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Outotec technology for First Quantum nickel, copper, cobalt and gold projects

Outotec has agreed with the First Quantum Minerals Limited Projects Office based in Perth, Australia, for the delivery of flotation, thickening and […]

MINING.com Editor | May 12, 2010 | 5:16 pm

Economic Pressures Caused Worst Decline in Exploration Budget of the Last Two Decades

A report released by the Metals Economics Group (MEG) has painted a grim picture for the nonferrous exploration industry. From a record […]

MINING.com Editor | May 1, 2010 | 1:37 pm

King of the Pit

Arctic cold to Australian heat, the Hitachi EX8000-6 is proving to be the hardest-working, most dependable mining excavator available today.

MINING.com Editor | March 25, 2010 | 10:15 am

Rio staff trial a test for China

THE trial of four Rio Tinto employees next week will be widely watched as a test of whether China is willing to honour commitments to foreign investors and be a responsible member of the world community.

MINING.com Editor | March 22, 2010 | 1:30 am

Treating acid mine drainage from past coal mining activities

Skelly and Loy has designed and permitted the first acid mine drainage (AMD) treatment system in the Blacklegs Creek Watershed in southern Indiana County. It is designed to reduce iron and acidity loading of the Kolb discharges and consists of a wet seal to capture the underground mine discharge, piping network, innovative aeration system and [...]

MINING.com Editor | March 22, 2010 | 1:20 am

Rocmec’s thermal fragmentation technology tested at Goldcorp operation

One of Rocmec Mining’s thermal fragmentation units is to be deployed for test work at Goldcorp’s Porcupine gold mine in Timmins, Ontario. Thermal fragmentation (IM September 2009, p24) will be compared to the long-hole mining method currently employed at the mine. This offers several advantages such as: less long-hole drilling, reduction in mucking, backfilling, transporting [...]

MINING.com Editor | March 22, 2010 | 1:10 am

Peru’s gold production rose 27,036 ounces in February

Silver, lead and tungsten production dropped at Peruvian mines in February although gold and moly operations reported increased output.

MINING.com Editor | March 22, 2010 | 1:05 am

Largest mining motor in the world on Joy AFC for Xstrata Coal in Australia

ATB Morley says the 11 kV motor it recently supplied to Xstrata Coal “is the very first of its kind; historically most large electrical motors supplied for underground coal mining have been manufactured suitable for a maximum voltage of 3,300 V. [This] motor weighing in at 10 t currently stands as the largest underground mining [...]

MINING.com Editor | March 22, 2010 | 1:00 am

Upside Down Gold

John Exter was an internationally known banker and a gold bug in the true sense of the word. He graduated from Harvard […]

MINING.com Editor | March 5, 2010 | 9:10 am

Brien Lundin: Gold Looking Good; Silver Even Better

Source: Interviewed by Gordon Holmes of The Gold Report 3/3/10 http://www.theaureport.com/pub/na/5746 The gold rally that began last fall and drove gold through […]

MINING.com Editor | March 3, 2010 | 2:27 pm

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