Indonesian steel manufacturer places furnace order

One of Indonesia’s largest steel manufacturers, Gunung Steel Group, has placed an order with global steel processing technology supplier SMS Siemag Germany for the supply of an Arccess electric arc furnace and a ladle furnace for its new...

Nondestructive testing used to improve mine safety

A range of new nondestructive testing (NDT) products, which can be used to improve mine safety, were introduced by sensing systems manufacturer GE Measurement and Control Solutions at the World Conference for Non-Destructive Testing, held in...

Coal makes a comeback in Illinois Basin in US

Two years ago, Peabody Energy opened a new coal mine in Sullivan County, Indiana. The mine, called Bear Run, is now the largest surface mine in the eastern US and a symbol of the revival of one of America's historical coal fields. As coal mining...

ASIA

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James River posts narrower-than-expected loss on lower costs

US coal miner James River Coal posted a narrower-than-expected quarterly loss as shipments of metallurgical coal rose and it cut back on costs, sending the company's shares up 4%. In the first quarter, James River sold metallurgical coal worth...

ASIA

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Consol quarterly profit misses, stock slips

Consol Energy missed Wall Street estimates with a sharply lower quarterly profit, hurt by lower coal prices and higher costs, and it cut production targets for this year. In morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Consol stock was down 98...

New mines needed to meet future demand

In future, new mines will have to be commissioned to keep up with the global uranium demand, with sufficient uranium reserves hosted worldwide, says State-owned power utility Eskom nuclear spokesperson Tony Stott.

Kimberley underground mines, South Africa

A diamond mine located in South Africa's Northern Cape province.

Advanced Explorations ups its iron-ore ambitions

Toronto-based Advanced Explorations has decided to increase the proposed scope of its iron-ore project in Roche Bay, Nunavut, to eight-million tons a year and potentially 20-million tons yearly in the longer term. The company had previously...

AFRICA

Tenders for work in the rest of Africa excluding South Africa

MUNICIPAL

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