Boart Longyear describes its new flyable SC11 rig as “the only compact and modular rig in its class that offers 5,456 Nm of torque and can manage PQ-size rods. The drill is a surface exploration rig targeted at the 1,300 m to 1,500 m NQ market, and can be broken down into compact flyable modules. [...]

A pilot plant to prove that the underground coal to liquids (UCTLTM) process can convert low rank brown coal/lignite into valuable commodities is set to be commissioned this month. Owner of the plant, Regal Resources’ first focus of the testing program will be on placing samples within the test vessel and exposing them to the [...]

MineARC Systems has acquired Shairzal Safety Engineering, taking over its manufacturing, servicing and sales commitments to all past and present customers. The Shairzal brand and product line will remain in place for the foreseeable future. MineARC General Manager, Mike Lincoln said, “Together, we are uniquely positioned to provide the most comprehensive product offering available to [...]

Buenaventura is investing in its operations to ensure they are as safe and productive as possible. After an extensive technology review, it chose Mine Site Technologies’ ImPact Underground Digital Network as the backbone for a tracking system at its Orcopampa gold and silver mine in Peru. The scalability of the network was what appealed most [...]

Siemens has supplied the gearless drives for a 10.9 m, 15 MW SAG mill and a 7.9 m, 15.5 MW ball mill at Antofagasta’s Los Pelambres operation in Chile. The mills, in operation since January, are part of an expansion to increase copper production by 100,000 t/y, with the order worth around €16 million. The [...]

Intercept Technology has been wrapping equipment, tools, machines, and parts with packaging products for Australian and US mining companies for many years. The protective layer keeps moisture out and neutralises damaging corrosive gases. Items can then be stored indoors or outdoors in parts of the world where there are harsh pollutants, with items as clean [...]

ABB has won an order to provide a complete harmonics & power factor correction (H&PFC) filter system to be installed at Osisko Mining’s Malartic gold deposit in Quebec, Canada. It designed the new filter system to maximise energy efficiency as well as increase power supply stability and is scheduled to be delivered in the second [...]

The Solarmax Thermoplastic Racking System (STRS) was certainly a star of the SME Annual Meeting in Phoenix last week. STRS integrates exposed geomembranes with photovoltaic solar panels. Solarmax Arizona has developed a proprietary mounting system that integrates plastic or polymer frames that are fusion welded directly to a thermoplastic liner. These solar panel racks are [...]

Boart Longyear Canada engineers note that with significant investment in capital equipment on the line, drilling contractors can’t afford under-utilised rigs. Even during recent boom times, many drilling contractors realised that it wasn’t always practical to add rigs that are only capable of one application to their fleet. Smart manufacturers have responded by continuing to [...]

Queensland Resources Council (QRC) Chief Executive Michael Roche says the Australian Prime Minister has pointed out that the country’s long-term economic prosperity relies on boosting the nation’s productivity performance, with “Part of the answer lay[ing] in the government implementing its promised flow-through shares (FTS) scheme for junior explorers. Two reports by the government’s own Productivity [...]

The National Mining Association (NMA) has launched a new NMA initiative to foster continued improvement in US mine safety and health performance - SafetyShare.Org. This program, according to NMA President and CEO, Hal Quinn, “harnesses a broad array of tools, resources and practices that are directed at further improvements in the health and safety of [...]

Engineering company, DavyMarkham (featured in IM April 2009, pp64-65) has been acquired by Indian EPC firm, Hindustan Dorr Oliver (HDO), a subsidiary of IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects, which is involved in engineered solutions, technologies and EPC installations in liquid-solid separation applications. The acquisition provides HDO with an entry into the heavy engineering sector, whilst boosting DavyMarkham’s [...]