Gas pipe blaze halts steel mill
KITAKYUSHU Steel production was halted at Nippon Steel Corp.’s Yawata Works complex in Kitakyushu when a fire broke out Tuesday morning at several points along a gas pipe outside a coke factory, firefighters …
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Booming fertiliser demand boosts potash miner
Potash Corp of Saskatchewan (PotashCorp) today reported record second-quarter earnings of $2.82 per share ($905.1 million), a 220% increase over the $0.88 per share ($285.7 million) earned in last year’s second quarter. This represents the highest quarterly earnings in company history - 62% above the record $1.74 per share ($566.0 million) set in first-quarter 2008 [...]
METSO’S INTERIM REVIEW, JANUARY 1 – JUNE 30, 2008 Emerging markets and services business driving Metso’s growth
Q2 was in line with our expectations. Net sales grew 6% and totaled EUR 1,633 million. EBIT was EUR 155.2 million, i.e. 9.5% of net sales and earnings per share were EUR 0.72. We expect the H2 net sales and operating profit to be clearly better than in the H1.
MINERAL PROCESSING: Metso equipment chosen for Mt. Milligan
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Boost for germanium consumption
Materials technology group Umicore is to increase significantly its production capacity for germanium semi-conductor substrates for use in high-efficiency solar cells. Umicore will also invest in the expansion of its capacity for lithium-ion battery materials. The combined investment level is expected to reach some € 45 million. The new production capacity for germanium wafers is [...]
China’s steel mills may boycott BHP’s ore; dismiss price rise
The Chinese government and steel industry officials are looking at boycotting iron ore imports from BHP Billiton in order to pressurize the Anglo-Australian miner to rethink a somewhat steep price rise, …
ABB wins $233-million electrical systems contract for combined cycle power plant
2008-06-26 - ABB technology will help bring reliable power and water to millions
Larox to Supply Filters to Southern Africa
Larox has received three orders to supply filters to PGM and copper mines in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Zambia. Total value of the deals is approximately 6.0 million euros. Deliveries will take place at the end of 2008 and early 2009.
The delivery to Zimbabwe consists of a large size Larox PF vertical pressure filter to [...]
Taseko’s Gibraltar Mine installs Wenco Fleet Management
June 2008 – Vancouver, BC. Taseko’s Gibraltar Copper Mine has installed Wenco’s Fleet Management System. Wenco’s fleet management system is a key component to Taseko’s major expansion and modernization plan.
Wenco will install 23 units of their onboard Axon computer hardware and software for the entire truck, shovel, loader, drill and crusher equipment fleets, and three [...]
Kloof Gold Mine achieves a million fatality-free shifts
In a stark reminder of the dangerous nature of deep level gold mining in South Africa. Gold Fields is rightly proud of its Kloof gold mine, near Westonaria on the West Rand, which today achieved one million fatality-free shifts. However, put in context, that is just 50 days without a fatality. Many mines in other parts [...]
MIPAC wins 2008 PACE Zenith award
Kazzinc New Metallurgy Project Awarded for Technical Excellence
Brisbane, Australia, June, 23, 2008: The 2008 annual PACE Zenith Awards were announced in Sydney last week. MIPAC was honoured to receive the Award for Technical Excellence in the Metal Products Category for its contribution to the Kazzinc New Metallurgy Project in Kazakhstan.
MIPAC’s role was to design and [...]
Metso to supply an iron ore induration machine to Trinidad & Tobago
Metso Minerals will supply an iron ore induration machine to Global Supplies Ltd., a member of the Essar Group. The machine will be delivered to Essar Steel Holdings Ltd. for its Point Lisas Pellet Plant located in Couva, Trinidad and Tobago. The value of the order is approximately EUR 16 million.
The order comprises a 744 [...]
