| Miners News |
| Headlining News |
| Growth
in Russian Mining Sector
Can Russia keep up the momentum? The Russian
economy is expected to remain robust through the long-term with real GDP
growth forecast to stay above 5.0% until 2012. In line with trends
developing through the first half of 2007, investments and private
consumption will increasingly become the major factors driving growth, with
the construction, manufacturing and retail trade sectors likely to
outperform going forward....
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| Free
Gold Drilling Zone Widens Vancouver,
BC -- Freegold Ventures Limited (TSX: ITF, OTCBB: FGOVF,
Frankfurt: FR4) is pleased to announce results from
drill Fence 19 which is the final fence of RAB drill
holes to be reported in the 40,093 foot Phase 1 Drill
Program at the Company’s Golden Summit project outside
Fairbanks, Alaska. Drilling has been systematically
testing the known 5,000 foot strike length of gold
mineralization in the Cleary Hill Mine area...
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| CO
Needs New Energy Resources by 2025
A
new study concludes that Colorado will need to build a significant number of
power plants in the next 18 years, in addition to aggressively building new
renewable energy facilities and ramping up energy conservation efforts, in
order to meet the state’s anticipated growth in demand for electricity...
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| Cummins
Announces Integrated Technology
Cummins
Inc. (NYSE: CMI) has announced its technology path to meet stringent US EPA
Tier 4 Interim and European Stage IIIB mobile off-highway emissions
standards across the 174-hp to 751-hp (130-560 kW) power band that takes
effect in 2011...
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| Climax
Portable Machine Tools
Climax Portable
Machine Tools, Inc. a global leader in comprehensive, onsite machining
solutions for the power generation, shipbuilding, industrial and engineering
sectors, announced that Scott Simmons has joined the company as the Vice
President of Manufacturing and Brian Harris as Vice President of Sales.
Simmons is an expert in lean manufacturing and will assist Climax in
streamlining the workflows and shipment of their machine tools...
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| Oxon
to Produce Rechargeable Breathing System
OXON Medical
LifeSystems, Inc. has formed to develop non-pressurized, non-explosive,
non-flammable breathing systems for the mining industry and military.
Founder and president is Frank Fosella Jr., who resigned last year as
chairman of OX-GEN. OX-GEN was the first company to receive approval from
the federal Food and Drug Administration ...
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| Dec07/Jan
08 Articles |
| Seven
New Wonders of the Mining Industry
Mining
involves taking a gamble. Miners bet on their experience, timing and
their geology skills to map a body of minerals deep in the ground and
then move heaven and earth to get to it - all the while praying
they’re right...
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| ASSE
Announces New Scholarship
The
American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Region
III (AR, OK and TX) recently announced that Austin,
TX-based McComb Construction Company donated $4,000
toward the establishment of a new Region III - McComb
Construction Safety, Health and Environmental (SH&E)
Scholarship...
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| Yukon-Nevada
Corp Profitable in Third Quarter
Yukon-Nevada
Gold Corp. (Toronto Stock Exchange: YNG; Frankfurt Xetra
Exchange: NG6) (the
“Company”) announced results for its third quarter
of 2007...
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| New
Partnership Achieve Safety Performance
Norwest
Corporation (Norwest), a leading international energy,
mining, and natural resources consultancy, and Safety
Solutions International (SSI), an internationally
renowned group of experts in the safety community, are
pleased to announce a new working partnership...
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Redstar
Acquires
Nevada Property
Redstar
Gold Corp. (TSX.V:RGC) is pleased to announce the
acquisition of a new gold exploration project in central
Nevada. The project, Cooks Creek, consists of
approximately 5 square miles of 100%-owned unpatented
mining claims covering an area of outcropping
sediment-hosted gold mineralization about 8 miles west
of the Pipeline mine...
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Komatsu
Completes 8 Depots
Komatsu
America Corp. announces completion of opening eight
Regional Parts Depots throughout the United States and
Canada as part of their ongoing commitment to better
serve their customers. These eight depots, in addition
to Komatsu’s Master Parts Distribution Center, are
part of Komatsu’s mission...
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3-D
Mining Surveying Revolutionalized
Darling
Environmental & Surveying, Ltd, located in Tucson,
Arizona, is revolutionizing mine surveying with the use
of state-of-the-art 3D true color terrestrial LiDAR.
With three different 3D scanners (a Leica scan station,
a Riegl Z360 w/ a 6 mm LD3 camera and an Optech Ilris)
the Company is constantly on the go...
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Rajant
Corp Selected by Rio Tinto Mining
Rajant
Corporation, a leading provider of portable, reliable,
and adaptable wireless networking solutions, announced
today that its BreadCrumb® wireless mesh system has
been selected by the Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation (KUCC)
wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto as its primary
communications platform for operations...
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Oil
Equipment Can Be Purchased Online
Officials
of Philadelphia Gear Corporation have announced the
online availability of the company’s proprietary CORE
Continuous Oil Rescue Equipment. Launched as an
alternative to traditional barrier filtration
techniques, the CORE...
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Idler
Rolls to Lower Costs
Superior
Industries has developed an idler roll that promises to
last three times longer than steel and cut your
operating costs significantly. Designed with a specially
formulated high density polyethylene (HDPE) material,
Moxie™ rolls have been developed to solve expensive
problems caused by abrasive material and buildup...
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| JOY
Mining Improves Safety and Cuts Costs
Joy
Mining Machinery’s second generation wethead
continuous miner continues to improve mine safety and
productivity by further reducing respirable dust levels,
improving visibility and reducing the potential for
frictional ignitions while reducing bit costs, the
company said...
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| Canadian Stock
Exchanges-Santa Good to Arctic Explorers
While
Canadian Christmas shoppers applaud their appreciating
dollar against the former almighty US green back when
they do cross border shopping, we can report that some
good news is coming out of the North Country that should
please some junior resource stock investors...
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| Commentary-Ignoble
Peace Prize
At
first glance it appeared that Al Gore’s winning of the
Nobel Peace Prize was the biggest debasement of
international prizes since the Emperor Nero won six
Olympic gold medals in the 67 AD Olympics.
However, after looking at the list of Nobel Peace
laureates, it looks like the Nobel Prize committee
engages in this type of behavior on a regular basis...
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| Environmental-Ethonol
will not Help Environment
Ethanol
is popular with politicians. Of course, it has always
been popular with Senator Ted Kennedy – but served by
the ounce instead of the gallon. Unfortunately, the
latest ethanol craze has blinded politicians to reality
as surely as if they were drinking ethanol in gallon
quantities...
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Software
Review-LogPlot
LogPlot
displays geotechnical, environmental, geophysical,
mud/gas, and mining data as a graphic boring log. Log
Designer offers almost unlimited flexibility for log
layout and has a revamped point-and-click interface,
making it easy to customize logs for different clients
and projects...
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History-St.
Barbara
What
does the patron saint of mining, Saint Barbara, and an
upcoming Disney movie have in common? A lot more than
you think.
Saint Barbara was born to a wealthy aristocratic
family about 300 AD in Asia Minor. According to
tradition, she was an intelligent and beautiful woman...
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Safety-Exploding
Batteries a Threat to Miners?
A recent spate of battery explosions
in notebook computers has highlighted the potential
dangers of rechargeable batteries. The question is if
this danger extends to miners lamps? Let’s take a look
at the chemistry of rechargeable batteries and what
dangers they actually pose...
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Domestic
Mining- Mine Reopens
The
United States, which was once the world leader in the
mining of rare earths, hasn’t produced any since 2002.
However, that is changing. In September, operations
commenced at the Mountain Pass Mine and are expected to
produce around 10 million pounds of rare earths in
2008...
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Legal-Can
Obligations be Disclaimed
Mining
projects are often organized as joint ventures between
multiple parties, each of which bring different assets,
land positions, tolerance for risk, and capital
contributions to the project. As time progresses and the
project matures, continued participation in the joint
venture may become undesirable due to a variety of
possible internal changes...
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Mining
Technology - The Sound of Silence
Explosives
have been a big part of mining since that first unknown
miner figured out that gunpowder could break rock faster
and cheaper than hammers or fires. Since then, the
industry hasn’t looked back.
But, another technology is actually harking back
to a time before explosives..
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Mining
Affairs Forum - The Case Against EPA
President
George Washington, in his Farewell Address, gave a piece
of wise advice to the new American citizens: “If in
the opinion of the People, the distribution or
modification of the Constitutional powers be in any
particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment
in
the way which the Constitution designates... |
