Tyco Flow Control’s Keystone Brand Offers High Performance Butterfly Valve with Alloy Trim

Adding alloy to manufacturing process shortens delivery time to customers
Houston – Sept. 22, 2008 – Tyco Flow Control (TFC) now offers an alloy trim package on its signature Keystone K-LOK brand of high performance butterfly valve product, improving delivery time to customers who require the protective alloy material against corrosive elements.
Alloy trim is now becoming [...]

Peabody Energy Selects Rajant and Wagner Equipment for Wireless Communications System

Rajant Corporation and Wagner Equipment Ink Deal to Provide Wireless Mesh BreadCrumb® Systems for the Peabody El Segundo Mine

MALVERN, PA, September 23, 2008 – Rajant Corporation, a leading provider of portable mobile wireless networking solutions, announced today that it has entered into a reseller agreement with Denverbased Wagner Equipment Co. (Wagner) to distribute and support [...]

Time for China-Australian mining forces to head west

John Saunders does not think it is good enough for Australia to simply dig up its resources and ship them to China.

Chinese moly oxide prices move higher to above $33/lb CIF

Chinese-origin molybdenum oxide prices this week moved up to $33-33.30/lb on a CIF basis compared with $32.65-33.20/lb a week earlier, as more consumer interest returned to the market, local sources said.

Gas crisis hits WA Mining Industry with Gold and Nickel Operations badly affected

Western Australian Premier Allan Carpenter has called an urgent conference between industry, power utilities and the government for this Sunday to resolve the near-term problems that hit the State on Wednesday.

Rivesville man killed at Robinson Run Mine

A 55-year-old Marion County coal miner was killed Thursday morning at the Robinson Run Mine while he was operating a locomotive underground, officials said.

Gold Fields says strike ends

Gold Fields , the world’s fourth-largest gold producer, on Friday confirmed that the illegal strike at its Beatrix mine near Welkom in the Free State had been called off and that all 1,300 mineworkers had been …

Illegal strike traps mineworkers

Trade Union Solidarity said 100 of its members were trapped 900 metres underground at Gold Fields’ Beatrix mine outside of Welkom in the Free State as 1,200 other mineworkers embarked on an illegal strike at …

Etruscan’s Youga Gold Mine recovers 7800 ounces in first three months of ramp up

Etruscan Resources Inc. reported today that its Youga Gold Mine, located in Burkina Faso, West Africa recovered approximately 7,800 ounces of gold and poured in excess of 6,200 ounces …

Miner dies at Consol Energy mine in West Virginia

Investigators are trying to determine how a West Virginia coal miner was killed by the locomotive he was driving underground.

Rio Tinto’s Saudi Smelter to Start by 2012

Rio Tinto Group expects to produce aluminum from its planned smelter in Saudi Arabia by late 2011 or early 2012, the company’s Chief Executive Tom Albanese was cited as saying by Arab News .

North American average stainless steel prices - latest forecasts from meps

Transaction values for type 304 are forecast to be relatively stable in June. The Alloy surcharge is predicted to fall marginally, with basis figures expected to be unchanged. End users will, almost certainly, reduce their purchases next month in anticipation of lower surcharges from July onwards. Furthermore, distributors are likely to begin de-stocking shortly as [...]