Berkeley Mineral Resources, the UK-listed junior primarily engaged in processing mining tailings, has announced a decision to sell the washplant tailings from the Kabwe lead/zinc mine in Zambia without further processing. The Kabwe mine was discovered during 1902 and commenced operations in 1904, reaching full-scale production in 1906.

Canada's Rocmec Mining has entered into a sub-licensing agreement with mining contractor, Don Bourgeois and Sons covering the usage of Rocmec's exclusive and patented thermal fragmentation mining method.

Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) is implementing Gemcom's Surpac, GEMS, Minex, Whittle and MineSched mining software packages throughout its global operations. ENRC is one of the world's leading diversified natural resources groups, performing integrated mining, processing, energy, logistics and marketing operations, with its production assets largely located in Kazakhstan, with other assets in Africa and Brazil.

London-listed ENK has announced the first nickel production from its Acoje pilot plant located 250 km north of Manila in the Philippines. Approximately 50 kg (dry weight) of nickel hydroxide product (NHP) was released from the filter press on October 25.

In one of the most significant mining engine unveilings in years, Cummins launched its new 16-cylinder, 4,000 hp QSK95 ‘Hedgehog’ engine at a special event in the company’s home Seymour engine plant in Indiana on November 1, attended by International Mining Editor Paul Moore as well as key industry customers from the mining, marine, oil and gas, and power generation sectors.

Goodyear is launching ‘Goodyear at your Service’, a brand new program to benefit Off The Road (OTR) tyre users. Available to all off-road tyre users in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, the company states that the new internet-based program will ensure that each customer gets the best possible expert support when purchasing and operating Goodyear tyres.

Anglo American has acquired its 10th simulator base unit from ThoroughTec, which will be installed at the Peace River Coal mine in British Columbia. The purchase includes ThoroughTec Simulation’s unique 6 degrees of freedom (DOF) simulator base unit and a range of interchangeable cabs for the Komatsu 830E AC haul truck, Komatsu PC5500 excavator, CAT D10 dozer, CAT 140H Grader and the P&H 320XP drill rig.

London-listed ENK has announced the first nickel production from its Acoje pilot plant located 250 km north of Manila in the Philippines. Approximately 50 kg (dry weight) of nickel hydroxide product (NHP) was released from the filter press on October 25.

Global engineering group Cavotec has had a significant new order for its automated ship mooring technology, MoorMaster. Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) has ordered 24 MoorMaster MM200D automated mooring units for the Anderson Point 4 (AP4) berth, the company’s fourth berth at Port Hedland. The units will moor vessels ranging in size from 174 kdwt (’000 dead weight tonnes) to 206 kdwt and are designed to withstand the rugged conditions at the berth where winds gust up to 30m/s. Due to tidal variations, vessels calling at Anderson Point are only able to sail at specific times.

For more than a century now, flotation has been at the heart of the mineral processing industry. In this month's SPOTLIGHT FEATURE ARTICLE, direct from the November issue of INTERNATIONAL MINING magazine, John Chadwick examines new technologies and applications from some of the key players in mineral flotation, a technique that is so important to the global industry.

BASF and Ji'Ning Hock Mining & Engineering Equipment have received approval from the relevant antitrust authorities in China for the formation of BASF Hock Mining Chemical (China) Company Ltd. BASF has a 75% majority stake in the new venture, which will continue Hock's existing business activities in the field of chemical injection and cavity filling products for coal mining and other underground applications.

Qatar National Cement Company (QNCC) has opted to use a Sandvik DX700 drill rig equipped with Sandvik drill bits for its latest limestone operation; the first time that the company has used Sandvik equipment. The top-hammer crawler drill rig is working at the site near Doha, using Sandvik drill bits, rods and shank adapters to bore to depths of 22 m.