TSX-listed drilling services firm Foraco International is looking to sign longer contracts with mining companies, especially the majors, rather than the one-year terms that have been the norm in the sector, chairperson and co-CEO Daniel Simoncini said in Toronto on May 20th. Read more

International mining equipment manufacturer Bucyrus reports that its latest development, the 35M continuous miner, has attracted a lot of attention from South African colliery operators constantly on the lookout for machines that mine coal more cost effectively and efficiently. Read more

Engineering company C&E Engineering, which specializes in the refurbishment of jaw crushers and cone crushers, has developed a cone crusher that features half the number of parts that a normal cone crusher would use, enabling the end-user to perform maintenance easily and cut downtime. Read more

JSE-listed Basil Read has entered into an agreement with Beacon Hill Resources to develop the Minas Moatize coal mine, in Mozambique. Read more

Mining services company AEL Mining Services’ new Quickshot centralized blasting system will assist in improving health and safety in underground mining operations, […]

TSX V-listed IC Potash, which has projects in New Mexico, said on Thursday it had successfully raised $20-million in a bought deal […]

Mining Weekly reports that multicommodity miner BHP Billiton has committed to spend up to $80-billion by the end of 2015 to expand […]

Vancouver-based Western Coal, which has agreed to a C$3,3-billion takeover by rival Walter Energy, is seeing improvements in the logistics systems it […]

Mining Weekly reports that iron-ore junior Alderon Resources, which has a project on the Labrador-Quebec border, has already been seeing interest from […]

Ivanhoe Mines has made major “Tier 1” copper discoveries in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa, chief executive Robert Friedland […]

Teck Resources, the second-biggest producer of seaborne hard-coking coal, expects markets for the steelmaking ingredient will remain tight this year, CEO Don Lindsay […]

Pilot Crushtec has launched its first fully mobile stacking machine in an effort to offer cash-saving solutions for customers. Read more