paste.jpg The abstract submission deadline for Paste 2012 - the 15th International Seminar on Paste and Thickening Tailings has been extended till September 30. The event, for which International Mining is, as usual, the international media partner will be held at Sun City, South Africa, April, 16-19, 2012. For all event details, please visit  Paste 2012. IM will [...]

flowrox_logo1.jpg Larox Flowsys - the worldwide supplier of flow control and pumping solutions - has changed its name to Flowrox. The new name has been taken into use and the new visual outlook will replace the existing gradually by January 1, 2012. The reason behind the significant renewal of the corporate brand and image is the [...]

kailin-robolt-h395-small.jpg Sandvik has received a contract worth approximately €6.5 million from the Chinese Kailin Group for the supply of 19 mining machines, including Sandvik jumbos, bolters, and long hole rigs. The machines will be delivered by the end of 2012. Kailin has long been a Sandvik customer. The picture shows a Sandvik roof bolter photographed during [...]

warman.jpg Weir Minerals Africa has received its largest ever pump order since its merger with the CH Warman pump group in 2008. Kenmare Resources placed the multimillion rand order for the supply of 32 pumps for its Moma titanium minerals mine in northern Mozambique. The mine has heavy minerals reserves which are mined using dredges on [...]

nrw_story_41.jpg Twelve Hitachi EH rigid dump trucks are reported to be peforming well at Middlemount Coal in the Australia’s central Bowen Basin, 6 km south west of Middlemount in Queensland. The fleet is operated by contractor NRW, and latest innovations in engineering technology; along with nine EH3500ACII models.

ret-small.jpg Noise reduction, wear resistance, resistance to heat or cold, energy and weight savings, and strength are advantages reported for RET Rollers. The RET-Roller drum and the bearing case are made of an HDPE material. The HDPE blend used in the RET-Rollers was specially developed to satisfy the high demands of the rollers, including:

rd11.jpg In addition to the Locata partnership news (yesterday), Leica Geosystems Mining is also teaming up with Autonomous Solutions Inc (ASI) to provide the global mining industry with completely OEM independent remote and fully autonomous mine machine control. The company stated: “The fact that the technology is not connected to a machine manufacturer and introduces an entirely new approach [...]

altra142_stieberbackstop-smal.jpg Stieber Clutch has expanded its range of load sharing backstops with the introduction of the RSRT releasable backstop. In conveyor systems, when there is a blockage, belt jam or overload, the release facility allows the stored energy to be released in a controlled manner, enabling personnel to work on the belt after an incident. The [...]

_dsc3747.jpeg  AIMEX 2011 - Asia-Pacific’s International Mining Exhibition - attracted record trade visitor numbers of more than 17,000. This was an increase of over 40% on those for the previous event in 2007. The exhibition, which was held at Sydney Olympic Park from September 6-9, was the largest mining exhibition ever held in Australia, with more than 600 [...]

Preliminary estimates from Metals Economics Group’s (MEG) Corporate Exploration Strategies (CES) study indicate that 2011 nonferrous exploration budgets will exceed $17 billion for expenditures related to precious and base metals, diamonds, uranium, and some industrial minerals.

A newly Caterpillar-branded hydraulic mining excavator was recently delivered from the former Bucyrus factory in Dortmund to Hartikainnen, Finland’s biggest contractor, which is using the machine at the Siilinjärvi phosphate mine in the country where it has the mining contract.

lave-2_720.jpg Power and automation technology group ABB recently won an $11 million order to supply a complete ore hoisting solution for Xstrata Copper’s Ernest Henry Mining (EHM) copper-gold operation in north-west Queensland, Australia. The tower-mounted hoist will transport ore for EHM’s new underground mine and play a key role in securing the long-term future of the [...]