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13 May, 2010 by Austmine Editor
Top executives from more than 100 leading North American mining companies share challenges and strategies for growth in tough economy; safety is #1 priority. Mincom, a leading provider of software and services to 17 of the top 20 mining companies worldwide, today announced findings from the first in a series of research studies designed to gauge pe...
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13 May, 2010 by Austmine Editor
Engineering, project delivery and sciences firm, Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM), has extended its global reach by working with Brazilian mining company Vale on a series of feasibility studies relating to the economic and technical viability of in-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC), otherwise known as “truckless mining”, for a major iron ore projec...
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13 May, 2010 by Austmine Editor
New Austmine board members Stuart Ratcliffe, Elizabeth Lewis-Gray Steve Hall. and Andrew Gray are upbeat about the year ahead for the organisation and its members, and are determined to help confront issues facing a sector that has become a multi-billion-dollar economic powerhouse.Recent attendance at South Africa’s premier annual mining ...
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13 May, 2010 by Austmine Editor
Quarry Mining has recently begun manufacturing and trailing an alternative drill bit to the traditionally used 27 and 28mm 2 wing coal bits – the Angel Bit – for improveds safety.Much success has been achieved with respect to safety and timeliness of drilling to ensure production time does not suffer. Features and advantages of the Angel Bit are as...
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13 May, 2010 by Austmine Editor
PT Freeport Indonesia installed a Goodyear Flexsteel® Conveyor Belt at its Grasberg Mine, the world’s largest gold mine, more than a decade ago. Today,the Goodyear belt is still running, and reliably delivering the lowest cost-pertonne. The Grasberg Mine is the largest gold mine and the third largest copper mine in the world. It is located in the p...
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13 May, 2010 by Austmine Editor
Austmine Chairman Alan Broome envisages a new era, one in which new technology plays a central role in controlling costs, with Australian innovators leading in technological advances in mining. So Australian businesses will need to become smarter at protecting their new technologies.The biggest spenders of R&D money are the heaviest users...
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13 May, 2010 by Austmine Editor
Coffey and Virtalis team up to bring Virtual Reality The Brazilian operation of leading global professional services consultancy Coffey International Limited has entered into a preliminary strategic partnership with the UK’s Virtalis, one of the world’s leading Virtual Reality (VR) companies.Virtalis showcased its GeoVisionary software, the 3D land...
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13 May, 2010 by Austmine Editor
Global professional services consultancy Coffey International Limited (“Coffey”) has been named one of the best professional services companies in Australia by Business Review Weekly (“BRW”). Coffey is a finalist for the best engineering consulting company (revenue over $200 million) for the upcoming 2010 BRW Client Choice Awards, announced b...
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