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E-Spray(tm) system durable and convenient

Canton, Ohio-based Midwest Industrial Supply Inc. manufactures the Wolverine E-Spray(tm) System, an environmentally safe dust and soil erosion-control product designed for military and non-military pu...

Linear moving cutter sampler development

Heath & Sherwood of Kirkland Lake, Ont., has announced two new models of linear moving cutter samplers to enhance its mineral processing product line. One of the recent additions is the light duty...

New series of mag drive and rotary lobe pumps

Since 1987, Viking Pump has offered the widest range of mag drive gear pumps. The new Viking Mag Drive 855 Series internal gear pumps offer exceptional reliability through their robust, sealless desi...

New tools on the Web

Nothing ever stands still, and this is a thousand times truer for information technology than for any other field. And what epitomizes information technology more than the Internet? As soon as you dis...

People (June 01, 2006)

Buffalo Gold of Vancouver has named Brian McEwen as president and COO. He is a mining geologist with more than 25 years of exploration and production experience....

Better returns expected from revised project

New Caledonia, a French island territory 1,600 km off the northeast coast of Australia, is home to an estimated 25% of the world's known nickel reserves. With rich laterite and saprolite deposits, it...

Partner sought for Ambatovy

Another large Canadian nickel laterite project is Ambatovy in eastern Madagascar, off the east coast of southern Africa. The project is owned by Dynatec Corp. of Richmond Hill, Ont., and Sumitomo Corp...

Fighting fire with training

An accidental fire that started just after midnight on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2006, in the world's largest potash mine trapped 72 people underground in a potentially dangerous situation. Within a day and a...

Orders for 28 haul trucks

Liebherr Mining Equipment Co. of Newport News, Va., recently received two large orders for Ultra Class T 282 B AC-drive trucks....

The cost of less cold

As my bones get older, I enjoy a mild winter like 2005-06. Whether the warmer-than-average season is a sign of global warming or not is open to debate. What we can say with certainty is that the more...