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Stieber expands range of cost saving backstops at Hannover 2015

Stieber Clutch is using the platform of the Hannover Messe 2015 to launch an expansion to its range of load sharing and releasable backstops. The product range, which was originally launched at Hannover in 2013, features a compact design with increased torque capacity that helps avoid over specification of gearboxes. The latest additions are self-contained designs which are suitable for both high speed and low speed rotating shafts.

Stieber GmbH | February 24, 2015 | 5:01 pm

The easy oil is gone so where do we look now?

In 2008, Canadian economist Jeff Rubin stunned the oil market with a bold prediction: With the world economy growing at 5 percent a year, oil demand would grow with it, outpacing supply, thus lifting the oil price from $147 to over $200 a barrel.

Oilprice.com | February 24, 2015 | 12:23 pm

Weir Minerals Floway Pumps introduces the VTSP

The patented VTSP bearing design allows for continuous operation in services with a maximum solid content of 10 percent by weight and excursions of 20 percent by weight during temporary upset conditions.

Weir Minerals | February 23, 2015 | 11:55 pm

Otterburn target K92 receives mining lease renewal notification from Barrick Gold Corp

Otterburn Resources Corp. (“Otterburn”) (TSX.V: OBN) is pleased to announce that K92 Holdings International Limited (“K92”) has received notification from Barrick Gold Corp (“Barrick”) that the Kainantu Mine mining lease renewals sought by Barrick’s wholly owned subsidiary Barrick Kainantu Limited (“BKL”) have been obtained.

Otterburn Resources Corp. | February 23, 2015 | 7:24 pm

Sandvik sees global mining equipment demand picking up

Modest tailwinds could blow life into mining equities in 2015: Shane Nagle

In this interview with The Gold Report, Nagle selects some promising precious metals stories, along with his two top picks in the base metals space.

The Gold Report | February 23, 2015 | 6:22 pm

Australia’s Hunter Valley coal’s health bill more than $460m a year

The figure, estimated by doctors, is based on the health costs and lost productivity from coal-related respiratory and cardiac issues.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 23, 2015 | 4:32 pm

Seabed mining dreams shattered by New Zealand latest decision

The country's refusal of a deep sea mining venture off its coast has cast a shadow over the emerging mining practice.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 22, 2015 | 2:57 pm

Caterpillar will keep calling Peoria home, plans new headquarters

A six-block campus.

Michael Allan McCrae | February 21, 2015 | 12:28 am

Couplings for safety-critical applications

Rubber-in-compression couplings, from Renold Hi-Tec, provide fail-safe operation on applications such as mine winders, hoists, draw-works on drilling rigs and industrial overhead cranes. The intrinsically fail-safe construction of the couplings protects both people and plant on safety critical applications...

Renold Hi-Tec Couplings | February 20, 2015 | 10:20 pm

Video: John Kaiser proposes a new system for financing junior miners

Kaiser believes the easiest way to bolster the sector, which exists to provide capital to find and develop new mines, is to abolish Accredited Investor Exemption rules that currently restrict non-rich people from giving money directly to the treasuries of these companies.

CEO.CA | February 20, 2015 | 1:26 pm