Route to Russia for Copper Project
DCD Heavy Engineering first started quoting Metso-USA on the Russian Copper Project in July 2010. In May 2011, DCD Heavy Engineering was awarded the contract to manufacture 2-off 36ft sag mills...
Loesche Supplies first Vertical Roller Mill for Clinker Grinding to Askale Cimento
Askale Cimento Sanayii T.A.S. is currently erecting a new 4,000tpd Clinker production line in Gümüshane, near the Black Sea about 100km south of Trabzon, Turkey. The complete project execution...
Commissioning the Loesche Mill 28.3D by RWE Power AG, Location Ville / Berrenrath
The company Loesche in Düsseldorf is pleased to receive a follow-up contract for a coal mill, of the type LM 28.3 D, which is the same type of coal mill already successfully deployed by RWE...
Low Cost Houses of Karmod Are Being Used in Reconstruction of Baghdad
Baghdad is in the process of reconstructing massively destructed regions from war times and Karmod prefabricated ready-to-use houses were preferred in Iraq's rebuilding...
M&J Engineering to Supply First WEBA Chutes in a Shiploading Application
M&J Engineering is supplying the first Weba Chute Systems in a shiploading application for installation on Portnet's Shiploaders 1 and 2 at the Port of Saldanha. This follows the...
CEMTEC Launches Redesigned Website
CEMTEC would like to welcome our customers and friends to visit our new website, which we have recently redesigned and...
FLSmidth Wins $63m Contract with Kazakhstani Copper Mine
FLSmidth has won a contract worth approximately $63m (approximately DKK 369m) from the Kazakhstani company, Kazakhmys PLC, to design a copper concentrator and supply all the process technology...
FLSmidth to Supply Equipment for Copper Mine in Kazakhstan
FLSmidth has won a contract worth approximately $63m (approximately DKK 369m) from the Kazakhstani company, Kazakhmys PLC, to design a copper concentrator and supply all the process technology...
Chemstore Connect November 2012: Monthly Product Overview
Chemstore International Group recently completed a safety and quality audit with Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA), and we are pleased to announce Chemstore has been re-certified as...
Meshblox Announces New Range of Hardened Mine Site Modular Data Containers
MeshBlox announces world first mining industry-specific data and telecommunications solution for rapid deployment in extreme...
Compressed Air's Heat Eliminating Cold Gun is Now CE Compliant
In addition to producing a cold, quiet stream of air to reduce heat buildup on machining operations, EXAIR's Cold Gun Aircoolant System™ has also met the rigorous safety, health, and...
More Efficiency with the New Techniflo Magnetic Pumps
The Techniflo magnetic pumps from Global Pumps have replaced the peristaltic hose pumps that were previously in use at an ethanol plant in...
Flexco Introduces Next Generation of Belt Conveyor Rollers: CoreTech™
Flexco recently announced the addition of the CoreTech™ line of rollers to its wide range of products designed to maximise belt conveyor productivity. The next generation of troughing and...
Gangue Rejection Circuit Increases Python Throughput x 5
The Python 500 modular processing plant was originally developed to process ore in an underground environment. However, recent customer demand and subsequent reconfiguration changes has enabled...
Prefabricated Camp Buildings in Azerbaijan-Shah Deniz Gas Terminal to Be Built by Karmod
Karmod has started constructing a temporary prefabricated camp consisting of administrative and workforce facilities in Shah Deniz Gas Terminal Phase 2 located 70 km south-east of Baku, Azerbaijan....
Industry Seeks Bush Knowledge for Cutting Edge Helicopter Support
The mining industry is increasingly seeking the specialist local knowledge of 'bush pilots' in its quest to find the most efficient helicopter...
Martin Engineering Releases Updated Air Cleaner
To overcome the maintenance problems and operating costs of centralized dust control systems, Martin Engineering recommends the use of insertable air cleaners on conveyor transfer points...
October 2012
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Mine Site Technologies Achieves GOST Certification
Mine Site Technologies continues to make major investments in Eastern Europe and has successfully received GOST certification in Russia for both PED (Personal Emergency Device and ICCL Caplamp)...
ABB to Automate Material Handling and Processing at Antucoya Copper Mine in Chile
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won a contract from mining equipment provider Tenova TAKRAF to supply power and automation equipment for the material handling...
ANTARES - Remote I/O for Hazardous Areas
The remote I/O system ANTARES made by BARTEC can be connected to any conventional control system by means of different bus systems (PROFIBUS-DP, ProfiNet, Ethernet IP, Modbus...
Scheerer Bearing Announces Newest Distributor in Europe
Scheerer Bearing Corporation, a US bearing manufacturer, proudly announces the addition of Officine Meccaniche Cresto SRL as a European distributor of their high-quality bearings....
Mettler-Toledo Releases White Paper on Mining Technology
Mettler-Toledo has released a free white paper on Mining Technology about reliable vehicle...
Atlas Copco Makes Underground App Available for Smart Phones
A few months ago Atlas Copco launched the underground app for Ipads and Android reading pads. Now the app is also available for smartphone...
Brown McFarlane Enhances Steel Plate Processing Capabilities
Cutting will commence within days on the latest addition to Brown McFarlane's comprehensive range of steel plate processing equipment at its Stoke on Trent service...
New Ausroad® Stemming Hire Trucks Delivered to Western Australian Mines
Brisbane-based manufacturer Ausroad Systems has recently delivered two new Stemming Hire Trucks to Western Australian mine sites to assist with drill and blast...
Micronair Optiflow Controller a Big Power Saver
In conjunction with Micronair Dust extraction systems they now offer their unique 'Optiflow' VSD control and auto gate shutoff...
Monitoring Systems on Mine Master Rigs in KGHM Polska Miedź S.A.
Mine Master's remarkable success is based on the longevity and reputation of its underground drilling equipment - drills and bolters - over 1,300 have been sold over the last 40 years. It's...
Mine Master Expands Headquarters
Polish manufacturer of drilling and bolting rigs, Mine Master Ltd., has recently made a significant investment and completed a planned expansion of its manufacturing facilities in Wilków,...
2013 CEEC Medal Applications Now Open
Elizabeth Lewis-Gray, Chairman of CEEC (Coalition for Eco-Efficient Comminution) today launched the 2013 CEEC Medal to recognise and celebrate the contribution of outstanding published...
Atlas Copco Underground App Now Available for Smart Phone Devices
A few months ago Atlas Copco launched the underground app for Ipads and Android reading pads. Now the app is also available for smartphone...
Atlas Copco Thanks Visitors to MINExpo 2012
Atlas Copco would like to thank all our visitors at MINExpo in Las Vegas, September 24-26...
Verderflex Peristaltic Pump Effectively Transfers Lime Slurry
A gas manufacturing company requested an effective method for transferring lime slurry from below storage tanks to tanker trucks. The company was using vacuum trucks and required a more...
Met-Pro Releases Free White Paper on Mining Technology
Met-Pro Environmental Air Solutions, a company that brings together the internationally recognised product recovery and air pollution control technologies of Bio-Reaction®, Duall, Flex-Kleen®...
Container World Supplies and Assembles 350-Man Exploration Camp at Lumwana Mine Site
Towards the end of 2011, Container World was commissioned by Barrick Lumwana to supply and assemble a complete 350-man exploration camp at the Lumwana Mine site in...
Gekko Invests in Technical Leadership
"Technical leadership in Gekko's key areas of global speciality is critical to the future of the company and the ongoing development of alternative flow sheets in the mining industry", says...
Karmod Produces and Erects Over 500 Prefabricated Emergency Accommodation Units for Van Earthquake Victims
Following the earthquake in Van, Turkey, which caused massive destruction in the region, Karmod Prefabricated Building Technologies contributed 500 mobile container homes as well as...
Olympus Innov-X Releases Free White Paper on Mining Technology
Olympus Innov-X, a specialist manufacturer of portable geochemical analysers for the global exploration and mining industries, has released a free white paper brochure showcasing its...
Atlas Copco Underground App Now Available for Smart Phone Devices
A few months ago Atlas Copco launched the underground app for Ipads and Android reading pads. Now the app is also available for smartphone...
38 Weba Chutes to Black Rock
M&J Engineering is close to completing an order for the supply and installation of 29 of its innovative Weba Chute Systems at Assmang Manganese’s Black Rock Mine Operations, about 80...
Prime Minister Kicks-Off Blue Line Extension Project
Terratec is pleased to announce that on August 24, 2012, a Terratec 6.44m diameter EPB-TBM completed its assembly and testing at the jobsite for the Bangkok Metro Blue Line Extension contract...
SAFEMine Releases Free White Paper on Mining Technology
SAFEmine has released a free white paper on Mining Technology about a surface coal mine that needed a way to track the location of their service trucks to dispatch them efficiently to the...
Philippi-Hagenbuch Announces Dedicated Mining Industry Sales Team
In an effort to heighten its focus on, and relationships in, the mining industry, equipment manufacturer Philippi-Hagenbuch (PHIL), Peoria, Ill., has enhanced its dedicated mining sales team...
EXAIR's Premium Chip Vac Available for Big Jobs
EXAIR's 205-litre (44 gallon) Premium Chip Vac™ System offers a fast, easy way to clean chips or other dry materials from fixtures, floors and work surfaces of machining centers, lathes,...
Kinane Release White Paper Ahead of MINExpo INTERNATIONAL 2012 and NSTA Rock and Mineral Kit Assembly
Kinane Engineering has just released a free white paper on its featured developments in October 2012. Please download this free white paper here....
Kador Completes Assembly of 22 Rock Bodies for Cat 793 Trucks for Bowen Basin Mine
Early in 2012, Kador completed the assembly of 22 rock bodies for Cat 793 trucks, for a mine in the northern Bowen...
Chemstore Connect October 2012: Monthly Product Overview
In a biogas installation, green power is produced from manure and biomass. Because of the optimisation and innovation of the biogas industry and the continuously rising energy prices, it has...
CRU Group and The Fraser Institute Present Mining Business Risk Summit, Toronto, Canada
The commodity super cycle hangover, in the shape of increased fiscal intervention and more social resistance to mining, comes at a time when business conditions couldn't be any...
Martin Engineering Introduces New Family of Electric Screen Vibrators
A world leader in engineered vibration for bulk material handling has introduced a new family of electric screen vibrators for regular duty and hazardous environments. Designed to deliver up...
Breaker Technology Has Successful MINExpo 2012
Breaker Technology would like to thank everyone who visited our stand at MINExpo 2012, which took place on the 24-26 September in Las...
Putzmeister Mixkret 4 and SPM 4210 WETKRET Working in Aguas Teñidas Mine in Iberian Pyrite Belt in Southern Spain
Minas de Aguas Tenidas S.A. U. ("MATSA") is a wholly owned Spanish subsidiary of Iberian Minerals Corp., a public Swiss company. The Aguas Tenidas Mine is 100% owned by MATSA. The expected...
FLSmidth Acquires Technology for Unmanned Operation from iSAM
FLSmidth has today acquired the market-leading technologies and products related to unmanned operation and process optimisation of stackers/reclaimers and train loading systems from the...
FLSmidth Acquires Market-Leading Technology for Unmanned Operation
FLSmidth has today acquired the market-leading technologies and products related to unmanned operation and process optimisation of stackers/reclaimers and train loading systems from the...
ABB to Improve Energy Efficiency for Several LKAB Mines in Sweden
ABB recently won an order to deliver an energy management system to Swedish mining company LKAB that will optimise energy use at its Kiruna and Malmberget underground iron ore mines, and its...
Loesche ThermoProzess Moves to New Location
In July 2012, Loesche ThermoProzess GmbH (LTP) moved into new business premises in the north of Gelsenkirchen, Germany....
New Backhoe Dredger is Named
A new backhoe dredger manufactured by IHC Merwede was named ALBERTO ALEMÁN ZUBIETA during a special ceremony at the shipyard of its cooperation partner, NMC, in Nieuw-Lekkerland, The...
Optech Announces New Gyro-Stabilized Survey Solution for its Innovative Line of ALTM Airborne Laser Terrain Mappers and Digital Metric Cameras
Optech is pleased to announce the release of a gyro-stabilized survey solution that incorporates both active and passive Optech airborne sensors in one multi-sensor configuration. This...
Successful Trial of SAFEmine at Teck’s Line Creek Operations
A six-week trial of SAFEmine's Traffic Awareness and Collision Avoidance System was conducted at a surface coal mine in British Columbia,...
Rajant Thanks Visitors at MinEXPO 2012
Rajant Corporation would like to thank visitors for stopping by at our booth at MINExpo. Since there were many attendees at this show, we would like to make sure that all of your questions...
COLDmist MEGA Polecat Evaporator Takes the Lead
COLDmist Waste Water Management launches its latest dewatering system - the MEGA Polecat Evaporator - recently recording outstanding trial results in the US and now available for the first time...
Global Mining Leaders to Meet in Perth at Austmine 2013 International Conference and Exhibition
Mining IQ, in partnership with Austmine, is proud to announce the biennial Austmine 2013 International Conference and Exhibition - Australia's premier mining innovation and technology...
TAKRAF Has Successful MINExpo 2012
TAKRAF would like to thank everyone who visited our stand after a succesful time at MINExpo 2012, which took place on the 24-26 September in Las...
Mouvex Releases Free White Paper on Mining Technology
Mouvex, a leading manufacturer of innovative positive displacement rotary vane, peristaltic (hose) and eccentric disc pump technology for the transfer of fluids and solid-laden slurries in...
New Moly Grease Delivers Solid Performance
Lubrication Engineers, Inc. introduces Almamoly™ HD Grease, a high-performance formula containing a special blend of solid lubricants and calcium sulfonate thickener....
Atlas Copco ANFO Charging Truck Debuts at MINExpo
Atlas Copco launched its new multi-directional ANFO (ammonium nitrate/fuel oil explosive) charging truck, the Chargetec UV2, at MINExpo in Las Vegas, September 24-26. The Chargetec UV2 has a...
Peristaltic Pumps: More Than Just Heavy Duty
By design, the peristaltic pump is ideal for the dependable handling of abrasive, corrosive, viscous, high density and high solid content...
Verderflex Dura 45 Peristaltic Hose Pump
The Dura 45 is the latest in the class leading Verderflex Dura family of industrial peristaltic...
New Website for Verderflex: Rebranded, Modern and Functional
The new Verderflex website offers its distributors and customers the 'one safe source' in which to access worldwide VF product...
Atlas Copco Previews Largest Articulated Underground Mining Truck in Las Vegas
Atlas Copco gave attendees a sneak peek at the world's largest articulated underground mining truck, the Minetruck MT85, at MINExpo in Las Vegas, September...
Volvo CE in ‘Ore’ Inspiring Mining Performance
LKAB, one of the largest mining companies in Europe, uses Volvo Construction Equipment machinery to support the excavation of its vast iron ore pits around the...
Nick Holland, CEO Gold Fields, Becomes CEEC Patron
The Board of CEEC International Ltd (Coalition for Eco Efficient Comminution) is delighted to announce that Mr Nick Holland, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Gold Fields Ltd,...
Time and Money Saved by EASYLOCK
This new component promises measurable savings in time, reusability and...
SAFEmine Presents New SafetyCentre for Traffic Safety in Surface Mines
SAFEmine presents the world's first all-in-one Collision Avoidance System, the SafetyCentre. The patented SafetyCentre de-clutters the cabin of mining equipment and optimises traffic safety...
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New Mechanical Controllers and Limiters for Electric Trace Heating with Direct Entry of Self-Limiting Heating Cables in Hazardous Areas
The new BSTW II family from BARTEC replaces the existing products in the current series. In this new generation the focus was placed on increased safety and cost...
SEW Gears Up for Grand Opening of Heavy Industrial Solutions Division
SEW-EURODRIVE's new Heavy Industrial Solutions Division, adjoining their Tullamarine headquarters, is in the final stages of...
FLSmidth Signs Engineering Contract for Chilean Goldcorp/New Gold El Morro Project at MINExpo
This week, at one of the world's largest mining tradeshows, MINExpo, FLSmidth and Goldcorp/New Gold, Inc. signed an agreement for engineering services for key technologies for the El...
FLSmidth Signs Engineering Contract at MINExpo to Provide Services to Goldcorp/New Gold El Morro Project in Chile
This week, at one of the world's largest mining tradeshows, MINExpo, FLSmidth and Goldcorp/New Gold, Inc. signed an agreement for engineering services for key technologies for the El...
ABB Wins its First Variable-Speed Mill Drive Order in Liberia
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order to provide three single pinion high-speed mill drive systems for the Western Range iron ore greenfield project in...
ABB to Revamp High Pressure Grinding Rolls Drive System in South Africa
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, won an order to upgrade Anglo American Platinum's high pressure grinding rolls (HPGR) drive system at the Mogalakwena North open-pit...
RIEGL Launches VZ-6000 Terrestrial Laser Scanner
Especially designed for ultra-long range applications in topography and mining, the new high-speed, high-accuracy terrestrial laser scanner RIEGL VZ-6000 offers ultra-long measurement range of...
Atlas Copco Features Underground Ventilation System at MINExpo
Atlas Copco introduced its underground ventilation system, SwedVent, at MINExpo in Las Vegas, September 24-26. This introduction follows the acquisition of the SwedVent product line and...
Atlas Copco Previews New Boomer Upgrades at MINExpo
Atlas Copco previewed a new package of upgrades to its Boomer underground mining and tunneling rigs at MINExpo in Las Vegas, Septmber 24-26. The entire package of upgrades and improvements will...
McLellan Release Bolt Buster Spec Sheet
San Francisco-based McLellan has released a technical spect sheet for its Bolt Buster...
McLellan Exhibit at MINExpo International 2012
McLellan, a manufacturer of grinding mill re-line equipment, is exhibiting at MINExpo International, taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, from today until the 26 September...
GeoSonics / Vibra-Tech Offers Re:mote Monitoring Technology for the Mining Industry
The GeoSonics/Vibra-Tech Re:moteTM monitoring technology is the industry's first fully automated monitoring system with web-based data access. Re:mote saves you operational time and resources...
LeRoy Hagenbuch to Speak at MINExpo 2012
Bodies, Bins or Trays... regardless of what they're called in your neighborhood, PHIL has pioneered the majority of the technology involved in today's truck bodies. At MINExpo 2012, you'll have...
Thor Global Enterprises Will Attend MINExpo International 2012
Thor Global Enterprises, an international manufacturer of bulk material handling equipment, will be exhibiting at MINExpo International, taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on the...
Vital Alert Communication to Attend MINExpo 2012
Vital Alert Communication will be joining our partners Becker Wholesale Mine Supply, L.L.C. (BWMS) at MINExpo 2012 in booth...
CiDRA Minerals Processing Announces Sales Representative Agreement with ATSCO Sales and Service
CiDRA Minerals Processing Inc. ("CiDRA") announced that it has entered into a strategic sales representative agreement with ATSCO Sales & Service,...
Rajant to Highlight Ground-Breaking Mine Connectivity Solutions at MINExpo International
Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh Networks and provider of proven, multi-frequency mesh networking solutions, will showcase its Kinetic Mesh Networking technology at...
ABB Wins $140m Order in Brazil to Automate World’s Largest Iron Ore Mine Investment
ABB, the leading power and power technology group, has won orders totaling $140 million from Vale S.A. (Vale) to supply automation and electrical equipment for the world's largest iron ore...
Mexico’s Top Silver and Lead Producer Successfully Commissions SONARtrac® System
CiDRA Minerals Processing Inc. announced the successful commissioning of the SONARtrac system on a dewatering line 302m...
FLSmidth Announces Free Game App: FLSmidth’s Rocks!
FLSmidth has launched a new game app, FLSmidth's Rocks! Available for Apple and Android, the free game app challenges players to destroy rocks with a swipe of a finger while earning points....
Norwegian Mining Expertise to be Shown at MINExpo 2012
Norway's leading international player serving the mining industry, KVX, will present some of their products at MINExpo 2012 in Las Vegas, USA, 24-26...
Two new Ammann ARP 35 Rollers for Volker Stevin Materieel
Dutch construction equipment supplier Volker Stevin Materieel has invested in two new Ammann ARP 35 rollers for its subsidiary KWS...
Scania to Attend MINExpo International 2012
Smart mining is about keeping the show moving - both off-road and on-road - keeping production flowing and continuously performing at the highest...
Met-Pro Environmental Air Solutions at MINExpo 2012
Met-Pro Environmental Air Solutions will be exhibiting at MINExpo International, taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on the 24-26 September...
Rajant Expands its Family of Wireless Mesh Network Nodes
Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh Networks and provider of proven, multi-frequency mesh networking solutions, today introduced the Rajant BreadCrumb ME4, a lightweight,...
Presto Geosystems Releases Free Case Study
Presto Geosystems has released a case study detailing the work it undertook at an open cut mining operation producing 14 million tonnes of...
Austmine to Conduct Major Study of the Australian METS Sector
Austmine has been awarded a grant from the Buy Australian at Home and Abroad initiative (Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education) to conduct a major study...
Breaker Technology at MINExpo 2012 with Astec Mining
Combining the individual successes of five companies: Astec Mobile Screens, Breaker Technology, KPI-JCI, Osborn, and Telsmith, Astec Mining has developed extensive support capabilities and...
CiDRA Receives Class 1 Div 2 Certification for the HALO™ SMARTring System
CiDRA today announced that it has received Class 1 Div 2 certification for the Company's HALO SMARTring...
Presto Geosystems to Attend MINExpo International 2012
Presto Geosystems, a company that solves challenging soil stabilisation problems at mines with the genuine Geoweb® cellular confinement system, will be exhibiting at MINExpo International,...
Dragflow to Exhibit at MINExpo 2012 with New High Head Submersible Slurry Pump
Dragflow, a world player in slurry pumping solutions, launches into the market the new revolutionary pump called EL1204HH, during the exhibition MINExpo, scheduled for September 24-26 at the...
RANA Releases Free White Paper on Mining Technology
RANA, a manufacturer of award-winning mine refuge systems, has released a free white paper on Mining...
Pneumatic Single Rivet Driver From Flexco Speeds Installation by 33%
Flexco recently announced the release of the Pneumatic Single Rivet Driver. Designed for use with Flexco® SR™ fasteners and installation bases, the Pneumatic Single Rivet Driver speeds...
Flexco Brings Portability to the Site With New Cordless Belt Cutters
Flexco recently announced the release of its Cordless Belt Cutter. Designed to provide quick and easy cuts on rubber, PVC, and fabric-plied belts, this portable tool is currently available in...
Electrom Instruments Uploads Free White Paper
Electrom Instruments has released a new white paper that details its revolutionary winding analysers, as well as the company's contribution to the industry for over 20 years....
SAFEmine Will Be Exhibiting at MINExpo International 2012
SAFEmine will be exhibiting at MINExpo International, taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on the 24-26 September...
FLSmidth Signs Agreement with MIE Enterprises and Mayer Bulk
FLSmidth has today signed an agreement to acquire the two Australian service companies MIE Enterprises Pty Ltd. and Mayer Bulk Pty Ltd. The parties have agreed not to disclose the value of...
FLSmidth Strengthens Customer Services Footprint in Australia
FLSmidth has signed an agreement to acquire the two Australian service companies MIE Enterprises Pty Ltd. and Mayer Bulk Pty Ltd. The parties have agreed not to disclose the value of the...
PolyCom Testimonial from Australia
Local authorities and construction companies throughout Australia are realising the huge benefits of using PolyCom Stabilising Aid in the building and maintenance of roads or any other...
P&H Mine Air Systems to Attend MINExpo 2012
P&H Mine Air Systems, a manufacturer of climate-control units (for air conditioning and heating) for use on operator cabs on a wide variety of mining equipment will be exhibiting at...
Successful Launch Ceremony for World’s Largest Backhoe Dredger by IHC Merwede
IHC Merwede has successfully launched the largest backhoe dredger in the world on 31 August 2012. The name of the vessel will be revealed at the end of the year during a special ceremony....
Rigaku Introduces New Compact High-Performance WDXRF Spectrometer
Rigaku announced today the release of the Supermini200 wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) spectrometer, an enhanced version of the Rigaku Supermini, their popular benchtop...
Largest Non-Contact Full-Bore Flowmeter in Oilsands Successfully Installed by CiDRA
CiDRA Oilsands announced today that the largest known full-bore, non-contact flowmeter in the mineable oilsands industry was successfully installed by...
Konecranes Chain Hoist Replacement Means Dramatically Fewer Breakdowns at Olex
Electrical cable manufacturer Olex has dramatically reduced the number of chain hoist breakdowns since commencing an aggressive program of replacing them with new Konecranes hoists at its...
Konecranes’ Service a Winner for Serving Many Mining, Energy and Engineering Firms
Strong customer service has won Konecranes an order for another two 10-ton overhead cranes to property developer J & P group for a major new industrial estate at Picton near Bunbury in...
Konecranes Entrusted with Safe and Innovative Lifting for BAE Systems' Air Warfare Destroyer Project
The project has considerable strategic importance with the three versatile destroyers involved not only dedicated to the defence of naval forces and assets ashore from aircraft and missile...
Visit Rajant Corporation at MinExpo 2012
Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh Networks and provider of pervasive, multi-frequency wireless solutions, will exhibit at the MINExpo 2012 show from 24-26 September at the Las...
55-Ton Overhead Crane Featuring Sway Control Safety Chosen for Veyance Belting
Veyance Belting of Bayswater, Victoria, is enjoying the benefits of its new 55-ton Double Girder multi-featured overhead crane from Konecranes, featuring the safety and precision of sway...
16 Goes into One Does Go: Austal’s Safety and Efficiency Formula Delivers with Konecranes
The defence prime contractor and world-leading designer and constructor of commercial and defence vessels, Austal, has partnered with crane supplier Konecranes to achieve a lifting solution...
Kador Receives Water Tank Orders for Haulmax 3900 Trucks
Kador recently received orders for five water tanks to go on the back of Haulmax 3900 trucks, for delivery to NSW and Qld clients. These will be the first use of this truck to control dust on...
August 2012
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Dorce Manufactures Pre-Engineered Emergency Accomodation Shelters After Earthquake in Van
Emergency accommodation units have been a solution for the sheltering problem after the earthquake which killed so many people and caused huge damages in Van,...
Dorce Supports and Complies with the Following; "No Room for Laptop Management... You Need to be on the Ground"
Dorce Prefabricated Building and Construction Industry, Trade Inc, participated in Iraq Oil and Gas EPC Projects Conference 2012, held in Istanbul between 16 and 17 April, as a sponsor, in order...
Dorce Awarded Five New Projects
Dorce Prefabricated Building and Construction Industry Trade Inc has successfully completed numerous international projects to date and has began construction of five new projects in Mauritania...
Wilden® to Highlight Stallion® Series AODD Pumps at MINExpo International 2012
Wilden®, the worldwide leader in air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) pump technology, is pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting in Booth No. 2063 at the upcoming MINExpo International®...
SmartDitch Exhibiting at MINExpo International 2012
SmartDitch, a developer of HDPE channel and ditch-lining dystems, will be exhibiting at MINExpo International, taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on the 24-26 September...
Optech Announces New Airborne Lidar Sensor: Orion H300 - High Density at High Altitude and in Real Time
Optech is pleased to announce the latest addition to its innovative line of ALTM? airborne laser terrain mappers, the Optech Orion...
X-Series Industrial Gear Units: Size Matters - and So Does Service
The robust helical and bevel-helical gear units that are part of the X-Series of industrial gear units cover a torque range of 6.8kNm to 475 kNm. The intelligent, comprehensive gear unit...
Micronics to Exhibit at the MINEXPO 2012 Show
Micronics/Ishigaki will exhibit at the MINEXPO 2012 show highlighting development of the newest super high capacity filter press...
allmineral opens office in Perth/Western Australia
With the most recent incorporation of allmineral Australia Pty Ltd, allmineral directly contributes to the remarkable expansion of Western Australia's iron ore mining industry. This...
Dual High Temperature Cabinet Cooler® Systems for Large Electrical Enclosures
EXAIR's new Dual High Temperature Cabinet Cooler® Systems purge and cool overheated electrical control panels in harsh environments up to...
Australian Diversified Engineering Exhibiting at MINExpo International 2012
Australian Diversified Engineering (ADE) will be exhibiting at MINExpo International...
West River Releases Free White Paper on Mining Technology
Leading manufacturer of custom-built, custom-designed belt drives and components West River Conveyors & Machinery Company has released a free white paper brochure showcasing its...
CE Compliant Air Amplifier Assures Safe, High Volume Air Flow
EXAIR’s Super Air Amplifiers and Adjustable Air Amplifiers provide a fast, quiet, efficient way to move large volumes of air for the transport of smoke, fumes, or light materials as well as...
Murray & Roberts Cementation Awarded Cullinan Diamond Mine Contract
Cullinan Diamond Mine, a member of the Petra Diamonds group, has awarded Murray & Roberts Cementation a contract that includes the deepening of Shaft 1 and Shaft 3 at the Cullinan diamond...
WPT Power Releases Free White Paper on Mining Technology
WPT Power Corporation, an international manufacturer of pneumatic and hydraulic power take-offs, clutches and brakes for a broad range of industrial and petroleum applications, has released a...
Scheerer Bearing Corporation Kicks-off Internship Program with New Mechanical Engineering Intern
Scheerer Bearing Corporation, a US manufacturer of roller and ball bearings, recently added a mechanical engineering intern to their...
Solmed Alliance Attends the Libya Oil and Gas Summit 2012
Solmed Trans - Sahara has participated in the Libya Oil and Gas Summit 2012, taking the opportunity to contact other companies and announce its new projects to support the promotion that Libya...
NTN Releases Free White Paper on Mining Technology
Leading manufacturer of bearings, constant velocity joints and precision industrial and automotive equipment, NTN, has released a new white paper brochure showcasing its...
Titan Video Showcases ICT Capabilities
Titan ICT Consultants (Titan) is an independent engineering consultancy that is a recognised leader in the information and communications technology (ICT)...
Kemira Speakers Honored for Expertise in Mining
Three Kemira personnel whose efforts are focused heavily on mining have recently been honored by industry organizations for their contributions toward advancing new...
Two New Dredgers by Dragflow Delivered in Estonia and Italy
Dragflow, a worldwide player in solid pumping solutions, announces the installation of two new dredgers, one in northern Europe (Estonia) and the second in southern Europe...
IHC Merwede to Exhibit New Innovations at SMM 2012
As a global market leader for dredging and wet mining vessels and equipment, and a reliable supplier of custom-built ships and products for offshore construction, IHC Merwede will be among...
Mine Site Technologies Opens New Global Headquarters in Sydney
Mine Site Technologies (MST) has officially opened its new global headquarters facility in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The occasion was marked with an opening event which...
Cattron to Attend MINExpo 2012
Cattron will attend MINExpo International, taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on the 24-26 September...
NTN Breaks Ground on a Second Plant in Macomb, Illinois
A ground-breaking ceremony was held on 17 July at the site of a new $100m NTN-Bower plant. The expansion will consist of a second plant with an area one-third that of the current facility to...
WPT Power Corporation at the MINExpo 2012 Show
You are invited to visit WPT Power Corporation at the MINExpo 2012 show, Las Vegas, US, September 24-26 2012, at booth 5624 in the central...
Rajant Appoints New Directors of Sales
Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh Networks and provider of proven, multi-frequency mesh networking solutions, today announced the addition of LaRue Boyce Jr and Thomas Dietz. Both...
Mine Radio Systems to Attend MINExpo 2012
Mine Radio Systems will be attending MINExpo International, taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on the 24-26 September...
Gallagher to Exhibit at MINExpo 2012
Gallagher will exhibit at this year’s MINExpo in Las Vegas, US. This bigger-than-ever event held every four years is a place to find the safest, most innovative and productive technologies, such...
GIW Industries to Attend MINExpo 2012
GIW Industries, a slurry pump manufacturer, will attend MINExpo International, taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on the 24-26 September...
NTN Announces New Plant for Large Bore Industrial Bearing Production
NTN Corporation will construct a new plant in the Shika-machi region of Ishikawa Prefecture to increase production capacity of high-precision forged products for large bearings and...
VISTA Launches Web-Based Training Program Focused on Crawler Dozer Basic Operation and Safety
VISTA Training recently launched an new crawler dozer training module as part of its affordable, growing Silver Series of web-deliverable operator training programs. It is focused on...
GeoSonics / Vibra-Tech Releases SSU 550 White Paper
GeoSonics/Vibra-Tech, a leader in manufacturing quality, user-friendly seismographs for the quarry and construction industries, has released a white paper on mining-technology giving...
Gekko Systems and Randy Agius Establish Combined Cyanide Detoxification Group
Gekko Systems is pleased to announce that Randy Agius has signed an agreement with Gekko Systems to join forces to establish a combined cyanide detoxification...
Ivory Coast New Challenge for Solmed Alliance
Solmed Alliance has opened a new branch in the Ivory Coast where it currently provides services to the offshore industry. Ocean Rig is operating in this area and Solmed Alliance has followed...
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American Roller Bearing Attending MINExpo International
American Roller Bearing will be exhibiting at MINExpo International, taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on the 24-26 September...
American Roller Bearing Continues to Expand Operations in the US
American Roller Bearing Company has announced the addition of another manufacturing facility in Morganton,...
Olympus Innov-X Exhibiting at MINExpo International 2012
Olympus Innov-X, specialist manufacturer of portable geochemical analysers for the global exploration and mining industry, will be exhibiting at MINExpo International, taking place in Las...
Backplane Systems Technology Announces the Release of the VBOX-3200, a Rugged In-Vehicle Computer by Sintrones
The VBOX-3200 can operate within a wide temperature range of -30ºC to 60ºC to meet various environment applications, and meets MIL-STD-810F standard. To facilitate mobile communication...
Cold Gold
ERLAU TPC supplies 40 sets of traction chains to Barrick’ world-class gold/ silver/ copper project - high in the Southern Andes and the World’s first cross-border...
Becker Mining Systems Launches Belt Rip Detection System
Becker Mining Systems is pleased to announce the launch of its latest belt rip detection system, the BRS...
Randy Agius and Gekko Systems Join Forces to Launch Gekko's CN Detox Group
Randy Agius and Sandy Gray have signed an agreement at Gekko's head office in Ballarat, Australia, to establish the Gekko Cyanide Detox group....
Mine Site Technologies to Showcase Communication Systems at MINExpo
MINExpo - the world's largest mining exhibition, being held in Las Vegas, 24-26 September 2012 - provides Mine Site Technologies with the opportunity to showcase its newest and most...
ABB Wins Five-Year Full Service Agreement for Copper Smelting Plant in Africa
ABB was recently awarded a five-year ABB Full Service® contract with Namibia Custom Smelters (NCS), to manage and improve all maintenance activities at their copper smelting and converting plant...
Loesche Invites You to its First Technical Seminar in Düsseldorf
Loesche invites you to its very first technical seminar in Düsseldorf, Germany, which will be held on 26 September...
Brown McFarlane Forms Innovative Charity Partnership
Brown McFarlane is delighted to announce a new and innovative scheme that promotes the health and well being of all its employees and at the same time raises money for the company's...
Brown McFarlane CEO Speaks at International Conference
Barry Morse, CEO of the Brown McFarlane Group, was invited by HSBC to attend and speak at their recent Global Connections conference held at the Hotel Transamerica in Sao Paulo,...
Mining and Infrastructure Security Network Registrations Now Open
Passionate mining and infrastructure security professionals from Australia and New Zealand will come together in Adelaide, Australia, to share ideas and best practice on risk management...
Optech Wins JALBTCX 2012 Awards
Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce that Optech has been presented with two awards from...
Tenova Mining & Minerals Awarded Design, Supply and Construction of Copper Ore Handling/Processing System and SX/EW Plant to Minera Antucoya
Tenova Mining & Minerals has announced that Tenova TAKRAF and Tenova Bateman Technologies will design and deliver a copper ore handling/processing system and a Solvent Extraction (SX)...
Flexco to Exhibit at MINExpo 2012
Flexco will exhibit at this year's MINExpo in Las Vegas,...
PolyCom Road Maintenance and Construction Innovation Leaves Others in the Dust
Polycom Stabilising Aid is proving to be increasingly popular among civil contractors and miners as well as councils and shires and road building authority's across...
MVS to Exhibit at MINExpo 2012
MVS will exhibit at this year's MINExpo in Las Vegas,...
Miner Elastomer to Exhibit at MINExpo 2012
Miner Elastomer will exhibit at this year's MINExpo in Las Vegas,...
Technosub to Exhibit at MINExpo 2012
Technosub will exhibit at this year's MINExpo in Las Vegas,...
Watch Cypher Environmental's Latest Dust Stop Video
Dust Stop is an environmentally friendly dust control product that eliminates unwanted fugitive dust from mine...
HDD Mining & Waterwell Releases Product White Paper
HDD Mining & Waterwell has released a white paper outlining the company's current product...
IHC Winches Receives Order for the Delivery of Riser Pull-in Spread
IHC Winches, part of IHC Merwede, has signed a contract for the design and manufacture of a riser pull-in spread to be placed on a MODEC floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO)....
Clinker Production Announced for Benin Plant
At the new Masse cement plant of Nouvelle Cimenterie du Benin, a production of 3600 t/a clinker is planned to be produced in...
Two Slag Mills in Daqiuzhuang From Loesche
After several round competitions against other global bidders, the final decision that placing an order for two sets of LM 4600 CS 2 slag mill from Loesche China by Loesche Mills (Shanghai)...
LOESCHE Supplies Europe’s Largest Cement Mill to Turkey
LOESCHE's innovative Compact Plant design for cement grinding plants was another important reason for NURYOL Cimento to choose a LOESCHE Vertical Roller Mill for cement...
Dubai Coal Production Started Successfully with LM 28.2 D
For their project Dubai Coal the National Cement Co had ordered a Loesche Vertical Roller Mill Type LM 28.2 D for the capacity of 40 t/h Coal, 12% R 0,09mm....
Successful Naming and Launch Ceremony for ARTEMIS
IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the self-propelled cutter suction dredger, ARTEMIS, in a ceremony on 30 June 2012 at its shipyard in Sliedrecht, The...
FLSmidth Acquisition of Australian Ludowici Now Closed
FLSmidth's Board of Directors and Group Executive Management are very pleased to report that FLSmidth's acquisition of the Australian engineering and equipment supply company Ludowici Limited...
FLSmidth Acquisition of Australian Ludowici Now Closed
FLSmidth's Board of Directors and Group Executive Management are very pleased to report that FLSmidth's acquisition of the Australian engineering and equipment supply company Ludowici Limited...
Atlas Copco Celebrates Sale of 100 Scooptram ST7's
Atlas Copco is celebrating the 100th sale of its Scooptram ST7 loader, confirming the international success of this new generation LHD in terms of underground loading technology and...
ABB to Help New Iron Ore Plant to Operate at the Highest Levels of Energy Efficiency
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won two orders for electrification and automation equipment to help Swedish iron ore producer Northland Resources operate its...
ABB to Help New Iron Ore Plant to Operate at the Highest Levels of Energy Efficiency
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won two orders for electrification and automation equipment to help Swedish iron ore producer Northland Resources operate its...
LE to Exhibit at MINExpo 2012
Lubrication Engineers will exhibit at this year's MINExpo in Las Vegas,...
Technosub Provides the Ultimate Submersible Pump for High Head Applications
Technosub has just finished production of its latest high-pressure pump in the Technojet...
CEEC Medal Recognises Process Optimisation in Mining
The CEEC Medal is a global award intended to recognise and celebrate the contribution of outstanding published papers, articles or case studies profiling beneficial strategies for...
Important Visit for the Opening Ceremony of Leister China
During his trip to China, Swiss Federal Councilor (Minister of Economic Affairs) Johann Schneider-Ammann met with selected representatives of the Swiss economy living in...
Optech to Deliver State-of-the-Art Airborne Lidar and Thermal Imaging Solution to Bluesky
Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce that aerial surveying company Bluesky International...
Meet Gilbert Gray & Co at the Queensland Mining Exhibition
Come and help Gilbert Gray & Co celebrate 60 years serving the mining industry at this year's Queensland Mining Exhibition, which will take place 24-26 July...
Cobham NetNodeIS - The Safe Path For Critical Communications
The NetNodeIS, Intrinsically Safe, is the latest adaptation of Cobham's world-leading COFDM (Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) wireless communications product...
HDD Mining and Waterwell Release Free Brochure
HDD Mining and Waterwell Group has released a free brochure on Mining Technology, including full product listing and...
Atlas Copco is Celebrating the 100th Sale of its Scooptram ST7 Loader
Atlas Copco is celebrating the 100th sale of its Scooptram ST7 loader, confirming the
international success of this new generation LHD in terms of underground loading technology and...
Volvo G-Series Wheel Loaders Reset the Standard
With a 20% increase in lifting force, the L150G, L180G and L220G are the foundation of the G-Series range of wheel loaders from Volvo Construction Equipment. And common to the whole family...
Volvo F-Series Redefines the Articulated Hauler Market
The F-Series articulated haulers set high standards in the market that Volvo created and continues to...
Volvo L250G is in a Class of its Own
Designed to match the needs of on-highway trucks, the L250G is purpose built to be a heavy-duty machine with plenty of power and features larger bucket...
Rigaku NEX QC Application Note: EDXRF Analysis of Sulfur in Coal
Applied Rigaku Technologies is pleased to publish a new application report which details the analysis of sulfur in coal using the Rigaku NEX QC EDXRF analyzer. Rigaku Application Note...
Optech Wraps Up Successful 6th International Terrestrial Laser Scanning User Meeting
Optech, the world's leading manufacturer of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of its International Terrestrial Laser Scanning...
Reduce Risk Through Integrated Isolation Management
Mining by its very nature is hazardous. Demanding mining processes pose significant daily risks to employees, contractors and visitors. Stakeholders require that accountability for safety on a...
Martin Introduces New Hybrid Air Cannon Design
A global leader in material flow aid technology has introduced a new hybrid air cannon...
New Flexco Load Zone Products Offer Protection and Spillage Control
Flexco recently announced the release of two new products to improve performance in belt conveyor load...
Kador Manufactures Three Water Spray Tankers and Two Service Modules for South Australian Client
Kador is well underway with the manufacture of three mine water spray tankers and two service modules for a South Australian...
June 2012
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Backplane Systems Technology Announces the Release of the iKarPC Vehicle Computer Series
Powered by an Intel® AtomTM Z510 1.1GHz processor and pre-installed with Windows® XP Embedded, the iKarPC is an In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) system designed for vehicles such as cars,...
Signing Of Hogloo Australasia
Hogloo UK are proud to announce the signing of a distributor agreement for sales and maintenance of the Hogloo product through...
Atlas Copco Receives Orders Valued at €13m from Hindustan Zinc
Atlas Copco has received significant orders valued at over €13m from Hindustan Zinc in the first quarter of 2012. This is one of the largest underground mining contracts for Atlas Copco...
NTN Bearing to Attend MINExpo 2012
NTN Bearing Corporation, a leading manufacturer of bearings, constant velocity joints and precision industrial and automotive equipment, will be exhibiting at MINExpo International, taking place...
Pelican Unveils the Versatile 2370 LED Multi-Color Flashlight
For a host of outdoor and tactical situations Pelican Products has developed the 2370 LED multi-color flashlight....
Technosub Releases Free Tsurumi Product Guide
Technosub has released a free product guide outlining Tsurumi Pumps' contractor pumps, engine driven pumps, and generators, on Mining...
Vertical Building Solutions Releases Free White Paper
Vertical Building Solutions, constructors of fabric buildings for the mining, commercial, home and agricultural industries, has released a free white paper on Mining...
Aerial Surveys International Invests in Optech Orion M300 Lidar
Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce the sale of an integrated airborne surveying and...
Solmed Alliance Restarts Operations in Libya
Solmed Trans-Sahara has resumed operations in Libya after the civil war that the country has suffered. The company is fully operational since November 2011 and ready to provide...
Successful naming and launch ceremony for MIONDO by IHC Merwede
IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the stationary cutter suction dredger, MIONDO, in a ceremony on 16 May 2012 at its shipyard in Sliedrecht, The...
Flowrox Launches the World's Largest Hose Pump, LPP-T100
Flowrox has launched the largest hose pump in the world. The Flowrox LPP-T100 hose pump will be shown at the Achema exhibition in Germany, 18-22 June, hall 8 stand...
Aerometrex Signs Radar Satellite Imagery Distribution Agreement with e-GEOS
Australian firm Aerometrex has signed a radar satellite imagery distribution agreement with e-GEOS, an Italian company jointly owned by the Italian Space Agency ASI and Telespazio. The...
Sideflex: Advanced Asset Protection
ERLAU TPC introduces Sideflex - innovative sidewall protection for haul truck...
9000 Productive Hours
ERLAU TPC protects the tyres of a giant LeTourneau 1850 on load-out duties at Xstrata’s latest coal mine in Australia’s Hunter...
Gekko Systems’ Graduate Program Kicks-off
Gekko Systems is delighted to announce the commencement of its inaugural graduate program. Six graduates have started participating in the two-year program from 2012. Since commencement a...
Gekko Systems Canadian Office Celebrates Ten Years
Gekko Systems has great pleasure in announcing the tenth anniversary of its operations in Vancouver, Canada. The anniversary was celebrated with a dinner in Toronto prior to the PDAC...
PolyCom Stabilising Aid Australia-Wide
The strength in PolyCom not only comes from the product, it comes from the experience our specialists have with all materials across Australia....
Kemira Minerals & Metals: Laying Brick in BRIC
As previously announced, Kemira is in the construction phase of a new chemical production facility in Nanjing, China. Many of the products that will be manufactured at this plant are common...
Cytec Wins EPA Presidential Green Chemistry Award
Cytec Industries has been awarded the top honour in green chemistry, the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge...
СΕ Compliant Air Knives Assure Safe Operations
EXAIR's family of air knives (Super Air Knife, Standard Air Knife, and Full-Flow Air Knife) has always provided high-quality performance for your blowoff, drying or cooling needs. ...
Atlas Copco and ABB Collaborate on Underground Mobile Equipment Integration
A unique cooperation between Atlas Copco Underground Rock Excavation and ABB has led to a significant advance in underground mobile fleet integration....
Micronics Releases Free White Paper
Micronics, a developer and manufacturer of high-performance separation solutions for the Mining industries, has released a free white paper on Mining...
Micronics Will Be Exhibiting at MINExpo International 2012
Micronics, a developer of pressure filters and ancillary products including manual, semi-automatic and automatic pressure filters for the mining industry, will be exhibiting at...
POWERCELL PDX Load Cells Protects Your Profits
The new POWERCELL™ PDX™ load cell does more than just improve vehicle weighing. It fundamentally changes it through innovations that deliver greater accuracy and reliability than ever before....
Claisse to Host Canadian Mineral Analysts Conference 2012
Corporation Scientifique Claisse, in collaboration with the Canadian Mineral Analysts Association, will host the 44th annual CMA conference and exhibition, on 9 - 13 September 2012, at Loews...
Adria Release Free White Paper
Adria Manufacture has released a free white paper on Mining Technology, detailing their line of underground mining electrical equipment, including portable substations, mine power...
New Solutions Developed at Kvarntorp Test Mine by ABB
ABB's minerals/underground mining business unit and Atlas Copco Underground Rock Excavation, Sweden (Atlas Copco) have developed an innovative mobile integration system combining ABB's...
ABB and Atlas Copco Join Forces for Mobile Integration System
ABB's minerals/underground mining business unit and Atlas Copco Underground Rock Excavation, Sweden (Atlas Copco) have developed an innovative mobile integration system combining ABB's...
Adria to Exhibit at MINExpo 2012
Adria Manufacture, a manufacturer of medium and low-voltage equipment such as portable substations, monobloc skid mounted substations, and control and protection panels for underground mining...
Contact Adria for Industry-Renowned Quality
Adria Manufacture designs, develops and constructs industrial electrical equipment; in particular products such as portable substations, mine power centres, monobloc skid-mounted...
Metso Releases Free White Paper
Metso, a manufacturer of thermal processing, filtration, separation, materials handling, grinding, screening and crushing systems for the mining industry, has released a free white paper on...
Slimline Exhibits at the Global Petroleum Show 2012
Slimline Manufacturing, specialists in the design and production of portable enhanced Turbomist evaporators and turnkey solutions for applications involving tailings ponds and heap leach pads...
SAFEmine Releases Free White Paper
SAFEmine has released a free white paper on Mining Technology about the challenges associated with traffic on single-lane mine access roads, in particular the Hecla's Greens Creek Mine in...
Metso to Supply Big Mining Crushers to Codelco in Chile
Metso has signed a contract with Codelco, a major Chilean mining company, to supply big cone crushers for a process improvement project in the Chuquicamata...
Metso to Exhibit at MINExpo International 2012
Metso, a manufacturer of thermal processing, filtration, separation, materials handling, grinding, screening and crushing systems for the mining industry, will be exhibiting at...
Peruvian Mine Purchases the Largest CiDRA Flowmeter in Peru
CiDRA Minerals Processing Inc. announced today that Southern Copper Company's Cuajone mine in Peru has awarded CiDRA a contract to supply, install, start-up and commission a 48" diameter...
Advanced Geosciences Introduces the PowerSting
The PowerSting is a series of external high power transmitters (5kW, 10kW, and 15kW) for the SuperSting R8/IP/SP and SuperSting...
Advanced Geosciences' Resistvity Imaging Seminars in Texas and Spain
Advanced Geosciences (AGI), a manufacturer of geophysical imaging systems for the mining industry, hosts seminars in both Austin, Texas, US and Madrid, Spain, throughout the year, which focus...
Advanced Geosciences to Exhibit at MINExpo International 2012
Advanced Geosciences, a developer and manufacturer of geophysical imaging systems, is exhibiting at MINExpo International, taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on the 24-26 September...
Introducing Vertical Building Solution's Modulated Building Systems
The world's growing hunger for raw materials has created a global commodities boom, in which foreign investors and mining interests have landed on Canada's doorstep in the quest of a secure...
Mine Site Technologies Launches a New 'Solutions' Website
Mine Site Technologies (MST), the global leader in communication technologies solutions, has launched a new 'solutions' website. The new site is designed to assist MST's future customers...
The University of Dundee Chooses Rigaku X-ray Diffraction (XRD) Instruments
Rigaku Americas Corporation is pleased to announce that the University of Dundee, Scotland, has chosen to update their X-ray crystallography facility with the most advanced fully automated...
Dow Invests in Water Technology Manufacturing in China
Dow Water & Process Solutions announces its plans for a new world-class DOW FILMTEC™ reverse osmosis membrane plant at the company's site in Huzhou, China....
Scheerer Releases Free White Paper
Scheerer Bearings, a manufacturer of high-durability ball and roller bearings for the mining industry, has released a free white paper on Mining...
Cypher Releases Free White Paper
Cypher Environmental, a producer of environmentally friendly dust suppression / erosion control and soil stabilisation products, has released a free white paper on Mining...
Rigaku NEX QC EDXRF for Silver in Barite Ore
Applied Rigaku Technologies, Inc. today announced a new empirical method for the elemental analysis of measurement of silver (Ag) as well as other precious metals in barite (BaSO4)...
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Honeywell Milestone Signals Continuing Shift to Multi-Variable Predictive Control use in Mining
Honeywell has announced that mining companies have increased production rates by as much as 5% and in some cases, 10%using its Profit Controller advanced control and optimisation...
Honeywell Chosen by Krakatau Steel to Improve Energy Efficiency and Reduce Costs
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) has announced that PT. Krakatau Daya Listrik (KDL), a subsidiary of PT. Krakatau Steel Group (PTKS Group), has selected HPS to implement energy management...
DavyMarkham Completes Major Mining Project in Rural Northern Canada
Sheffield heavy engineering specialist DavyMarkham has successfully completed a £10m international mining...
Pelican Names Sanette Nel as South Africa and Sub Saharan Regional Sales Manager
Pelican Products, the global leader in the design and manufacture of advanced lighting systems and high-performance protective case solutions, has named Sanette Nel as its South African/Sub...
Honeywell to Modernise Production System of Largest Steel Manufacturer in Turkey
Honeywell has announced it has been awarded a contract to modernise a key steel manufacturing plant operated by Turkey's largest steel producer....
Workshop Targets a Paradigm Shift in Comminution Practices
CEEC International, in conjunction with JKTech Ltd, has drawn up an "A" list of industry, supply and research practitioners to workshop and develop roadmaps to achieve a paradigm shift in...
Pelican Products Receives Presidential ‘E’ Award for Exports
Pelican Products was awarded the Presidential 'E' Award for Exports by US Department of Commerce Secretary, John Bryson, at the White House in Washington,...
Pelican Products Canada Makes Top 50 Defense Company List
Pelican Products Canada, the global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance protective case solutions and advanced portable LED lighting systems, has been named in the...
Results of AMOG’s ACARP Funded Research Study Revealed
Results of AMOG’s ACARP funded research study reveals alternative rope materials add significant value to areas of safety, productivity and...
Brown McFarlane Raises Customer Service Levels Again in Dubai
The steel processing capability at Brown McFarlane International's Oryx Works distribution centre in Jebel Ali has been enhanced through the addition of two large plate cutting...
Micronics Engineered Filtration and Ishigaki Announce Service Improvements
Prompt delivery, cost control, and improved customer support are objectives continuously being pursued by Micronics Engineered Filtration and partner Ishigaki....
Reliable Door Performance in a Tough Environment
The world's largest undeveloped copper deposit, which also turns out to include significant deposits of gold and silver, is located in the Gobi of Mongolia at a site called Oyu Tolgoi, which...
Pelican Products Goes on Set with 1510SC and 1560SC Studio Cases
Pelican Products 1560SC and 1510SC Studio Cases are legendarily tough, watertight cases designed for photography and video production professionals who want to protect their laptops, lenses and...
Micronics Engineered Filtration and Ishigaki Co. Announce Service Improvements
Prompt delivery, cost control, and improved customer support are objectives continuously being pursued by Micronics Engineered Filtration and partner Ishigaki Co. To support the highly...
Adapt FMS Showing New Touch Screen Technology
Adapt FMS will unveil new touch screen technology for its fuel management system (FMS) on Stand 7113 during the 2012 Queensland Mining and Engineering (QME) Exhibition at the Mackay Showground...
Global Mining Giant Chooses Australian Fuel Management
Blitzing an expert field of competitors from around the world, Australian owned and operated Mining Industry Resources Pty Ltd has been chosen by global mining giant, Rio Tinto Group, to provide...
Optech Announces Successful Completion of Field Trials for CZMIL Bathymetric System
Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce the successful completion of field trials for the...
Rigaku NEX QC EDXRF for Analysis of Kaolin Clay
Applied Rigaku Technologies, Inc. today announced a new empirical method for the elemental analysis of analysis of titanium and iron in kaolin clay. Application Note #1187 demonstrates...
Lippman Milwaukee Releases Free White Papers
Lippman Milwaukee, a world-renowned manufacturer of heavy-duty jaw crushers, has released two free white papers on Mining...
Gold Mines Strike it Rich with Kemira’s Tailored Chemistries for Their Water-Intensive Processes
For gold mine operators, unearthing value is done every day. Water plays a key role in many of the applications. It is also a valuable resource that must be used and re-used efficiently....
Volvo Wins Prestigious Red Dot Award - Again
Volvo Construction Equipment is celebrating its second red dot design award win, this time taking home highest honours with the 2012 red dot: best of the best...
Relentless Performance from Volvo Heavyweights Powers up Productivity
Featuring Volvo's latest D13 engine and enhanced hydraulics, the new EC380D and EC480D excavators not only offer greater digging force and faster cycle times, they perform relentlessly and...
Sofi Filtration Introduces the Innovative Sofi Filter, a Breakthrough in Polishing Filtration
The Sofi Filter provides self-cleaning and fully automated microfiltration starting from 0.25µm up to 40µm. Sofi Filter has a high capacity but low energy consumption; measured flux rates have...
Loesche Enters into Close Cooperation Agreement With A TEC
Loesche, the market leader in dry-grinding technology, has entered into a close cooperation agreement with pyroprocess specialist A TEC...
Dom-Ex Feleases Free Product Guide
Dom-Ex, a quality used heavy-equipment parts company, has released a free product guide on Mining...
Neptune™ 500-D Series Hydraulic Diaphragm Metering Pumps Handle Challenging Mining Applications
Neptune™ Chemical Pump Co., a leading manufacturer of chemical metering pumps, designed its Neptune 500-D Series (Duplex) Diaphragm Metering Pumps for frother applications found in coal mine...
Rigaku NEX QC EDXRF for Analysis of Iron Oxide in Silica Sand
Applied Rigaku Technologies, Inc. today announced a new empirical method for the analysis of iron oxide in silica sand. Application Note #1177 demonstrates the effectiveness and utility of...
Blue Cube Systems Expands Global Distribution Network
South African manufacturer of in-line real-time mineral analysers Blue Cube Systems has appointed distributors in the Middle East, Central Asia, and South America, adding to its global...
VISTA's TruckLogic Programme Wins Suncor President's Award
Suncor Energy recently awarded both its training department and VISTA Training one of eight coveted President's Operational Excellence Awards, for the implementation of the innovative...
Vale Awards FLSmidth Material Handling Contract
FLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth approximately $65m (DKK 370m) from the long-term customer Vale for the supply of material handling equipment to the Port of Nacala in...
Large Material Handling Order Awarded to FLSmidth
FLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth approximately $65m (DKK 370m) from the long-term customer Vale for the supply of material handling equipment to the Port of Nacala in Mozambique....
Flexco Names Kerry Meacham Director of North American Sales
Flexco, the world's premier supplier of belt maintenance products, recently appointed Kerry Meacham to the position of director of North American sales....
Triple Point’s 'Port Management' Software Wins Prestigious International Bulk Journal Award
Triple Point Technology, the leading global provider of software to manage commodities and enterprise risk, announced today that its QMASTOR PortVu bulk terminal management system has won...
MineWare's Total Mining Software Solutions
MineWare has been developing mining software solutions since 1996, focusing on short-term control solutions for production...
Optech CS-15000 Aerial Digital Camera Wins Geospatial Technology Innovation Award
Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce that the Optech CS-15000 aerial digital camera has...
Technosub Releases Free Tsurumi Wastewater Product Guide
Technosub, the sole Canadian distributor of Tsurumi pumps, has released a free product guide on Mining...
Mining Industry Resources Expands and Appoints New Staff
Following on from significant company growth and expansion, Mining Industry Resources has appointed Patrick Boyle to the position of Chief Operating...
Geobrugg Opens Manufacturing Plant in Perth, Western Australia
Swiss company Geobrugg, a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-tensile steel-wire mesh for Geohazard Solutions and Security Engineering, has established a manufacturing plant in...
Safety Air Guns with Chip Shields Protect Operators
EXAIR’s family of Safety Air Guns (Precision Safety Air Gun, Soft Grip Safety Air Gun, and Heavy Duty Safety Air Gun) has always provided high quality performance for your blowoff, drying...
Engineers of the Future Learn from DavyMarkham
South Yorkshire school children have been learning from heavy engineering experts DavyMarkham, in an event which taps into the government's apprenticeships...
Miner Elastomer Products Release Brochure on Mining Technology Website
Leading suspension and shovel components manufacturer Miner Elastomer Products has released a new brochure on the Mining Technology...
Rajant Connects North American Coal Mine with the World’s Largest Deployed Kinetic Mesh Network
Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh Networks and provider of proven, multi-frequency mesh networking solutions, today announced the successful deployment of the world's largest...
Loesche Builds 63rd Pulverised Coal Injection Mill
Loesche has successfully sold its 63rd Loesche mill for pulverised coal injections (PCI) for the Třinec Coal project in the Czech...
Rajant Names Todd Rigby Vice President of Business Development - Mining
Rajant Corporation , the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh Networks and provider of pervasive, multi-frequency wireless solutions, today announced Todd Rigby has joined the company as vice president...
Optech Introduces CZMIL, the Newest State-of-the-Art Environmental and Bathymetric System
Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce the release of the new airborne Optech CZMIL...
Martin Engineering Offers a Total Flow Solution For Bulk Materials
A world leader in bulk material handling technology has announced a dual solution to material flow problems, combining acoustic cleaning technology with industry-proven air cannon...
Twiflex Disc Brakes Meet the Needs of Overland Coal Conveyors
When coal processing plants are an appreciable distance from the mine, how best to transport the coal from one to the other is a key...
Loesche Implement 120t per Hour Coal Mill in Great Britain
In November 2011 Loesche, the leading supplier of the world's largest vertical roller grinding mills, obtained a contract for the first ever four-roller coal mill for the injection of...
Optech Founder Featured on Canadian History Channel
"Canadian Made", a series on the Canadian History Channel, recently aired a segment titled "Space Gizmos" that included the Phoenix Mars Lander lidar designed by...
Transfer Points Can Contribute to High Maintenance Costs
Although transfer points potentially contribute to some of the highest maintenance costs on a mine, engineers seldom view transfer systems as a critical element of the minerals processing...
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Higher Profits for Less Effort With PolyCom
You know who you are and so do we. You wanted to improve your earthworks and get more from your machinery. You wanted to find a better way. And you did. We are different and so are our...
Hansen to Supply Paramax and P4 Gearboxes for the EMEA Region
Industrial gear unit specialist Hansen Industrial Transmissions (HIT), acquired by Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) in March 2011, announces that its European assembly centre will integrate...
P4 and PARAMAX® Solutions Cater for Extended and Complementary Product Offering
Industrial gear unit specialist Hansen Industrial Transmissions (HIT), acquired by Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) in March 2011, announces that its European assembly centre, based in the...
Eco-Efficient Comminution Workshop Draws Outstanding Response
With the generous support of Gekko Systems and JK Tech, CEEC presented its first workshop on eco-efficient comminution prior to Procemin 2011, in Santiago,...
Flexco Opens New Manufacturing Facility in Chile
Flexco, the leading manufacturer of products that help maximise belt conveyor productivity, recently opened a new sales and manufacturing facility in Santiago, Chile in order to better...
Truck Vibrators Help Eliminate Carryback, Reduce Costs and Save Time
Martin Engineering, the world leader in bulk materials handling, has introduced a new line of truck...
Metso Supplies Vertical Grinding Technology to MMX
Metso has signed a contract with MMX mining company in Brazil for the supply and assembly of its vertical grinding technology....
New Dragflow Installation in Brindisi Harbor
Dragflow extends its wide range of products, launching on the market an innovative 'booster station'. The new booster pump is proposed together with traditional submersible dredge pumps, and...
TERRATEC Delivers New EPBM to Bangkok
TERRATEC has completed the production of a 6.44m EPBM for the Bangkok Metro blue line extension...
Kemira Offers Tailored Chemistries for Water-Intensive Copper Mining Applications
Kemira offers a broad range of chemistries that are widely used in the mining and processing of copper ore. Kemira's expertise in water quality and quantity management enables us to add value...
CiDRA Chief Strategy Officer Speaks at U.S. House of Representatives Caucas
CiDRA's vice president and chief strategy officer, Dr. Alan D. Kersey, was invited to speak at the SPIE sponsored House of Representatives Research and Development Caucus, on 17 April 2012, with...
Trucking Yards and Hardstands Find Huge Benefits with PolyCom Stabilising Aid
More than twelve months ago PolyCom Stabilising Aid was used to treat and re-cycle the gravel surface of a busy trucking yard in Gillman, South...
Technosub Releases Free White Paper
Technosub, a manufacturer of multi-stage, vertical, and submersible pumps, has released a free white paper on Mining Technology....
IHC Merwede Steps Forward in Asia with New Singapore Office
IHC Merwede, the global market leader for efficient dredging and mining vessels and equipment, and reliable supplier of custom-built ships and supplies for offshore construction, officially...
Timken Bearings Help Make Way for the World’s Longest, Deepest Rail Tunnel
The Timken Company has released a free white paper on Mining-Technology, detailing a case study of its work alongside Herrenknecht in drilling the Gotthard base railway tunnel....
CiDRA Oilsands Creates New Business Unit and Appoints Asset Integrity Manager
CiDRA Oilsands has announced the creation of a new business unit to manage the growth and expansion of services in the areas of asset integrity and management....
Clariant Mining Solutions Celebrates Grand Opening of First Mineral Processing Lab in China
Clariant Mining Solutions today announced the grand opening of a new, state-of-the-art mineral processing lab at the company's location in Guangzhou,...
Timken Releases Free White Paper
The Timken Company, specialists in steel manufacturing and bearing solutions for the mining industry, has released a free white paper outlining its expertise and...
FELUWA Pumps Exhibits at Paste 2012
FELUWA Pumps are pleased to announce that they will be exhibiting at PASTE Conference, to be held in Sun City, Pilansberg, South Africa, from 16-19 April...
Pheonix to Exhibit at ExpoMin
Phoenix Conveyor Belt Systems will be represented on Tecnologíca en Transporte de Minerales' booth, on Pavilion 1, Stand 20-1, at ExpoMin 2012. The exhibition will be held in Espacio...
Red Dot Awards Praise Leister
The red dot design award is one of the largest and most prestigious design competitions in the world. A total of 4515 entries were registered for the 19 different competition categories in...
Namspace Looks Ahead
Namspace, manufacturer and supplier of modular buildings, is situated on the west coast of Namibia, in close proximity to the harbour town of Walvis Bay....
Process Improvements and Financial Gains April 2012
A comparison of the non-ferrous metal production processes by Daniel and Lewis Gray (2011), shows that gold and copper processing have the greatest potential to achieve higher throughput and...
Putzmeister Underground at Expomin 2012
Putzmeister Underground Division will exhibit at Expomin 2012, Santiago de Chile, on 9- 13 April, at stand number 28-F (Open...
Neptune Chemical Pump Company Releases Free White paper
Neptune Chemical Pump Company is a premier manufacturer of chemical metering pumps, chemical feed systems and chemical injection accessories for use in mining and related industries, and...
Wilden Pump and Engineering Releases Free White Paper
Wilden Pump and Engineering is a global leader and innovator of air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) pump technology, and has released a free white paper on the Mining-Technology...
EPMS Takes the Lead on World Titanium Resources Project
West Australian-based engineering and project management company, EPMS continues to be called on for its mineral sands expertise....
TRIAC AT from Leister Receives Coveted ‘Red Dot Design Award’
The 'Red Dot Design Award' is one of the largest and most prestigious design competitions in the world. Independent designers from 58 countries and 1,800 companies took part in the 'Red Dot...
Roymec Technologies Launches a New Thickener Feedwell Technology
The past two years have seen Roymec complete several innovative product development milestones but by far our greatest efforts have been spent on intensive research and development on...
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FLSmidth Names New Executive Vice President
For the first time in 130 years, FLSmidth, a Denmark based, market-leading supplier of equipment and services to the global minerals and cement industries, has promoted a non-Dane to its...
130-year-old Company Promotes First non–Dane to Executive Level
For the first time in 130 years, FLSmidth, a Denmark based, market-leading supplier of equipment and services to the global minerals and cement industries, has promoted a non-Dane to its...
Flexco Announces New Portable Air Tensioner System
Flexco recently introduced a Portable Air Tensioner System, designed to ensure proper tension will be applied to the cleaner throughout its...
IT in Mining - Balancing Global Standards with Local Flexibility
The medium-term outlook for the world's mining sector remains positive. Global demand for resources driven from the emerging economies has over the past 12 months led to unprecedented levels...
Coldmist Dust Control and BKB Dust Suppression awarded BHP Billiton Tender
BKB Dust Suppression, in partnership with Coldmist Dust Control Australia, are proud to announce their success in securing the tender for the supply and installation of 19 Super Polecat waste...
Dymax Release Free White Paper
Mining work tools specialist Dymax has released a free white paper on the Power Technology...
Technosub to exhibit at CIM show
Technosub will be exhibiting at the CIM show in Edmonton, Canada, from 6-9 May. In its native Canada, Technosub has become a benchmark in pumping solutions for the mining...
GIW Froth Pump Prevents Airlock Shutdowns at Mondo Minerals Talc Plant
GIW Industries, the leader in the design, manufacture and application of heavy duty, centrifugal slurry pumps, announced that global talc producer Mondo Minerals has installed GIWs high...
SRK Re-Enters Peru
SRK Consulting has repositioned itself to grow with Peru's expanding mining industry through a merger with Lima-based firm, SVS...
Powerscreen Drums Up Business in South Africa
Powerscreen, one of the world's leading providers of mobile crushing, screening and washing equipment, recently hosted a World Dealer Conference in Cape Town, South...
Visit 3F Chimica at Coal Prep 2012
3F Chimica is pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting at the Coal Prep 2012 international coal processing exhibition and conference, which will be held in Lexington, Kentucky,...
Timken Online Intelligence System to Monitor Wind Turbines in Minnesota
The Timken Company has announced it has reached an agreement with Northern States Power-Minnesota, an Xcel Energy Company, for remote monitoring of wind turbines at Xcel Energy's Nobles Wind...
First Loesche OGPmobile Now in Operation in Southern Asia
The dry milling of ore in Loesche vertical roller mills has shown significant process advantages, as well as economic and ecological...
Philippi-Hagenbuch Introduces First True Oil Sands Body to Industry
Philippi-Hagenbuch of Peoria, Illinois, has designed the first off-highway truck body specifically for hauling oil...
Tyre Chains: A Diamond Miner’s Best Friend?
ERLAU TPC saves LeTourneau’s tyres at Artic lake diamond...
Thor Signs Two New Dealers
Thor Global has signed on two new dealers: Machinery Supply located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and Peninsula Equipment located in Lakefield, Florida; Buford, Georgia, and Lexington, South...
The Answer Company is First ERP Reseller in Western Canada to Receive TEC Accreditation
In a report published in recent weeks, Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) announced that The Answer Company is the newest recipient of its Accreditation for Enterprise Resource Planning...
Flexco Introduces the MHP Heavy-Duty Precleaner
Flexco recently announced the addition of the MHP Precleaner to its line of heavy-duty belt...
Martin Engineering Announces Custom-Engineered Vibrator Designs for OEM Applications
A global leader in bulk material handling has announced that it has begun offering custom-engineered vibration technology for manufacturers of shakers, separators, wash plants and other...
Safety First and Always: 22 Years of Safety at Mine Site Technologies
Mine Site Technologies focuses on providing communications equipment for the mining industry which enhances customer safety and productivity. At Mine Site Technologies safety is more than just...
Kemira Minerals & Metals to Share Polymer Expertise at PASTE Workshop
During the 2012 PASTE Seminar, to be held from 16-19 April in Sun City, South Africa, Kemira will present some of the principles of flocculation at the one-day pre-meeting polymer...
Murray & Roberts Cementation Nominated As Preferred Contractor for Proposed Venetia Underground Project
Murray & Roberts Cementation has been selected by De Beers as the preferred contractor to undertake the development of an underground mining operation at Venetia Diamond Mine. This project is in...
DavyMarkham Helps Connect Manufacturing Industry Experts
Sheffield heavy engineering specialist, DavyMarkham, showcased its inspirational business turnaround story at an industry networking event....
The Answer Company Purchases Avante Solutions’ Canadian SalesLogix Business
One of the largest Sage Software Partners in Canada, The Answer Company, has completed the acquisition of Avante Solutions' Canadian SalesLogix line of business. The deal makes The Answer...
Backplane Systems Technology Announces the Release of Octagon System's Rugged Mobile Computer, the RMB C2
The RMB C2 is a rugged mobile server designed for applications where severe environments and high performance meet. As a member of Octagon's Systems™ product line, it tightly integrates...
SEI Industries Release White Paper
SEI Industries has released a new white paper which details its successful fuel system project in Nunavut,...
Thor Develops Two Telescopic Ship Loaders for Vale Mozambique
Thor Global has developed two 281ft (86m) telescopic ship loaders for Vale Mozambique's new coal terminal in Beira, each with a loading capacity of 1200t per hour....
Austmine's Mission to Brazil
Austmine in partnership with Vale and Trade & Investment Queensland will lead a mission to the world class Carajas Mineral Province in northern Brazil on 15-20 April...
Austmine to Host Mining World Russia 2012
Austmine in association with Trade & Investment Queensland will again host Mining World Russia 2012 at the Australian Mining Technology Pavilion in Moscow from 24-26 April...
Mclellan Reveals Jib Crane Details
The Mclellan Jib Crane was specially designed to work in conjunction with the Mclellan Bolt Buster. It was built with the specifications to optimally and safely control the Bolt Buster's weight...
Mine Site Technologies Selected for Proximity Detection Initiative in South Australia
A major mining customer in South Australia has selected the Mine Site Technologies (MST) proximity detection solution for its underground vehicle and personnel proximity technologies...
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Technosub introduces its new website
Technosub is proud to presents its new web site, a modern concept that allows faster access to its products, services and recent accomplishments....
Sprung‘s Stressed Membrane Structure
Sprung is the inventor of the stressed membrane structure, which is designed and engineered to provide immediate, cost effective building solutions for mine applications worldwide....
CEEC Invites the Mining Industry to Discover the Benefits of Eco-Efficient Comminution
The Coalition for Eco-Efficient Comminution (CEEC) is inviting people to find out more about eco-efficient comminution at SME (Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration) in Seattle this...
Collapsible FRAC Tanks - Better for the Environment and Cheaper To Transport
With increased interest from the public around the role of fracking, a new product is making the task a little safer for the...
Dragflow Details its Range of Pumps and Dredges
For more than 25 years, Dragflow has been manufacturing and marketing pumps, dredges and equipment for the mining...
Backplane Systems Technology Announces the Release of Avalue's LPC-1203 Touch Panel PC
The LPC-1203 is powered by an Intel® Atom™ N270 processor, which reduces the power usage and saves operation costs....
Gemecs Acquires HFProjects
Gemecs is pleased to announce its successful acquisition of...
Beak Consultants to Attend ProMine Workshop
Beak Consultants is set to give a presentation at the scientific ProMine workshop in Nancy,...
Murray & Roberts Cementation Creates Emergency Egress System at Finsch Mine in 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...
Techniflo Pumps from Global Pumps Promise Outstanding Corrosion Resistance and Zero Leakage
Global Pumps' range of Techniflo pumps is already being recognised as one of the most effective centrifugal pumps offering high corrosion resistance and great reliability in the most...
Fedics Site Services Release Company Brochure
Fedics Site Services has released a new white paper brochure on the Mining Technology...
Mine On-Line Service Conducts Study in Low-Grade Nickel Mine
Mine On-Line Service (MOLS) carried out grade control study in a low grade nickel mine, utilising the all new Percussive Drill Sampler Analyzer (PDSA) trailer-mounted version, manufactured by...
IMA Bucket Scanner Used for Detection of Ore and Waste Border
Detection of ore and waste border is becoming ever more important in large underground metal mines. One solution that a Finnish company IMA Engineering has been testing and developing is...
Mine On-Line Service Analysing and Digitalising Drill Cores in Nordic National Drill Core Storages
Mine On-Line Service (MOLS) has been working in the Nordic market since 2007 with its novel mobile geochemical analysis lab Scanmobile. During the last year, the Scannmobile has been...
Kemira’s Proprietary LumiKem Technology Provides Rapid and Accurate Microbial Control Monitoring
Microbial contamination in raw materials, production intermediates and finished products can compromise product quality, increase chemical consumption and negatively affect manufacturing...
Mouvex Abaque Series Peristaltic Hose Pumps Handle the Mining Industry's Toughest Challenges
Mouvex®, a leading manufacturer of positive displacement pumps, has announced that its Abaque Series peristaltic hose pumps have been designed to meet the challenging requirements of the...
OTN Systems Secures Order for Debswana Diamond Mine
The Debswana Diamond Mine in Botswana has selected the newly released OTN Systems' N50 and N70 nodes as its backbone network....
Dragflow Presents Environmental-Proof Technologies
Dragflow chooses to soften the environmental impact with advanced technologies for dredging optimisation and naturalistic protection....
FLSmidth Receives Gold Order in North America
FLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth approximately $82m (DKK467m) from Allied Nevada Gold Corp. to supply equipment and services to their gold mine located about 200km north east of Reno...
Loesche Announces Round Table India 2012 Event in New Delhi
For the very first time, a Loesche Round Table event will take place in New Delhi, India on 28 February - 1 March 2012....
Cirlock Announces Appointment of Nicole Fietz as Sales Manager
Cirlock, Australia's leading manufacturer of lockout and tagout equipment, is pleased to announce the appointment of Nicole Fietz as sales manager....
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...
New Catalogs Showcase Bearing Lines and Technical Information
The Timken Company has released three new catalogs, highlighting expanded Timkencylindrical, spherical and tapered roller bearing product...
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...
Flexco Adds Bob Lord and Chris Poe to Support Growing Product Lines
Bob Lord and Chris Poe recently joined the Flexco team in product management roles....
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 weeks....
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 'DCD'....
Roymec Technologies Awarded the Contract for the Supply of SX Dual Media Filters
Roymec Technologies were recently awarded the contract for the supply of SX Dual Media Filters for the next phase of the Freeport-Mcmoran's Inc (FMI) Tenke Fungurume Upgrade project in the...
Roymec Technologies Welcomes Tamela
The board and staff at Roymec Technologies welcomes Tamela, who are the new shareholders at Roymec Technologies....
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 now....
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...
Timken Posts Record 2011 Sales and Earnings
The Timken Company has reported record sales of $5.2bn for 2011, up 28% from the prior year, on strong demand from diverse industrial markets....
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...
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...
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...
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 separation....
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 system....
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 nationwide....
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...
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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)...
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...
Thor Delivers Ship Unloading System for Miller Aggregates South West
Thor Global Enterprises has successfully delivered a 4000t per hour ship unloading system to Miller Aggregates South West, a division of Miller Paving, in Windsor, Ontario....
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 Johannesburg....
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) unit....
WPT Power Corporation Announce New Hydraulic Pump Drives
WPT Power Corporation is proud to announce a new line of Hydraulic Pump Drives....
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...
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 conveyors....
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...
November 2011
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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...
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...
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 files)....
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 one....
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 project....
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,...
CiDRA Oilsands Awarded Contract by Canadian Dewatering L.P.
CiDRA Oilsands announced today that Canadian Dewatering L.P (CDLP) has chosen CiDRA's SONARtrac® flow monitoring systems for several key applications managed by...
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, Nevada....
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...
PolyCom Stabilising Aid Exhibiting at ECO-Buy 2011 Green Product Showcase
ECO-Buy is hosting the Latrobe Region Green Product Showcase on 30 November in Morwell. It will feature suppliers of green products and related services in Infrastructure, Parks and Gardens,...
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 Power....
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 industries....
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 program....
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...
CiDRA Wins Major Coal Flow Contract in Mexico
CiDRA Minerals Processing has announced that Altos Hornos de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (AHMSA) has chosen CiDRA's SONARtrac® flow monitoring systems as their preferred technology for use in two...
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...
Anglo American Awards CiDRA Contract for Los Bronces
CiDRA Minerals Processing has announced that Anglo American has awarded CiDRA a contract to supply SONARtrac process monitoring systems to the Los Bronces Development Project....
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...
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 Asia....
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 Pará....
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, Africa....
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 Uzbekistan....
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 Poland....
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 program....
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
Salini Selects Erlau for Ethiopia
ERLAU TPC winning 10m tonnes of cement for Ethiopia's Millenium...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
August 2011
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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...
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. ...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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: ...
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...
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...
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...
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....
July 2011
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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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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'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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Roymec Technologies Signs Exclusive Agreement with NUCO Industrial Services
We are proud to announce the signing of an exclusive agreement with NUCO Industrial Services based in Kitwe - Zambia to represent Roymec Technologies in Zambia. Nuco is an provider of services...
Roymec to Supply Two More Thickener Units for Malaysia Projects
Roymec are supplying two more thickener units for projects in Malaysia through Malaysian company PWA SDN BHD based in Kuala Lumpur. Roymec have an agreement with PWA for the supply 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...
June 2011
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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...
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...
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. ...
CiDRA Wins Major Flow Contract with Rio Tinto
CiDRA Minerals Processing has announced that Rio Tinto has chosen CiDRA's SONARtrac® flow monitoring systems as its preferred technology for use on slurry lines at Oyu Tolgoi in...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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. ...
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...
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...
$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...
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 ...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
May 2011
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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: ...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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. ...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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)...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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™...
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,...
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...
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. ...
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 systems....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
January 2011
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Eurasian’s First CAT 993F Fits ERLAU TPC TPCs
ERLAU TPC keeps CAT 993F loading iron ore in Kazachstan....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
TPCs: Winning Resources for Indian Steel
From limestone extraction, coal mining, iron ore winning to recycling smouldering slag, ERLAU TPC tyre protection chains play a significant role in TATA’s steel production process in...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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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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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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®...
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' 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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 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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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,...
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...
April 2010
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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. ...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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). ...
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). ...
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. ...
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 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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
March 2010
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
January 2010
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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'...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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 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....
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...
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...
December 2009
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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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 —...
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...
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. ...
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...
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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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’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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 site. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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....
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....
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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 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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 Gains New Material-Handling Contract in Germany
FLSmidth Minerals has signed a contract worth close to €40m (DKK300m) with German-based Hoesch Spundwand und Profil (HSP). The equipment to be supplied is part of HSP's modernisation 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 Profil (HSP). The equipment to be supplied is part of HSP's modernisation of...
McQuaid Engineering to Exhibit at Intermat 2009
Today McQuaid Engineering confirmed that it will be exhibiting its range of MQ attachments for the mining, quarrying, recycling and construction industries at one of the world's biggest trade...
Murray & Roberts Cementation - The World Leader in Mining Contracting
South African-based Murray & Roberts Cementation is part of the greater Murray & Roberts Group, a leading international engineering contracting and construction services company with a focus on...
CiDRA Successful Operation of SONARtrac® Process Monitoring Systems in the New LKAB Kiruna Concentrator and Pelletizing Plants
CiDRA Minerals Processing announced today that the work with LKAB (Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara), which started in 2007, has been a success and now includes more than forty SONARtrac systems at...
Kador’s Occupational Health and Safety and Environmental Systems Accredited
Kador's integrated management system was recently audited by SAI Global as complying with ISO 14001:2004 (environmental management systems) and OHSAS 18001:2007 (occupational health and...
BKM – Khumani Iron Ore Project
The BKM project, near Kathu in the Northern Cape, was a R4 billion greenfields project with an original design capacity of 8.4 million tpa export product. The mine consists of an open pit mine...
Kador Plays Major Role in Manufacture of New Salt Harvesters for Shark Bay
Kador has played a major role in the manufacture of two new salt harvesters for use at Shark Bay and Onslow in Western Australia. Kador's experience in the manufacture of complex...
February 2009
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QMASTOR to Supply Mining Software to Vale
Mining software company QMASTOR has announced the signing of contracts with Vale Inco Nouvelle-Calédonie, a division of the Brazilian Vale group, for the provision of QMASTOR’s Pit to...
FLSmidth Secures Stock Purchase Agreement for Conveyor Engineering, USA
FLSmidth has acquired Conveyor Engineering through a stock purchase agreement that was approved by FLSmidth and the shareholders of Conveyor Engineering, effective from 1 March 2009. ...
FLSmidth Acquires Conveyor Engineering, USA
FLSmidth and the shareholders of Conveyor Engineering have entered into a stock purchase agreement, which is effective from 1 March 2009. Conveyor Engineering specialises in the design...
PHOENIX Announces New Thickening and Dewatering Brochure
PHOENIX Process Equipment of Louisville, Kentucky, announces the publication of its new Thickening and Dewatering Brochure. The brochure includes a comprehensive summary of PHOENIX's entire...
PHOENIX Compact Dewatering Systems
PHOENIX Process Equipment offers a series of affordable compact belt filter presses and gravity belt thickeners specifically designed for smaller industrial and municipal wastewater...
PHOENIX Introduces HYDROSORT™ Sand Classifier
PHOENIX Process Equipment has introduced the HYDROSORT™, an upward current sand classifier that can also be used to separate deleterious materials from sand. The equipment produces...
PHOENIX Offers Compact Slurry Thickening Technology
PHOENIX Process Equipment of Louisville, Kentucky, known for its aggregate fines processing systems for over 20 years, has introduced the model US thickener. The model US, an ultra high...
PHOENIX Announces Expanded Belt Filter Press Line
PHOENIX Process Equipment of Louisville, Kentucky, has announced an expanded line of model WX belt filter presses. The model WX is available in several different configurations, each suited to...
PHOENIX Deleterious Material Separators
PHOENIX Process Equipment offers its model GS jig for separating lighter weight, deleterious materials from gravel. The equipment produces high quality gravel over a wide range in raw...
ABB Wins $62 Million Order in Oman
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced that it has signed a contract worth $62 million with Vale International Switzerland for the Oman Industrial Complex project....
PHOENIX Process Equipment Celebrates 25th Anniversary
PHOENIX Process Equipment, based in Louisville, Kentucky, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month. A Department of Energy grant helped fund the development of the company’s...
New TBM Excluder Grease from BASF Construction Chemicals
With its own dedicated production plant, BASF Construction Chemicals has entered into the market of main bearing sealing greases. The new MEYCO® BSG excluder greases for tunnel boring...
ABB Wins Order for Penasquito HPGR Project
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced that it has signed a contract with Polysius Corporation USA for the Penasquito High Pressure Grinding Rolls (HPGR)...
New Mag Drive Pump
Introducing Verder's new mag drive pump, a high quality product that is available in three impeller sizes and fourteen configurations, and has the following features: Two-year complete warranty...
Dragflow: Turbidity Control During Dredging Operations
Dredging operations can cause an elevated and complex environmental impact. Together with the problem of draining materials resulting from dredging, the necessity of protecting the marine...
Kador Performs Dragline Boom Repairs
One of five draglines at a mine near Blackwater in central Queensland was undergoing routine maintenance in early December when a boom fell 30m from a crane. Kador were asked to assist in...
Kador Converts Norwich Park Mine's Coal Haulers to Water Spray Rigs
Kador is giving a new lease of life to two old 220t belly dump coal haulers by converting them into 190kl water spray rigs. The haulers, which are each over 15-years-old, and at the end of...
The New Secoroc TC35 – The Latest Innovation in Bench Drilling
Based on the same technology as the Secoroc Magnum SR underground drilling system, the new Secoroc TC35 can now offer the same advantages to bench drillers; straighter holes, longer rod...
SAI Global Accredits Kador's Occupational Health and Safety and Environmental Systems
Kador's integrated management system was recently audited and certified by SAI Global as complying with ISO 14001:2004 (environmental management systems) and AS/NZS 4801:2001 (occupational...
Advantage PressurePro Announces Aust-Africa as Newest PressurePro™ Dealer
Advantage PressurePro today announced Aust-Africa as their newest dealer. Aust-Africa, who will now offer the full PressurePro™ tire pressure monitoring line, is a leader in OTR tires and...
Superior Awarded Patent on Conveyor Pulley Design
Superior Industries, a leading manufacturer of conveyor systems and components, announced today that the company’s new wing pulley has been awarded a patent from the United States Patent...
Equipment Contract for the Expansion of Industrias Peñoles’ Minera Penmont and La Cienega Awarded to Whittier Filtration
Whittier Filtration, a Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies company, has been chosen to supply the Auto-Jet® precoat filtration and vacuum deaeration equipment packages for the...
QMASTOR Announces Record Half Year Profit up by 187%
The Board of QMASTOR is pleased to report a record half year profit of $1.07 million for the half year period, which ended on 31 December 2008, a substantial increase of 187% on the...
FLSmidth Receives Orders for Pneumapress® Equipment in the Starch Industry
FLSmidth's pneumapress filter division was recently awarded contracts by two new customers in the starch industry. Both contracts involve the supply of large, multi-module,...
FLSmidth’s Pneumapress Filter Division Gains Two New Customers
FLSmidth has recently been awarded contracts for its pneumapress filter division, gaining two new customers from the starch industry. Both contracts involve the supply of large,...
January 2009
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Colibrys Completes Reorganization of US Facility
Colibrys confirmed today the consolidation of all its Seismic systems engineering activities currently located in Stafford, Texas, into its facility in Neuchatel, Switzerland. “The lack...
Gemcom Names Allen D. Vaughn Executive Vice President of Enterprise Business Unit
Gemcom Software International, the largest global supplier of specialised mining productivity solutions, today announced that Allen D. Vaughn has joined the company as executive vice president...
Dragflow: New Hydraulic Dredging Pumps HY85 / 160
Dragflow is proud to present a new hydraulic dredging pump family. The evolution of legislation - which is becoming more and more severe in the area of dredging operations - and many requests...
Advantage PressurePro™ Adds Leasing Options for Commercial Customers
Advantage PressurePro™, manufacturer and provider of the market leading PressurePro tire monitoring systems and technology, is pleased to announce their partnership alongside Tiger Leasing...
Gemcom Acquires TeamTech Business to Expand Gemcom InSite Enterprise Solutions Offering
Gemcom Software International, the largest global supplier of specialised mining productivity solutions, today announced that it has acquired the business of Australian-based TeamTech. Included...
Vale’s Australian Coal Mine Go ImPact Digital for Communications and Tracking
Integra Coal has chosen Mine Site Technologies’ for site-wide digital communications and tracking for both their open cut and underground mines. A description of the underground part of...
Gemcom Attains Gold Certified Partner Status in Microsoft Partner Program
Gemcom Software International, the largest global supplier of specialised mining productivity solutions, today announced it has attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft...
CIMA to Participate in the Tire Technology Expo 2009
CIMA Impianti will participate in the Tire Technology Expo 2009 exhibition, taking place on 17-19 February at the Hamburg Messe complex in Germany. The Tire Technology Expo is the world's...
Larox Donates Testing Equipment to Russian Research Institute
Larox develops, designs and manufactures high-performance, energy saving filtration equipment for solid-liquid separation for demanding fluid, slurry and bulk material handling. Larox is a...
Superior Awarded Second Patent on Conveyor Support Design
Superior Industries, a leading manufacturer of conveyor systems and components, has announced that the company’s new radial stacking conveyor undercarriage support was recently awarded a...
December 2008
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Colibrys Accelerates Restructuring of its Business
In anticipation to the effects of the global financial crisis and the economic recession, Colibrys has decided to seize the opportunity to accelerate the restructuring of its business. As...
QMASTOR to Provide Bulk Terminal Management Solution to Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group (NCIG)
The directors of QMASTOR are pleased to announce that Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group (NCIG) has selected QMASTOR to provide QMASTOR’s full suite of bulk terminal management systems...
Antamina Award to Larox Sucursal Peru
Larox Sucursal Peru has been granted the Antamina Award by Ian Kilgour, CEO of the Compania Minera Antamina. This award was granted as an acknowledgement for Larox' excellence performance...
New Contract Between KEK, Tenova TAKRAF and the German KfW-Bank Signals Ongoing Friendship
On Thursday 18 December 2008, in the presence of high ranking guests, representatives of the Kosovo Government and the German Embassy, KEK and Tenova TAKRAF signed another contract for...
Kador Completes Hydrocyclone Battery for Rio Tinto
In December, Kador completed the first of three hydrocyclone batteries for Rio Tinto Aluminium’s $1.8 billion Yarwun Stage 2 alumina refinery expansion project near Gladstone. The...
EUROGOMMA Introduces the New ERSteStep
ERSteStep is the stepping modular screening system of the company, EUROGOMMA-RUSSIA. In case you think that ERStep is similar to other famous step screens, the following will probably make...
Central Rand Gold’s Python Produces Gold Bar
Gekko Systems is delighted the Python technology, recently installed at Central Rand Gold, has processed sufficient surface material to result in the first gold bar being poured on December 4th. ...
Stockholm Precision Tools Makes its Mark in Canada
SPT has added to its existing customers in Canada, after two large Canadian mining companies acquired the SPT north seeking gyro system in December 2007 and January 2008. The order from...
DustChek for Dust Control at ACE 2009 Exhibition
DustChek water saving and material improvement products will be represented at the 2009 Australian Construction Equipment Expo, which will be held between the 26th and 28th of February 2009...
Diemme Filtration Supplies the Filtration Line for the Greatest Gold Mine in Russia
Diemme supplied the filtration plant for the current leading gold-producer of the Russian Federation, Zao Polus, who were recently acquired by the Norilsk Nikel Group. Polus planned to increase...
Allmineral Lands Deal in Indian Market
Together with Indian partner Hari Maschines, Allmineral has managed to convince yet another major Indian company of the quality and performance of the "made in Duisburg" processing plants....
Voith Releases New CD-ROM about Fill-Controlled Fluid Couplings
Voith Turbo, the drive technology specialist, presents animations of fill-controlled fluid couplings on a completely new multimedia CD-ROM. Fill-controlled fluid couplings operate on the...
November 2008
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DustChek for Dust Control in Mining and Quarry Operations
DustChek is a dust suppressant, which can help mine and quarry managers achieve dust control at mine-sites, whilst addressing crucial environment and OHS issues. DustChek is manufactured...
ABB Held Global Gearless Mill Drive User Meeting
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced that it held the second global gearless mill drive (GMD) user meeting. The conference, a conjoint organisation between...
ABB Wins Additional Order for Brazilian Salobo Copper Mine Project
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has announced that it has won a follow-up order for the Salobo copper mine project, which is being developed by Salobo Metais SA, a...
Largest Rock Breaking Boom in Australia
Possibly the world's largest rock breaking boom has recently been installed in Western Australia. The mammoth Transmin model XXHD 100/70 Rockbreaker is powered by an in-house designed...
Visit KATI at FinnMateria 2008
KATI will be attending FinnMateria 2008, 13 November 2008 - 14 November 2008 in Jyväskylä, Finland. Please visit us at stand B-301. FinnMateria 2008 is a special exhibition for the...
Mflex Polyurethane Screen Modules at Competitive Pricing
The global financial crisis is drastically reducing the cashflow of many companies. In order to support all our international clients in such a difficult situation, EUROGOMMA is presenting Mflex. ...
October 2008
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We’re Ousting Diaphragm Pumps from Mexican Mines
Minera Fresnillo, a subsidiary of Peñoles, located in north-west Mexico, was experiencing endless headaches with their diaphragm pumps. Minera is dosing aerophine, xanthate, sodium cyanide,...
TurboSim for Simulation of Drives with Voith Fluid Couplings
Conveyor systems in mining applications are reaching higher and higher outputs. On the one hand, this makes increasing demands on materials and functionality, and on the other, plant...
Atlas Copco Secoroc Explores the Reversed Circulation Drilling Market with New PR Hammer, Secoroc RC 50
Over the last 40 years, reverse circulation drilling has proven to be a highly effective method in a variety of applications, including exploration drilling and inpit grade control. Given...
ABB Helping Vale Inco Create the Mine of the Future
A global leader in power and automation technology, ABB is honoured to be Vale Inco’s electrification, hoisting and automation partner for the Totten Mine Project. Vale Inco’s reopening of...
Drive Monitoring System from ABB Reduces Maintenance Costs
A performance monitoring system for ABB drives has been launched by ABB. The system optimizes service and maintenance costs over the drives lifecycle and reduces the incidence of costly...
Murray & Roberts Cementation Gearing Up For Wesizwe
Murray & Roberts Cementation is preparing for implementation of Wesizwe Platinum Limited’s Frischgewaagd-Ledig project in the Pilanesberg. The company was appointed as the preferred...
Kroondal a Flagship for Contract Mining
The Kroondal platinum group metal (PGM) mine, located 120km northwest of Johannesburg on the Western Limb of the Bushveld Complex, was Aquarius Platinum’s first operation. It...
BNT Nordic Launches New Product Range
BNT Nordic is launching a new product range with Barmac, offering VSI-crushers from model T6R up to T9DD. The company will sell the crushers, wear parts and spare parts directly from its...
Health and Safety Book
Advantage A.C.T. has released a book covering over 80 articles about health and safety such as auditing, management, training, system implementation, risk assessments and many more. This book...
High Precision Raise
Anglo Platinum is making good progress with its Townlands Ore Replacement Project (TORP), which will extend the life of the shaft from 2010 to 2027, in the process saving several thousand...
Investment in People Keeps Murray & Roberts Cementation
It is of major significance that the revenue set for Murray & Roberts Cementation for 2010 has been reached two years sooner than planned. This is according to Henry Laas, managing director of...
Moody International & IRCA Lead Auditors Courses
Advantage A.C.T. has been granted the rights to offer the exclusive ISO9001, ISO14001, OHSAS18001 and ISO27001 lead auditors courses under the Moody International & IRCA (International...
September 2008
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FLSmidth Receives Minerals Order in Mexico
FLSmidth Minerals has been awarded a contract to supply complete equipment systems and technical expertise to Baja Mining and its majority-owned Mexican subsidiary, Minera y Metalurgica del...
Colibrys and Avnet Electronics Marketing Sign Franchise Agreement for North America
Colibrys and the Avnet Electronics Marketing business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), today announced Avnet will distribute Colibrys’ full line of motion sensors in North America. ...
Reasonably Priced and Better than New
A shovel excavator more than 20yrs old was recently equipped with modern electrical technology by ABB. This offered more advantages for Lafarge Zement than the purchase of a new excavator....
ABB Wins $88 Million Mining Order in Panama
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced that it has won an $88 million order from Minera Petaquilla (MPSA). The order, booked in May 2008, is to deliver gearless...
ABB Launches Reliability Fingerprint
ABB, the leading power and automation technology company, announced the release of the ABB Reliability Fingerprint, a new consulting service from ABB reliability services. The Fingerprint is...
Hot-Dip Galvanizing Now Available on All Thorstack2™ Series Stackers
Thor Global has announced that Hot-Dip Galvanizing (HDG) is available on all ThorStack2™ series stackers. This value added optional feature provides a longer lasting machine with improved...
T-190 Series High Volume Thorstack2™ Telescopic Portabe Radial Stackers
Thor Global has officially released the T-190, 36in x 190ft ThorStack2™ Telescopic Portable Radial Stacker. The T-190 is an excellent choice for high volume stockpiling, with material in excess...
T150-20 High Tonnage Thorstack2™ Telescopic Portable Radial Stacker
Thor Global has announced the release of the T150-20, 48in (1220mm) x 150ft (45.72m), 2000TPH (1800STPH) at 60Hz, Highway Portable Telescopic Stacker. The T150-20 can be folded up and ready...
Patent-Pending Fully Braced Undercarriage Technology
Thor Global Enterprises announces their patent-pending Fully Braced Undercarriage technology. The Fully Braced Undercarriage technology provides a lifting system that is not only stronger...
Moventas Launches Multi-Segmented Helical Ring Gear for Heavy-Duty Applications
Moventas has developed a new product for multi-segmented ring gears. The new product, multi-segmented helical ring gear, is a continuation of the multi-segmented ring gear concept,...
FLSmidth Minerals Filter Press Demand Increases
FLSmidth Minerals, a global company providing engineered processing equipment and services, is enjoying great successes around the world with their Shriver® filter press line. In the...
Gekko Engineers Morila Makeover
Australian mineral-recovery equipment developer, Gekko Systems, in conjunction with Randgold Resources, is pleased to announce that a Gekko continuous inline leach reactor (ILR) used at the...
PHOENIX Conveyor Belt Systems at the MINExpo in Las Vegas
PHOENIX Conveyor Belt Systems will be represented with its own booth (1055) at the MINExpo in Las Vegas from September 22 to 24, 2008. Under the motto: "The world’s richest deposit of...
ContiTech Presents Conveyor Belt Know-How at the MINExpo in Las Vegas
Under the motto: "The world's richest deposit of Mining Technology, Services and Products", the MINExpo opens on September 22 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Through September 24, more than...
Visit REMA TIP TOP at MineExpo
Every four years MINExpo International comes to the United States and this year is no exception. MINExpo International 2008 will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada starting on September 22nd...
Visit REMA TIP TOP at SMM 2008
During its 80 years-success story, REMA TIP TOP acquired an international reputation for high quality products and qualified service. Today, the name of the company stands for...
August 2008
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LE Launches DUOLEC Vari-Purpose Gear Lubricants
Lubrication Engineers (LE) is proud to launch their latest exciting ‘Enhanced Lubricant™’ to the mining market – a new, improved product that supersedes LE’s now legendary...
Kador Delivers 100t Ammonia-Storage Vessel
Kador recently completed the delivery of a 100t capacity ammonia-storage vessel to be installed as part of an ammonium nitrate plant upgrade, in central Queensland. Kador’s contract included...
FLSmidth Acquires Dawson Metallurgical Laboratories
FLSmidth announced today the acquisition of Dawson Metallurgical Laboratories based in Salt Lake City, USA. This acquisition continues to leverage the "One Source, One Partner" brand position...
Large Material Handling Order to FLSmidth in Russia
FLSmidth MVT has signed an order worth just under EUR 47 million (DKK 350m) for a complete material handling equipment package for a new 5,500t per day cement production line. The equipment will...
LE’s PYROSHIELD 9011 XH Syn-Gear Lubricant Achieves 14th Stage Pass on FZG Gear Test
‘Leaders in Lubricants’, Fort Worth based Lubrication Engineers (LE) is pleased to announce that their PYROSHIELD® 9011 XH Syn-Gear lubricant has recently achieved a 14th Stage Pass on the...
FLSmidth Wins Copper Order in Armenia
FLSmidth Minerals has signed a contract worth $47 million (DKK 220m) with Teghout cjsc for the supply of primary comminution and classification equipment for the production of copper molybdenum. ...
Discovering Simplicity – ABB Introduces New DC Technology via DCS800 Drive Series
ABB has premiered a new, high-performance series of power converters called DCS800, featuring numerous striking innovations. These include operator control of unprecedented simplicity for...
July 2008
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LE 1299 ALMAPLEX Ultra-Syn Lubricant Launched
Lubrication Engineers (LE) has launched its latest ‘Enhanced Lubricant’ to the world – LE 1299 ALMAPLEX® Ultra-Syn lubricant is a heavy duty synthetic grease. It is engineered to...
ABB Takes Underground Mining to a New Level
Underground mining relies on hoists to transport people, equipment and ore between the mining zone and the surface. ABB hoist systems are raising productivity, energy efficiency and grid...
WIRTH Tunnel Boring Machine Reached its Goal on One of the Highest Jobsites in Austria
At the end of March 2008, the open-type hard rock tunnel boring machine of WIRTH – boring diameter 7.03m – successfully finished construction of the 3.7m long pressure gallery near Kaprun. The...
ABB Wins Five-Year Full Service Contract in Chile
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced that it recently won a five-year contract from Minera Escondida Ltda (operated by BHP Billiton) to manage maintenance and...
ABB Expands High-Performance Drive Series with Launch of Fully Integrated Regenerative AC Units
With the introduction of a fully integrated, regenerative AC drive, in a 7.5hp to 2,600hp range, ABB again extends the array of complete motor-control solutions provided through the...
OEMs and Panel Builders Buy Only What They Need Via ABB’s Expanded ACS800-U4 Drive Modules Introduction
Via ABB’s expanded ACS800-U4 drive modules line, panel builders, system integrators and OEMs can buy exactly the parts they need to build motor-control units for end users. The drive module...
June 2008
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Optalert Honoured for Innovation
Victoria's best information and communication technology (ICT) innovators were on show at the 2008 Victorian iAwards recently, being recognised for their terrific contributions to the...
CiDRA Transitions Another Business to a Global Scale
CiDRA transitions another business to a global scale by selling its oil and gas metering business to the Expro Group of the United Kingdom On June 24, 2008, CiDRA completed the sale of its...
Optalert is Going Global
Mining industry statistics still tell us that 93 percent of haulage truck accidents are due to human error and up to 70 percent of human error accidents were found to be directly attributed...
PressurePro TPMS Adding Substantial Savings to Heavy Duty Market
Advantage PressurePro, developer and marketers of the PressurePro Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems, last year announced the release of their Industrial TPM System. Soon after the announcement,...
May 2008
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Watson-Marlow Bredel now Europe’s Number One Positive Displacement Pump Brand
A report by Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company, identifies Watson-Marlow Bredel as Europe's number one positive displacement pump brand. The finding from the latest market...
Optalert - Alert & Alive
Optalert is the world’s first scientifically proven system that alerts your driver to a pending episode of drowsiness by measuring the eyelid movement of a driver whilst wearing fitted...
John Meunier Celebrates 60th Anniversary In 2008
John Meunier, subsidiary of Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies, will be celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2008. Little did John Meunier know, when he founded the company bearing ...
John Meunier and BD Watertech Reach Representation Deal for Waste Water Technologies in Western Canada
John Meunier subsidiary of Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies, announces that it has reached a representation deal with BD Watertech from Calgary (Alberta). Effective on February 1st...
The Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR): compact, Innovative Biological Wastewater Treatment Introduced to Canada
John Meunier, subsidiary of Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies, is pleased to announce that it will be responsible for the commercialization in Canada of the Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor...
105 New Ballarat Jobs from $5 Million Expansion
Premier John Brumby today welcomed a decision by Gekko Systems to invest $5 million in a new Ballarat factory, creating 105 new jobs in the region. In Ballarat, Mr Brumby said Gekko Systems -...
April 2008
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Cytec to Adjust Pricing for Mineral Processing and Solvent Extraction Products
Cytec Industries announced today the implementation of a global price adjustment of 7 to 15 percent on all mining products used in mineral processing and solvent extraction including...
Roadheaders Boosting India’s Growth in Infrastructure and Energy
India's economy is said to be one of the fastest growing economies in the world. This is reflected in the need for infrastructure and energy, to keep up with the economical growth....
Low Seam Coal Mining in South Africa
South Africa is one of the biggest coal producing nations in the world. In South Africa it is the second biggest mining sector after gold. Coal is produced mostly for local demand, especially...
Hochschild Mining Orders Five Additional In Line Leach Reactors for Ares Mine
Hochschild's Ares mine in Peru is expanding the size of its plant and has ordered five additional Gekko Systems' InLine Leach Reactors (ILR5000 Batch Manual) to add to its two existing...
Superior Industries Recognized as Top Growth Company
Morris-based Superior Industries continues to report steady growth. The Private Company Index (PCI) noticed the trend throughout 2007 and named the manufacturer of conveyor systems and...
March 2008
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Allmineral Technology Causes Whirlwind in Australia
Australian Fortescue to use six modern allflux fluidised bed separators in iron ore production. This year, west-Australian mining company Fortescue Metals is set to start iron ore production...
February 2008
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Minvent's Business Grows ...
Minvent Solutions adds Nyrstar (formerly zinifex)Hobart Smelter as another success for their Overhead Protection System during recent shutdown maintenance in the Roaster. Our technology...
Largest Underground Digital Communication System
Mine Site Technologies is very excited to announce the installation of our largest ImPact Underground Digital Communication system to date, at Dahongshan Copper Mine. With the demand for copper...
New Superior Conveyor Component Centered on Belt Alignment
Known as the Navigator™ return trainer, Superior Industries will introduce a solution to uncooperative, unaligned belts at ConExpo-Con/Agg 2008. It is designed with a unique...
Primary Belt Cleaners Cost-Effectively Maintain Conveyor’s Performance
Superior Industries will debut at ConExpo-Con/AGG 2008 a primary belt cleaner. The new Exterra primary belt cleaner system, promises better performance and user-friendly features, making it...
Simple to Replace, Easy to Install New Sealing Solution
This year at ConExpo-Con/Agg Superior industries will introduce a new product that eliminates spillage and reduces the often frustrating work of maintaining components in conveyor loading zones. ...
FLSmidth Wins Ground-Breaking Order for Complete Minerals Plant
FLSmidth has received a contract worth over AUD 170m (approximately DKK 785m) with Aurox Resources Limited (Aurox) to supply a complete minerals processing plant and related port facilities for...
ABB to Supply Complete Mine Hoist to Jinchuan Nickel in China
The new production hoist will increase productivity and bring ore from a new mining level to the surface ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has signed a contract...
January 2008
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Xstrata Coal's Beltana Mine to Install Digital Tracking System as Part of Cap Lamp Upgrade
Xstrata Coal Beltana Coal Mine, located in the Hunter Valley coalfields in NSW, Australia, has chosen MST's ICCL cap lamps and digital RFID tracking system to support their on-going...
First Alljig® Machine Sold in Brazil
Allmineral's intensified sales activities in South America have produced their first results. Together with local partners K¨ttner do Brasil and Gaustec, Allmineral, a...
Quantum Leap in Gravel Processing
Sometimes it's as easy as one plus one, especially when it concerns transferring a well proven solution for another application. This is exactly what the engineers at allmineral have done,...
PressurePro releases OTR Tire Application Testimonial
When the tires on your vehicle cost approximately US$6,000 each, you become very sensitive to proper tire care. Still, with good inspection procedures, Elmore Sand and Gravel near...
December 2007
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LE Launches SYNPAG Gear Lubricants
Lubrication Engineers (LE) is proud to launch their latest ‘Enhanced Lubricant™’: 9705 – 9707 SYNPAG™ gear lubricants. These synthetic polyalkylene glycol (PAG) based gear...
Goldcorp Awards Over US$65 Million in Contracts to FLSmidth Minerals
FLSmidth Minerals has signed multiple contracts totaling approximately US$65 million with Vancouver, Canada based Goldcorp to supply crushing and grinding equipment, flotation cells,...
FLSmidth Minerals to Supply High-Density Thickeners for Tati Nickel
FLSmidth Minerals recently signed a contract with the Botswana Metal Refinery for the supply of Dorr-Oliver Eimco high-density thickeners for Tati Nickel's Activox® project in...
Variable Pitch Idlers Adjust to Numerous Needs
New from Superior Industries, an idler that is designed to protect belts against sharp transitions, extending their wear life and preventing damaging spillage. The variable pitch idler...
November 2007
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ABB Holld Global Gearless Mill Drive User Meeting
ABB Switzerland organised the first global Gearless Mill Drive User Meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland, on October 25 and 26, 2007 ABB, the leading power and automation technology group,...
Meet DRA MD at Mines and Money from 20 – 22nd November
DRA Mineral Projects will exhibit at the Mines and Money Exhibition at the Business Design Centre, Islington, London from the 20 – 22nd November. Brian Dowding, DRA MD, along with Andy...
Idler Rolls Offering to Lower Operating Cost
Superior Industries has developed an idler roll that promises durability and will cut operating costs significantly. Designed with a specially formulated High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)...
Pressurepro Announces the Introduction of the New Industrial TPMS System
PressurePro TPMS is a real-time electronic system that actively and accurately measures the air pressure for each tire on a vehicle and transmits data wirelessly to a receiver mounted in...
Outotec Wins Grinding Mill Contracts Worth Over €30 Million
Outotec has won two new grinding technology orders, one from Boliden of Sweden and one from Kazzinc of Kazakhstan. These two contracts are worth over €30 million. Boliden has...
Outotec to Deliver Concentrator Technology for Hellas Gold in Greece
Outotec has been awarded a contract by Hellas Gold for the supply of a large technology package for Hellas Gold's copper-gold concentrator plant in Skouries in Northern Greece. The total...
Verderflex® Dura Goes From Strength to Strength
The first 'bulk' order of Verderflex Dura pumps was recently shipped to Elands Platinum in South Africa, where the pumps will be used for reagent dosing. VERDERFLEX DURA PUMPS In a...
October 2007
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Murray & Roberts Cementation Plays Key Role in Wesizwe Bankable Feasibility Study
Murray & Roberts Cementation is playing a key role in the Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) for Wesizwe Platinum Limited's proposed Frischgewaagd-Ledig Project in the Pilanesberg. "We have...
Dwarsrivier Part of the ‘New Rustenburg’
The Eastern Limb of the Bushveld Complex, centred around the towns of Steelpoort and Burgersfort in Mpumalanga in South Africa is undergoing a boom, with some 18 mines in existence and more in...
Stockyard Equipment and Ship Loaders for UST- Luga Coal Terminal
The construction project of a coal terminal in the sea port of Ust-Luga set up by JSC "Rosterminalugol" is one of the biggest projects implemented by a national private partnership - a...
September 2007
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Superior Industries Revolutionizes Conveyor Pulleys
In an effort to continue smart innovation and avoid costly work stoppages, Superior Industries announces a new product that will revolutionize the conveyor industry. This fall, the Chevron...
Verderflex® 125’s Provide Smooth Operation to Major South African Smelter
Anglo Platinum Ltd, part of Anglo American PLC, is the world's largest primary producer of Platinum group metals (PGMs). Much of the PGM ore is processed at centralised smelters including...
CiDRA SONARtrac® Systems Achieve FOUNDATION Fieldbus™ Registration
CiDRA Corporation proudly announces that SONARtrac Flow Monitoring Systems with FOUNDATION Fieldbus™ have successfully completed interoperability testing and are now officially registered...
Murray & Roberts Cementation Surges Ahead
The financial year ended June 2007 was good for Murray & Roberts Cementation, with the company reporting revenue growth of approximately 20% over the previous year. However, profitability was...
August 2007
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Murray & Roberts Cementation Showcases Full Service Offering at Driefontein Number 9 Shaft
Murray & Roberts Cementation's contract to deepen the sub shaft at Gold Fields' Driefontein Number 9 shaft showcases the company's full service offering. What it offers the mining...
Murray & Roberts Cementation Pioneers New Drilling Technology at Paardekraal 2
Murray & Roberts Cementation is pioneering new drilling technology at Anglo Platinum's R2-billion PaardeKraal 2 (PK2) shaft near Rustenburg, which forms part of its Rustenburg Platinum Mines...
July 2007
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CiDRA to Supply SONARtrac® Process Monitoring Systems to the New LKAB Kiruna Concentrator and Pelletizing Plants
CiDRA Corporation ("CiDRA") announced today that LKAB (Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB) has selected CiDRA's SONARtrac systems for all magnetite slurry measurements in Kiruna's new concentrator...
Murray & Roberts Teams up with International Tunnelling Experts for Ingula
Murray & Roberts has formed a joint venture with Hochtief of Germany and Jäger Bau GmbH in preparation for the tender for the main underground works for Eskom's Ingula (formerly...
June 2007
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Robust Fill-Controlled Fluid Coupling Increases Production in Mines
The Voith type TPKL family of fill-controlled fluid couplings (turbo couplings) has a new addition: the alignment-free version (TPKL-T) is Voith Turbo's response to demand from users who want...
Ventilation Shaft Drilling Projects at Towlands Commences
Raise-drilling and shaft-boring technology and services supplier, Murray & Roberts Cementation, has been contracted to a number of Anglo Platinum (Angloplats) projects, including the...
Contract Mining
Underground mining contracting has always been the lifeblood of international mining contractor Murray & Roberts. "The nature of mining contracting work necessitates a...
May 2007
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CiDRA SONARtrac® Systems Receive ATEX Approval
CiDRA Corporation proudly announces ATEX Class I, Zone 2 certification for the SONARtrac process monitoring systems. The certification by UL International Demko A/S is ATEX II 3 G...
Simulated Training Environment Increases Productivity and Reduces Risks
In a new approach to tackling the skills shortage, Murray & Roberts Cementation is investing in increased capacity at its training centre to allow for greater numbers of students as well...
Education and Training in Mining
Mock-ups and computer-aided training to enhance productivity and ensure safety Additional shaft mock-ups, a multimedia education centre, and two new mining equipment simulators are planned...
NLT Supplies Anglo Coal Tracking and Communication Solution
Brisbane, Australia- NLT Australia, a subsidiary of NL Technologies (NLT) in Canada and known throughout the mining industry for product innovation, was recently awarded the contract to supply...
April 2007
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Advantage PressurePro - Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems
Advantage’s PressurePro have just joined Mining Technology to promote their electronic tire pressure monitoring system that utilizes patented technology to automatically monitor and report...
March 2007
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Aquarius Platinum Extends Contract at Marikana
Aquarius Platinum’s Marikana Platinum Mine has extended its trial mining contract, originally awarded in 2005, with Murray & Roberts Cementation at its No 1 Shaft and newly planned No 2 Shaft....
Women Power Rocks at Kloof
Murray & Roberts Cementation recently completed the contract to construct two water retaining bulkhead plugs underground on 27 Level at Kloof No 10 shaft. A remarkable aspect of the...
February 2007
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Visit IHC Mining at Aimex 2007
Visit IHC Mining at Aimex 2007 From 4th to 7th September 2007 Aimex 2007 will take place at Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW, Australia. Asia Pacific's International...
Murray & Roberts: a Breath of Fresh Air
Ventilation underground is a critical constituent of mining, and the construction of a new ventilation shaft can be extremely complex. Murray & Roberts Cementation is completing a...
Grout Plant Successfully Constructed for Union Section
The successful construction of a four-pump grout plant at Anglo Platinum Ltd's RPM Union Section by Murray & Roberts Cementation will meet the ongoing support needs for production on the...
Outokumpu Technology to deliver world's largest flotation cell, TankCell®-300, for OceanaGold, New Zealand
Outokumpu Technology has agreed the delivery of three TankCell®-300 flotation cells to OceanaGold's Macraes operation in New Zealand. TankCell®-300, with an active capacity of...
January 2007
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ZZM - Kopex Group Increases the Influence in the Russian Mining Sector
Contract one after another. On December 20, 2006 KOPEX concluded another contract during the last few days. This time the said contract concerns the Russian market. The mechanized...
The ZZM-KOPEX Group on the Chinese Market
Contract of Prestige The new year KOPEX has commenced in a great style. On January 2, 2007 the company from Katowice signed the contract with the biggest Chinese coal mining company –...
Outokumpu Technology to supply the complete thickening circuit to Boddington Gold Mine, Australia
Outokumpu Technology has been awarded a further contract at Boddington Gold Mine for the delivery of the complete thickening circuit at the Boddington expansion project in Australia. This...
NLT Receives Approval for its Led Cap Lamp in Australia
Brisbane, Australia- Monday, January 8, 2007- NLT Australia, a subsidiary of NL Technologies (NLT) in Canada and known throughout the mining industry for product innovation, recently...
December 2006
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ABB holds Gearless Mill Drives User Meeting in Sydney
ABB Switzerland, in collaboration with ABB Australia, organized a Gearless Mill Drive User Meeting in Sydney, Australia, on 16th and 17th November 2006. Baden, 22nd December 2006 - ABB,...
GL&V Acquires Krebs International
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (December 7, 2006) - GROUPE LAPERRIERE & VERREAULT (GL&V) closed a definitive agreement on December 4, acquiring all the share capital of KREBS INTERNATIONAL INC....
Innovation and Results Earn Gekko Another Industry Award
The Australian Mining Prospect Awards aim to recognise and reward companies within the Australian mining industry that have demonstrated innovation and excellence in outcome in a range...
October 2006
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Voith Turbo fluid couplings certified for mining in China and Russia
There are strict standards in China and Russia for imported mining equipment. Only those products that are certified and approved after meeting regulations can be used. The...
Murray & Roberts Cementation Announces New Innovative Mining Technologies in Shaft Sinking Cycle to Boost Productivity and Safety
Leading international mining contracting company, Murray & Roberts Cementation has announced a combination of new and innovative mining technologies in the shaft sinking and mine development...
Capital Development Underway at Zandfontein Section
Barplats Investments Limited (Barplats) is pleased to announce that the first blast to mark the re-start of the decline development at the Zandfontein section of Crocodile River Mine will...
Announcement
On 1st October 2006, Bengt Ljung will retire from the position of President & CEO at Reflex and will assume the position of Vice President - Special Projects. Derek J Loughlin, General...
ABB Wins $17 Million Technological Package Contract for Codelco's Andina Division
Santiago, October 2006 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, won a $17 million technological package contract for Codelco Chile's Andina Division. The...
Two Rivers Platinum Project
Honeydew-based Watson-Marlow Bredel SA has won a R1.2 million order to supply 32 direct-coupled and peristaltic pumps to the Two Rivers Platinum Project in Mpumalanga. The contract boosts...
Record Quarter for DOE Flotation Group
SALT LAKE CITY, USA, 11 October, 2006 - Dorr-Oliver Eimco, the Process Group of the Canadian-based company Groupe Laperrière & Verreault Inc., announced it has been awarded contracts for...
We Need Engineers for Our African Projects
South Africa needs engineers. If you have experience in chemical, metallurgical, structural, civil, mechanical, electrical or instrumentation engineering then we need you in South Africa to help...
BBE Visit to China
Our visit to China provided a valuable insight into a number of ventilation and cooling challenges and initiated exploratory discussions with several contacts in coal, gold and copper...
September 2006
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Watson-Marlow Bredel Takes the Competition Heads-On with its New 520RE LoadSure
Increasing its overall performance and pressure capabilities, leading peristaltic pump manufacturer Watson-Marlow Bredel has launched the 520 LoadSure™ elements range. The combination of...
Watson-Marlow Bredel Launches Underflow Thickener Pump for Mining Applications
Watson-Marlow Bredel, the leading manufacturer of peristaltic pumps, announces the heavy-duty SPX underflow thickener pump, ideal for processing challenging mining applications. The SPX...
Successful Launch for VUMA Version 3.0
On 18 September 2006 VUMA version 3.0 was launched at a function held at the Kloof mine Country club. The features of the improved version 3.0 were demonstrated and new ideas for future...
Siemens Supplies Gearless Drive Systems with 'Frozen Charge Shaker' for New Ore-Grinding Mills in Zambia
The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) has received an order from Equinox Copper Ventures Ltd. of Zambia to equip two ore-grinding mills for the Lumwana copper project...
Siemens: New MES Tool Combines Production Planning with Company Goals in Open-Cast Mining
With Simine Prolog, the new MES solution, the Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services (I&S) Group ensures a complete flow of information which closes the gap between business management on...
Siemens: All-Round Process Solutions Strengthen Competitiveness in Open-Cast Mining
With its range of all-round solutions for each individual stage of production in open-cast mining, Siemens makes a significant contribution to transparency in the production process, thus...
Siemens Water Technologies Offers Biological Treatment of Cyanide, Thiocyanate and Ammonia in Wastewater Generated by Mining Operations
Pilot operations at tailings pond discharges in Canada and Africa show that the Rotating Biological Contactor (RBC) process can be designed to economically and reliably treat wastewater...
Siemens to Supply Electrical Equipment for Three Winding Machines in Chinese Coal Mines
A consortium composed of the Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) and Siemag GmbH, Netphen, has received an order from SDIC Xinji Energy Co. Ltd. to supply three winding...
Siemens Equips Copper Mine in Mongolia with Slurry Pump System
The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) has received an order from the Erdenet Mining Corporation to supply a pump system for a copper mine in Mongolia. The purpose of the...
More Power for the Los Pelambres Copper Mine: Siemens Supplies Performance-Enhancing Components in Order to Increase Copper Concentrate Production
Minera Los Pelambres Ltd., a Chilean mining company, has awarded the order to modernize the mill gearless drives and conveyor belt drives of the copper mine to the Siemens Industrial Solutions...
Bucyrus and Siemens Join Forces for Another Ten Years to Supply Excavators for the Surface Mining
Bucyrus International, Inc, and Siemens, who have worked together to supply heavy excavators to the surface mining industry for 30 years, have extended their period of collaboration for another...
SMAFI Sells Reflex to Australian Drilling Company
The venture capital company SMAFI has sold its subsidiary Reflex Instrument AB to Imdex Ltd, a drilling products and services company publicly listed at the Australian Stock Exchange. The...
Siemens Delivers First Gearless Mill Drive System to Brazil
For the first time ever a Brazilian mine is set to receive a Siemens gearless mill drive system. The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) will equip the mill belonging to the...
Resources Boom Represents Development Potential in Africa
The sustained resources boom on the global market represents substantial development potential for mining throughout Africa. Henry Laas, managing director of Murray & Roberts Cementation, spoke...
Murray & Roberts Cementation Achieves Two Million Fatality Free Shifts
On August 12, 2006, Murray & Roberts Cementation achieved a major milestone within the mining industry when this leading mining contractor recorded two million fatality free shifts. Henry...
August 2006
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Alimak Lift in Tunnel Boring Machine Breaking All Records
The world's largest tunnel boring machine (TBM), used to bore a mega tunnel for the M-30 motorway in Madrid, has been equipped with an ALIMAK SE-450. This is the first time ever a lift has...
Significant Opportunities In Africa for Mining Growth
Several contractors have started declining participation in mining contracts in Africa due to capacity problems, underscoring the fact that there is a high level of activity, not only in...
Mines Need Consistent Quality and Quantity of Backfill
"There is considerable demand for consistent quality and quantity of backfill in mining operations," Rob Bradley, manager - mine engineering at Murray & Roberts Cementation,...
BBE Management Signs Safety, Health and Environmental Policy
On his arrival at BBE in August 2006, Mr Willie Kruger, Safety Manager, assisted with the finalisation of BBE's Safety, Health and Environmental Policy. This policy will form the basis of BBE's...
July 2006
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Siemens Supplies Electrical Equipment for Two Winders in Chinese Coal Mine
The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) is to equip two winders in the Guotun coal mine in China with power-supply, drive and automation technology. The customer for the order...
Filter Presses Supplied to Mongolia
SALT LAKE CITY, USA (July 17, 2006) - Dorr-Oliver Eimco, the Process Group of the Canadian-based company Groupe Laperrière & Verreault Inc., was recently awarded a contract from...
Directional Drilling Promises Benefits for Industry
Directional drilling is a relatively new aspect of exploration technology in the mineral resources industry. While technology still needs to advance if its application is to be...
Adding Value is Second Nature to Murray & Roberts Cementation
An innovative approach backed by extensive experience and expertise allowed Murray & Roberts Cementation to provide a cost-effective solution for the equipping of a backfill hole at...
BBE awarded Turnkey project at Impala Platinum Mine, No 16&20 Shafts
No 16 Shaft BBE has been awarded a large turnkey contract to design, construct and commission a 16MW refrigeration plant and air cooler system at the mine's No. 16 Shaft. The installation...
June 2006
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New Product Support Materials
Innovative Utility Products Corp announces the release of the Fault Wizard, the industries finest cable fault locating system, into the South American and other export markets. While...
DRA's Skills Employed at Mototolo Platinum
As one of the world's most experienced EPCM consultants for PGM plant, DRA Mineral Projects has once again been employed for its expertise, this time in the Mototolo Platinum joint venture....
BBE Staff are Awarded the Mine Ventilation Society Prize for Paper Titled 'Thermal Storage and Cyclical Control of Mine Cooling Systems'
The presentation was made at the AGM of the Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa on 23 June 2006. The paper was published in the October/December 2005 issue of the Journal of the MVS,...
May 2006
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Appointment of Geologist Increases Competitive Advantage at Murray & Roberts Cementation
Murray & Roberts Cementation has appointed a qualified geologist to join its team. Martin Bevelander, who joined the company in January, holds a BSc Honours in geology from RAU and has 20...
Impala Team on Track at #20 Shaft
Attitude may seem like a small thing, but it is attitude that has had a definite impact on the Impala No 20 Shaft contract. "The approach by all involved in this project has been...
Acoustic Alarm Signal to the LUND Imaging System
Lund Imaging System is an automatic system for resistivity and induced polarization imaging. It is the only authentic roll-along system on the market, allowing the measurement of infinitely...
Tekinikum at Achema 2006
Teknikum Oy will be at Achema in Hall 8, A14-15 via our German subsidiary company T.OY-TEK Schlauchtechnologie GmbH and with our co-operator Roman Seliger (coupling manufacturor). We...
April 2006
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Voith Turbo Acquires Valvex Ventiltechnik GmbH
As of 01/04/2006 Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG, Crailsheim, Germany, is taking over Valvex Ventiltechnik GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. Valvex Ventiltechnik, founded in 1971, specializes...
Demand for Exploration Drilling in Africa Surges Ahead
An increased demand for commodities and resultant price escalation has caused a surge in demand for surface exploration in South Africa and on the African continent. This has resulted in...
Contractor Input can Help Optimise Projects
Mining contractors, with their vast practical experience, can help ensure that mining projects are designed with ease of construction in mind and that mining infrastructure that results is...
DSM Project at Mponeng mine awarded to BBE
Eskom Demand Side Management [DSM] have awarded BBE a turnkey contract to design, install and commission a large ice thermal storage system at AngloGold Ashanti's Mponeng Mine, located...
Cold Air for AngloGold Ashanti's Obuasi Mine, Ghana
In May 2005, BBE were awarded the turnkey contract to build two 18 MW(R) bulk air coolers and associated refrigeration plant at AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi Mine in Ghana on a turnkey...
VUMA-network [Version 3.0] Launch
VUMA-network 3.0 represents a streamlined, user-friendly and extremely robust software product with significant new developments and improvements compared to version 2.5. Network construction...
BBE Expands Business in Australia
BBE is currently involved in three separate refrigeration projects for Australian mines. The projects are at Rosebery Mine (Zinifex) in Western Tasmania, Argyle Diamond Mine (Rio Tinto)...
March 2006
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SA-Built Diamond Recovery Plant For Canadian Mine
DRA Mineral Projects has been appointed the EPCM contractor for a modular recovery plant for De Beers Snap Lake Diamond Project located 220km north east of Yellowknife in the Northwest...
Safety Comes First at Murray & Roberts Cementation
No-one would dispute the fact that mining is a hazardous activity. Added to this is the unpredictability of human behaviour. Murray & Roberts Cementation has introduced the Enterprise...
Superior Safety Standards
With far superior safety standards in the industry irrespective of the length of an exploration drilling contract, Murray & Roberts Cementation is known to deliver even under the harshest and...
February 2006
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Watson-Marlow Bredel launches New IP66-rated Pump Range
Watson-Marlow Bredel has launched three new IP66-rated pumps to satisfy the requirements of the toughest processing industries. The result of several years design work and customer research,...
Watson-Marlow Bredel Launches New 620 Series Pump
Watson-Marlow's new 620 series pump offers exceptional levels of performance, accuracy and output for the biotech, pharmaceutical and chemical industries. It features a choice of drives, a...
Safety First Approach Brings Advantages at Turffonteina
Work is progressing well on the cluster decline development at Turffontein, as this project is fast approaching its completion. The contract being undertaken by Murray & Roberts Cementation is...
1000 Accident Free Shift Award from DME for Dwarsrivier
Murray & Roberts Cementation's Dwarsrivier contract received the DME 1000 Accident Free Shift Award in September 2005, after notching up a record eight months injury free. Doug...
DRA Oversees R1.6 Billion Platinum Mine Project
South African firm, DRA Mineral Projects has been appointed as the Managing Contractor for the Two Rivers Project on the Eastern Platinum Limb, near Lydenburg. DRA is directly responsible for...
Dorr-Oliver Eimco to Supply Process Equipment to New Alumina Refinery in China
SALT LAKE CITY, USA (February 13, 2006) - Dorr-Oliver Eimco, the Process Group of the Canadian-based company Groupe Laperrière & Verreault Inc., recently obtained orders totaling...
Pump Helps To Prevent Diseases In Africa
A new-generation dosing pump is playing a key role in alleviating waterborne diseases in rural Africa. Watson-Marlow Bredel's SPX 10 dosing pump is at the heart of onsite diluted...
January 2006
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ERPM Still Good For Another Six Years Thanks To Water Management Programme
Less than a year ago, the future of East Rand Proprietary Mines (ERPM) Limited hung in the balance, with all indications pointing to the closure of the now 113 year old mine's...
Productivity Levels at Kroondal Rate Amongst the Highest
Kroondal Platinum Mine, located 120 km north-west of Johannesburg on the western limb of the Bushveld Complex, is one of the lowest cost producing underground platinum mine in the world...
December 2005
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Dorr-Oliver Eimco Combines Flotation Cell Technology for Brazil
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL (December 9, 2005) - GL&V Brasil Ltda, a subsidiary of the Canadian-based company Groupe Laperrière & Verreault Inc., recently announced that its...
Dorr-Oliver Eimco Awarded Three New Recausticizing Contracts in India, China, and Indonesia
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (December 3, 2005) - Management of Groupe Laperrière & Verreault Inc. (GL&V) announced that its Process Group, Dorr-Oliver Eimco, has been awarded three...
November 2005
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DRA In Backfill Upgrade At Driefontein
South African firm, Dowding, Reynard & Associates (DRA), has secured a contract for the upgrade of the backfill plant at the No 1 Gold Plant of the Driefontein Gold Mine, and will...
Hoisting Equipment for the ZHAOLOU Coal Mine in China
The YANKUANG Mining (Group) Co., Ltd located in the Shandong province of China has placed a 13 million Euro order for the supply and commissioning of three high capacity winders with SIEMAG GmbH...
October 2005
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Large-Scale Bucket Wheel Excavator for Bulgaria
In the centre of the largest Bulgarian lignite-mining area, the Maritza basin, a large-scale bucket wheel excavator of the type SRs 4000+VR is under construction. The machine will be operating ...
September 2005
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Grindex Pumps Water Mixed with Sand and Mud from Thornton Quarry in USA
One of the many demanding applications that use Grindex pumps is the tire wash in Thornton Quarry in USA. A Matador N pump is used for pumping water containing sand, mud and dirt to a...
South African Company To Provide Specialised Electrical Consulting To Mining & Heavy Industry
Dowding Reynard & Associates (Pty) Ltd (DRA), a leading electrical and instrumentation engineering solutions provider, and Rapha Pretorius Associates (RPA), a group of specialist...
August 2005
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Twiflex - Record Breaks for Mill Brakes
Considered the first of it's kind, Twiflex has developed a modular safety brake system for the latest generation "gearless" SAG and Ball Mills of up to 20MW capacity. Known as the VMS-DP,...
Twiflex Appoint Rathi Turboflex for India
Twiflex is very pleased to announce the appointment of Rathi Turboflex Pvt Ltd as distributor for Twiflex products in India. Rathi Turboflex replace Greaves Cotton Ltd as distributor for...
Twiflex Launches VMS3-SP
Bigger, better, faster, stronger! Twiflex are pleased to announce the arrival of VMS3-SP, an improvement on the already excellent, VMS2-SP. The new brake is (as before) a spring...
DOE Announces New Contracts Totalling More Than $23 Million
Dorr-Oliver Eimco was recently awarded new contracts in excess of $23 million for ore processing equipment in the Pacific region and Chile. Dorr-Oliver Eimco has been awarded a contract...
July 2005
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DRA’s First Plant in China
South African firm, Dowding, Reynard and Associates has begun its move into China, with the award of a contract for the design and construction of a 300tph plant for XinWen, near Jinan in...
World’s Largest Flotation Cell
Dorr-Oliver Eimco Chile S.A., a subsidiary of the Canadian-based company Groupe Laperrière & Verreault Inc. announced that they have received a major order for the supply of ten...
June 2005
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GMR Makes the Difference in Australia
Disc brakes were first introduced into the industrial applications environment after being pioneered in production passenger vehicles during the late 50s and early 60s. When used for...
April 2005
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DRA: The Complete Mining Solution
For the past 21 years, South African company, Dowding Reynard and Associates (DRA), has specialised in project management and process plant design. In what has been described as a...
New Voith Turbo Fluid Coupling TurboSyn Synchronizes Speeds
With the new friction turbo coupling TurboSyn, Voith Turbo has succeeded in increasing the economy of single drives and utilizing the potential for energy savings. With this new...
Innovative and Durable Drives
Hansen Transmissions, which since May 2004 has been part of Allianz Capital Partners, is a world leader in innovative and durable drives for a wide range of industrial applications, particularly...
FLOTATION MATRIX 100 to Change the Face of Chemical Reagent Selection
Cytec Industries Inc. (NYSE:CYT) today announced the launch of FLOTATION MATRIX 100™, a new proprietary program for the mining industry, which brings customers to the next level of...
Changing the Face of Chemical Reagent Selection
Cytec Industries Inc. recently launched FLOTATION MATRIX 100™, an exciting new program for the mineral processing industry that builds on Cytec’s continued commitment to partnering with...
February 2005
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Superflow Flip-Flow Screen Mats
EUROGOMMA entered the business of flip-flow screening in the early 90s offering a very wide product range to customers at competitive pricing. During the past years our company realised...
January 2005
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New ‘Top-of-the-Range’ Scando 650 at Conexpo
New modular concept Scando 650 hoist from Alimak, offering improved perfor-mance, durability and lifting capacity with lower energy consumption and reduced cost of ownership, will be exhibited...
December 2004
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New MICA ML-800 ATEX Lamp
MICA ML-800 ATEX - new high power LED lamp for potentially explosive atmosphere. The new MICA ML-800 ATEX is a first hand lamp that uses high power LED technology for explosive...
Polyurethane Screens for Fine Screening Applications
Fine screening is a key process in several processing plants active in mining, aggregate, ceramic industry, oil drilling, chemical industry… It's easily understood that durable screen...
November 2004
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Conveyor Belt Cleaning Equipment
Thanks to a 30-year experience in the field of wear protection and thanks to the utilisation of 1st quality raw materials EUROGOMMA is now in position to offer a complete range of...
Conveyor Belt Protection Equipment
Thanks to 30 years of experience in the field of wear protection and thanks to the utilisation of 1st quality raw materials EUROGOMMA is now in position to offer a complete range of...
Two ALIMAK Raise Climbers for Baoquan Power Station project
During his recent visit to China and Henan, Alimak’s segment manager for underground construction and mining Karl-Östen Holmberg signed a contract to supply two 400m ALIMAK Raise Climbers for...
Dorr-Oliver Eimco - Largest Reactor Clarifier in Municipal Water Treatment
Singapore, November 15, 2004 - Dorr-Oliver Eimco Singapore Pte. Ltd (Dorr-Oliver Eimco), a subsidiary of the Canadian based company Groupe Laperrière & Verreault Inc., secured an...
DRA Truimphs in the Tundra
DRA (Dowding, Reynard and Associates) has been at the cutting-edge of diamond recovery technology for the past 17 years. The company has designed and supplied a variety of diamond plants,...
Calculating Torsional Vibrations of Drives with Hydrodynamic Couplings
A hydrodynamic coupling (fluid coupling) in the driveline has many positive characteristics. Positive features such as smooth starting, load-free motor run-up and torque limitation are...
September 2004
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Crushing Plants from MAN TAKRAF Fördertechnik GmbH (MTF)
MTF supplies a full line of crushing plants including stationary, semi-mobile or fully mobile plants with tiretrack or hydraulic walking systems and provides solutions incorporating...
Murray and Roberts' RUC Achieves 500,000 Fatality Free Shifts
In August 2004 Murray & Roberts RUC achieved not only 500,000 fatality free shifts, but has now also completed a full twelve months without a fatality. Neil Watts, business systems manager...
A Sophisticated Soft-Start System - Voith Turbo's TVVS Fluid Couplings
Many of the Voith Turbo customers already know which benefits the TVVS soft-start coupling offers to their drive systems. On this subject, you can now download or order a new brochure from...
DRA Projects Performs Well
DRA Projects, a division of DRA, was formed last year to handle fixed price contracts of less than R50 million. The team distinguishes itself from others within the DRA stable by offering...
August 2004
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New MICA IL-60EM VAC, Effective Hand Lamp with Safety Lighting Function
MICA IL-60EM VAC, designed and manufactured in Finland by Mica Elektro Oy Ltd, is an effective hand lamp equipped with safety lighting function. The safety feature means that the flashlight...
Twiflex - The Record Breaks for Mill Brakes
Considered the first of its kind, Twiflex has developed a modular safety brake system for the latest generation "gearless" SAG and Ball Mills of up to 20MW capacity. Known as the VMS-DP,...
July 2004
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Voith Turbo Fluid Coupling's Website Online in Spanish
People talking Spanish may communicate with almost half a billion (500.000.000!) individuals all over the world... Therefore the entire Internet presentation of Voith Turbo product...
AFP IV Automated Filter Press Global Sales on the Move
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (July 8, 2004) – Dorr-Oliver Eimco has received significant orders totaling US$6.5 million for advanced mineral filter press technology. Orders include: Three...
Pooling & Sharing Agreement
Aquarius Platinum and Anglo Platinum have reached a 'pooling and sharing' agreement around the UG2 ore reserves bordering Aquarius Platinum’s existing Kroondal Mine. In doing so,...
June 2004
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SIEMAG’s PES in the First Central Cooling Plant in Poland Making use of Mine Gas
Approximately 70 kilometers south of Katowice in Upper Silesia is located the Pniowek coal mine. This mine, which belongs to the Jastrzebska Wolka Weglowa Group, does not only deliver the...
Shaft Hoisting Installation for the Drâa Lasfar Mine, MANAGEM - CMG, Morocco
In 2002 MANAGEM - CMG placed an order with SIEMAG GmbH for the delivery of the mechanical part of a modern skip hoisting installation for the Drâa Lasfar Mine near Marrakech, Morocco. The...
At 4,800m Above Sea-Level, MTF Construct a Crushing Plant in Thin-Air
Imagine a major industrial facility on top of Mt. Blanc. That is about the elevation in the Chilean Andes where MTF had to construct a large scale primary crushing station with a total weight...
60tph Fine Coal Flotation Plant for Greenside Colliery
AngloCoal has awarded the contract for a 60tph fine coal flotation plant at Greenside Colliery to Dowding, Reynard & Associates (DRA). The contract, valued at R30M, was awarded in...
Dorr-Oliver Eimco Wins Flotation Project in Nevada
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (May 19, 2004) – Dorr-Oliver Eimco, a subsidiary of the Canadian based company Groupe Laperrière & Verreault (GLV.A; GLV.B/ TSX), was recently awarded a contract to...
May 2004
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Dublin Port Tunnel Project
Rema Tip Top Ireland provide steel cord and fabric belt installations and repairs for the Dublin Port Tunnel project. The National Development Plan was drawn up by the Irish Government...
TIP TOP Intoduces New Ceramic Pulley Lagging
REMA TIP TOP introduce their new, long-life ceramic pulley lagging, REMAGRIP CK-Xtreme – the new dimension for extreme situations. As a leading manufacturer of lagging materials for...
New World Record as Phoenix Conveyor Belt Systems Supplies the Longest Conveyor Belt on Earth
Phoenix supplies the longest conveyor belt on earth for the transport of crushed limestone from India to Bangladesh PHOENIX Conveyor Belt Systems GmbH of Hamburg, Germany and PHOENIX...
April 2004
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Marula PGM Plant Commissioned
South African company, Dowding Reynard and Associates (DRA), completed construction work on the 233,000t a month Marula PGM concentrator at the end of 2003 and finalised hot commissioning of...
March 2004
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MICA IL-60 NiMH Hand Torch: Even More Unbeatable Than Before
Mica Elektro Oy Ltd. has augmented its range of rechargeable hand torch products with the new model MICA IL-60 NiMH. Now, in addition to the former IL-60 model, equipped with a 5.5Ah...
New Fill-Controlled Voith Turbo Fluid Coupling for High-Capacity Conveyors
The fill-controlled fluid coupling type TPKL represents a new drive concept which has been developed by Voith Turbo as a compact and actively controlled drive, especially for belt...
February 2004
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Outsourcing to a Professional Organisation
DRA, through its sister company Minopex (Pty) Ltd, specialises in managing the operations and maintenance (O&M) of the beneficiation process for mining companies. The decision to outsource...
January 2004
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Two ALIMAK Diesel Driven Raise Climbers for Shanxi Xilongchi Pumped Storage Power Station Project
Located in the Chinese provice of Shanxi, the 1200MW pump storage project will produce electricity which will be connected to the Shanxi power grid and will be responsible for regulating...
Tunnel Construction - TriacDrive Overlap Welding Machine
Reproducible welding results for all vertical and horizontal applications Excellent welding results can be still be achieved on uneven welding surfaces and in difficult welding...
December 2003
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ABB to Supply Complete Hoist System to Newcrest Mining, Australia
Västerås, Sweden, December 18, 2003 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, said today that Newcrest Mining Ltd. has awarded ABB a contract to design and supply one...
DRA Upgrades Winders in Central Africa
Dowding, Reynard and Associates Technical Services (DRATS), specialising in all areas of winder engineering, has developed a sound reputation, both locally and internationally, for rebuilding...
October 2003
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Kalana Gold Mine
Dowding, Reynard and Associates (DRA) has almost completed Phase 1 of the re-opening of Kalana Mine 300km south of Bamako in Mali. This plant, much of which is housed in enclosed buildings,...
September 2003
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DRA Exhibits at Extemin, Peru and the International Mineral Processing Congress, Cape Town
Dowding, Reynard & Associates (DRA) will exhibit in Arequipa, Peru from the 15th -19th September at Extemin 2003 and at the International Mineral Processing Congress in Cape Town from the...
August 2003
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WALKER – A Portable Meter of Ash Content in Hard and Brown Coal and Lignite – Without Isotope
Fully automatic, quick measurement of ash content in coal at storage yard and dumping ground, in tanks and wagons. APPLICATION Quick quality assessment of: – run-of-mine, –...
June 2003
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New Brochure about Fluid Couplings with Valve Control for use in Armoured Face Conveyors
Voith Turbo, Start-up Components, prepared an new release of a brochure describing "Constant-fill fulid couplings with valve control". Valve-controlled fluid couplings (type designations...
April 2003
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High-Performance New Development from the Sector Start-Up Components - 10 MW Coupling Combination Opens up New Markets
The product group Startup Components developed a high-performance and slip-free 10 MW coupling combination (Type 1210 TPL-SYN) in order to increase efficiency of drives in big mills of the...
Marula Platinum on Track
Dowding Reynard & Associates (DRA) is responsible for the engineering procurement and construction management (EPCM) of the concentrator and surface infrastructure at Marula Platinum, a...
March 2003
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Fluid Couplings Animation Released
Voith Turbo, Start-up Components, prepared an animation depicting the fluid coupling type TVVS and its function. The TVVS coupling is a very reliable driving component regarding...
February 2003
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EPC and K4 Commissioned in Record Time
The two new concentrators, Eastern Platinum (EPC) and Karee (K4) at Lonmin’s Eastern Platinum and Karee Platinum Mine near Marikana, have been commissioned, as planned 18 months ago, during...
Another Worldwide First from LEISTER Process Technologies
The TriacDrive Semi-automatic Overlap Welding Machine A gap in overlap welding for vertical and horizontal applications is now closed with the TriacDrive semi-automatic welding machine...
January 2003
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Hydrodynamic Couplings for Underground Hardcoal Mining
At the end of October the 'China International Conference and Exhibition on Coal Processing, Utilization & Environmental Protection (CCPUE)' took place in Bejing, China. Dr. Rainald...
September 2002
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Conveyor Belt for Copper Ore
In copper mining the material conveyed on belt conveyors often is being sprayed with sulphuric acid in order to extract the copper from the ore. The ore is sharp edged, very abrasive...
July 2002
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Tremendous: Hoisting Machine for the South Deep Mine in South Africa
SIEMAG South Africa (Pty) Ltd., a subsidiary of SIEMAG Transplan GmbH, has received an order from Placer Dome Western Areas Joint Venture for the supply of the mechanical portion of a large...
April 2002
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Shaft Hoisting System for the Mine Cabanasas
Shaft Hoisting System for the Mine Cabanasas of IBERPOTASH S.A., Spain IBERPOTASH S.A. ordered SIEMAG Transplan GmbH and its consortium partner, DEILMANN-HANIEL GmbH, to reconstruct the...
Voith Turbo Couplings for Hazardous Areas
Already today the constant fill Voith Turbo Couplings meet the requirements of the Explosion Protection Directive 94/9/EU applicable EU-wide as of 2003-07-01. On the 23 March 1994 the...
December 2001
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New MICA CR multistation charger racks for MICA lamps or batteries
MICA CR-15 and CR-35 multistation charger racks bring a new concept to the users of professional lamps manufactured by Mica Elektro. Both charger racks are made from a rigid continuous section...
September 2001
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Conveyor belts for Thailand
PHOENIX Conveyor Belt Systems GmbH of Hamburg, Germany which produces highest quality conveyor belts, has been awarded a multi million dollar contract by Voest-Alpine Materials Handling in...
Astro hot wedge welding machine with high speed guarantee
Welding of geomembranes ASTRO hot-wedge welding machine with high speed guarantee Time is money. By no means a new discovery, especially in regard to welding geomembranes. That is why...
August 2001
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New Concept for a Powerful Goliath Crane
In May 2001, a new gantry crane was taken over by the Odense Steel Shipyard Limited Company, Denmark. Now, only 17 months after the breakdown of the previous shipyard crane, a new and...
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