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3rd Annual Mining Prospect Awards Finalists (12/10/2006)

... Iron, a division of Rio Tinto Iron Ore, has been nominated for the Best Metalliferous Mine of the Year in the 3rd Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards.Pilbara Iron, a division of Rio Tinto Iron Ore, has employed a sustainable development ...

Microwave moisture technology is on the move (8/09/2006)

... associated with through-material measurement.However, as materials become more highly attenuating (for example, iron ores/concentrates), it can become difficult to measure them with microwave technologies. This problem is compounded by higher ...

Boart Longyear acquires North West Drilling (21/08/2006)

... employs 75 people, operates eight surface rigs (with a ninth on order) and is focused on servicing customers in iron ore in the North West of Western Australia, with a current focus on servicing the iron ore sector in the Pilbara ...

Australian Coal Insights Conference (21/07/2006)

... conference follows on from last year's very successful Feeding the Dragon Conference, and the annual Global Iron Ore & Steel Forecast Conference which are both organised by Informa and sponsored by Citigroup Investment Research.For more ...

Boomerang hits Bowen (20/07/2006)

... Australia if constructed and would link the Bowen Basin Coal fields and Abbott Point with Western Australia’s Pilbara iron ore province via 3000km of rail.The proposed project would see iron ore deposits in WA and coal deposits in the Bowen ...

Schedule your mine for ongoing success (7/07/2006)

... Xact is a simple, cheaper, stand-alone system that is more relevant across the board, whether that be coal, gold or iron ore,” he says.“This software lets you put your intelligence into a system that is sustainable even as people join and ...

Forests the future for 'greener' steel (17/06/2006)

... low in pollutants such as sulfur, nitrogen and ash, says Lovel, who has been involved in testing charcoal for sintering iron ore. It burns faster, making the sintering process more productive, enabling sinter plants to keep pace with blast furnace ...

Iron will to start pellet plant in SEA (15/06/2006)

... to secure joint venture partners to participate in the development of their US$1.2 billion Australian-Malaysian iron ore project. Can you give us a quick run down of the project?Bohnenn: The project originates at Grange’s 100% owned, 460 ...

Using smarts for fine particulates (6/06/2006)

... Bateman Engineering and US-based Smart Screen Systems are now marketing an innovative screening system in Australia.The US company claims its system screens fine particulate material using less energy, making less noise and with lower ...

Looking to China: a second generation of growth (1/06/2006)

... might be the huge deals involving coal, LNG or iron ore with China that grab the headlines, but the manufacturing sector has grabbed a decent share of the Chinese boom, and the numbers are likely to grow. <[ql]>Significantly, a wide ...

Six Sigma and MINITAB statistical software (29/05/2006)

... resources, Australia is considered the 'Lucky Country'. It has the world's largest known economic resources of bauxite, iron ore, lead, zinc, silver, uranium, industrial diamonds and mineral sands.Turning any resource into a profitable mining ...

Mining appointments (17/05/2006)

... Nasser, to the BHP Billiton Board.The company has also appointed Ian Ashby, president and COO, Western Australian Iron Ore to the BHP Billiton executive committee. Ashby will continue to be based in Perth and will report to Chris Lynch, group ...

(9/05/2006)

... Sweden, Chile, South Africa and Australia. The largest of these mill contracts was with LKAB Kiruna, a leading Swedish iron ore mining company investing in a new concentrator KA3 and a new pelletizing plant KK4, which is designed to produce 6 ...

(9/05/2006)

... senior finance member of North Limited’s Major Projects Group during the development of Robe River’s $1bn West Angelas iron ore mine.Rio Tinto has appointed Tom Albanese as an executive director. He will remain CEO of the copper group and of ...

Construction starts on Hope Downs (28/04/2006)

... Tinto will immediately start construction of the $1 billion Hope Downs iron ore project in Western Australia following Western Australian Government approval.Rio Tinto and its joint venture partner, Hancock Prospecting Pty Limited, will ...

Midwest Sinosteel JV visits Oakajee (27/04/2006)

... development of Oakajee, which was about 20km north of Geraldton, would support the expansion of iron ore mining in the Mid-West region.Work completed by the Mid West Development Commission showed that a number of major resource development ...

Iron Ore Pellet Project (26/04/2006)

... process recently closed for joint venture partners development of Grange Resources’ US$1.2 billion Australian-Malaysian iron ore pellet project.Grange was seeking one or more joint venture partners to contribute to the development of the ...

Lovells Springs makes it overseas (21/04/2006)

... of Morocco has been the latest market for the Australian made steel spring.Using OneSteel bar made from Australian iron ore, Lovells’ springs are being used by "off roaders" from Spain.These passionate Spanish off roaders say that in ...

Dust settles at Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal (13/04/2006)

... of moisture in continuous on-conveyor applications. At this stage, it was already enjoying significant success in the iron ore market with BHP Billiton Iron Ore investing in multiple units as part of its moisture control strategy for the Marra ...

Moisture control: CSIRO spin-off hits ground running (11/04/2006)

... Control Systems Technology and Praxis Minas in Brazil, respectively.The analyser is being used in the iron ore and coal industries to improve material handling and environmental ...

Hope Downs seeks approval (7/04/2006)

... the respective Boards of the Hope Downs Joint Venture, the Joint Venture has lodged a development application for its iron ore project with the Western Australian government.Subject to government approval, the Hope Downs project will be ...

Spray-on coating protects conveyor systems (31/03/2006)

... by Robil Engineering, Enviropeel is an innovative protective system designed to prolong the life of pulley bearings on iron ore, coal and salt conveyors by reducing corrosion and the effects of abrasive particle ingress.Robil’s director Vas ...

Spin-out company hits the ground running (29/03/2006)

... the On-line Analysis and Control team at CSIRO Minerals, the LFM Analyser is currently being used by operators in the iron ore and coal industries to improve their material handling and environmental performance.The success of the analysers ...

Senior management appointments at BHP Billiton (9/03/2006)

... currently Chief Financial Officer, will be appointed Group President of Carbon Steel Materials which includes the Iron Ore, Metallurgical Coal and Manganese businesses. Chris will continue as an Executive Director and as a member of the OCE. ...

Foxboro network for Canada's largest mineral processing plant (3/03/2006)

... Process Systems has been selected by Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) to implement a new mesh network-based Foxboro automation system for beneficiation processes at IOC’s Labrador City iron ore concentrator. The plant is located near the western ...

Murchison makes a move (3/03/2006)

... will include construction of a new deepwater port at Oakajee, 23km north of Geraldton, and new rail links from iron ore projects north east of Geraldton to Oakajee.Murchison Metals will join with POSCO Engineering and Construction Company, ...

Ex-Telfer crush plant made versatile (2/03/2006)

... the company bought the plant because it will prove a suitable crushing solution for other mines, particularly junior iron ore resource companies.Irvine says these operators in the Midwest and other WA regions are looking at initial ore ...

Geraldton Alliance formed to iron out region’s mining barriers (1/03/2006)

... Midwest Corporation, Murchison Metals and Gindalbie Metals have formed the Geraldton Iron Ore Alliance to help develop the iron ore industry in the Geraldton area of WA.The Midwest region is quickly becoming the most active region for new iron ...

Clear track for resurging rail industry (22/02/2006)

... the trend, Downer EDI reports it is manufacturing ten heavy haul diesel electric locomotives for BHP Billiton’s Iron Ore operations at Pilbara, as well as having signed contracts for the design, supply and maintenance of 11 locomotives for the ...

Suspending belief: rubber stretches process benefits (16/02/2006)

... self-tensioning motorbases ever built.The units were installed on a 325kW cone crusher motor at a prominent WA iron ore mine, and with the belt drive design capacity at over 700kW it needed very high belt tension.Prior to installing the ...