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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 [...]

NMA speaks out on coal mine safety and climate change

Underground coal mine operators are moving aggressively to comply with the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act of 2006 at the same time as they voluntarily push to formalise new risk management practices designed to help the industry identify, eliminate and manage conditions and practices that have the greatest [...]

WESTPORT, CT, June 20, 2008 — Terex Corporation (NYSE: TEX) today announced that it will host an Investment Analyst Meeting on September 4, 2008, at the Terex Corporation headquarters in Westport, Connecticut.  The event is scheduled toLatest issue of International Mining Project News available (June 20): It’s been another busy fortnight for the iron ore [...]

Good times for steel producers

The Steel Financial Insight report discusses the most recent annual financial results from the leading 100 companies in the steel industry. Strong global demand underpinned profitability in 2007. Despite the turbulence in the USA caused by the credit crunch, and fears of a slowdown in Asia, investments continued to drive demand for steel, and fed [...]

Eu-flat Products Steel Prices Continue To Climb In June

The relentless upward movement in EU prices continues. Customers are obliged to accept the new higher third quarter values demanded by local producers. Prices of imported strip into Europe are still increasing this month, although less material is entering the region. There is relatively little steel from China due to the pending anti-dumping investigations. Output [...]

Massive support for Ohio CTL project

Baard Energy, a leading alternative energy development company headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, says that 16 major American trade unions in eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania and West Virginia have called on their state and federal legislators to support the construction of Baard’s planned coal/biomass-to-liquid (CBTL) fuel plant in Wellsville, Ohio. Baard’s Ohio [...]

Company Announcement: Bell takes giant steps in after sales support

Work is progressing well on the R190-million expansion project next to Bell Equipment?s existing Jet Park facility in Johannesburg, which will include a new Global Logistics Centre equipped with the state-of-the-art SAP warehouse management system to

Gemcom Software Announces Pala Investments Holdings Limited To Participate In Buying Group

Vancouver, Canada – June 13, 2008 – Gemcom Software International Inc. (TSX:GCM), the largest global supplier of specialised mining productivity solutions (the “Company” or “Gemcom”), announced today that, after having completed its due diligence review of Gemcom, Pala Investments Holdings Limited (“Pala”) has agreed to purchase an ownership interest in an acquisition vehicle controlled by [...]

Caterpillar Announces A $1 Billion Multi-Year Capacity Expansion Plan For Illinois Operations

Despite sluggish economy in the United States, company remains committed to investing in major Illinois plants to keep them competitive for the long run
PEORIA, Ill. - Demonstrating confidence in its ability to compete globally from a strong U.S. manufacturing base, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) announced today a multi-year $1 billion capacity [...]

Carlson Software And Rajant Corporation Announce Partnership To Deliver Mining And Construction Solutions

MALVERN, PA, June 10, 2008 – Rajant Corporation, a leading provider of portable, reliable, and adaptable wireless networking solutions, announced today that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Carlson Software to provide world-class productivity solutions primarily for the mining and construction industries.
The partnership combines best-of-breed products from Carlson’s comprehensive suite of civil, surveying, [...]

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 [...]

On Tuesday, June 17th, the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IoM3) will host a unique double launch event to introduce two brand new innovations for the mining industry:- IMMa and the PERC Code

IMMa: The International Mining and Minerals Association is the new public face of the four resources divisions of the IoM3, representing those Institute members that belong to the Applied Earth Science, Mineral Processing & Extractive Metallurgy, Mining Technology and Petroleum & Drilling divisions. IMMa is the home for minerals industry professionals [...]