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Media Prepare for 2008- In
this edition, E&MJ publishes its
annual Scandinavian Report. It updates
readers on mining activities in the
region and provides insight on equipment
and services provided by some of the
mining industry’s leading manufacturers
and EPCM contractors. According to
a new report from Raw Materials Group
(RMG), located in Stockholm, the exploration
boom in the Nordic countries continues
unabated. In 2007, total exploration
expenditure in Sweden, Finland and
Norway is expected to reach €140 million,
an increase of 55% to 60% compared
to 2006. The focus of exploration
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South African Gold Majors Sign Wage Agreements
- Gold producers Anglogold Ashanti, Goldfields
and Harmony recently signed a 2007–2009
wage agreement with three trade unions—National
Union of Mineworkers (NUM), UASA and Solidarity—
negotiating on behalf of gold mining workers
at the Chamber of Mines’ offices in Johannesburg.
The agreement follows nearly three months
of negotiations.
Dr. Elize Strydom, chief negotiator for
the Chamber of Mines, said, “Clearly, neither
the employers nor the workers got everything
they wanted .........
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Norilsk, ARM Approve
$445M Nkomati Nickel Expansion to Quadruple
Annual Production - African Rainbow Minerals
Ltd. (ARM) and Norilsk Nickel, 50:50 joint-venture
owners of the Nkomati nickel mine in Mpumalanga
Province of South Africa, have approved a
R3.2-billion ($445-million) mining expansion
project to increase average annual nickel
production to 20,500 mt from 5,500 mt and
extend the life of mine by 18 years to 2027.
Peter Breese, chief executive of Norilsk Nickel
International commented: "Approval of
the Phase 2 expansion cements Nkomati's long
term future as it unlocks around....... read
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| IFC to Increase
Investment in Simandou Iron Project -
International Finance Corp., a member of the
World Bank Group, said it is increasing its
investment in Rio Tinto’s Simandou iron ore
project in Guinea to continue funding exploration
and feasibility studies and to support its
environmentally and socially sustainable development.
IFC has approved an additional $30 million
investment in Simfer S.A., Rio Tinto’s Guinean
project company .... read
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| UC Rusal
Modernizes Largest Aluminum Smelter -
UC Rusal announced the start of modernization
of its Bratsk aluminum smelter, claimed to
be the world’s largest, to reduce environmental
impact and increase efficiency. The first
stage of the project will be completed in
2011 at a cost of $350 million. The modernization
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Barrick Offers Researchers
$10 Million for Enhanced Silver Recovery at
Veladero - Barrick Gold Corp. said it
is challenging scientists worldwide to devise
a process to unlock the silver from the ore
at its Veladero gold mine in Argentina. The
Canadian company is offering a $10 million
prize to the winner. Barrick’s said its Unlock
the Value program invites scientists, engineers
and other inventors to solve a scientific
conundrum. Geologists have determined there
are 180 million oz of silver contained in
gold reserves in the ore at the Veladero......
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| Constellation Implements
Production Enhancements at Lisbon Valley Copper
- Constellation Copper Corp. recently
reported on the progress of production enhancement
projects under way at its Lisbon Valley surface
mine located in southeastern Utah, USA. The
company said its immediate focus has been
on increasing the amount of contained pounds
of copper placed on the leach pad and expediting
construction of an Intermediate Leach Solution
(ILS) system. During July and August 2007,
Lisbon Valley commissioned a fleet of three
100-ton capacity trucks and started hauling
and stacking primary crushed ore...
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FNX to Advance Exploration at Podolsky
Property - FNX Mining, Toronto, Canada
reported that it has initiated two additional
advanced underground exploration programs
at its Podolsky mine property in northern
Ontario at the eastern end of the Sudbury
Basin. The combined $18-million programs,
designed to explore and develop both the North
and Nickel Ramp deposits, will involve ramping
down to and driving crosscuts through the
deposits, and geological mapping, sampling.....
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Review Panel Gives Thumbs Down on Kemess
North Development - Northgate Minerals
Corp. reported in mid-September that the Joint
Federal-Provincial Environmental Review Panel
studying the proposed Kemess North coppergold
project in north-central British Columbia
had completed its review and submitted its
recommendation report to the federal and provincial
Ministers of the Environment. The news, from
the company’s point of view, was not good:
the panel recommended that the project not
be approved as proposed.... read
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UNR Hosts Barrick Global Rescue Summit
- The University of Nevada-Reno (UNR) Fire
Science Academy hosted the first Barrick Gold
Corp. Global Rescue Summit, which drew emergency
response representatives from 25 of Barrick’s
27 operating mine sites worldwide for two
days of training exercises and rescue drills
designed specifically for the mine industry.
The training included responding to hazardous
materials spills and exposure, industrial
firefighting drills.... read
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Glencairn Continues to Study Ground
Creep Problem at Bellavista - Glencairn
Gold reported that environmental protection
measures implemented since July at the Bellavista
mine in the Miramar area of Costa Rica have
successfully reduced cyanide concentrations.
Mining operations were suspended on July 25,
2007, due to concerns over recent ground movement.
The company subsequently implemented measures
to ensure cyanide used in heap leaching at
the site was rinsed from the leach pads and
the cyanide destroyed …… read
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Kinross, Goldcorp to Swap Canadian,
Chilean Assets - Kinross Gold Corp.
has entered into an asset swap with Goldcorp
Inc. designed to increase Kinross’s ownership
and operating control of its core mines, while
strengthening its strategic position in Chile.
Under terms of the agreement, Kinross will
sell to Goldcorp its 31.9% interest in the
Musselwhite Joint Venture, located in northwestern
Ontario, and its 49% interest in the Porcupine
Joint Venture, located in Timmins, Ontario.
Goldcorp is currently the operator of both
mines…. read
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Tintaya to Increase Output by Developing
Antapaccay - An expansion plan is
currently under consideration at the Tintaya
copper mine in Peru. The mining company controlled
by Xstrata is planning to mine its Antapaccay
copper deposit, increasing total production
to more than 200,000 tons. Xstrata Copper
acquired the Antapaccay copper-gold prospect
through its acquisition of the Tintaya copper
mine from BHP Billiton in June 2006. Historically,
more than 90,000 m have been drilled at Antapaccay,
which consists of two…. read
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Zinifex to Process Que River Zinc Ore at Rosebery - Fluor Corp. announced
that BHP Billiton has awarded the Mine &
Port Development JV (MPDJV) a contract to
provide engineering, procurement, construction
management and commissioning services for
an iron ore expansion project in Western Australia.
Total project value is $1.8 billion and Fluor’s
share of the EPCM contract is 50%. MPDJV is
a 50:50 joint venture between Fluor Australia
Pty Ltd. and Sinclair Knight Merz. The MPDJV
office in Perth, Australia, will lead the
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Prairie Downs Begins Feasibility Study
for Zinc Project - Perth-based Prairie
Downs Metals has commenced a Bankable Feasibility
Study for the Prairie Downs zinc project,
commissioning Abesque Engineering & Construction
to design a 300,000 mt/y processing plant
with the capability to expand to 1,000,000
mt/y. Priarie Downs said Abesque specializes
in the provision of engineering design, construction
and project management services to the resource
sector including processing of zinc ores.
The most recent examples are the construction
and commissioning of the Jaguar base metals
project…. read
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Rio Tinto Extends $350 Million in
Interim Funds for Oyu Tolgoi Development
- Rio Tinto said it will provide Ivanhoe
Mines Ltd. with a convertible credit facility
of $350 million for interim financing for
the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold complex in Mongoliaís
South Gobi region. The credit facility is
directed at maintaining the momentum of
mine development activities at Oyu Tolgoi
while Ivanhoe and Rio Tinto continue to
engage in finalizing an Investment Agreement
between Ivanhoe and the government of Mongolia….
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Pakistan Implements Policy to Develop
Domestic Iron Resources - Expecting
increased demand and spiraling prices of
steel in the international market, the government
of Pakistan has started work on formulation
of a new National Steel Policy, aimed at
tapping 1.42 billion mt of proven iron ore
reserves in the country. Initially, the
government was focusing on 10 sites located
in Balochistan, Punjab and North West Frontier
Provinces, and planned to establish steel
mills in these areas in collaboration with
foreign and local investors. A source in
the Ministry …. read
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Teal Reports on Congolese, Zambian
Copper Projects - Teal Exploration
& Mining announced an increased mining
rate at its mine being commissioned in the
Democratic Republic of Congo. The company
also noted that the technical aspects of the
feasibility study for the Konkola North copper
project in Zambia have been completed indicating
a mine capable of producing 25,000 mt/y of
contained copper. Mining at the company’s
Lupoto prospect…. read
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Gold Fields, Orezone Resources Reviewing
Essakane Gold Study - Orezone Resources
Inc. and Gold Fields Ltd. announced on September
11 that a NI 43-101 compliant Definitive
Feasibility Study for the Essakane project
in Burkina Faso, West Africa, has been delivered
to Orezone as part of an agreement which
provides for Gold Fields earning a 60% interest
in Essakane upon issuance of the DFS. The
study was prepared by……
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Canadian Pacific Acquires DM&E
Railroad - Canadian Pacific Railway
Ltd. (CP) announced in early September that
it has reached an agreement to acquire Dakota,
Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp. (DM&E)
and its subsidiaries for $1.48 billion.
The transaction expands CP’s current network
by approximately 2,500 miles and increases
its access to U.S. Midwest markets. The
deal consists of a $1.48 billion cash payment
at closing and future contingent payments
of up to approximately $1 billion. Future….
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South Africa’s Chamber of Mines Signs
Wage Agreements - South African coal
mining companies (Anglo Coal, Xstrata, Eyesizwe,
Optimum Colliery and Delmas Coal) recently
signed the 2007/2009 wage agreement at the
Chamber of Mines’ offices in Johannesburg
with three trade unions negotiating on behalf
of coal mining workers: the National Union
of Mineworkers (NUM), UASA and Solidarity.
In terms of the agreement, which becomes effective
from July 1, 2007, the wage increment for…...
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| Xstrata
Buys Tahmoor & Anvil Hill in Australia
- Xstrata Coal Pty Ltd. announced during
September its intention to make an offmarket
takeover cash bid to acquire Austral Coal
Ltd. for A$557 million ($501 million). Under
Xstrata Coal’s proposal, Helios Australia
Pty Ltd., a subsidiary of Xstrata Coal,
will offer to acquire all of the shares
in Austral. Xstrata Coal, Austral and Helios
have signed a bid implementation agreement
under which standard exclusivity arrangements
have been agreed. The offer is subject to
a set of limited.…... read
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| Chevron
Merges Molycorp and P&M Coal
- Molycorp Inc. and The Pittsburg &
Midway Coal Mining Co., both subsidiaries
of Chevron Corp., have formed a diversified
mining company called Chevron Mining Inc.
The name change, according to Chevron, provides
for better alignment with its parent company
and improved market visibility. Chevron
Mining Inc. now includes more than 1,400
employees operating five domestic coal and
metal…... read
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Era of Nordic Mining
Invigorating the old, advancing the new,
resurrecting the moribund
Recent industry and economic trends have
provided an almost constant stream of very
good news for the Nordic region’s minerals
producers, technology suppliers and growing
band of mining contractors. In this special
report, E&MJ highlights the mine and
plant projects, technological advances and
organizational changes that have contributed
to making this the most exciting time Nordic
mining has enjoyed for many years…….
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Polar Bulls Plan on a Long-Term Future
Important new operations may open close to
the Arctic Circle in Lapland during the next
few years, in both Sweden and Finland. But,
unless things go terribly wrong, the region’s
four major mines will definitely stay in production,
three of them at substantially increased output
rates. When E&MJ reported on the Nordic
mining situation last October, iron ore producer
LKAB had already outlined its forward objectives
for the operations at Malmberget and Kiruna,
plans that should see product deliveries rise
to 30 million...... read
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Nordic Mining Equipment
Innovation Plus Dedication
Because the Nordic region’s mining companies
rely on high productivity and assiduous quality
control to remain internationally competitive,
technology/ equipment suppliers based in the
Nordic region work closely with them, partly
to develop advanced technology, partly to
retain domestic market share. But almost all,
if not all, the suppliers also depend on export
sales for survival and must provide technology
that is competitive in these markets as well,
even though their typically high technology
solutions…... read
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Mineral
Process Plant Delivery
Strategies for a Whole World Market
Process technology suppliers in the Nordic
region can, like their mining sector counterparts,
manufacture and assemble specific pieces of
equipment “in-house.” However, price-weight-bulk
relationships for large units often dictate
manufacture closer to the site for international
projects. These companies’ role also frequently
involves both the basic design of process
flowsheets, which can be carried out at base,
and working with the client and/or the project
EPCM contractor on the structures and infrastructure
required to install and run the equipment
involved. Securing technology supply business
may therefore demand the identification of
sub-suppliers for some equipment.....
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 New
Drills for Underground and Surface Applications
- Atlas Copco is now offering the
COP 2238, a new 22-kW hydraulic rock drill
for the 51- to 76-mm hole-diameter range in
drifting, tunneling and extension drilling
applications. According to the company, the
new drill’s proven dual-damping system ensures
that the bit maintains constant contact with
the rock, re-tightening drillstring joints
between each impact. This technology allows
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 Software
Extends 3D Environment - Encom’s
recently released Discover 3D 2.5 for MapInfo
Professional delivers to geoscientists a range
of productivity tools and enriched interactive
3D display capabilities. Discover 3D provides
tools for interactive analysis of drillholes,
trenches, profiles, mine models, terrain,
geochemistry, geophysical models, topography
and geological sections directly linked to
a user’s GIS work environment. Visualization
enhancements include.…… read
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 4100C
BOSS Features Centurion AC Drive
- P&H Mining Equipment recently introduced
the 4100C BOSS with Centurion AC drive to
the oil sands producers operating in northern
Alberta, Canada, following a two-year project
to integrate current AC technology with the
advanced P&H Centurion supervisory control
system. P&H MinePro Services Canada personnel
commissioned the new AC-drive shovel in March
2007 and performance immediately exceeded
customer expectations…. read
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Rigid-Body Mine Truck - Komatsu America
Corp. recently released its HD1500-7 truck
to the international mining market. The truck’s
standard turbocharged Komatsu SDA12V160 diesel
engine delivers 1,487 hp (1,109 kW) at 1,900
rpm, and an optional SDA16V159 engine offers
North American customers U.S. EPA Tier 2 certification.
Nominal payload is 158 t (143 mt). Komatsu
says the HD1500-7 provides 4% more horsepower.……
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are Viscosity- Insensitive - Universal
Flow Monitors says its L Series viscosity-insensitive
flowmeters assure delivery of circulating
lubrication oil to machinery bearings in high-vibration
applications such as mining, ore processing
and rock crushing. These piston-style flowmeters
maintain +/- 5% accuracy for lubrication oils
with a viscosity range between 40 and 200
centipoise. Although operating in the 40–200
CP viscosity range is standard…. read
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 Mine-Duty
Steam Cleaner - Sioux Corp., a manufacturer
of all-electric pressure washers and steam
cleaners, has introduced the Model EN-290-H8-3000
for mines, which includes a heavy-duty frame
with bumpers to guard the machine in tight
spaces and a cover to protect it from falling
debris. The pressure washer features dual
water filters to extend the life of each individual
filter. A clutch increases the life of the
machine by allowing the pump to idle while
the gun is not in use…. read
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 Safety
Glasses Work Better with Earmuffs
- FullPro says its SoundVision safety glasses
offer an advantage over ordinary safety glasses
which can break earmuff seals, causing pressure
points against the skull and reducing protection.
SoundVision eliminates the pinching and improves
protection by 3-7 decibels by attaching to
the outer surface of earmuffs with flexible….
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GPS Receiver for Specialty Monitoring Applications
- Leica Geosystems’ GMX902 GG is
a highperformance GPS + GLONASS receiver developed
to monitor sensitive structures, such as mines,
and crucial topographies such as landslides.
Leica says the receiver provides dual frequency
code and phase data up to 20 Hz, enabling
precise data capture as the basis for accurate
position calculation and motion analysis.
As with the other receivers in the GMX900
family, the GMX902 GG is designed and built
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 Compact
Gearboxes- Turkish manufacturer Yilmaz
Reduktor is offering a new range of “power
dense” worm gearboxes. Manufactured to ISO
9001 standard, the units offer output torque
up to 2,600 Nm from a very small envelope,
using a one-piece monoblock housing and optimized
worm gear pair…. read
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| DECEMBER 3-7, 2007:
Northwest Mining Association’s 113th Annual
Meeting and Exposition, Spokane, Washington,
USA. Contact: Northwest Mining
Association; Tel.: 509-624-1158; Fax: 509-623-1241;
E-mail: nwma_info@nwma.org;
Web: www.nwma.org |
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| JANUARY 17-20,
2008: IME 2008 Exhibition and 2nd Asian
Mining Congress, Kolkata, India.
Contact: The Mining, Geological & Metallurgical
Institute of India; Tel: 91(33) 23573482;
Fax: 91(33) 22435653; E-mail: mgmi@cal2.vsnl.net.in;
Web: www.indianmining.com
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| FEBRUARY 5-6, 2008:
Conference on Minerals Engineering, Luleå
Technical University, Luleå, Sweden.
Contact: Bertil Pålsson, Mineral Processing
Division, LTU; Tel: 46 920 491314 Fax: 46
920 97364; E-mail: Bertil.Palsson@ltu.se |
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| MAY 14-15, 2008:
The Canadian Mining & Industrial Expo
2008, Sudbury, Ontario. Contact:
Darren Ceccarelli; Tel: 705-929-7469; Fax:
705-525-0626; E-mail: dac@vianet.ca;
Web: www.dacshows.com
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| JUNE 9–11, 2008:
MASSMIN 2008–5th International Conference
& Exhibition on Mass Mining, Luleå Technical
University, Luleå, Sweden. Contact:
Prof. E Nordlund; E-mail: info@massmin2008.com;
Web: www.massmin2008.com |
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 Alcoa
Inc. has named Klaus Kleinfeld
president and COO |
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 Frontera
Copper Corp. announced the appointment of
Alan Edwards as president,
CEO and a director on the board. He replaces
Gary Loving who retired.
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 Banro
Corp. recently announced a number of senior
appointments. Michael Prinsloo
has been named CEO; Daniel K. Bansah,
Mineral Resource manager, has been promoted
to vice-president Exploration; Dr.
Howard Fall, chief geologist, has
been promoted to exploration manager; Desire
Sangara, administrative manager,
has been promoted to vice-president Government
Relations; and Donat Madilo,
treasurer, has been promoted to vice-president
Treasury. Bansah replaces Michael
Skead, who has resigned from the
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 Boliden
AB’s CEO, Jan Johansson,
recently announced that he is leaving the
company and accepted the position as CEO at
SCA. |
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 The Department
of Mines and Mineral Resources has named
Dr. Jan C. Rasmussen curator of the
Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum. |
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 Vista
Gold Corp. announced the promotion of Frederick
H. Earnest to president and COO.
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 The
Chamber of Mines of South Africa announced
that Dr. Vincent Maphai has
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 GZA GeoEnvironmental,
Inc. has named Robert J. Palermo
to the executive committee of the Underground
Construction Association of the Society for
Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration.
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