As International Mining June (including a screening focus) goes to press, W. S. Tyler announces it has completed the reorganisation of its business units into two distinct groups, the Screening Group and the Industrial Group.The Screening Group will bring its full circle of screening expertise from their clients’ lab facilities through to the completion of [...]

A national audit carried out by research firm ACIL Tasman shows that there are significant gaps in Australia’s export infrastructure and some of the nation’s existing capital is in a state of disrepair, according to the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA). To ensure Australia is equipped to come through the current economic malaise, new physical [...]

A conference on Risks and Hazard Management in Former Mining Districts will take place on Wednesday, 10 June 2009 in Newcastle upon Tyne in England. Organised by Brownfield Briefing, a publication for professionals involved in previously developed land, in association with Newcastle University, the event will examine issues relating to environmental legislation, gases and air [...]

Latest issue of International Mining Project News available (May 22): There has been much talk of gold and silver in the last few weeks on the back of GFMS and World Gold Council figures aswell as gold’s recent price surge. It is not surprising therefore that both metals have a significant presence within this issue [...]

The U of T is the recipient of C$151 million from the federal and provincial governments through the Knowledge Infrastructure Program. The investment will fund significant capital projects on all three campuses that will help educate Canadians in cutting edge sciences and technologies, serve as poles for economic innovation across the GTA and create up [...]

Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Vale) has approved the downward revision of its investment budget for 2009, basically reflecting the change in the average price of currencies in which its expected disbursement are denominated, revised equipment and implementation costs, delays mainly associated with environmental licences, and simplification or change in the scope of certain projects. [...]

A modelling scheme carried out by Concept Economics, an economic analysis group, shows that 23,510 direct jobs will be lost across Australia’s minerals industry by 2020 and 66,480 by 2030 as a result of the Federal Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS). The 2020 figure represents an 11% drop in overall employment in the minerals [...]

Semafo is partnering with the government of Burkina Faso to undertake a prefeasibility study to construct a 20 MW solar power station to generate electricity. Semafo is a Canadian-based mining company with gold production and exploration activities in West Africa. It currently operates three gold mines in Burkina Faso, Niger and Guinea. The first phase of [...]

“Fears of future inflation and ongoing financial uncertainty saw investors continue to flock to gold in the first quarter of 2009, seeking out its proven wealth preservation qualities,” according to the World Gold Council (WGC). The WGC’s Q1′09 Gold Demand Trends report shows that total demand for gold in Q1′09 rose 38% year on year [...]

GFMS’ World Silver Survey has recently been published showing results from 2008 and predictions for 2009. The metals consultancy sees mine production in 2009 falling slightly, with output expected to decline from all by-product sectors except gold. It also sees the price of silver remaining volatile, with investors becoming even more important to its level [...]

Thunder Basin Coal’s Black Thunder mine near Wright, Wyoming, USA surpassed 365 days and 2.5 million employee-hours without a single lost-time safety incident on April 28, 2009. During that time, the mining company’s 1,200 employees have produced more than 8% of the annual US coal supply from this mine. This achievement exceeds the mine’s previous [...]

Terralliance Technologies, a technology-based exploration company, today announced that it has secured new funding to scale its Natural Resource Mapping (NRM) technology and address additional exploration opportunities beyond hydrocarbons, including gold and other minerals. “Terralliance’s NRM technology may have as big an impact on the entire field of exploration as AVO seismic had on oil [...]