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Swedish equipment and tool manufacturer Sandvik Mining (STO:SAND) has unveiled plans to relocate its various global mining equipment facilities to India and China from the U.S. and Europe, as part of a two-year business reorganization set to conclude in...

Jellinbah Resources has awarded a $250m contract to Thiess to operate the company's Jellinbah Plains' coal mine in Central Queensland.   Effective from 1 January 2015, the 39-month agreement will start once the existing contract with Leighton Contractors ends....

  African Minerals, an iron ore mining company is in the process of temporarily closing down its business in Sierra Leone due to insufficient working capital as Ebola struck.   The company has so far this year experienced...

Power and automation technology group ABB has unveiled its SmartVentilation system, which supplies fresh air and vents toxic gases from subterranean mines.   As the new system has the ability to work 'on-demand' it is expected to reduce a...

A new survey has revealed that between 2013 and 2014 the minerals and energy sector contributed $37.5bn to the Queensland state of Australia.   According to the report by the Queensland Resources Council, mining companies invested $5.6bn in wages...

  Coal Ventures Ltd (ICVL) has announced receiving the first shipment of coal from central Mozambique at the port in Visakhapatnam in eastern India.   The news of the shipping to the Indian state-owned International Company comes after...

Mining services company Sedgman has secured a $133m engineering procurement construction (EPC) contract for Groote Eylandt Mining Company (GEMCO)'s manganese mine expansion project.   According to Sedgman, the latest project re-processes manganese ore stored in tailings stockpiles and is...