Recently added articles from Engineering and Mining Journal:
Takeaways from Haulage & Loading 2009
Jun 01, 2009; ... The theme and the overall tenor of Haulage & Loading 2009 was surprisingly different than past conferences. The event, which was held during May in Phoenix, is geared specifically toward truck-shovel mining and sponsored by E&MJ and its sister publication, Coal Age. Obviously, the Bigger ...
Chile-Argentina Tax Agreement Clears Way for Barrick's Pascua-Lama Project
Jun 01, 2009; ... A bi-national taxation agreement between the governments of Chile and Argentina, announced April 29, 2009, removed the last stumbling block to a construction start at Barrick Gold's huge, cross-border Pascua-Lama gold and silver project. On May 9, Barrick announced its decision to begin ...
Vale Reduces 2009 Capex Spending
Jun 01, 2009; ... On May 21, 2009, Vale announced a downward revision of its planned 2009 capital expenditures to $9 billion from a previously announced budget of $14.2 billion. The revised budget reflects changes in the average price of currencies in which Vale's expected spending is denominated, revised ...
USGS Updates Oil Shale Resource Assessment
Jun 01, 2009; ... The U.S. Geological Survey has updated its assessment of in-place oil shale resources in the Piceance Basin in western Colorado. "For the first time in 20 years, we have an updated assessment of in-place oil shale in the Piceance Basin of Colorado," said Secretary of the Interior Ken ...
Kazatomprom Starts Uranium Production
Jun 01, 2009; ... Kazatomprom, Kazakhstan's state nuclear holding company, has started production at two new in-situ leach uranium mines in the Kyzylorda region of southern Kazakhstan. The larger of the two mines, the Khorassan-1 mine, is scheduled to produce 180 mt of U^sub 3^O^sub 8^ in 2009 and to build to a ...