The Bucyrus ExPC with state-of-the-art computer technology and a 19″ graphic display opens up a completely new dimension of data processing, recording and visualisation underground and in explosion-hazard areas. The first ExPC was delivered to Xi Shan in China in January 2003. The 50th was recently delivered to OKD’s CSM II mine. The ExPC collects data from [...]

Gold Fields has become the first mining group, registered as a signatory with the International Cyanide Management Institute (ICMI), to obtain accreditation for all its eligible operations with the International Cyanide Management Code. This follows both the Kloof and Driefontein mines, located in South Africa, attaining the standard. Gold Fields’ CEO, Nick Holland, commented: “We have [...]

A recent study, commissioned by Christian Aid and written by researchers from the Universities of Surrey and Edinburgh, reveals the prospects for Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) technology in India. It examines whether CCS could be a suitable technology for cutting down India’s carbon dioxide emissions. Drawing on a survey of energy experts with particular [...]

Space is too tight to include everything in our annual software focus in IM November. As a result, this news has been collected from the cutting room floor. News includes Maptek VulcanTM and Maptek I-SiteTM being selected by consultants AMEC for several of its sites in the Americas, whilst the company has also launched Vulcan [...]

Air traffic at PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) Jobsite has increased for the next six months due to the addition to the air fleet at Jobsite of a new helicopter operated by Nyaman Air. Among other tasks, this helicopter will transport employees and their families to Tembagapura, the mine town, which is the subject of International [...]

ABB has been awarded a contract valued at over $19 million by Copper Mountain Mining Corp, to deliver energy efficient drive systems for the Copper Mountain project in Canada. Located in southern British Columbia, the Copper Mountain mine had produced 1,700 Mlb of copper before it closed in 1996. Copper Mountain is building a new [...]

As the Niton unit becomes ever more a part of project analyses,  the Niton® XL2 Series handheld x-ray fluorescence (XRF) unit is now available. Bob Wopperer, Director of marketing and Business Development explained: “We now offer users the choice of an out-of-the-box field mapping option or the flexibility of seamless integration with existing mapping packages. Either [...]

Dr Rob Coleman, Outotec’s Flotation Manager - Minerals Processing, explains that the selection of the size, number and type of flotation cells for a particular duty depends on two important factors. The required flotation residence time and the physical constraints of how much concentrate can be recovered for a given froth surface area and concentrate [...]

ICMM presents Human Rights in the Metals & Mining Industry: Handling and Resolving Local Level Concerns & Grievances, the second in a series of publications designed to help member companies deal with challenging issues in this area. The publication sets out good practice approaches to help companies design and/or enhance existing complaints procedures or mechanisms.  [...]

Al Frese, Solutions and Product Support Manager of Caterpillar’s Global Mining Division notes that the company is “seeing encouraging signs that a recovery may be underway” and at the same time continues to stress sustainability. He says Global Mining is “seeing benefits from things Caterpillar put in place” since the credit crunch hit the world. [...]

Macquarie Research notes “after last year’s LME week, the consensus was that we were in for a major prolonged slowdown in the wake of the global financial crisis. There were also fears at the time (fulfilled for a while) that China would also be part of a synchronised slowdown. As it turned out, China turned [...]

Latest issue of International Mining Project News available (October 9): Finally, Rio Tinto and Ivanhoe Mines have signed the Investment Agreement with the Government of Mongolia for the development of Oyu Tolgoi. This news clears the way for both companies to progress the project, with the goal of starting production in 2013. After a five [...]