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Selwyn hits expansion trail (4/05/2001)

... year after acquiring the mothballed Selwyn copper-gold project for $4.5m from the collapse of Australian Resources, Selwyn Mines Ltd is to proceed with a $42m project to develop at least a 15 year mine life.Fluor Daniel completed a scoping ...

BHP writes off HBI plant (4/05/2001)

... at the Tintaya coper operations in Peru will include a new SX/EW facility that will initially produce 34,000tpa of copper cathode. First production is expected in mid 2002.In addition, BHP has executed a letter of intent with Pohang Iron and ...

Trees compensate for mine (2/05/2001)

... Lomas Bayas’ environmental coordinator.The water is pumped by pipeline at 110L/sec to the minesite for leaching copper. The company purchased the water rights from a local landowner, and in return, has embarked upon a long-term reforestation ...

Mining consolidation continues (2/05/2001)

... shutdown there until the end of September to free up more power for sale.The Teck group produces zinc, gold, copper, lead, silver, and coal from 11 mines in Canada, the USA and Australia. The biggest project on its books is the development of ...

Murchison eyes Somnicor (1/05/2001)

... (Sociedade Mineira de Neves Corvo, SA) following an international competitive tender. Somnicor owns the Neves Corvo copper mine in Southern Portugal.Murchison's bid has been made in conjunction with a multinational metals group.The Neves ...

Billiton to sole fund drilling (1/05/2001)

... potential for a large new zone of Olympic Dam-style mineralisation at Elaine prospect on the Mount Gunson copper project in South Australia has been upgraded by drilling during the quarter, according to Gunson Resources Ltd today.The drilling ...

More drilling soon at Teutonic Bore (1/05/2001)

... Mining Corp, which is in a joint venture with Pilbara Mines Ltd at the Teutonic Bore copper, zinc, silver project in Western Australia, will start diamond drilling during May of a number of electro-magnetic conductors outlined during a recent deep ...

Wenlock faces stern test at Western Metals (26/04/2001)

... achievements of the company’s two main projects, the zinc-lead Lennard Shelf mine in Western Australia and Mt Gordon copper cathode project in Queensland, but in the short term is looking for small operational improvements while he wraps his mind ...

PJB exports Nipper to Portugal (26/04/2001)

... designed’ vehicles such as those manufactured by PJB.From a startup in 1989, the mine now produces 100,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate each year. It mostly exports to the Atlantic rim and small quantities of tin and silver to Malaysia and ...

Bougainville production report (26/04/2001)

... due solemnity, P D Coleman, company secretary of Bougainville Copper Ltd, reported today that there had been no production at the PNG island copper mine since 15 May 1989, when militant landowners forced a halt to ...

Why Titan is taking a stake in Nautilus (26/04/2001)

... NL in March this year. The Carr Boyd Rocks mine near Kalgoorlie, with a resource of 900,000t at 1.54% nickel and 0.52% copper, is considered ideal for low cost bulk mining and heap leaching using the BioHeap process. Tests on the rocks from Carr ...

Automatic pressure filter (9/04/2001)

... from complex ore bodies, hydrometallurgical techniques are increasingly being used to extract metals such as cobalt, copper, gold, lead, nickel and zinc.Automatic pressure filters are among the preferred equipment for solid/liquid separation ...

Heat treatment in the technological age (2/04/2001)

... use a spoon in some cornflakes. Then you grab your mobile phone and get on your bike – spectacle frames, watch cases, copper water pipes, razor blades, cutlery and bicycle chains have all been heat treated during manufacture to give them an ...

Plasma arc cutting (2/04/2001)

... behind plasma arc cutting is that the arc formed between the electrode and the workpiece is constricted by a fine bore, copper nozzle. This increases the temperature and velocity of the plasma emanating from the nozzle. The temperature of the ...

Apprentice in doubt for world competition (2/04/2001)

... worker.Each competitor was required to fabricate a triangle to round transition, a three way conical intersection, a copper /brass fruit bowl and a stainless steel /aluminium food warmer.TAFE teachers from around Australia judged the ...

Australia joins global laser study (2/04/2001)

... the use of multiple sensors to monitor the various laser processes such as the spot-welding of aluminium and copper workpieces, laser cutting of thick steels and laser cladding of thin substrates,” Brandt said.“The sensors will provide ...

Panasonic begins lead free soldering (30/03/2001)

... solder is made up of 63% tin and 37% lead, while Panasonic’s lead free solder is 96.5% tin, 3% silver and 0.5% copper. As a result, every solder requires a higher temperature for it to flow properly, and must be cooled more ...

Leakage: the invisible enemy (5/03/2001)

... pipe which in turn reduces pressure losses.“Most pipe systems currently used within industry are either steel or copper.“Both these materials have a tendency to qick and diasabling corrosion and in comparison to plastic are extremely ...

Belden appointment (18/01/2001)

... and Eaton Controls, Mr Bartczak will be responsible for ensuring all products manufactured at Belden’s optical fibre and copper cable plants comply with ISO ...

Harmoniser neutralises electromagnetic pollution (2/01/2001)

... the Harmoniser, a 7.5 by 4cm device for protecting people from electromagnetic pollution.A flat spiral of hollow copper, containing water energised by a special CIR process, works by transferring energy to the body in the same way as a glass ...