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Standing up for people and planet

In-Depth01-May-17
FIBC and IBC manufacturers are taking steps to demonstrate their sustainability credentials.

New investment boost for Central Africa

In-Depth01-Jan-13
New investment in Central African mining projects could ensure the construction of new railways in Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville and Cameroon to west coast ports.

Another new Oz WA port

In-Depth01-Jan-13
Yet another new bulk port is in prospect in Western Australian. Iron Ore Holdings (IOH) has selected a site near Cape Preston, south-west of Dampier, as the outlet for its A$810M Buckland iron ore project in the Pilbara.

All change for Rio on Moatize

In-Depth01-Jan-13
Rio Tinto has downgraded production forecasts on its operations in the Moatize Basin in Mozambique’s Tete Province. The company bought Australian firm Riversdale Mining in 2011 precisely in order to take over the Moatize project but has now written down the value of the assets by 75%, admitting that it overestimated both the quality and the quantity of the reserves.

Mobile crushing solution increases production by 100%

In-Depth01-Sep-12
Argentina-based Caminos del Mercosur’s investment in a modern mobile crusher, the Sandvik-supplied QJ341, has seen it increase its production of aggregates by 100%.

Stewart Group completes investment programme in Canadian facility

In-Depth01-May-11
Stewart Group, the international provider of geo-chemical and assay, mineralogy and metallurgy and inspection and analysis services, has completed a C$1.1M investment programme at its newly acquired mineralogy and metallurgy facility in British Columbia, Canada.

Barro’s new mover and crusher

In-Depth01-Nov-09
When the Barro Group required a mobile crushing solution for its Mountain View quarry, Victoria, Australia, they contacted Sandvik.

Repeatability is the name of the game

In-Depth01-May-09
There is a requirement for both weighing and bagging equipment to function accurately over prolonged periods and often under harsh conditions. We examine latest technical advances in both these disciplines.

India: imports essential to meet power demand

In-Depth01-Jan-09
The growing disparity between India’s coal supply and demand is forcing power companies and other users to source supplies abroad.

Mobile crushing unit launched

In-Depth01-Jan-09
Sandvik has launched the UH421 mobile secondary crushing unit, which has been designed for an interruptionfree process, producing firstclass material, the company says.

New feedmill in Iligan

In-Depth01-Sep-08
Pilmico Foods Corp, a unit of the Philippines’ Aboitiz Group, has inaugurated a new feedmill in the port city of Iligan, northern Mindanao. The facility has a rated capacity of 20 tph, (upgradeable to 40 tph) or around 108,000 tpa.

Fertiliser packing output increased

In-Depth01-Jul-08
In the first six months of this year PB Kent & Co has seen an increase of more than 20% in fertiliser packing at their Immingham Dock facility, thanks it says to bagging equipment supplied by Nottinghambased Chronos Richardson.

Bags of weighing innovations

In-Depth01-May-08
Accurate weigh-filling is at the heart of all advanced bagging systems. We report the latest developments in this field, as well as in the otherwise separate disciplines of bagging and weighing.

Powerscreen/Flex-Mat for large volume processing

In-Depth01-Nov-07
The Powerscreen H6203, manufactured for large volume processing of coal, crushed stone, sand and gravel, recycled concrete and asphalt, is being used by Van Bentum Recycling Combinatie in Rotterdam with Flex-Mat 3 screen media to separate recycled asphalt, which has been cleaned of tar, for re-use as roadbase.

Biomass packing options

In-Depth01-Mar-07
The growth in biomass fuel production around the world has provided the impetus to Chronos Richardson further developing its products to meet the needs of this expanding market.

A cushy ride for ore concentrate

In-Depth01-Mar-07
Vancouver, BC-based Redcorp Ventures is planning to use an Air Cushion Barge (ACB) towed by an amphibious tugboat, called an Amphitrac, to move ore concentrate down the Taku River from northwest British Columbia to Juneau, Alaska. Redcorp is developing a new copper mine in the North and is looking at river transportation as an alternative to building a road to move concentrate. With a scheduled opening in late 2008 the Tulsequah Chief mine will produce copper, lead, zinc and gold and, according

Driving conveyors forward

In-Depth01-Nov-06
As increased productivity becomes the driving goal for commodity producers and handlers, the trend towards faster conveying speeds is growing.

Bedeschi cement action

In-Depth01-Nov-06
Italy-based Bedeschi has reported a number of recent contract awards. In the first place, it has won its fourth contract from Arabian Cement Company Ltd (ACC) in Saudi Arabia, to supply ACC’s Rabigh plant with a sixth expansion line. The scope of supply includes one type STK 24/ 1000 stacker and one type PAL T 160/30, 5+4 reclaimer for clay with a nominal capacity of 400-450 tph, together with one type STK 16,5/ 800 stacker and one type type PAL T 100/22+4 reclaimer for sandstone with a nominal

Recycling workhorse

In-Depth01-Mar-06
New legislation, to be introduced in Spain over the next few years, requires 100% recycling of all rock based materials, for example when demolishing buildings, accordingly, several Spanish contractors are now focusing on mobile recycle crushing equipment.

Miller’s tale of centrifugal forces

In-Depth01-Nov-05
Cyclotec, a Saint Petersburg-based engineering firm belonging to the Russian Leotec group, claims to have made a significant breakthrough in the field of milling technology for fine powders. OEMs that have reportedly expressed interest and requested demonstrations include Metso Minerals, Outokumpu Technology, Netzsch, Alpine Hosokawa, Gustav Eirich Machinenfabrik and DMT.

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