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Spray-on coating protects conveyor systems (16/02/2006)

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

Minerals Processing Plant of the Year (10/02/2006)

... the Pilbara iron ore reserves were first opened up, the miners signed state agreements with Western Australia to develop integrated steelworks in the state using the iron ore.Nothing happened for many years until BHP Billiton built its hot ...

Prospect Awards: Innovation and excellence rewarded (13/01/2006)

... Tinto unit Pilbara Iron has won the Prospect Awards’ Mine of the Year for its iron ore mines in Western Australia.The awards were presented at a gala dinner held in Fremantle, Western Australia recently in front of a gathering of miners and ...

HIsmelt plant ramps up (6/12/2005)

... will be sold as pig iron.HIsmelt is a new technology developed by Rio Tinto to enable the direct smelting of fine iron ore and coal into molten iron. It offers significant technical and environmental advantages over existing iron making ...

New mineral separating technology to help cut blinding (5/12/2005)

... material during mineral processing could help overcome binding, a costly and frustrating problem, especially at iron ore operations.A team of scientists at CSIRO Manufacturing and Infrastructure Technology has developed a new type of sorting ...

Metals Outlook 2006 (2/12/2005)

... and Rio Tinto are investing heavily at what many analysts consider the top of the minerals cycle in commodities like iron ore, coal, nickel and mineral sands.In the past such investment has been usually undertaken at the bottom of the cycle ...

BHP Billiton to support Giant Panda research (16/11/2005)

... schools, customs, local environments and countries.The project is an initiative of BHP Billiton's Western Australia Iron Ore ...

Mining boom a spin off for manufacturing (10/11/2005)

... sector at present.“Our core business is supplying equipment to the mining and process industries such as coal, iron ore, copper, gold, aluminium and steel making.“The range of order values in the resource sector range from $2,000 to $3m ...

NCC recommendation 'could cost iron ore exports' (9/11/2005)

... Competition Council (NCC) that it has issued a draft recommendation to declare a rail track service on the Mt Newman iron ore railway line under part IIIA of the Trade Practices Act.President BHP Billiton Iron Ore Graeme Hunt said the company ...

3D magnetic and gravity modelling and inversion (3/11/2005)

... grids into field components, gradients and tensors.ModelVision Pro is used widely by base metal, gold, diamond, iron ore, coal, petroleum, government, research and engineering organisations to solve a wide range of geoscience problems in ...

Steel packaging essential for achievement of recycling targets (25/10/2005)

... contributes to the sustainable use of resourcesThrough increased recycling of steel packaging, resources such as iron ore and coal are preserved for future generations and energy use is vastly reduced. Over the last 10 years, more than 16 ...

BHP to increase capacity at WA iron ore operations (24/10/2005)

... Billiton has announced approval for the Rapid Growth Project 3 (RGP3) which will increase capacity at its Area C iron ore mine in Western Australia by 20 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) to 42Mtpa.Work on the project will commence immediately, ...

South African skilled workers bound for Australian mines (18/10/2005)

... date, the company has placed more than 20 tradespeople including boilermakers, welders and train drivers, in coal and iron ore projects in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and the Bowen Basin in Queensland.Hudson Australia Trade & ...

Iron ore grinding mill attracts Project Magnet (12/10/2005)

... Project Magnet has awarded a large ball mill contract to Outokumpu Technology.The ball mill will process magnetite iron ore as part of the overall project, which should generate up to $1.5bn in new revenue over its life.The contract for ...

Gekko Systems receives $1.2 million order (30/09/2005)

... diamonds and garnet. Installations are also planned for coal, lead remediation, magnetite, mineral sands, and iron ore recovery.In Line Leach ReactorThe InLine Leach Reactor (ILR) has been used to increase recoveries of both free gold and ...

Barclay Mowlem awarded rail contracts on both seaboards (19/09/2005)

... Mowlem’s rail group has won a major contract to help expand BHP Billiton’s Iron Ore railroad part of that company’s Rapid Growth Project 2.The contract forms part of BHP Billiton Iron Ore’s US$575m RGP2, which will expand the capacity of its ...

Risk-reward worry for contract miners (8/09/2005)

... signed a $65m contract with BHP Billiton for mechanical and structural works at the Nelson Point and Finucane Island iron ore facilities in WA.Macmahon has notched up a first with its inaugural $50m one-year contract with Woodside, mainly for ...

WA and BHP reach royalty agreement (23/08/2005)

... and the Western Australian State Government have reached agreement on a new royalty regime for the company's Pilbara iron ore operations.The new royalty rates are consistent with the Western Australian Mining Act and will apply to production ...

BHP selected as OneSteel’s agent (17/08/2005)

... announced that it has signed an agreement with OneSteel for BHP Billiton to become OneSteel's exclusive agent to market iron ores and pellets generated from OneSteel's Project Magnet.BHP Billiton president iron ore Graeme Hunt said the ...

Mobile radio has a whale of time in WA (16/08/2005)

... suited to the requirements of mining operations in that state.The civil works contractor for the Whaleback open cut iron ore mine in the Pilbara is using 52 of the radios in mine site vehicles.ADG Technology director Steve Amphlett says he ...

New blasting consultancy in safe hands (10/08/2005)

... the Snowden Blasting Division is on the coal industry, Torrance says he can see significant potential in the Australian iron ore and wider hard rock mining and quarrying sectors.Best resourcesSnowden has a broad geographical representation ...

West Angelas to get more intelligence (8/08/2005)

... Eric Davidson says the order furthers Pilbara Iron’s goal of standardising mine management platforms across its WA iron ore operations.“West Angelas will join Tom Price, Paraburdoo, Marandoo, Brockman and Yandi mines with a state-of-the-art ...

Blue Hills on DSO fast track (5/08/2005)

... drilling to delineate enough hematite resources to underpin a direct shipping ore (DSO) project at its Blue Hills iron ore project in WA.This development runs in parallel with the broader development of a long-term magnetite operation ...

BHP Billiton secures $US4.3 billion sales contract (22/07/2005)

... with JFE Steel and its existing Yandi joint venture partners, ITOCHU Minerals & Energy of Australia and Mitsui Iron Ore Corporation, which will secure long-term sales contracts worth approximately $US4.3 billion.The JFE Western 4 joint ...

Mining boom, profits set to continue - report (20/07/2005)

... says Australia is well placed to continue to benefit from China’s increased demand for mineral products, particularly iron ore and coal.“However, Australian operators in particular must ensure they do not become complacent in the boom and lose ...

Prospect Awards: here come the judge (18/07/2005)

... MIMMM.He has over 25 years of experience in technical and line management roles in mineral industries as diverse as iron ore, copper, gold, uranium, diamonds, refractory industrial minerals and silica sand. He has been involved in projects and ...

Artics, that’s for Shaw (18/07/2005)

... a fleet of three new 40t articulated dump trucks to Tasmanian-based Shaw Contracting for use at the Savage River iron ore mine.Shaw Contracting asset manager Cranston Shaw says the company runs a mix of rigid and articulated trucks and drew on ...

Crane company is hooked on WA success (15/07/2005)

... not delayed,” Jackman says.Typical of the company’s involvement with clients under contract in WA is BHP Billiton’s iron ore facilities at Port Hedland, Newman and Boodarrie. The contracts include: 473 hooks (cranes) for phased inspection, ...

On-site machining service stacks up (15/07/2005)

... rapid response was needed when a busted slew ring put an iron ore stacker out of service earlier this year.Furmanite mobilised four specialist technicians to site to ensure the machining work was completed in-situ in just four days.The ...

Total Station proves totally efficient (14/07/2005)

... group is part of the Technical Support Unit that services a wide range of customers in the dynamic and rapidly growing iron ore business.Pilbara Operations mine survey superintendent Paul Craine tells Australian Mining that fast, efficient and ...