Archive for the ‘Equipment’ Category
Thursday, November 13th, 2008
TRI-STAR HOLDINGS, Inc. announced the company has executed purchase agreements for metals recovery and processing equipment for its COS #1, 2 and Wickenburg mines in Arizona. The company negotiated the purchase to acquire several necessary pieces of equipment to be installed and operated on location by Azrock Mining. This equipment ...
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
Friends of Felton (FoF) organised two very successful film and information evenings in Pittsworth and Toowoomba on October 1 and 2. One hundred and ninety people attended, including several councillors.
The event was called “Coalmining in our backyard — How will it affect us? What can we do?” Rivers of Shame ...
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
White Oak Resources LLC announced Thursday it has filed a permit with the Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals for White Oak Mine No. 1, which will be located in Hamilton County, it was also announced that Joy Manufacturing would be making the equipment to go in the mine.
It was ...
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008
MTS Systems Corp., Sensors Division is providing its mobile hydraulic magnetostrictive sensors for the SHM high wall mining (HWM) system. The sensors replaced externally mounted pressure switches, infrared switches, and string potentiometers throughout the system because the magnetostrictive technology proved to be more durable and reliable in the harsh mining ...
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Anatolia Minerals today announced that the company has begun construction on its Copler Gold Mine in Turkey, with construction management begin provided by SNC Lavalin. This puts the target for first gold pour in late 2009, followed by a ramping up of activity to reach full production by 2011.
Colorado-based miner ...
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
A Nevada City man faces financial ruin as the U.S. Department of Justice prepares to sue him and others to recover $20 million the feds spent to cover arsenic left from an old gold and silver mine he never operated.
The action raises concerns about the future of property all over ...
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Sunday, September 21st, 2008
Regarding an article on Page 3 of the Business section on Aug. 26, Canada's mining of its huge deposits of oil sand to produce oil is economically possible because, in contrast to oil shale, there is a layer of water between oil and sand grain allowing easy extraction.
The clean sand ...
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Sunday, September 21st, 2008
According to Ms Beth Payne US consul general in Kolkata, US is keen to associate with Coal India's efforts to work with high capacity American mining equipment manufacturers. She was speaking at a US Agency for International Development workshop on energy security.
Ms Payne said that “In November, we again plan ...
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008
A DISPLAY of miners? banners from coalfields in the region will be one of the attractions at a Heritage Open Days event.
Colourful emblems created by miners? union lodges will be exhibited in Bowburn Community Centre, Bowburn, near Durham City.
Among them will be the village?s Edith Cavell banner, depicting the First ...
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Sunday, August 31st, 2008
The Scotia Mine exploded more than 30 years ago, but the story could just as easily be pulled from today's headlines. An accumulation of methane gas in a poorly ventilated Eastern Kentucky coal mine led to a blast that killed 15 miners. A subsequent attempt to ventilate the mine ...
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