Kaunisvaara iron-ore project, Sweden

Northland Resources has signed a $40-million cost overrun loan with South Africa’s Standard Bank for the Kaunisvaara iron-ore project.

Kaunisvaara iron-ore project, Sweden

The mine will comprise two conventional openpit mines and a magnetite processing operation producing a concentrate product.

International Tower Hill delays mine study

International Tower Hill Mines said on Tuesday that it has delayed the release of a preliminary feasibility study for its Livengood gold project in Alaska until next year. The company said the study, which was originally expected by the end of...

Company Announcement: Fill-controlled couplings with new blade wheel profile

New Voith Turbo fluid coupling for open-pit mining belt conveyors: lightweight – compact – offers greater power. Open-pit mining belt conveyors often transport the extracted raw materials over long distances.

Voith unveils powerful coupling that can function in harsh conditions

Germany-based drive technology manufacturer Voith Turbo has developed a new hydrodynamic coupling for the drives of belt conveyors, which transmits twice the power that previous couplings of the same size could achieve.

25/02/2011 (On-The-Air)

Mining titan Anglo American is planning to invest R34-billion in South Africa in the next few years; South Africa’s Gold Fields is building five new gold mines on four continents and More mining will have to take place in the next 20 years than...

FROM POLLUTING THE GULF TO RISKING THE ARCTIC

Many in the world may be holding thumbs that British petroleum company BP does immensely less polluting of the pristine Arctic Circle than it did last year in the US Gulf of Mexico. With its share price still depressed from its Gulf misadventures,...

Arctic Circle opencast iron-ore mine reopens in Norway

The Sydvaranger opencast iron-ore mine, at the northern tip of Norway, 400 km north of the Arctic Circle, was reopened after 14 years out of service. This is the first new iron-ore mining operation to be launched in Europe in the twenty-first...

Isua magnetite project, Greenland

The project is located about 140 km north-east of Nuuk and about 155 km south of the Arctic circle, and will have a 23-year life-of-mine.

Kinross produces first metal at new Russian mine

Canadian gold-miner Kinross Gold has produced the first gold and silver from its Kupol project in Russia, the company announced on Friday. Kupol is the first of three development projects that Kinross plans to bring on line this year.

BHP Billiton starts production ahead of schedule at Canadian gem mine

The world's largest mining group, BHP Billiton, has completed the construction of its third underground diamond mine, the Koala underground project, in northern Canada, the company said on Monday.

De Beers wins export category in 2007 steel competition

Diamond-miner De Beers has been named the export category winner of the 2007 Southern African Institute of Steel Construction competition, for its installation of modularised diamond-recovery plants in an extremely challenging environment.