Mining news: Turkey

Gas explosion kills 17 Turkish mineworkers

Turkish television reported that an explosion in a coal mine in northwest Turkey, killed 17 but, 28 workers were pulled out of the rubble alive

Mine Light Bar Takes Industry by Storm

Known as the Mine Safety IP66 Light Bar, it was designed and developed by Motion Perfection Industries (MPI) – a 12-year-old company with a product range of 2,000 items and more than 500 outlets in Africa, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Iraq, Australia, Ireland, Portugal, Turkey and the United Kingdom……Read Full Press Release

Steel prices under negative pressure in most developing nations

Negotiated prices remained unchanged in Turkey until mid-October. Local steel producers refused to revise their domestic quotations. Since then, finished products values have…more at MEPS

Water, Water Everywhere. XROSSWATER Ltd commencing in Sept the installation of 810 meters for Debswana in Botswana

Recent projects included 350 meter for Koza Gold in Turkey and Anglogold-Ashanti in Namibia.
With large projects pending in Canada, Dominican Republic, Peru etc, Xrosswater is certainly proving itself as “the better way” to cross the dams, reservoirs, wetlands in the mining and mineral world…..Read full Editorial

Rugged, effective pre-cleaner introduced by Martin Engineering

More urethane, stronger mainframe help
PDQC#1 Belt Cleaner combine performance and price
(Neponset, IL)-Martin Engineering’s new Performance Duty QCTM#1 Belt Cleaner (PDQC#1) improves cleaning performance and extends life at an “easy on the budget” price.
The latest addition to the company’s line of “Quick Change” belt cleaners, the PDQC #1 Cleaner provides maximum performance and durability across [...]

Metso delivers automation system for a new power plant in Bandirma, Turkey

Metso Automation was awarded a contract for the delivery of a metsoDNA CR automation system to the new combined cycle power plant (CCPP) in Bandirma, Turkey.
The 920 MW power plant will be built for the Turkish company EnerjiSA Enerji Üretim A.S., a joint venture between the Turkish Holding Sabanci and the Austrian Verbund. Operational status [...]

Bucyrus Announces Organizational Changes in ERI Region

South Milwaukee, WI, USA, June 13 , 2008  – Bucyrus International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BUCY)
In support of Bucyrus’ expanding and diverse market opportunities within the ERI (Europe, Russia, India) region, Dr. Dieter Gessner, Vice President ERI Operations, has announced the following organizational changes.
Mr. Robert Foss, Vice President of International Sales, is now reporting to Dr. Gessner [...]

SRA-PARSYTEC team wins metal-sector contract in Turkey

Vision Systems Design reports that ISRA Vision (Darmstadt, Germany), a supplier of industrial image-processing technology and a leader in surface inspection systems, has won its first contract in Turkey in the metal sector. The company opened its branch office on the Bosporus in 2007 so that it could more effectively develop the strongly growing Turkish [...]