Oxford Instruments says the new member of its handheld XRF analyser X-MET7000 series, the X-MET7500 delivers fast and accurate analysis of the widest variety of materials, including trace elements and light elements (from magnesium) analysis, without the need for helium purge or vacuum pump.

At the PDAC event in Toronto last week, Boart Longyear made two major technology launches; the LS600 sonic rig, support vehicle and sonic tooling; along with the launch the 10UMX bit, the latest addition to the patented Ultramatrix (UMX) family of diamond coring bits.

Outotec has signed a contract with the Zambia-based mining company Kansanshi Mining for the design and delivery of a gas cleaning system and a sulphuric acid plant for its copper operation, which is the largest in Africa.

ARANZ Geo Ltd, developer of 3D geological modelling software Leapfrog Mining, has announced that it has signed a new umbrella software licence with leading mining group Rio Tinto.

You can learn from experts how to select, assemble and maintain your slurry transport equipment. Leading manufacturers of seals and bearings team up with GIW to bring you a comprehensive course on maintaining and improving the performance of your pump.

Thoresby Colliery has been equipped with the latest Trolex Sentro 8 gas and environmental monitoring system and a Trolex Sentrum methane drainage monitoring system.

Mongolia saw the requirement for the establishment and implementation of a public reporting code for exploration results, mineral resources and ore reserves, in line with other globally recognised codes, to adequately compete on an international scale in the mining and resources industry.

Ore deposit investigation showcases high correlation between Thermo Scientific Niton FXL Field X-ray data and lab assays. The company has published a new application note detailing results of an investigation carried out in the Francisco I. Madero...

Two recent GE gasification projects with ChinaCoal Shaanxi Yulin Energy & Chemical Company and Guizhou Jinchi Chemical Company successfully highlight the performance and flexibility of GE's gasification technology at large-scale coal-to-chemical facilities and according to the group, "underscore the increasing role GE's gasification technology plays in the expansion of the Chinese economy."

GIW Industries, a leader in the design, manufacture and application of heavy-duty, centrifugal slurry pumps, has announced that global talc producer Mondo Minerals has installed GIW's High Volume Froth (HVF) pump at its talc processing plant in Outokumpu, Finland. During the pump's first month of operations, the plant was able to stabilise the flotation process and eliminate a safety hazard.

Early in 2012, Schade Lagertechnik, part of the AUMUND group, is to deliver a portal scraper with 48 m of rail track and conveying capacity of 500 t/h for chrome ore to TNK Kazchrome in Kazakhstan. It will be employed in Aktobe near the Russian border, in north-west Kazakhstan. Kazchrome is part of the ENRC Group and is a major ferrochrome producer.

The Queensland Resources Council is calling on Premier Anna Bligh and LNP leader Campbell Newman to publicly condemn an environment lobby plan to sabotage the state's leading export industry. Following media reports, Greenpeace has confirmed its leadership of a coalition of international and local environment lobby groups planning to systematically disrupt and delay the Australian coal industry through legal actions and by manipulating community groups.