Mon March 27, 2017
AAP Hosts Annual Aggregate Miner Safety Conference
The IAAP held its 49th annual convention combined with the Aggregate Miner Safety Conference on Feb. 23. Below is a list of the Rock Solid Safety Award winners. Rock Solid Excellence in Safety Award:• Allendale Gravel• Bluff City Materials• Buckley Powder• Carri Scharf Materials• Central Stone• GZA GeoEnvironmental• Hanson Material Service• Knox County Stone• LafargeHolcim• LeClaire Investments• Nokomis Quarry Company• Pekin Sand & Gravel• R.A....
Maarten Mittner - Wed March 15, 2017
Mining Stocks Rebound Due to Foreign Imports
Mining stocks on the JSE rebounded on Monday on firmer commodity prices, but dollar uncertainty has raised questions about how sustainable the recovery will be. The dollar is expected to strengthen further on a US rate hike this week, but unexpectedly slipped to $1.06/€ last week after it appeared poised to break through $1.05....
Thu March 02, 2017
Metso Makes Investments That Will Meet Mining Industry Demands
Metso is expanding its global manufacturing capacity for rubber screening media used in minerals processing by investing in three new injection presses. The presses will be installed at Metso's facilities in Australia, India and Sweden by early 2018....
Story Kathleen Riley from Futurism.com - Tue February 14, 2017
Going Underground With Elon Musk
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has been moving quickly on the development of what he calls “The Boring Company.” In January of last year, he presented a proposal at the Hyperloop Pod Competition for a company that would lighten traffic through the use of underground tunnels....
Mon January 30, 2017
Two Die in Mexican Mine; Colorado Gold Company Temporarily Shuts It Down
After two recent deaths of workers at its Mexican mine, a Colorado gold mining company said it's suspended operations there for two days. Gold Resource Corp. (NYSE: GORO) of Colorado Springs said one employee died while operating some heavy equipment at its Arista Mine in Oaxaca, Mexico, and a contracted worker died from injuries from a fall....
Mon January 23, 2017
WKM Updates Nevada Plan
West Kirkland Mining Inc. announced an early-2017 drilling program at the Hasbrouck Gold-Silver Project, which consists of the phase 1 Three Hills pit and the adjacent phase 2 Hasbrouck pit. The Company has contracted Boart-Longyear for drilling services at Three Hills and the recently-leased Hill of Gold properties....
Thu January 19, 2017
Top in the Mine' 2017
This recognition reinforces Metso's leading position in the mining sector. Marcelo Motti, Senior Vice President, Sales, Brazil comments: "We are grateful and proud to receive this recognition from our customers and mining professionals....
Wed November 16, 2016
John Carrington Joins Terex MPS as Aftermarket Business Manager in North America
Terex Minerals Processing Systems is announcing the appointment of John Carrington as Aftermarket Business Development Manager for North America. Carrington will have responsibility for both the Parts and Service organizations in North America....
Fri November 11, 2016
Gov. Ducey Welcomes Caterpillar's Surface Mining to Arizona
Gov. Doug Ducey traveled to Southern Arizona to officially welcome Caterpillar's Surface Mining & Technology Division to the region during an event at the company's Tinaja Hills Demonstration and Learning Center....
Komatsu - Thu September 29, 2016
Komatsu Previews the 930E-5 Mining Haul Truck
Komatsu America Corp. previewed the 930E-5 haul truck at MINExpo. Scheduled for availability in the second half of 2017, the 930E-5 joins a 930 line that is the world's most popular for ultra-class mining trucks, with more than 1900 sold worldwide....
