India’s iron-ore reserves insufficient for projected steel production

The present level of iron-ore reserves in India was unlikely to be sufficient to meet project demand by 2019/20, the Indian mineral resource regulator, the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) has reported. According to the revised National Steel Policy,...

Labrador Iron to produce up to 2Mt in 2012

Labrador Iron Mines (LIM), which produces the steelmaking ingredient in Quebec, said on Friday it shipped 411 987 wet tons of ore to China from the Port of Sept-Iles in 2011, its maiden year of production. The company said it shut down its Silver...

Wet machines reduce diamond recovery costs

Technology provider to the De Beers group, DebTech, has developed a range of wet diamond magnetic roll separator equipment, which achieves diamond recoveries of more than 99% on various size fractions from 1 mm to 8 mm.

Explorer targets output from 2005 at Skeleton Coast gem prospect

AUSTRALIAN exploration company Reefton Mining hopes to begin production from its Skeleton Coast diamond project by 2005.