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Sandvik to relocate mining equipment facilities to India

Sandvik Mining has announced plans to relocate its various global mining equipment facilities to India and China from the US and Europe.   The company's latest move is said to be part of a two year business reorganisation plan...

Rwanda to construct a 21 million litre petroleum storage facility in the next four months

Rwanda is planning to construct a new petroleum storage facility that will have capacity to store 21 million liters – a move that will help boost the overall national reserve that currently stands at 30 million litres.  ...

Thiess wins $250m deal to operate Jellinbah Plains’ mine in Queensland

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 starts to shut down iron ore mining in Sierra Leone

  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...

ABB unveils SmartVentilation system for mines

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...

Minerals and energy sector contributes $37.5bn to Queensland, survey says

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...

First shipment of coal from central Mozambique arrives in eastern India

  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...

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