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New World Resources (NWR), Central Europe’s leading hard coal producer, announced that it has been granted a mining license for the Debiensko 1 area of southern Poland by the Polish Ministry of Environment. The license, which is valid for a period of 50 years, was granted to NWR’s wholly-owned Polish subsidiary, Karbonia PL, following an application filed with the Polish Ministry of Environment. Granting the Debiensko license is seen as a significant milestone…... read
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Lumwana Commences Production
Africa’s largest greenfield copper project becomes a reality
By Antonio Ruffini, E&MJ South Africa-based Editor
The Lumwana copper project, located in Zambia’s North West Province some 300 km west of the traditional Zambian Copperbelt, started its scheduled ramp-up to full production of 20 million metric tons per year (mt/y) of ore in July 2008. What has been hailed as the largest greenfields mining project in Africa for some years should reach full production capacity by the end of the year. Lumwana, which has been declared a national priority project by the government of Zambia, will result in its owner, Australian based and Toronto Stock Exchange listed Equinox Minerals, becoming one of the world’s top 20 copper producers……. read
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Explosive Situations
What’s new in the blasting marketplace and what’s happening at, and to, the largest explosives suppliers—and why the price of ANFO isn’t likely to drop anytime soon
By Russell A. Carter, Managing Editor
One of the unfortunate corollaries of the long-running global mineral commodities boom is that mining—in all its forms— has gotten more expensive. Drilling and blasting operations haven’t been exempt from this cost escalation. Although the "perfect storm" analogy is probably overused to describe the convergence of trends that magnify the impact of an event, it seems like an appropriate description for price increases in the D&B sector, particularly in blasting where the rising price of petroleum— and every downstream-market item associated with it—along with higher natural gas prices and competition from other industries for basic explosives components such as ammonia...... read
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 Australia Exports Mining and Processing Technology
The leading mineral exporter is also worldwide problem solver
By Steve Fiscor, Editor-in-Chief, and Kyran Casteel, European Editor
Only a few countries have as diverse a mineral portfolio as Australia. Name a mineral commodity and they actively mine it. Most of those mines and mills are located in remote regions. Unable to wait for answers from abroad, Australian mining engineers and metallurgists have always been regarded as problem solvers. Today, at times, it seems the mining industry is under constant siege with a shortage of skilled labor, increased regulatory scrutiny and ever escalating costs. As one Australian firm framed the situation,the need to work smarter and not harder, is crucial during this historic mining boom…...
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 World’s Largest Mining Exposition Returns to Las Vegas
After four years of unparalleled demand, many OEMs will debut new products and services for the mining and mineral processing sector
By Steve Fiscor, Editor-in-Chief
What sets MINExpo INTERNATIONAL 2008 apart from past expositions is the positive, yet bewildered mind set brought on by a mining supercycle amidst skyrocketing costs. Even though mining companies see commodity prices at 25- year highs, price increases for steel, fuel, and every other consumable are forcing them to remain as efficient as possible. The original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), those that bear the bad news of cost increase for equipment and supplies, find themselves at their busiest point with lead times for equipment for new projects stretching from 18 months for rolling stock.....
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First Bucyrus Diesel LHD Goes Underground in India - Bucyrus said the first of its FBL-10 LHDs for the Indian market has been delivered, and successfully trialed by Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd. (SCCL) at its GDK5 mine. This development, according to Bucyrus, is an important first for the Indian coal industry, SCCL and Bucyrus, and is also a historic event as it is the first modern diesel-powered LHD to be used anywhere in India at the coal face …. read
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 Atlas Copco Publishes New Book on Raiseboring - Atlas Copco has added a new title to its popular series of reference books on rock excavation technology. Raiseboring in Mining and Construction features technical case stories and reference cases as well as technical specifications for all Atlas Copco raiseboring equipment. The book’s extensive collection of technical articles covers subjects such as horizontal and low-angle boring, down reaming, the selection of drive systems and the history of raiseboring…… read
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New P&H Copper Dipper Helps Increase Production Efficiencies - P&H Mining Equipment said a new mining shovel dipper developed by and tailored to the hard-rock material handling conditions often encountered in copper mining operations is helping to increase production efficiencies in a growing number of mines. According to the company, when a major copper mining operation learned of a new overburden-loading dipper that P&H Mining Equipment had developed with its P&H MinePro Services service support network on behalf of a large coal mining operation.….
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Copper Mine Chooses Wenco Fleet Management System
- Taseko Mines will install Wenco International’s Fleet Management System at its Gibraltar mine in south-central British Columbia as part of a major expansion and modernization program for the open-pit copper-molybdenum operation. Gibraltar produces 36,700 t/d of ore with an annual life of mine average production of 70 million lb of copper and 1.1 million lb of molybdenum. .……
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CSIRO Reports on Seafloor Mining - The environmental, economic, regulatory and social issues raised as a result of the mining industry’s increasing interest in extracting rich deposits of minerals from Australia’s seafloor are discussed in a new report recently issued in Sydney by the Director of Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization’s Wealth from Oceans National Research Flagship, Dr. Kate Wilson. Wilson said….
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New Flotation Setup Provides Optimal Recovery for Macraes Gold
- OceanaGold Corp., operator of the Macraes gold mine in New Zealand, announced in mid-December 2007 that it had successfully commissioned three new Outotec TankCell 300 flotation cells at the Macraes mill. Each TankCell 300 has a capacity of more than 300 m3, making it the world’s largest commercially operating flotation cell. The new installation, according to the company, has enabled a significant increase in throughput combined with lower maintenance and operating costs…. read
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High-Efficiency Gearmotor Line - Baldor Electric says its Dodge Quantis Gold C-face gearmotor line combines ILH (In-Line Helical) and RHB (Right Angle Helical Bevel) C-face gearmotors with Baldor-Reliance Super-E Premium Efficient motors to create the most energy efficient gearmotor package available in the industry. Both Quantis ILH and RHB reducers feature NEMA clamp-collar design.….
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Portable Lighting System - Allmand’s SHO-HD was designed to deliver brighter and whiter light for enhanced visibility and greater coverage of jobsites. Featuring 1,250-watt lamps and ballasts, the SHO-HD produces 150,000 lumens per lamp, a 36% increase over the 110,000-lumen output of standard 1,000-watt lamps.….read
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Lightweight Belt Splicing Tool-
Flexco says its aluminum MSRT installation tool is lightweight and portable, designed to assist splice installers in harsh working environments where heavy splicing equipment has to be moved on a regular basis. The new scalloped design of the tool’s riser plate allows for fast, accurate alignment of fastener strips on the anvil plate. The riser plate positions the belt for easier feed…. read
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SEPTEMBER 22-24, 2008: MINExpo 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Contact: Hall Erickson; Tel: 800-752-6312; Fax: 630-434-1216; E-mail:
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SEPTEMBER 24-28, XXIV International Mineral Processing Congress (IMPC), Beijing, China Conference Secretariat; Tel: 86-10-68310569; Fax: 86-10-68317050; E-mail:
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| OCTOBER 1-3, 2008: PROCEMIN 2008, Santiago, Chile Contact: Fabiola Bustamante; Tel: 56-2 652 1555; Fax: 56-2 652 1570; E-mail:
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FEBRUARY 8-11, 2009: 35th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique, Denver, Colorado, USA. Contact: International Society of Explosives Engineers; Tel. 440-349-4400; Fax: 440-349-3788; Web: www.isee.org |
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 General Moly Inc. announced the appointment of Timothy D. Arnold as general manager of the company’s Mt. Hope project. |
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 Gindalbie Metals Ltd. announced the appointment of David Southam as CFO. He replaces Darren Gordon, who resigned.
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 Metex Resources Ltd. announced that Andrew Dash has been appointed COO.
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The U.S. National Mining Association announced the appointments of Roger Roberts as senior vice president, Administration and Finance and Ben Brandes as director of Air Quality.. |
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Terex Corp. announced that Eric A. Nielsen has been named president, Terex Materials Processing & Mining. |
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Boliden announced that Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Group Communications, Eva Kaijser, will succeed Sune Lundin as the company’s senior vice president, Strategy and Business Development. |
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The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS Awards for Business Excellence 2008 recently honored Blackie Marole, CEO of Debswana Diamond Co. (Pty) Ltd., for work conducted on HIV/AIDs in Expanded Community Initiatives |
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 Evolving Gold Corp. announced the appointment of Vitaly Melnikov as CFO. |
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OZ Minerals Emerges from Oxiana-Zinifex Union - Oxiana Minerals and Zinifex received court approval for an agreed "merger of equals" on June 20, 2008, and announced plans to name the merged company OZ Minerals. The new name incorporates the first letters of Oxiana and Zinifex and, of course, has some resonance in Australia, the land of Oz. The name change required shareholder approval at a meeting scheduled for July 18, 2008. OZ Minerals is owned 50:50 by the former shareholders of Oxiana and Zinifex.... 
Northgate Advances Young-Davidson Gold
- Northgate Minerals has completed an NI 43-101 preliminary assessment report on its Young-Davidson gold project immediately west of the village of Matachewan, Ontario, about 60 km west of Kirkland Lake, and has commissioned AMEC Americas to conduct a full feasibility study on the project. The preliminary assessment lays out the basis for development of a combined underground and open-pit mining operation. Environmental baseline studies in support of permitting......
NovaGold, Barrick Decide on Donlin Creek Project Design
- NovaGold reported on June 10, 2008, that Donlin Creek LLC, owned 50% each by NovaGold and Barrick Gold, had identified a preferred design for the Donlin Creek gold project in southwest Alaska. The companies plan to complete and approve a feasibility study by the first quarter of 2009. Current expectations are that Donlin Creek will have a throughput design of about 50,000 mt/d and will use on-site diesel and wind cogeneration for power..... 
Mustang Initiates Feasibility Study at Maskwa Nickel
- Mustang Minerals reported on June 26, 2008 that it had received a positive, NI 43-101 compliant prefeasibility study from Micon International for its Maskwa nickel project 140 km northeast of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and that it had begun a full feasibility study and permitting activity. The study concluded that "the Maskwa project contains an economic mineral reserve and warrants continued development to the full feasibility stage." Micon supervised completion the study, which included.... 
Coeur Pours Doré at San Bartolomé, Targets 2009 Start for Palmarejo - In separate announcements during June 2008, Coeur d’Alene Mines reported the pouring of the first silver doré at its new San Bartolomé mine in Bolivia and progress toward a production start during the first half of 2009 at its Palmarejo mine in Mexico. San Bartolomé, claimed by Coeur to be the world’s largest pure silver mine, is located in the Potosí district of Bolivia, historically….
Nippon Piloting New Copper- Gold Extraction Process - Nippon Mining & Metals announced in late June 2008 that it will build a pilot plant in Perth, Western Australia, to test its Nikko Chloride Process (N-Chlo Process) for recovery of copper and gold from low-grade copper concentrates. Newcrest Mining will cooperate in the project and will supply concentrates for use in testing. Bateman has the engineering contract for the plant, and Amdel Labs will be responsible for test operations…. 
Highland Developing Mayskoye in Russia’s Far Northeast - Highland Gold Mining announced in mid- June 2008 that it is proceeding with construction of its Mayskoye project in the Chukotka region of Russia’s far northeast. At full production beginning in 2010, Mayskoye is slated to produce between 250,000 and 275,000 oz/y of gold over a mine life of more than 12 years. Capital cost to develop the project is expected to be between $500 million and $550 million….
Norilsk Puts Tati Activox Refinery Project on Indefinite Hold - Norilsk Nickel announced in early June 2008 that the previously announced Activox nickel refinery project at Tati Nickel in Botwsana has been postponed indefinitely due to cost escalation. The government of Botswana, which is 15% owner of Tati Nickel, supported the postponement. Norilsk acquired its 85% interest in Tati Nickel in mid-2007 when it acquired LionOre Mining International. A 2006 LionOre feasibility study had estimated project capital cost for construction of the Activox refinery at $498 million…. 
Cleveland-Cliffs and Alpha Natural Resources to Merge
- After approving a definitive merger agreement under which it will acquire all outstanding shares of Alpha in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $10 billion, Cleveland-Cliffs announced a merger with Alpha Natural Resources, a leading U.S. coal producer operating in central Appalachia. The combined company, which will be renamed Cliffs Natural Resources, will become one of the largest U.S. mining companies and be positioned as a leading diversified mining and natural resources company…... 
