Mine Radio Systems (Africa) (Pty) Ltd. Moves to a New Facility

Pretoria, South Africa – Due to the tremendous increase in business in South Africa and surrounding countries, MRS has moved to newer and larger facilities in Pretoria. These new facilities will place MRS in better position to service their new and existing customers as well as support new technologies that will be introduced in the [...]

Integra Coal goes ImPact Digital for communications and tracking

Integra Coal has chosen Mine Site Technologies’ (MAT) for site wide digital communications and tracking for both its open pit and underground mines.  A description of the underground part of the installation follows. Located 8 km north of Singleton in the Hunter Valley, NSW, Brazilian mining giant Vale, operates the Integra Coal complex. These two [...]

Metso continues to strengthen its service business in China: Guangzhou Service Center inaugurated

Metso has celebrated the inauguration of its new service center in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, on January 8th. The new greenfield service center has been operational since November 2008. It provides advanced services to the pulp and paper industry in Southern China.

Bucyrus One of America’s Best Big Companies

Forbes Magazine author, Brian Zajac, wrote an article on America’s Best Big Companies. Brian said, “Tough times aside, the Platinum 400 are the fastest-growing, best-managed big companies in America.”….more at Forbes.com

Product Lifecycle Management Australasia and Siemens Australia to conduct seminars on process simulation and optimisation

Manufacturing plants Rail freight and commuter operations Warehousing, freight and logistics Shipyard operations Mining Hospital and healthcare People can join the seminar and learn how existing customers are: Decreasing

ABB acquires full ownership of Finnish joint venture

2009-01-08 - Investment will strengthen position in the Nordic low voltage business

Fortescue hits 15 Mt iron ore milestone

Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) has shipped its 15 millionth tonne of iron ore through the Herb Elliott Port in Port Hedland, Western Australia, marking another milestone for the company. “The mine, rail and port operations teams worked hard throughout 2008 to achieve the 15 Mt milestone as the company continues to ramp-up its operations,” Fortescue [...]

Metso establishes a new office in Vietnam

Metso strengthens its presence in South East Asia by setting up a new company, Metso Vietnam Co., Ltd., in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

AK Steel Adds Surcharge To Steel Products

AK Steel Holding Corp. said Monday it will add a $165 per ton surcharge to electrical steel products shipped in February.

IA262-I automation embedded computer available from CrispTech

operations are considered as risky. Remote monitoring and alarm systems detect anomalies and notify authorities in the event of an emergency.Embedded computers, available from CrispTech, play an essential role in integrating devices into

The answers just keep coming: additional Columbia Steel crusher wear parts engineers join “Ask the Experts” online

PORTLAND, OR - JANUARY 2009 - It’s been 16 months - and dozens of questions and
answers - since Columbia Steel joined the “Ask the Experts” online forum, and two new faces are looking forward in 2009 to helping aggregate producers with their wear part inquiries, puzzles and predicaments.
Signing on is Steve Dolezal, an engineer at [...]

Coal Mountain Installs Wenco Software

British Columbia, Canada. Teck Cominco has chosen Wenco Software for operations at Coal Mountain in Sparwood, BC, producer of both metallurgical and thermal coal. Collectively with its sister operations throughout BC and Alberta, Coal Mountain is the world’s second largest exporter of metallurgic coal, and exporter of 20% of the world’s seaborne hard metallurgical coal [...]