Global projects firm Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM), presented on the company’s role in Rio Tinto’s Cape Lambert Upgrade at the recent Iron Ore Conference in Perth, Western Australia (July 11-13).
Ausdrill has received a Letter of Intent from Fortescue Metals Group for the award of a mining services contract at Fortescue’s Solomon iron ore project, located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
The Larox Automatic Changeover (LAC) valve operates on the discharge side of two pumps in parallel. Both pumps can run simultaneously or independently.
Gerard H. Brimo is the speaker for the next Philippine Mining Luncheon on August 5. 2011. His topic is a Rebuttal to the Save Palawan Movement that is calling on Filipinos to support the 'No to Mining in Palawan'. Brimo is President and CEO of Nickel Asia Corp (NAC) and a member of the Audit Committee of the board.
The US government has approved a new wireless communication system from Lockheed Martin that enables trapped miners and rescue workers to communicate during a disaster as safe to use in mines.
Weir Minerals’ first-ever international internal screen training conference got underway in mid-July in Bedfordview, Johannesburg, with about 20 Weir delegates from the USA, Europe, Brazil, Peru, Chile, India, Australia and South Africa taking part in a training process to update themselves on the latest developments around the company’s screen range.
GIW Industries, a leader in the design, manufacture and application of heavy duty, centrifugal slurry pumps, has reported that one of its newest designs has helped improve efficiencies at the Kinross-owned Fort Knox gold mine in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Since starting operations as an independent business unit under the banner of the BBE Group in March 2011, BBEnergy has been awarded four South African mining projects worth a total of R60 million within its first four months of operation.
NRW Holdings, leading provider of civil and mining services to the resources sector in Australia, in joint venture with the Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi Foundation Ltd (NYFL) and Eastern Guruma Pty Ltd, has been awarded a contract worth approximately A$80 million for mining at Fortescue Metals Group (Fortescue’s) expansion project the Solomon Hub.
Leica Geosystems is set to launch the next generation of its Leica Jigsaw platform, described as “the world’s most comprehensive Fleet Management, Production Optimisation and High Precision Guidance solution,” at AIMEX 2011 in Sydney, Australia in September.
