Jonathon Porrit says “there is something surreal about the current climate change debate. On the one hand, there is an unprecedented consensus about the science, based essentially on the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Even Professor John Marburger, George Bush’s Principal Scientific Advisor, recently acknowledged the robustness of the IPCC’s [...]

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Mike Tanner, Spare Parts Manager - Minerals Processing Technologies for Outotec in Australia says that when it comes to spare parts two questions should come to mind: the first one being is the site holding adequate stock levels, the second is are they using genuine OEM spares?

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Llee Chapman, who has long donated his time and experience to the Northwest Mining Association (NWMA), and Mike Burnside, who has tirelessly worked to bring balance and reason to many of the most difficult issues facing the industry, were presented with two of the Association’s highest awards at NWMA’s 113th Annual Meeting in Spokane in [...]

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Northern Peru Copper Corp has signed a definitive agreement with China Minmetals Nonferrous Metals and Jiangxi Copper Co, under which those companies have agreed to make an offer to acquire all of Northern Peru’s outstanding shares for C$13.75 per share in cash. Northern Peru’s Board of Directors has unanimously determined that the offer is fair to its shareholders and is [...]

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In an effort to meet the demand for skilled workers in the mining sector, engineering and project delivery firm Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) has instigated a number of innovative solutions. And there are calls for Australia’s Vocational Education and Training system to be reviewed to ensure it meets the needs of the rapidly expanding minerals [...]

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