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Gemcom Announces Appointment of New Executives to Senior Management Team

Technology Industry Executives Join Gemcom Senior Management Team as Chief Financial Officer and Minex Business Unit Director
VANCOUVER, Canada - February 8, 2010 - Gemcom Software International Inc., the largest global supplier of specialised mining productivity solutions, today announced that it has appointed to its senior management team Eric Palmer as chief financial officer (CFO), and [...]

Liebherr Secures an Order for Fourteen Ultra Class Mining Trucks

Liebherr Mining Equipment Co., Newport News, VA, announces the sale of fourteen 400-ton payload class trucks to Peabody Energy.

The trucks will be delivered in 2010 to mines in the Wyoming Powder River Basin area. Liebherr’s Gillette, Wyo. facility will continue to support Peabody’s mines in the region.
One truck will go to Caballo Mine, located about [...]

Skills shortages already showing evidence of dampening minerals outlook

In many parts of the world, the resources sector’s ageing workforce profile coupled with slow growth in the availability of suitably skilled employees is dampening prospects. In a great example of this, Queensland, Australia noted that as a the state its prospects of taking full advantage of the next ‘supercycle’ of global minerals and energy [...]

Spectroil Q100 - the next generation of oil analysis spectrometers

The new Spectroil Q100 was designed from the ground up with the user, the application, and the in-service oil analysis laboratory in mind. It uses the same technology and design concepts that Spectro has successfully applied over the years to the Spectroil M family of spectrometers. It is the next step in design and performance [...]

New design HS275 belt weigher doubles previous capacity limit

Greenbank Materials Handling (GMH), one of the UK’s leading providers of bulk and materials handling products, has launched the latest version of its HS275 Single Idler Belt Weigher. It now benefits from a new weighframe design, which enables it to accommodate a load cell capacity of up to 200 kg, doubling its previous capacity limit [...]

Preconcentration and agglomeration to enhance heap leaching of nickel laterite Collaboration

Minerals Down Under Flagship Director Peter Lilly has described the Australian nickel sector as a ‘”jewel in the nation’s crown. Demand for nickel has increased by about 5 to 6% per year over the past decade, and despite fluctuating prices, the future outlook is positive,” he said. “Although our reserves of high-grade nickel are depleting, [...]

Bucyrus Agrees to Acquire Mining Division of Terex

Bucyrus International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BUCY) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the mining equipment business of Terex Corporation for US$1.3 billion in cash.

Coal miners put cap on fatigue - technology to stop operators falling asleep at the wheel

Australia’s coal industry has designed what the Queensland Resources Council describes as ”a world-first technology to alert heavy-vehicle drivers when they are tired and potentially reduce the number of driving incidents. Development of the tool started in 2004 at CRCMining as part of a project funded by the Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP) and additional support from [...]

German mining equipment manufacturers expect record in sales amounting to €4 billion

The VDMA reports a 10% increase in turnover makes 2009 the best year in history ever for Germany’s mining equipment manufacturers. While much of the engineering sector has been strongly affected by the economic and financial crises, the current year has been a bonanza for German mining equipment companies. The sector expects the increase of turnover to bring [...]

12 Areas of Cleanup and Success report highlights work at Candelaria copper mine in Chile

The Blacksmith Institute has combined its World’s Worst Polluted Places Report 2009 with its partners Green Cross Switzerland for a new report called the 12 Areas of Cleanup and Success. The Institute says that “While previous reports spotlighted the most severe pollution problems and locations, our 2009 report focuses on 12 programs and strategies that [...]

Faster more cost effective underground development, coal clearance and mine infrastructure

International Mining’s December issue is approaching. The Operation Focus looks at Freeport’s great Grasberg open-pit mine in Indonesia and other features include German technology, rapid development, coal clearance and mine infrastructure. The Leader will examine China following John Chadwick’s attendance at China Mining this week. As always, if you have interesting news (of new technology or [...]

Reducing Quarry Costs in Challenging Economic Times

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3-5 November 2009!!!
The Quarry Academy program has become one of the defining elements of the Sandvik / Dyno Nobel Alliance.
In order to build upon the success of the first three Academies (2005, 2007 and 2008) and with current economic conditions top of mind, we have decided to hold the fourth Quarry Academy at Sandviks North American [...]