Great mines – Petra Diamonds
Petra Diamonds has achieved a great deal in its 15 years, and has become one of the world’s leading specialist diamond mining companies. Much, John Chadwick explains, has been achieved through acquiring great mines from De Beers, in the first of a new series.
Operation focus – Los Bronces
Paul Moore visited Anglo American’s rapidly expanding Los Bronces mine and associated processing facilities, where the company has invested $2.8 billion to take the operation into the world’s top five copper mines.
Project news: Zandkopsdrift
John Chadwick recently visited one of the largest known rare earth resources outside of China to be classified under inteational resource reporting standards.
Canadian technology
paul Moore looks in depth at the range of expertise across Canada’s mining equipment and services suppliers, which are an important resource for the global extraction industry.
Process progress
john Chadwick discusses Rio’s latest moves, Flsmidth and others on the acquisition trail, new technologies and more.
Mining survey 2011
the findings of a 2011 Ventyx study that polled more than 256 mining companies on what they believe are the most pressing challenges for the industry today.
P1 paste supplement
m is once again the inteational media sponsor of the Paste conference, this year in Sun City, South Africa. Our annual supplement includes articles on flocculants/coagulants, peristaltic pumps, vane feedwell technology, lab-based testing for thickened tailings project design, double hose-diaphragm pumps and deep cone paste thickeners.
UNDERGROUND ACCESS
Covering some of the themes that will be addressed in our 23-25 January 2013 Rapid Development conference in Sydney, Paul Moore reviews new developments in faster shaft sinking, TBMs in mining, box-hole boring and other areas that help to make deep mine development more efficient.
PIPELINE TECHNOLOGY
Paul Moore visited some of the latest pipelines in South America and John Chadwick examines new equipment.
MINING TECHNOLOGY UPDATES
Every month, IM posts around 100 news items to its website, mainly technology related. Here are some recent highlights.
Petra Diamonds has achieved a great deal in its 15 years, and has become one of the world’s leading specialist diamond mining companies. Much, John Chadwick explains, has been achieved through acquiring great mines from De Beers, in the first of a new series.
Operation focus – Los Bronces
Paul Moore visited Anglo American’s rapidly expanding Los Bronces mine and associated processing facilities, where the company has invested $2.8 billion to take the operation into the world’s top five copper mines.
Project news: Zandkopsdrift
John Chadwick recently visited one of the largest known rare earth resources outside of China to be classified under inteational resource reporting standards.
Canadian technology
paul Moore looks in depth at the range of expertise across Canada’s mining equipment and services suppliers, which are an important resource for the global extraction industry.
Process progress
john Chadwick discusses Rio’s latest moves, Flsmidth and others on the acquisition trail, new technologies and more.
Mining survey 2011
the findings of a 2011 Ventyx study that polled more than 256 mining companies on what they believe are the most pressing challenges for the industry today.
P1 paste supplement
m is once again the inteational media sponsor of the Paste conference, this year in Sun City, South Africa. Our annual supplement includes articles on flocculants/coagulants, peristaltic pumps, vane feedwell technology, lab-based testing for thickened tailings project design, double hose-diaphragm pumps and deep cone paste thickeners.
UNDERGROUND ACCESS
Covering some of the themes that will be addressed in our 23-25 January 2013 Rapid Development conference in Sydney, Paul Moore reviews new developments in faster shaft sinking, TBMs in mining, box-hole boring and other areas that help to make deep mine development more efficient.
PIPELINE TECHNOLOGY
Paul Moore visited some of the latest pipelines in South America and John Chadwick examines new equipment.
MINING TECHNOLOGY UPDATES
Every month, IM posts around 100 news items to its website, mainly technology related. Here are some recent highlights.