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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 [...]

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 [...]

Trelleborg Harbour Marine helps moor vessels safely at LNG terminals

Safety is the priority at LNG terminals, which are growing in number inline with an increased demand for the fuel. Like many fuels, LNG is potentially hazardous and to help reduce the possibility of an incident during berthing or when a vessel is alongside a jetty, integrated mooring systems are becoming standard specification. These incorporate [...]

Busy time for iron ore, gold, nickel and energy

Latest issue of International Mining Project News available (June 20): It’s been another busy fortnight for the iron ore players in the wake of newly negotiated price hikes across the globe, while there has also been more nickel activity than in previous weeks despite the stainless steel additive failing to claw back recent price losses. [...]

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, [...]

Austar Coal Mine Enhance Emergency Preparedness with PED and RFID Tracking

Austar Coal Mine, owned by the Chinese Yancoal group operates a top coal caving longwall coal mine near Cessnock, NSW, Australia. Austar has expanded the initial fleet of ICCL cap lamps by 136 units, bringing the total to 238 cap lamps.

The ICCL’s come equipped with RFID Tag and PED pager as the [...]

Komatsu America Corp. Announces New 960E-1 Mining Truck

960E-1 Provides High Reliability and the Right Match for Mining
Rolling Meadows, IL, May 27, 2008 - Komatsu America Corp. is pleased to announce the introduction of the 960E-1 (960E) AC electric drive haul truck. The largest of Komatsu’s full line of mining trucks, the new model carries a 360 ton (327 tonnes) payload and weighs [...]

Teck Cominco smelter in B.C. spills lead, acid into Columbia River

Washington state is monitoring a lead and acid spill into the Columbia River from the massive Teck Cominco lead and zinc smelter just across the border in Trail, B.C. A leak in a lead refinery pipe triggered an …

Active Control Announces Second Commercial Installation Of Activemine At A Magnum Coal Mine

Installation at West Virginia underground coal mine marks first deployment of ActiveMine’s full wireless communications and tracking capabilities
TORONTO, May 22, 2008 - Active Control Technology Inc. (TSX-V:ACT) announced today the second commercial installation of ActiveMineTM, the premier wireless communications and locating system for mines, at an underground coal mine in West Virginia.
The installation, at Magnum [...]

Active Control Technology Inc. announced today another purchase order for ActiveMineTM

TORONTO, May 21, 2008 - , the premier wireless communications and locating system for mines, from West Virginia’s Stacy Lynn Coal Co.
Stacy Lynn selected ActiveMine over three competing analog leaky feeder systems. ActiveMine provides superior wireless digital voice and data communications for coal and all other mines, satisfies state and federal regulations and, thanks to [...]

New by name but by tradition an old acquaintance

Formerly it was called Rammer, and everyone in the industry knows the company, at least by name. Also by products it is a household name all over the world and truly one of the leaders in the breaking and demolition businesses. This year the Finnish company will be 30 years old. During this relatively short [...]

Active Control installs first commercial ActiveMine system at West Virginia coal mine

TORONTO, May 1, 2008 - Active Control Technology Inc. (TSX-V:ACT) announced today that it has sold and installed its first commercial deployment of ActiveMineTM, the company’s two-way wireless Wi-Fi communications and tracking system, at an underground coal mine in West Virginia.
An existing customer issued a new purchase order to install a basic communications system in [...]