Primero’s Q1 profit dwindles on higher costs, production increase

Precious-metals producer Primero Mining on Wednesday said net income for the first three months of the year was 42.52% lower than the same quarter of 2012 as a result of higher expenses and a foreign exchange gain in 2012 that boosted profit. Net...

Australia's Discovery Metals says no new bid seen from China firm

Australian copper miner Discovery Metals Ltd's top executive said the company has received no new bid from former suitor Cathay Fortune, adding the Chinese firm's disparaging comments this week were part of an effort to snap up its Botswana copper...

Company Announcement:Dowdens Pumping and Water Treatment awarded PSG importation and distribution contract

Dowdens Pumping and Water Treatment are proud to announce that PSG Dover has awarded them the PSG Wilden importation and distribution rights for Wilden Double Diaphragm pumps, Griswold & System One Centrifugal pumps, and Abaque Peristaltic pumps...

Maritime consultancy wins Madagascar mineral sands advisory contract

Australia-based mineral sands mining and exploration company World Titanium Resources (WTR) has commissioned port and maritime developments specialist consultancy BMT JFA Consultants to provide project management services and supervise site...

Merger to benefit valves industry in Australia

Mechanical services solutions provider EnerMech has completed the first of five acquisitions it has planned for the next six months, with the acquisition of Melbourne-based Valve Tech Engineering in a multimillion-pound deal.

Project success underpins consultancy’s Canadian presence

Global mining consultancy AMC Consultants is further entrenching its technical expertise in the Canadian market with its involvement in minerals projects across the country. AMC Consultants Vancouver office GM Pat Stephenson tells Mining Weekly...

CGS plans to drum up support for 2016 event

  South Africa’s Council for Geosciences (CGS) says it will use its stand at this year’s Investing in African Mining Indaba conference and exhibition, which takes place from February 4 to 7, in Cape Town, to promote the thirty-fifth...

Company Announcement: Siemens to equip ThyssenKrupp overland conveyor system in Xstrata's Peruvian copper mine with a gearless drive system

The Siemens Drive Technologies Division has received an order from ThyssenKrupp Robins to supply the gearless drive system for the overland conveyor system in the Las Bambas copper mine in Peru

Primero to buy Cerro Resources for C$119m

Canadian gold and silver producer Primero Mining will buy Brisbane-based Cerro Resources for C$119-million, giving the Joseph Conway-led company access to a highly prospective gold project and a silver project in Mexico. Cerro’s principal asset...

Twin Hills mine, Australia

A silver heap-leaching facility, located near the town of Texas, south-west of Brisbane in south-east Queensland, in Australia.

International Geological Conference on track

Plans to host South Africa’s second International Geological Conference (IGC) in 2016 are going smoothly, with a full marketing campaign underway to raise funds for and attract delegates to the event, says IGC joint president and local...

Company Announcement:OGL Resources Secures 1.5Mtpa Coal Export Capacity and Access to Brisbane Port Facility

OGL Resources Limited is one step closer to being Australia’s next independent coal producer and exporter of high quality thermal coal to the overseas market