By Greg Fenrick, November 28th, 2008 at 5:39 pm -
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The majority of fleet managers are willing to spend up to half of a full-sized crawler excavator’s original purchase price on repairs and parts before turning that machine out, reveals Construction Equipment’s Reader Advisor Board….more Construction Equipment
By Bucyrus International, Inc., November 28th, 2008 at 1:28 pm -
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Bucyrus announced the signing of a new machine contract with BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance, Australia for a supply of a new 8750 walking dragline.
By Greg Fenrick, November 27th, 2008 at 10:51 am -
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Randgold’s Morila Gold Mine are updating and upgrading their InLine Leach Reactor from an ILR1000CA to an ILR2000BA. This ILR has produced gold since May 2001 at rates varying between 200 oz/day and 2000 oz/day, depending on feed grade. It treats gravity gold recovered from three Knelson XD48 concentrators and is a critical component in [...]
By International Mining, November 27th, 2008 at 4:15 am -
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Minova has continued to raise the pace of its business development in China and it is now set for further growth with the establishment of a roof bolt production plant in Tai’an. Since its formation in late 2005, Ruichy Minova has experienced increasing demand for its products from the Chinese mining authorities as they continue their drive [...]
By Greg Fenrick, November 26th, 2008 at 11:23 am -
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Reader advisors recoup about 27 percent of their initial investment when selling used loaders
February 1, 2008
By Larry Stewart, Executive Editor
Median repair parts and labor costs for wheel loaders are 44 percent of the machine’s original cost, but 24 percent of 250- to 575-horsepower loaders require more than their original purchase price in parts.
The median residual [...]
By Greg Fenrick, November 25th, 2008 at 9:55 am -
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Bucher Hydraulics is acquiring Command Controls Corp., a US company based in Elgin, Illinois. Command Controls is specialised in manufacturing cartridge valves for hydraulic system solutions. In 2007, the company generated approximately CHF 13 million in sales with 91 employees. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
Bucher Hydraulics holds a very strong [...]
By Engineering News, November 24th, 2008 at 3:00 am -
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the filter bags, the number of doors and any fire dampers in mind.The Eximo Screw Dust Collector is designed for the mining, manufacturing, packaging, machining, cutting, automotive, building materials, chemicals, electronics and paint
By Bucyrus International, Inc., November 21st, 2008 at 6:15 am -
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Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) jointly owned by the Government of Andhra Pradesh and Government of India has chosen Bucyrus room & pillar equipment for its GDK11a underground mine.
By AEM: CINN RSS Feed - Mining News & Trends, November 19th, 2008 at 9:43 am -
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MineWeb.com (November 19, 2008) - The chief executive of Caterpillar Inc says he is convinced that the long-term demand for minerals will grow.
By Greg Fenrick, November 16th, 2008 at 2:27 pm -
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Highlights from Continuing Operations
· Record third quarter revenues of $1.5 billion
· Diluted earnings per share of $0.37, up 6% from the third quarter of 2007
· New equipment order backlog grows to a new record level of $2.0 billion
· Strong balance sheet with committed bank lines and no term debt maturities until Dec 2011. Debt to
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By Greg Fenrick, November 13th, 2008 at 11:22 am -
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The high-grade gold and silver project is located in the Santa Cruz province of Argentina.An October 2008 positive pre-feasibility study reported that probable reserves were estimated at 7.2 million tones at 6.4 g/t gold and 75 g/t silver for 1.5 million ounces of gold and 17.3 million ounces of silver.
The plan is to mine the [...]
By admin, November 13th, 2008 at 4:02 am -
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Metso Automation press release on November 13, 2008, 2:00 p.m. local time
Metso has signed an agreement with Rautaruukki to supply extensive automation systems to its Raahe steel plant. As agreed with the customer, the value of the order will not be disclosed. The order are included in Metso Automation’s Q4 orders received. The automation in [...]