News Wrap: Komatsu invests US$33 million in Chile plant; Ore ready for Alrosa; Trelleborg assists Tropicana

Web version | Update preferences Web version Update preferences SUBSCRIBE EQUIPMENT DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY News Wrap Komatsu invests US$33 million in Chile plant Japanese mobile equipment manufacturer Komatsu will invest US$33 million to build a new plant in Chile to manufacture and refurbish components for mining equipment Staff reporter | October 06, 2017 Ore ready for Alrosa Embarking on plans to remove 75,000t before year-end, Russian diamond miner Alrosa has confirmed first ore removal from the Zapolyarny open-pit mine within the Verkhne-Munskoe kimberlite field of Saskha Staff reporter | October 06, 2017 Trelleborg assists Tropicana Trelleborg's engineered products operation in Australia has assisted in reducing unplanned downtime at the Tropicana Gold Mine, 330 kilometers east-northeast of Kalgoorlie, Australia, by improving the wear life of the High Pressure Grinding Rolls (HPGR) discharge pulping boxes Staff reporter | October 06, 2017 SPONSORED MESSAGE Free webinar - 5 ways to improve your grinding profitability There are multiple factors to consider when aiming to maximize your grinding profitability. 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Tata, SREI sign finance agreement India's Tata Motors will put a special focus on construction and mining tippers under a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) inked with SREI Equipment Finance to finance Tata's commercial vehicles Staff reporter | October 06, 2017 BlastBoss releases blast deck system Australian blasting technology company BlastBoss has launched a new internationally patented blast decking system, the Shockwave Power Plasma, designed to deliver extended and increased rock fracturing using less explosives Staff reporter | October 06, 2017 Colonnade drills at Bada potash project Essel Group ME (EGME) has appointed Colonnade Mining Group as drilling contractor for its Bada potash project, located in the northern Danakil region of Eritrea, East Africa Staff reporter | October 06, 2017 Workplace Training and Safety First acquired by NORCAT Ontario-based training and development services group NORCAT has acquired Canadian contemporary Workplace Training and Safety First Staff reporter | October 05, 2017 Astec Industries acquires RexCon US aggregate prep equipment producer Astec Industries has acquired concrete batch manufacturer RexCon in a US$26 million cash deal Staff reporter | October 05, 2017 Atlas Copco picks up orders from Kazakhstan ops OEM Atlas Copco has secured orders totalling €22.5 million (US$26.44 million) for various items in its line to outfit 11 Kazakhstan mines owned by Kazakhmys/KAZ Staff reporter | October 05, 2017 Barrick mines space knowledge Barrick Gold recently hosted the Planetary Resources team at the company's Hemlo mine Designing out the stress Rock stress increases significantly with increased mining depth "No silver bullet, but we will step up to the challenge" BHP's Mackenzie speaks out on the company's 50:50 gender diversity progress view more Commercial production starts at Haile OceanaGold's Haile gold mine in South Carolina, US, commenced commercial production at the beginning of October Staff reporter | October 05, 2017 Canadian mine going greener with BluMetric Clean tech group BluMetric has inked a C$1.03 million water treatment system deal with an unnamed mining operator for one of its northern Quebec complexes. Staff Reporter | October 05, 2017 Instantel issues new monitoring unit firmware Canadian monitoring equipment supplier Instantel announced this week that it has released new firmware for its Micromate and Minimate units to correct some user issues Staff reporter | October 05, 2017 Mining in a frozen world The arctic holds a new allure for miners, but they must be equipped to address a unique set of operational challenges if they want to extract its rich resources. MM investigates Staff reporter | October 06, 2017 Miners wanted Mining companies continue to struggle with a high turnover of workers and an inability to attract fresh talent. Nia Kajastie looks at the underlying issues Nia Kajastie | October 04, 2017 Safety goes digital Glyn Pierce-Jones looks at the future of mine safety as the industry becomes increasingly digital Glyn Pierce-Jones | September 19, 2017 Safety on the global stage If there is one thing that unites nearly everyone involved with the mining industry it is travel. Whether you work for a mining company, METS provider, research/consultancy based organisation or even a magazine, it is inevitable that your job will entail a certain number of trips abroad; the global nature of the industry and diverse settings in which mines are located dictate it Carly Leonida | September 18, 2017 Conference China Coal & Mining Expo 2017 25/10/2017 - 28/10/2017 New China International Exibition Centre (NCIEC), Beijing, China Conference FEM 2017, 11th Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining 31/10/2017 - 02/11/2017 LEVI, LAPLAND, FINLAND view more Events This email was sent to: fernandoqueens@gmail.com Mining Magazine newsletter uses an HTML-rich media format to provide a visually attractive layout To unsubscribe to this newsletter click here If you have forgotten your password, please click here unsubscribe Aspermont Media 4th Floor, Vintners Place, 68 Upper Thames Street, London, EC4V 3BJ Phone: +44 207 216 6053 Fax: +44 207 216 6050 www.aspermontmedia.com