Engineering and Mining Journal back issues from May 2008:
Respect and Transparency Will Prevent a Repeat of Past Mistakes
May 01, 2008; ... The world's appetite for raw materials continues to grow unabated and miners are again exploring more remote regions on a scale that was probably unimaginable 10 years ago. How a mining company conducts business in these new frontiers-socially, not just economically-will determine whether it ...
Newcrest, Harmony Partner to Develop PNG Gold Assets
May 01, 2008; ... The world's fifth largest gold producer, Harmony Gold Mining Co., and Australasia's largest gold company, Newcrest Mining, recently announced that they have signed an agreement which will allow Newcrest to earn a 50% interest in Harmony's Papua New Guinea (PNG) gold assets. The joint ...
HZL to Become Largest Integrated Zinc-Lead Producer
May 01, 2008; ... Hindustan Zinc Ltd. has announced expansion projects that will take its total zinc-lead capacity to 1,065,000 metric tons per year (mt/y) with fully integrated mining and captive power generation capacities, thereby making HZL the world's largest integrated zinc-lead producer by 2010. Two ...
First Uranium to Build Acid Plant in South Africa
May 01, 2008; ... First Uranium recently announced that it will purchase and install an "off the shelf" acid plant to produce sulphuric acid to reduce the future costs and secure supply of acid required for its two uranium and gold mining projects in South Africa: the underground Ezulwini mine and the Mine Waste ...
Survey Predicts Record Prices and Static Mine Production Levels for Gold
May 01, 2008; ... The possibility that gold could again rally strongly and post fresh highs was a key theme of the presentation surrounding the launch of the GFMS Gold Survey 2008 in London. "We weren't at all surprised that the market saw a hefty correction in the last few weeks, as the speed of the earlier ...
Teck Cominco to Buy Global Copper
May 01, 2008; ... Teck Comineo and Global Copper Corp. have entered into an agreement for Teck to acquire Global by way of an arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia). Global's principal asset is the Relincho copper/molybdenum deposit located in northern Chile. Under the ...
U.S. Presidential Candidate McCain Visits Bucyrus
May 01, 2008; ... As the current United States presidential election campaign grinds toward this summer's national nominating conventions, there has been little discussion of miningrelated issues among the candidates. However, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Senator John McCain, whose home state ...
PolyMet Names URS as NorthMet Project EPCM, Changes Executive Posts
May 01, 2008; ... URS Corp.'s Washington Division has been awarded a contract by PolyMet Mining Corp. to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services for new processing facilities at PolyMet's Northmet project in northeastern Minnesota. The cost-reimbursable contract, which has a value of ...
Davidson Moly Prospect Results Released
May 01, 2008; ... Thompson Creek Metals recently released the results of a feasibility study on development of the underground Davidson deposit near Smithers, British Columbia. "The Davidson deposit feasibility study indicates positive project economics," said Kevin Loughrey, chairman and CEO. "This is ...
Augusta Awards Contracts for Rosemont Project EPCM and Mill Equipment
May 01, 2008; ... Augusta Resource Corp.'s subsidiary, Rosemont Copper Co., has awarded a $56-million engineering, procurement and construction management contract to M3 Engineering & Technology Corp. for the development and construction of the Rosemont copper mine near Tucson, Arizona. M3 completed the ...
NJMC and Newmont form JV for Idaho Gold
May 01, 2008; ... New Jersey Mining Co. (NJMC) has signed a joint-venture agreement with Newmont North American Exploration Ltd. to explore for gold deposits within a 38-mi^sup 2^ area north of Murray, Idaho. The joint venture, known as the Toboggan project, covers all of NJMC's mining claims within this area ...
Atna Acquires Canyon Resources, Moves Ahead on Briggs and Pinson Projects
May 01, 2008; ... Vancouver, B.C.-based Atna Resources closed a deal in mid-March in which Atna acquired all of Canyon Resources' issued and outstanding shares of common stock, warrants and debentures. The acquisition, according to Atna, creates a platform for gold production growth, including the restart of the ...
Timberline Buys SMD
May 01, 2008; ... Timberline Resources will acquire Boise, Idaho-based underground mine contractor Small Mine Development (SMD) for $80 million ($45 million in cash at closing, $15 million in Timberline common stock, and $20 million paid in $5-million increments over four years). Ron Guill, the founder and owner ...
Coeur's Cerro Bayo Mine to Upgrade Electrical Systems
May 01, 2008; ... Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp. recently announced that as part of the ongoing operational improvement program at the company's Cerro Bayo operation in southern Chile, the mine will upgrade its electrical infrastructure, which will result in a temporary suspension of mining operations for ...
Yanacocha Receives ISO 14001 Certification
May 01, 2008; ... Minera Yanacocha, South America's largest gold mine, recently became the first major mining project in Peru and one of the largest in the world to receive ISO 14001 certification for its entire operation. Although other mines in Peru and around the globe are ISO 14001 certified for certain ...
Teck Cominco, Inmet Mining Agree on Petaquilla Project
May 01, 2008; ... Teck Cominco and Inmet Mining Corp. have entered into an agreement to proceed with the development of the Petaquilla copper project in Panama. Inmet Mining owns a 48% interest in Minera Petaquilla S.A., the Panamanian company that holds the Petaquilla concession. Petaquilla Copper Ltd. currently ...
Monterrico Updates Rio Blanco Copper/Moly Project
May 01, 2008; ... Monterrico Metals plc announced an update on developments at its Rio Blanco copper/molybdenum project in northern Peru. Following a change in management in June 2007, the company embarked on a thorough review of the detailed feasibility study (DFS) for Rio Blanco, a summary of which was ...
Solitario Resources, Votorantim Pool Zinc Prospects in Peru
May 01, 2008; ... Solitario Resources Corp. has signed an agreement with Votorantim Metals on its Chambara regional zinc project in northern Peru. The project consists of approximately 60,000 hectares of mineral rights concessions distributed within an agreed upon Area of (AoI) Interest measuring 200 km in a ...
U.S. Antimony Receives Mill Permit for Mexican Antimony/Silver Deposit
May 01, 2008; ... United States Antimony Corp.'s Antimonio de Mexico S. A. de C. V. subsidiary has received authorization from Semarnat, the Mexican permitting agency, to allow reclassification of land for construction of a mill to process antimony, silver, and gold mineralization from the San Miguel deposit in ...
Expomin 2008 Offers Global Mining Opportunities
May 01, 2008; ... With more than 600 delegates in attendance, Chilean Vice President Edmundo Pérez Yoma inaugurated the 10th Expomin at the Espacio Riesco facilities in Santiago, Chile. The event, which took place April 15-18, featured 50,000 m^sup 2^ of exhibit space with 920 mining-related service providers, ...
Vista Gold Purchase Gold Processing Equipment
May 01, 2008; ... Vista Gold Corp. that it has finalized the purchase of gold ore processing equipment to be used at Vista's Paredones Amarillos project in Baja California Sur, Mexico. The transportation of the major equipment items (gyratory crusher, SAG mill, ball mills and pebble crusher) from the Colomac mill ...
Resurgence in Johannesburg's Gold Tailings Reclamation
May 01, 2008; ... Over the years many of the most prominent tailings sites surrounding Johannesburg, South Africa, a city that grew up around its now exhausted gold mines, were reprocessed. A significant percentage of the gold that remained in these tailings deposited up to a century ago was reclaimed. Steadily, ...
Freeport McMoRan Puts a New CapEx Price Tag on Tenke Copper Project
May 01, 2008; ... Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold recently informed Lundin Mining Corp. that further capital cost increases have occurred for the Tenke project, which is under construction in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Lundin holds a 24.75% equity interest in the project; Freeport holds a 57.75% interest ...
Ivanhoe Sells Controlling Stake in Jinshan to China's CNG
May 01, 2008; ... Ivanhoe Mines reports that it has agreed to sell its 42% stake in Jinshan Gold Mines to China's national gold-mining conglomerate, China National Gold (CNG), and its financial partners. A Canadian mining company focused on gold production in China, Jinshan began producing gold at the Chang Shang ...
ArcelorMittal Interested in Indonesian Iron Ore
May 01, 2008; ... The Wall Street Journal reported in late April that ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, is planning to invest up to $8 billion in Indonesia in a deal aimed at cap- turing key supplies of iron ore and reducing its reliance on big suppliers like Vale, BHP Billiton and Rio ...
Metals Concentrator Begins Production in China
May 01, 2008; ... China Shen Zhou Mining and Resources announced in late April the completion of construction on a concentrator in the northern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, a remote area bordered by Kazakhstan and Mongolia. Commercial production was expected to begin ...
WorleyParsons Awarded Spinifex Ridge EPCM Contract
May 01, 2008; ... Moly Mines Ltd., owner of the Spinifex Ridge polymetallic deposit located in the East Pilbara district of Western Australia, has awarded an Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) contract to WorleyParsons for construction of the 20-million-mt/y project's processing plant and ...
Study Results for Queensland Phosphate Project
May 01, 2008; ... Legend International Holdings, a Melbourne, Victoria-based company registered in the U.S. State of Delaware, with phosphate projects in the State of Queensland, Australia, recently released the results of a preliminary scoping study on its phosphate projects in Queensland conducted by British ...
BHP Billiton Approves Worsley Alumina Project
May 01, 2008; ... On May 1, BHP Billiton announced approval for the Efficiency & Growth expansion project at Worsley Alumina in Western Australia for an estimated capital investment of $1.9 billion (BHP Billiton's 86% share). This includes approximately $70 million of sustaining capital. The expansion ...
Kobex Ends Lucky Jack Moly Project Agreement
May 01, 2008; ... Kobex Resources has terminated its agreement with the U.S. Energy group for participation in the Lucky Jack molybdenum project located near Crested Butte, Colorado. According to press statements issued by both companies, Kobex reported that its decision was made "reluctantly." However, Roman ...
Anooraq Acquires Majority Share of Lebowa Platinum from Angloplats
May 01, 2008; ... Anooraq Resources Corp. reported that it has executed definitive agreements with Anglo Platinum Limited regarding acquisition of a majority interest in Lebowa Platinum Mines, an operating platinum group metals (PGM) mine, together with an additional 1% controlling interest in the parties' ...
Mountain Laurel Commissions High-Capacity Longwall System
May 01, 2008; ... Arch Coal's Mountain Laurel complex, located in southern West Virginia, USA, recently installed and commissioned a new Joy longwall mining system, and is expecting a significant boost in production from the new equipment. "Underground production at Mountain Laurel is expected to increase ...
SouthGobi Receives Permit for Ovoot Tolgoi
May 01, 2008; ... SouthGobi Energy Resources Ltd. recently announced that an official government commission appointed by Mongolia's Minister of Industry and Trade has issued the Ovoot Tolgoi coal project in southern Mongolia a permit to mine. The Ovoot Tolgoi open-pit mine will be 45 km north of the Mongolian ...
Big Wheels Keep on Turning
May 01, 2008; ... Although the structure of the market for bucketwheel and bucket chain based equipment has changed over the years, design advances have enabled the technology to retain a significant place in the production and distribution of coal and minerals Bucketwheel technology evolved from water- ...
Trade Agreement Between Bruker and Intellection
May 01, 2008; ... Bruker AXS GmbH, a manufacturer of Xray diffraction and X-ray spectrometry equipment, and mineral analysis technology company Intellection announced a new strategic collaboration agreement under which Intellection will expand its range of products and services, directly supplying XRF (X-ray ...
ArcelorMittal Buys Russian Coking Coal Assets
May 01, 2008; ... ArcelorMittal has completed its previously announced acquisition of three coal mines and associated assets in Russia for $718 million. The company has acquired a 97.9% stake in the Berezovskaya mine together with a 99.46% stake in the Pervomayskaya mine from Severstal. Both mines produce ...
Talvivaara to Test Bioleach Effectiveness in Finland's Frigid Environment
May 01, 2008; ... Massive quantities of polyethylene pipe, along with state-of-the-art metals processing equipment, are being installed as this heap-leach project readies for startup this year The Talvivaara nickel project is a rising star in the small galaxy of mines comprising the Northern European ...
Chute System Keeps Iron Ore Moving in Australia
May 01, 2008; ... A custom engineered Weba Chute System has been successfully installed and commissioned in a conveyor-to-conveyor transfer point application at Rio Tinto's Port Dampier iron ore facility in Australia. With a throughput of some 10,000 tph, the transfer point is equipped with an integral ...
Gekko Sells Leach Reactors to Peruvian Gold Operation
May 01, 2008; ... Gekko Systems reported that Hochschild Mining pic's Ares mine in Peru is expanding the size of its plant and has ordered five additional Gekko InLine Leach Reactors (ILR5000 Batch Manual) to add to its two existing ILR5000s. After installation, said Gekko, the mine will have the largest ...
Taming Equipment Costs in Wild Places
May 01, 2008; ... Service and support for the Pogo gold mine in Alaska requires special attention to keep its underground fleet running smoothly and maintenance costs under control A century ago, when gold miners set off for Alaska and the Yukon, the journey was full of mystery and often misery. A steamer ...
NEWS - PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
May 01, 2008; ... Gold Fields Ltd. announced that Vishnu Pillay has been promoted to executive vice president and head of South African Operations, replacing Terence Goodlace who has been promoted to COO. Peter Turner, current vice president and head of operations of the Kloof gold mine will move to Driefontein ...
Sandvik Jumbo Rig Arrives in New Company Colors
May 01, 2008; ... Despite a spreading global fall-off in corporate earnings and deepening distress in the world's financial markets, the demand for mined commodities - ranging from potash to precious metals to molybdenum and more - continues without abatement. A significant portion of these commodities will come ...
Making Onboard Intelligence the Standard for Pumps
May 01, 2008; ... The pump has a long history, dating back to the first screw pump invented by Archimedes in the third century B.C. Over the centuries, it has powered much of the world's progress, and today, the pump is the second most common complex machine on the planet, after electric motors. Because ...
Liebherr and Immersive Expand Simulator Alliance
May 01, 2008; ... Heavy equipment manufacturer Liebherr has expanded its licensing and technical information alliance with Immersive Technologies to include the company's range of hydraulic mining excavators and shovels. This follows the alliance signed in 2005 for the Immersive T 282 B haul truck ...
Handover at Mt. Keith Nickel for Hitachi's Biggest Excavator
May 01, 2008; ... Directors and senior management of Hitachi Construction Machinery (Australia) recently traveled to BHP Billiton's Mt. Keith nickel ore mine site, northeast of Perth, for the formal handover of the first of two new 800-mt EX8000 excavators for the mine. The Mt. Keith machine is the fourth ...
Safer Loading at Cullinan with Remote Control
May 01, 2008; ... De Beers' Cullinan diamond mine, located 25 km northeast of Pretoria, South Africa, employs 12 Caterpillar R1300G LHDs bought from Barloworld Equipment in 2003-2004. Because of an ongoing problem with water and mud inflows in certain portions of the mine, Cullinan has moved to protect the health ...
Building Partnerships with Indigenous People
May 01, 2008; ... Developing successful mining arrangements with indigenous people isn't all about technical astuteness-it's about relationships, reconciliation and the balancing of interests In many parts of the world, indigenous people watch mining vehicles drive past their communities, but there is ...
Global Mining: New Actors, New Script?
May 01, 2008; ... Against the backdrop of increased societal demands being placed on mining the author discusses some of the challenges faced by the industry, based on his keynote presentation at the PDAC 2008 Convention in Toronto During the present extended boom, not only is metal and mineral production ...
Timken Expands Reliability Offering with Remote Diagnostic Service
May 01, 2008; ... The Timken Co. announced in mid-March the expansion of its array of machinery and equipment reliability solutions to include a remote monitoring and diagnostics service available in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The service will improve predictive maintenance activities for machinery ...
Laser Scanning Robot Maps Silver Mine in Three Days
May 01, 2008; ... U.K.-based 3D Laser Mapping reported that it has successfully completed a project to create a 3-D map of the San Jose silver mine in Mexico. The survey, commissioned by Arian Silver Corp.-which recently added the brownfield project to their portfolio-reportedly enabled further its definition of ...
Tarkwa Gold's Intense Mine Plan Puts Pressure on its Fleet of Sandvik Blasthole Rigs
May 01, 2008; ... When Chris Brindley, president of Sandvik Mining and Construction Africa, handed the keys of a Sandvik DP1500 drill rig to Ludwig Eybers at the Tarkwa gold mine in Ghana recently, it served as an affirmation of the good relations between the Sandvik and Gold Fields teams at the mine. The ...
Casagrande and Atlas Copco Form Distribution Alliance
May 01, 2008; ... Atlas Copco Construction Mining Technique USA LLC recently signed an agreement with Casagrande USA, Inc. to become the exclusive distributor of Casagrande's line of geotechnical and foundation drilling products for the midwestern United States. These products will be supported from Atlas Copco's ...
Caterpillar Offers Options for Machine Control and Guidance Systems Repair
May 01, 2008; ... Caterpillar says it now offers new repair options-repairing components or using remanufactured ones-to keep its machine control and guidance systems up and running. Caterpillar will now sell remanufactured components off the shelf; these items are warranted and are about half the price ...
Becker Mining Systems, TTM Chile Set Up South American Joint Venture
May 01, 2008; ... German mining industry supplier Becker Mining Systems has formed a joint venture with TTM Chile, formerly known as Tecno Tip Top Chile. The JV, called Becker-TTM South America, will market and support Becker's entire range of products within South America as part of Becker's world- wide ...
Strongco Buys Volvo CE's Champion Road Machinery
May 01, 2008; ... Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) announced the sale of Champion Road Machinery Sales, Brampton, Ontario, to Strongco Limited Partnership, Mississauga, Ontario. Champion was a division of Volvo Group Canada, Inc., and a company-owned member of the Volvo CE North America dealer network ....
Rowan Seeks to Cash In on LeTourneau's Record Sales
May 01, 2008; ... Rowan Companies, Inc. announced in late March that its board of directors had decided to pursue "monetization" of its wholly-owned manufacturing subsidiary, LeTourneau Technologies, Inc. (LTI). Lehman Brothers, Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. will assist the company in looking for a buyer ....
New Pump Service Center Supports Central Africa
May 01, 2008; ... One of the primary business objectives of Pump Logistics and Services Zambia Ltd., representing the CH Warman Pump Group in Central Africa, is to ensure that the full range of Warman pumps and bearing assemblies, installed both in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, keep operating ...
FLSmidth Minerals Joins Strategic Partnership with Xstrata Copper
May 01, 2008; ... Xstrata Copper has selected FLSmidth Minerals as a long-term strategic partner to facilitate development of Xstrata's pipeline of copper projects. Under the agreement, FLSmidth has received a letter of award from the project's alliance partners, Xstrata Copper and Bechtel, for provision of ...
Efficient Trace Element Analysis for XRF Technology
May 01, 2008; ... Bruker AXS has launched Geo-Quant for its S8 Tiger5 X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer. Geo-Quant is a unique trace element analysis solution designed specifically for geology, minerals and mining applications, performing accurate and precise quantitative analysis of more than 27 key trace ...
40-Ton-Payload Dump Truck
May 01, 2008; ... The Western Star 6900XD is designed to minimize cost-per-ton hauled when com- pared with traditional articulated dump trucks (ADT) and rigid frame off-road dumps. These savings are achieved by lower acquisition and maintenance costs with optimal hauling performance and pro- ductivity. On ...
Durable, Easily Adjustable Torque Wrench
May 01, 2008; ... Norbar Torque Tools' TruTorque torque wrench has been designed for durability and will stay in calibration for extended periods even when used regularly in demanding environments, according to the company. The new wrench uses an improved mechanism to achieve these goals, but retains elements ...
Four New OTR Truck Tire Sizes
May 01, 2008; ... Yokohama Tire recently introduced four new sizes in its OTR tire line. The RT41 series, launched in late 2007 with a 26.5R25 offering, is now available in 29.5R25 and 23.5R25 sizes. The RB31 series also features two new sizes, 26.5R25 and 29.5R25. Distinctive fea- tures of the RB31 and RT41 ...
Largest Loader Tire Chains Go into Service
May 01, 2008; ... Following the recent completion of a three year expansion and modernization program at its Aalen, Germany, tire protection chain (TPC) production facility, RUD-Erlau has delivered and installed two full sets of the world's largest TPCs. Called the R 75S Plus, the TPCs have gone into service in ...
Survey System Suppliers Topcon and Sokkia Consolidate
May 01, 2008; ... Two large manufacturers of precision surveying instruments-Topcon Corp. and Sokkia Co., both with corporate headquarters in Japan-merged effective February 5, 2008. The Japanese Fair Trade Commission recently approved the combination, in which Topcon purchased more than 32 million shares ...
Flux-Cored Wire Offers Alternative to Stick Welding
May 01, 2008; ... Lincoln Electric has added four new gas-shielded, flux-cored wires to its UltraCore line to offer an alternative to stick welding. UltraCore Nickel 1 (Ni 1 A75-H) wire replaces stick electrodes and is designed for high-strength, low-alloy applications using a 75% argon/25% CO2 mix. The use of ...