The mining group, Anglo American, is one of the major supporters of the Natural History Museum’s new state-of-the-art Darwin Centre in London, UK. The £78 million facility is a scientific research and collections housing used by over 200 scientists at any one time. “We were delighted to be invited by the museum in 2006 to [...]

Online moisture analysis specialists Callidan Instruments recently had its MoistScanr MA-500HD subjected to arduous testing by a large international mining company to prove its ability to meet minimum performance standards accuracy and reliability on copper ore. In this case, the primary reason for measuring moisture online is for metallurgical accounting. The MA-500HD was installed on the [...]

Niger, which became independent from France in 1960 and has a democratic government, is the world’s sixth largest uranium producer. Output in 2008 was 3,032 t, representing 7% of total world uranium production. Areva’s Arlette and Akoula mines, responsible for 100% of Niger’s uranium production, have produced, together, 100,000 t of output in the last 40 [...]

The first ever study analysing the long term benefits of gold mining over the entire lifecycle of mines has been completed. Gold has provided significant improvement to Tanzania’s economy, with major contributions still to come . Government reforms of mining law have been found to be the common denominator in mining’s contribution to positive economic [...]

Rema Tip Top South Africa, a leading conveyor belt maintenance provider, is linking up with Dunlop Belting, a manufacturer of heavy duty conveyor belts, to form a strategic alliance. This co-operation, according to Thorsten Wach, the company’s Managing Director, will “bring together two power houses within the rubber industry, where both partners are able to [...]

Dust emissions are an environmental issue of increasing concern to both government regulators and the community. The main concerns relate to potential amenity, and health and environmental impacts from the emissions. It is therefore imperative that mining/processing operations, as part of their overall environmental management, reduce fugitive particulate emissions to as low a level as is [...]

Latest issue of International Mining Project News available (September 11): There has been an influx of iron ore news in the last fortnight with this issue covering reports from 15 prospective projects. Gindalbie Metals has received final state environmental approval for its Karara project in Western Australia; FerrAus has executed two binding agreements with China [...]

Iron ore, having hit the doldrums late last year, is staging a strong recovery in Western Australia at the moment. We have recently noted the developments at the inner harbour berths of Port Hedland - a transport route that will integral to the evolution of the next tier of iron ore miners in the state - [...]

BASF’s MEYCO Equipment unit and Sandvik Mining and Construction have signed an agreement on global co-operation in the fields of tunneling and mining. In a first step they have agreed to initiate co-operation in the service and maintenance of machines for sprayed concrete. Meyco says “the full scope of the agreement will be communicated in the latter part [...]

International Mining’s October issue, currently in final production, includes a focus on the mining industry of Kazakhstan, where one of the major mining companies is Kazakhmys, the world’s No.10 copper producer. Paus reports that since 2007 it has delivered a total of 34 personnel transporters to Kazakhmys. In these underground copper mines, the Minca 18 carries miners [...]

Editorial input has been requested for International Mining’s Novermber focus on GPS and surveying. On that subject, news comes from the USA that MaptekTM I-SiteTM laser scanning expertise and software is being used to map the geology and layout of the old Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota. The Deep Underground Science and Engineering Lab [...]

Mine workers have been recognised for their innovations to help improve safety on Queensland (Australia) mine sites. BMA Coal’s Gregory Crinum mine took the 2009 Queensland Mining Industry Health and Safety Innovations Award for a safety guard to prevent falls onto exposed longwall miner conveyor belts. And, in a clean sweep, BMA’s Saraji mine won [...]