Mining

Variety of educational topics and interactive workshops covered the entire mining spectrum.

NSW Planning Assessment Commission grants approval to Glencore’s Bulga Optimisation Project.

Suppliers to the African mining industry need to improve their onsite support and product delivery capabilities, finds new survey by Timetric’s Mining Intelligence Center.

Caterpillar has developed the Cat® GH800B Longwall Plow System, designed for mining very low coal seams at high rates.

Mining truck manufacturer, Belaz, has won this year’s Swedish Steel Prize for the world’s largest mining truck.

AIM Exploration has received the approval of the local village community for its coal mine project in Otuzco Province, Peru.

BHP Billiton has announced the winners of its HSEC Awards 2014, which recognise excellence in sustainable mining practices across the company’s mining operations.

Indian conglomerate, Adani Enterprises, has lined up a US$ 1 billion loan from the State Bank of India to help finance its Carmichael coal project.

The Polish Ministry of Environment has rejected Bogdanka’s appeal over a decision not to award it a mining concession over an existing concession owned by Prairie Mining.

The surface mining equipment market registered its first gain in two and a half years, according to the latest date from Parker Bay Co.

Bangladeshi coal project developer, GCM Resources, has announced a loss of £1.3 million – down from £3.2 million the year before.

Junior mining company, AIM Exploration, has appointed an advisory board to assist in bringing its Peruvian coal properties in production and sales.

Applus RTD has opened a new office in Pittsburgh in support of Marcellus shale formation operations.

Global mining company, Anglo American, has endowed a new chair in occupational health at the Wits School of Public Health in South Africa.

Ninety percent of voters in the US elections recognised that increased oil and gas production could lead to more jobs.