At the Mining INDABA in Cape Town, the Honourable Minister Alhaji Collins Dauda, Minister for Land and Natural Resources - Ghana, and Mark Cutifani, CEO of AngloGold Ashanti, jointly launched a new initiative. Mining: Partnerships for Development is a global initiative to enhance mining’s contribution to development and poverty reduction through multi-stakeholder partnerships.

The new Spectroil Q100 was designed from the ground up with the user, the application, and the in-service oil analysis laboratory in mind. It uses the same technology and design concepts that Spectro has successfully applied over the years to the Spectroil M family of spectrometers. It is the next step in design and performance [...]

With 266,000 measurements at the ground, this ‘Innovation in 3D’ provides unrivaled point density performance. The RIEGL LMS-Q680i is available for immediate delivery. It is its latest state-of-the-art airborne laser scanner with an unmatched laser pulse repetition rate of 400 kHz, providing an effective measurement rate of up to 266,000 co-ordinates per second. RIEGL Laser [...]

An innovative technology that could potentially help some coal-based power generation facilities comply with anticipated new mercury emissions standards was successfully demonstrated in a recently concluded milestone project at a Michigan power plant. Under a co-operative agreement with the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), WE Energies demonstrated the TOXECON process [...]

The AIMS (Aachen International Mining Symposia) Third International Symposium on Mineral Resources and Mine Development in Aachen, Germany (May 26-27, 2010) is expecting some 370 participants and 30 exhibitors from all over the world. In co-operation with the RAG Deutsche Steinkohle AG and the European Association of Mining Industries (Euromines), this year’s event will provide [...]

Phillips Machine South Africa, under the direction of Larry G Cantley, Phillips Machine South Africa Managing Director, is a branch of an American based Phillips Machine that has been involved in almost all phases of repairs, remanufacture, fabrication, development and sales of underground mining equipment, for the past 35 years in the US. The South African branch [...]

To cover safety and emergency mine communications, as well as day to day management requirements, Narrabri North is installing two main Mine Site Technologies’ communication infrastructures: the PED communication and emergency warning system and the ImPact Underground Digital Network. ICCL cap lamps, which are already in use at the mine, contain PED Text Receiver and [...]

Greenbank Materials Handling (GMH), one of the UK’s leading providers of bulk and materials handling products, has launched the latest version of its HS275 Single Idler Belt Weigher. It now benefits from a new weighframe design, which enables it to accommodate a load cell capacity of up to 200 kg, doubling its previous capacity limit [...]

By acquiring the American company Industrial Process Machinery (IPM), Siemens is continuing to expand its dewatering solutions offering for industrial applications. IPM is now part of Siemens Water Technologies, a Business Unit of the Siemens Industry Solutions Division. Siemens will offer IPM filter presses worldwide, mainly within the scope of its solutions offering for mining. With more [...]

CONSOL Energy and Green Holdings Enlow, a greenhouse gas abatement company, have entered into an agreement to develop the largest ventilation air methane (VAM) emission abatement project in the US at CONSOL’s underground Enlow Fork mine in southwest Pennsylvania. The VAM abatement equipment to be installed at the mine will capture and destroy methane released during [...]

Rockmore International, a leading global manufacturer of percussive rock drilling tools, has announced the construction of its new manufacturing centre in Austria. “Despite the current economic climate, we felt this expansion in our production capability was vital,” said Pejman Eghdami, Executive Vice President of Rockmore International. “This new facility demonstrates our commitment to better and [...]

2009 was the safest year ever for American miners, according to official figures released this week by the US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). Both coal mines and metal/non-metal mines recorded the fewest fatalities in the history of American mining in 2009. Total mine fatalities fell below the previous record set in 2008, and nearly [...]