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May 24, 2013 No comments
IAEA Delivers Final Report to Japan After Initial Review of Plans to Decommission Fukushima Daiichi
An IAEA expert team completed its initial review of Japan's efforts to plan and implement the decommissioning of TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.
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CDE: Wash Plant Upgrade Releases 4M Tonnes of Material for Creagh Concrete
An upgrade of the existing washing plant at the Draperstown Quarry operated by Creagh Concrete has released four million tonnes of material and extended the life of the quarry by ten years.
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QRC: Queenslanders backing resources future
An overwhelming majority of Queenslanders have thrown their support behind the state’s minerals and energy sector industries despite challenging times ahead as global markets set new productivity benc...
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IAMGOLD shareholders re-elect board of directors
IAMGOLD Corporation ("IAMGOLD" or the "Company") announced that shareholder voting at the Company's annual and special meeting of shareholders on May 21, 2013, has resulted in the election of all the ...
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Carl Duisberg Centre: “Glückauf” for 18 mining managers from Asia
Training Program of the Federal Ministry of Economy and Technology promotes knowledge about job safety and sustainability Job safety and sustainability – these are the main subjects of a four week pr...
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Call of eight leading energy companies to EU leaders for a revitalized energy policy
CEOs of eight European energy companies (Fulvio CONTI, Gertjan LANKHORST, Gérard MESTRALLET, José Ignácio SANCHEZ GALAN, Paolo SCARONI, Peter TERIUM, Johannes TEYSSEN, Rafael VILLASECA MARCO1) have dr...
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DMT completes 3D seismic exploration in Rioja, Spain
Despite adverse weather conditions, the Essen based firm DMT GmbH & Co. KG completed its 3D seismic exploration of conventional natural gas in the Northern Spanish region of Rioja on schedule in M...
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QRC: Opening statement: Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications. Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Great Barrier Reef) Bill…
EXCERPTDespite more than 30 years of steady growth in population and trade – coupled with prudent environmental management of an area extending along 80 percent of the Queensland coastline – the resou...
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Statement by Mónica Cristina, spokesperson of Shale Gas Europe, ahead of the European Council of 22 May 2013
Europe has the opportunity to take the best practices from North America; doing it right from day one.
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BP Wins Eight Deepwater Exploration Blocks in Brazil Round 11
BP and partners Total, Petrobras and Petrogal were yesterday named winning bidders for eight deepwater blocks offshore Brazil in the Brazilian National Petroleum Agency’s (ANP’s) 11th bid round.
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Leeds Nature Reserve created from former Surface Mine
A former surface mine is being unveiled as a brand-new RSPB nature reserve on the outskirts of Leeds, specifically designed for both people and wildlife.
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MMC Norilsk Nickel Overseas Assets Embrace Staff Changes
Former CEO of Norilsk Nickel Africa Pty Ltd. Wayne Wenter is as of today appointed to the position of CEO of Norilsk Nickel Australia Pty Ltd. Mr. Wenter has metals and mining project-leading experien...
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Gazprom: Alexey Miller and Henning Voscherau considered the progress with the South Stream project realization
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Management Committee and Henning Voscherau, Chairman of South Stream Transport Board of Directors
Read moreMay 16, 2013 No comments
Norilsk Nickel: Polar Transport Division is preparing for ice drift
Polar Transport Division of MMC Norilsk Nickel (PTD) is making preparations for the annual flood.
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PETRONAS acquires interest in Brazil`s offshore blocks
PETRONAS, through its subsidiary PETRONAS Brasil E&P Limitada, has reached an agreement with OGX Petroleo e Gas S.A (OGX) to acquire OGX’s interest in two offshore blocks in Brazil’s Campos Basin....
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Gazprom and Petrovietnam sign Memorandum of Cooperation in natural gas use as motor fuel
Moscow: Vitaly Markelov, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Nguyen Vu Truong Son, Vice President of Petrovietnam State Oil and Gas Corporation signed in the presence of Dmitry Med...
Read moreMay 15, 2013 No comments
SMT Scharf AG: Revenue and Earnings Decline in Q1 2013 – Dosco Subsidiary Sold
SMT Scharf AG (German Securities Code [WKN] 575198, ISIN DE0005751986), technology and world market leader for monorail transport systems for underground mines, reports revenue down by 36 % to EUR 16....
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QRC: South of Embley bauxite project approval
The Queensland Resources Council has congratulated Rio Tinto Alcan on securing federal environmental approval today for its South of Embley bauxite project on western Cape York Peninsula.
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SteinExpo 2014: Fantastic layout, strong motivation, major objectives
The Mitteldeutsche Hartstein-Industrie AG (MHI) is again making suitable areas in Europe’s largest basalt quarry in Homberg/Nieder-Ofleiden available for steinexpo 2014. Along with the signing of the ...
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Trimble Introduces Photogrammetry Functionality to its Trimble Business Center Software for Surveyors
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today a new version of its office surveying software - Trimble® Business Center Software version 3.00. Trimble Business Center Software version 3.00 is a powerful, ne...
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Trimble’s Quantm Alignment Planning System Selected for Two Russian High-Speed Rail Lines
Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) announced that its Quantm system has been chosen by the Russian High-Speed Rail Authority to investigate alternatives for two high-speed rail lines.
Read moreMay 14, 2013 No comments
ABB Chief Technology Officer Banerjee to leave the company
Chief Technology Officer, Prith Banerjee, who joined ABB in 2012, has decided to leave ABB for family reasons. He will be relocating to the United States where he will be taking another position outsi...
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Norilsk Nickel: The Company takes another step towards the construction of Russia’s deepest mine
In June auxiliary rock shaft No.1 (ARS-1) is to be commissioned at the Skalistaya mine of the Komsomolsky mine in Norilsk. Currently, the final stage of start-up operations for cage hoists produced by...
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BP Cherry Point Refinery Celebrates Start Up of New Diesel and Hydrogen Units
BP announced the successful commissioning of a state-of-the-art diesel hydrotreater and hydrogen plant at its 234,000 barrel per day Cherry Point Refinery located in Blaine, Washington.
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Gazprom joins environmental expedition to Bely Island as major partner
Gazprom became the major partner of an environmental expedition to the Bely Island in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area as part of the Year of Ecology.
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EuroMines: European Minerals Day 2013
The European Minerals Day aims to raise awareness about the importance of minerals, both in daily life as well as for the European economy as a whole, thereby reaching out to a wide range of sta...
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J. Michael Talbert Announces Plans for Retirement From Transocean's Board of Directors
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) (SIX: RIGN) today announced that J. Michael Talbert has advised the Board of Directors that, if re-elected at the company's upcoming Annual General Meeting on May 17, he wi...
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National Oilwell Varco Announces Resignation of Mark Reese
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE: NOV) announced that Mark A. Reese resigned on April 29, 2013 as President – Rig Technology to pursue other business opportunities.
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As the going gets tough, Sandvik get tougher: the new RH460 series of DTH hammers
Sandvik Construction’s extensive range of rock tools are world renowned for combining advanced materials technology, with skillful design focusing on performance, simplicity and endurance. The late...
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Siemens: Large-scale order from India - 60 new gear units for coal-fired power plants
Siemens to supply 60 gear units for vertical mills for grinding coal For use in state-owned coal-fired power plants in India The Siemens Drive Technologies Division has received an order fro...
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Dana Gas Successfully Completes Sukuk Refinancing
Dana Gas PJSC, the Middle East’s leading private sector regional natural gas company, confirms that on 8th May 2013 it has completed the refinancing of the US$ 1 billion Trust Certificates (Sukuk-al-M...
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ČEZ Group Generated Net Profit of CZK 17.9 Billion in Q1 2013
The Net Profit was up by 24 percent year on year (CZK 3.5 billion), reaching CZK 17.9 billion, which is the second best result ever recorded by the ČEZ Group in the first calendar quarter. Operating P...
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African Copper production report for the fourth quarter and full year fiscal 2013
African Copper Plc (AIM:ACU)(BOTSWANA:AFRICAN COPPER), announces production of 2,429 Mt of copper in concentrate for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 from its 100% owned mines in Botswana.
Read moreMay 07, 2013 No comments
Afri-Can Marine Minerals announces Management Changes
Afri-Can Marine Minerals Corporation announced that it has appointed Mr. Richard M. Tait to the Board of the Corporation. Furthermore, Afri-Can’s Board has accepted the resignation of Mr. Howard Messi...
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Mumbwa Project Update
Blackthorn Resources Limited (ASX: BTR) provide the following update on activities at the Company’s 100% owned Mumbwa Project in Zambia that hosts the flagship Kitumba deposit, as well as other prospe...
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Alcoa: Management Changes
Paris Watts-Stanfield Elected Alcoa Vice President, Internal Audit and Company Officer; Julie Caponi Named Assistant Treasurer
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Northland Launches USD 362 million Bond Offering to Secure its Long Term Financing
Northland Resources S.A. (OSE: NAUR, Frankfurt: NPK, Nasdaq OMX/First North: NAURo) will today launch the previously announced USD 362 million senior secured bond offering to be issued by Northland Re...
Read moreMay 06, 2013 No comments
Harmony cuts costs and capital
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony) reported an operating profit of R821 million (US$92 million) for the March 2013 quarter, following a 15% decrease in gold production to 7 699kg (247 529oz...
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CNOOC and BG Group Sign Agreements for New LNG Supply and Purchase of QCLNG Stake
CNOOC announced today that the company has signed LNG Agreements with BG Group for the purchase of certain interests in the Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) project in Australia for $1.93 billion and the...
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Northland’s Vice President – Investor Relations Leaves the Company
Northland Resources S.A. (OSE: NAUR, Frankfurt: NPK, Nasdaq OMX/First North: NAURo) announces that Mr. Anders Antonsson, Vice President – Investor Relations has given notice to leave Northland with...
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Rio Tinto Coal Australia: Pressure mounts on Mount Thorley Warkworth mine despite accelerated appeal
The Supreme Court today granted Coal & Allied's application to expedite its appeal against the NSW Land and Environment Court's decision to overturn the 2012 Development Consent for the Warkworth ...
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Orica reports increase in 2013 financial half year profit
Orica (ASX: ORI) today announced a statutory net profit after tax and individual material items of $267 million for the half year ended 31 March 2013, up $14 million or 6% compared with the previous c...
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FLSmidth to supply large material handling system
FLSmidth has received an order worth approximately INR 1900m (approximately DKK 200m) from a leading Indian steel producer, Tata Steel, to supply two pipe conveyors for transport of 6 million tonnes p...
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Rio Tinto officially opens its Argyle underground mine
Rio Tinto has opened the new Argyle underground diamond mine in the east Kimberley region of Western Australia.
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ABB to power one of Africa’s largest photovoltaic solar plants and support renewables thrust
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $25 million to supply electrical and control systems for a new 75 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) power plant in t...
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Voith: Norske Skog Bruck PM 4: improved dryness and better runability
After the installation of a Voith EvoFlow P suction press roll in September 2012 the dryness at the Norske Skog Bruck PM 4 could be increased by 0.5%. Additionally, the web draw after the third press,...
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Optimised business plan keeps Randgold’s growth strategy on track
A planned decrease in the grade mined at Gounkoto and a reduction in recoveries due to copper-rich ore from the Yalea South pit pushback had a greater than expected impact on the Loulo-Gounkoto comple...
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Gazprom to start production from two fields on Russian continental shelf in 2013
The Gazprom Management Committee took note of the progress with the Program for hydrocarbon resources exploitation on the Russian Federation shelf until 2030.
Read moreMay 02, 2013 No comments
Cat® 988K Wheel Loader Introduced to the World at Bauma 2013
Caterpillar recently introduced the seventh generation of 988 Wheel Loaders at the Bauma International Trade Fair in Munich, Germany. From April 15-21, visitors from around the world were able to see ...
Read moreMay 02, 2013 No comments
Alcoa to Review 460,000 Metric Tons of Smelting Capacity for Possible Curtailment
Alcoa (NYSE: AA) announced that it will review 460,000 metric tons of smelting capacity over the next 15 months for possible curtailment to maintain the Company’s competitiveness, as aluminum prices h...
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Turquoise Hill Resources announces board changes
Turquoise Hill Resources announced that directors Livia Mahler and Peter Meredith will not stand for re-election at the upcoming annual meeting of shareholders on May 10, 2013, as a result of changes ...
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RPM’s TALPAC family of products grows with new product release
RungePincockMinarco (RPM) has expanded its well-known TALPAC brand of equipment productivity simulators with a new offering for underground coal miners.
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QRC: Veneering of coal on western/metropolitan rail corridor begins
The second phase of a coal corridor action plan for the western and metropolitan rail systems is under way with the veneering from today of coal wagons leaving the New Acland mine.
Read moreMay 01, 2013 No comments
The J D Neuhaus Community ‘Engineered for Extremes’
The J D Neuhaus website, jdngroup.com has been subject to major revamps which include a more prominent presentation of products in the homepage menu. Their impressive product range incorporates purpos...
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DMT Petrologic celebrates 15 years in business 2nd Essen Expert Talk on Deep Geothermal Energy
In the course of the second "Essen Expert Talk on Deep Geothermal Energy", held on 25 April 2013, DMT Petrologic celebrated its 15th anniversary. "We are proud to be part of this jubilee celebration",...
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Glass Earth Gold Announces Results for WKP Drill Holes 36 & 37 and Recommences Drilling at WKP
Glass Earth Gold Limited (; TSX,V:GEL) announce the results of the drill holes 36 and 37 at at the WKP gold-silver prospect, Hauraki, New Zealand and the commencement of its 2013 diamond drilling prog...
Read moreApril 12, 2013 No comments
Walter Energy Files Investor Presentation with the SEC
Walter Energy, Inc. on April 5, filed a presentation with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it used in a meeting with the proxy advisory service Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. and w...
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