Linz, Austria, Aug 10, 2009 For the trade press Siemens VAI Metals Technologies replaced two existing stationary AOD vessels and started up two […]
Western Areas has executed a Heads of Agreement to acquire the BioHeap sulphide leaching technology from Pacific Ore. The agreement provides Western Areas with an option period of up to six months to conduct due diligence on the BioHeap process, assess the global patents and licences and conduct test work on a range of low [...]
Latest issue of International Mining Project News available (July 17): This issue we cover a wide variety of minerals and metals ranging from the usual batch of iron ore, cobalt, gold, silver, uranium, zinc and nickel projects to oil sands, fluorspar, potash, tin and chromium projects. We also have reports from two diamond projects (one in [...]
MINEARC’S safety refuge chamber was put to the test last week at BHP Billiton’s Perseverance nickel mine after a rock fall trapped […]
QUEBEC – The Raglan nickel-copper mine belonging to Toronto’s Xstrata Nickel has pledged $350,000 over the next five years to support a […]
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. [...]
Koniambo Nickel SAS, a joint venture between Xstrata Nickel (49%) and Société Minière du Sud Pacifique (“SMSP”) (51%), recently awarded Gebr. Pfeiffer, […]
Applied knowledge of exploration technology supports Russia’s discovery of mineral resources April 22, 2009 – Moscow, Russia – Geosoft reported today on […]
Thanks to a Labox testing unit, the mining and metallurgy research and engineering institute JSC Uralmekhanobr will be able to better educate local filtration specialists and offer new alternatives to current testing methods. Larox donated the Labox to the institute, which is part of JSC UMMC-Holding, the second biggest copper producer in Russia after Norilsk Nickel.
Construction of a proposed nickel and copper mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is being delayed because of poor market conditions, its parent company said Thursday.