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Joy launches Smart Services CentreJOY Mining Machinery has officially opened its first Smart Services Centre in Witbank, South Africa, and is planning to bolster its equipment services capability around the world……more at International Longwall News India to modernise coal miningORIGINAL equipment suppliers are poised to profit from Coal India’s plans to jump into productive underground coal mining……more at International Longwall News Explosives makers still boomingWHILE explosives maker Incitec Pivot subsidiary Dyno Nobel is more exposed to falling US coal production, rival Orica Mining Services is continuing to perform well during the downturn, according to Macquarie Private Wealth……more at International Longwall News ABB wins $24 million substation order in UKZurich, Switzerland, July 3, 2009 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been awarded a $24 million contract by National Grid for a 400 kV substation that will provide the grid connection for a new power station in the north-west of England. Desert delivery from CatCaterpillar has confirmed the successful delivery of two 785C mining trucks to the Energy Resources Inc. Ukhaakhudag coal mine near Tavan Tolgoi, Mongolia. The trucks arrived in March this year after being transported from the US to China and driven 650km across the Gobi desert….more at Mining Magazine Xstrata Technology to Supply IsasmeltTM Plant in ChinaXstrata’s ISASMELTTM top submerged lance (TSL) smelting technology has been chosen for its fifth smelter project in China, with a contract just signed with Yunnan Chihong Zn and Ge Co. Ltd. (a subsidiary of Yunnan Metallurgical Group, YMG)…..more at MEIOnline Improved Treatment for High-sulphur ResiduesThere is increasing industry interest in technologies to treat sulphur-rich residues from hydrometallurgical processes – with the aim of not only improving sustainable storage but also capturing sulphur, precious metals and other by-products…..more at MEIOnline Murray & Roberts Cementation brings its raiseboring experience to Selebi North ShaftMurray & 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 a deeper elevation. Murray & Roberts Cementation is responsible for the planning, logistics, construction and quality assurance [...] Metso involved in developing new light and efficient solutionsMetso has a strong role in planning and coordinating new R&D programs focusing on materials technology. Finnish Mechanical Engineering Competence Center (FIMECC) shall initiate its first R&D project called LIGHT (Light and Efficient Solutions) focusing on new structural materials and component solutions especially for process and transportation industries. Joy ‘s first Smart Services Centre opens in South AfricaThe Joy Smart Services Centre was officially opened and is the first facility in the world of its kind for Joy. The company says it “is set to take performance levels in underground coal mining operations to the next level.” Ted Doheny, President and COO of Joy Mining Machinery, who officially opened the centre, commented, [...] JKTech launches knowledge transfer initiativeJKTech has launched SMI Knowledge Transfer, a unique professional development initiative, offering life-of-mine training courses and workshops to the global mining and minerals processing industry. Replacing the previously named JKTech Training, this new SMI Knowledge Transfer initiative builds on the already strong brands of JKTech, ACMER (the Australian Centre for Minerals Extension and Research) and [...] Heavy equipment supplier opens R57m residence complex for learners attending its training centreBarloworld Equipment last week ?officially opened a R57-million complex that will house students attending the new adjacent R130-million Barloworld Equipment Technical Training Centre (BETTC), in Isando, east of Johannesburg. These developments come at |
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