Mining news: conference

Technology world first for Chinese alumina producer

Just ahead of the Automated Mineralogy conference in Australia and IM’s July issue special on the subject, China’s Chalco has become the world’s first alumina producer to adopt leading-edge automated mineralogy for research and development. With the installation of a QEMSCAN in the Zhengzhou Research Institute of Chalco (ZZRI), in Henan Province, Chalco is also [...]

Inaugural ESRI remote sensing and GIS summit

 This inaugural meeting is to explore integrated management and use of vector, image, and other raster data. International speakers will share experiences with using remotely sensed data in geospatial production and maintenance. National mapping agencies, state and local government, explorers and university educators are among the groups that will attend the 2008 ESRI Remote Sensing and [...]

Terex to Present at Wachovia Securities Nantucket Equity Conference

WESTPORT, CT, June 17, 2008 – Terex Corporation (NYSE: TEX) today announced that it will participate in the Wachovia Securities Nantucket Equity Conference in Nantucket, MA on Wednesday, June 25, 2008.  The meeting will include a presentation by Ronald DeFeo, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
A live webcast of this presentation can be accessed on Wednesday, [...]

GPS for underground operations - great potential for controlling block caves, saving trapped miners and machine automation

Today (June 10) at the MassMin conference in Lulea, Sweden, Greg Baiden of Laurentian University, Canada (also Chief Technology Officer of Penguin Automated Systems) presented on a newly developed Underground Positioning System (UPS). The UPS has a range of some 2 km through rock and accuracy better than 3%. Mine trials [...]

GPS for underground operations - great potential for controlling block caves, saving trapped miners and machine automation

Today at the MassMin conference in Lulea, Sweden, Greg Baiden of Laurentian University, Canada (also Chief Technology Officer of Penguin Automated Systems) presented on a newly developed Underground Positioning System (UPS). The UPS has a range of some 2 km through rock and accuracy better than 3%. Mine trials are to be undertaken later this [...]

CAMESE invites Canadian mining suppliers to take part in CAMESE’s Vale Canadian Conference for Mining Suppliers

This event will allow a maximum of only 70 representatives of mining supply firms to learn of business opportunities and meet one-on-one with senior procurement executives from the world’s fourth largest mining company.
We have not had much time to publicize this event. We began by alerting CAMESE member firms on May 30. Then, on June [...]

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.

Gemcom To Host Year-End Fiscal 2008 Results Conference Call

Vancouver, Canada – June 3, 2008 – Gemcom Software International Inc. (TSX:GCM), the largest global supplier of specialised mining productivity solutions, today announced that it intends to hold a conference call on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. E.D.T. (6:00 a.m. P.D.T.) to discuss its financial results for the three-month period and year ended [...]

Webcast announced for Major Drilling Group International Inc.’s fourth quarter and year-end results for fiscal 2008

Fourth Quarter & Year-End Results - Web cast/Conference Call
Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2008, Time:  9:00 a.m. (EDT)
HALIFAX, June 3 /CNW/ - Francis McGuire, President & Chief Executive Officer, and Denis Larocque, Chief Financial Officer, invite you to participate in a web cast/conference call on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 9:00am
EDT to discuss Major Drilling Group [...]

Ongoing strong outlook for China, according to Macquarie

Macquarie hosted its 2008 China Commodities Conference last week and has provided a summary of some of the main presentations from the week. Most speakers highlighted the ongoing strong outlook for the Chinese economy both in the short and the medium term with little impact being felt from the US slowdown; in fact, domestic demand in construction [...]

Preeminent Leaders of the Minerals Industry Awarded

Canada’s minerals industry has entered a new era of technology, sustainability and corporate governance, and the individuals leading the pack and leaving their mark were honoured by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) at an Awards Gala on Monday, May 5, at the Shaw Conference Centre during the [...]

Preeminent Leaders of the Minerals Industry Awarded

Canada’s minerals industry has entered a new era of technology, sustainability and corporate governance, and the individuals leading the pack and leaving their mark were honoured by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) at an Awards Gala on Monday, May 5, at the Shaw Conference Centre during the [...]