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Sasol coal takes to the air

Sasol, the world’s leading producer of synthetic fuels from coal and natural gas, says it has become the first company worldwide to receive international approval for its 100% synthetic jet fuel produced by its proprietary Coal to Liquids (CTL) process. Sanctioned by global aviation fuel specification authorities Sasol CTL will be the first fully synthetic fuel [...]
MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 9, 2008 | 5:56 pm

Coeur d’Alene Mines progresses operational improvements at Cerro Bayo

Coeur d’Alene Mines announced today that as part of the ongoing operational improvement program at its Cerro Bayo mine in southern Chile, the mine will be upgrading its electrical infrastructure, which will result in a temporary suspension of mining operations for approximately six weeks. Earlier this year, Coeur implemented a recovery plan at Cerro Bayo to address [...]
MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 8, 2008 | 6:18 am

Australian technology to underpin $1.4 billion coal-gas project in US

Australian-based clean coal energy technology developer, GTL Energy, has been selected by a North American energy consortium to provide its coal beneficiation technology to the proposed $1.4 billion South Heart coal-to-synthetic gas project in North Dakota. Under a Memorandum of Understanding, project partners, Great Northern Power Development (GNPD) and Allied Syngas Corp, said GTLE’s beneficiation technology [...]
MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 6, 2008 | 10:20 pm

Clean processes and the influence of fine grinding

IM’s Clean Process feature in the May issue examines advances in mineral processing that reduce both chemical and energy use. New technologies in fine grinding offer substantial energy savings and AMIRA project P1003 seeks to provide the hard data which would enable companies to make decisions on which of these new technologies is most appropriate for them [...]
MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 5, 2008 | 10:26 pm

Cutting-edge technology – Caterpillar powers China-built IHC Merwede dredgers

Since cooperating on the dredger project “BeiYa 1” back in 2005, WesTrac China and IHC Merwede, the global leader in the design, fabrication and supply of equipment for the dredging industries, have collaborated on 23 newbuildings for the Chinese dredging market. These dredgers belong to three different models and utilise six different types of Caterpillar engines, with a total 81 units involved.
MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 2, 2008 | 10:00 pm
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Talon Metals makes new copper-nickel discovery in Michigan

The company reported nearly 100 metres of copper and nickel mineralization from its first drill hole at the Boulderdash target.
MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 24, 2024 | 8:01 am