Mining news: quality control
By Greg Fenrick, June 25th, 2008 at 6:50 am -
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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 [...]
By admin, June 5th, 2008 at 4:00 am -
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Metso strengthens its engineering capabilities in India by entering into a joint venture between Metso Power and EPT Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd. Metso will own 51% of the new company, called Metso Power India Private Limited, which will start its operations in July 2008 in Chennai. The new company will support Metso’s growth strategy by [...]
By Greg Fenrick, May 30th, 2008 at 4:46 pm -
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Bruker AXS, one of the world leading manufacturers of X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray spectrometry equipment, and mineral analysis technology company Intellection have established a new strategic collaboration agreement which builds on the strong existing OEM relationship between the companies. Under this agreement, Intellection will expand its range of products and services, directly supplying XRF [...]
By Greg Fenrick, May 28th, 2008 at 1:46 pm -
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Vancouver, British Columbia: Northern Lion Gold Corp. (the “Company”) announces the completion of a helicopter-borne, geophysical survey on its 100% owned Oxberg and Skyttgruvan mineral exploration licences, located within the prolific Bergslagen district approximately 175 km northwest of Stockholm, Sweden.
This program was carried out by Geotech Airborne Limited (Geotech). Employing an advanced, deep-penetrating, VTEM (Versatile [...]
By Greg Fenrick, May 8th, 2008 at 9:30 am -
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The Quality Control Manager at Downhole Surveys (DHS) is in the business of ensuring accuracy of all survey data. The full-time manager monitors every single piece of data collected by the directional survey team all around Australasia using the North Seeking Gyros or the Flexit survey tools. He also provides quality assurance support on data [...]
By equipmentnews, April 28th, 2008 at 3:12 pm -
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The Mining Studies Institute at the University of British Columbia and EduMine bring you a program of 27 short courses on mining topics presented in Vancouver. Courses qualify for the UBC Certificate in Mining Studies. All courses are presented in downtown Vancouver.
Topics are the following:
Exploration - Geology - Reserves
Mineral Reserve Estimation
Quality Control of Assays
Practical Geostatistics
BYO [...]