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[Popeye82]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.498.071 von Popeye82 am 12.08.14 19:00:28

oder sowas.

"Best targets yet to be drilled, @Promesa’s Alumbre project in Peru"; With drilling costs averaging >$200/metre, explorers are looking for ways to improve confidence in the drill targets they choose. Australian junior Promesa Ltd "believes" it "may" have found an answer in geophysical inversion or, more specifically, Magnetization Vector Inversion(MVI) - EE - Aug 6, 2014

- Virginia Heffernan -
www.earthexplorer.com/2014/Best_targets_yet_to_be_drilled_at…

"With drilling costs averaging more than $200 per metre, explorers are looking for ways to improve confidence in the drill targets they choose. Australian junior Promesa Ltd (ASX Code: PRA) believes it may have found an answer in geophysical inversion or, more specifically, Magnetization Vector Inversion (MVI).

“Detailed surface and subsurface geology, geochemistry, geophysics and the recent 3D modelling using the MVI process has increased confidence in our exploration model,” says Ananda Kathiravelu, executive director of Promesa, which is exploring the Alumbre copper-molybdenum-gold porphyry system in northern Peru. “There is now a substantial body of information in support of the district-scale potential of the project.”

Magnetization Vector Inversion takes into account geological processes and geophysical effects that alter magnetization direction such as deformation, anisotropy, remanent magnetization and high susceptibilities – all obstacles for traditional susceptibility modelling. MVI is particularly effective at low latitudes, where the low inclination of the Earth’s magnetic field can make magnetic interpretation challenging.

The MVI technique is part of Geosoft VOXI Earth Modelling, a cloud-based geophysical inversion software that generates 3D voxel models from airborne or ground gravity and magnetic data. By harnessing the processing power of the cloud, VOXI has made large, multi-parameter inversion modelling faster, more responsive and effective as a tool for target delineation.

At Alumbre, Geophysicist Barry Bourne, ‎Principal Consultant at Terra Resources PTY Ltd, reinterpreted historical ground magnetic data (Fig 1) using the MVI methodology to estimate magnetic susceptibility. The resulting model suggests a significant link between surface Cu-Mo-Au mineralization and a large subsurface area with a strong magnetic signature (Fig 2). There is potential for multiple porphyry intrusive centres.

Recent drilling has provided further validation of the model, intercepting seven metres grading 0.72% copper coincident with increased magnetite (Fig 3). The combination of magnetic susceptibility, MVI and downhole and surface geochemistry indicates mineralization associated with strongly potassic felsic to intermediate intrusives, hydrothermal breccias and andesitic tuffs may continue at depth, west and north of the discovery hole.

By incorporating the drilling data, Promesa will further refine the MVI model and use it to target boreholes for a second phase of drilling in August. Ground magnetic anomalies extend throughout the project area and the established association between copper and magnetite (Fig 4) increases their prospectivity.

Alumbre has never been systematically explored for porphyry style deposits, but magnetic modelling using methods such as MVI is catching on as an effective means of generating targets within similar porphyry systems, particularly at low latitudes.

“Magnetic inversion has developed into an important tool for targeting potential porphyry systems at Alumbre,” Promesa noted in a recent release. “This evaluation has resulted in a significant new interpretation of the magnetic susceptibility model of the project area.”

Source: Promesa Ltd "

[Popeye82]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.500.351 von Popeye82 am 13.08.14 02:08:54

oooder sooooowahs.

"Magnetization Vector Inversion lends confidence, to 3D modelling of mineral projects in South America"; Magnetization Vector Inversion(MVI) is proving to be an effective exploration guide for two promising projects in South America. Further drilling is planned @Colombian Mines' Mercedes project in west-central Colombia +Promesa's Alumbre project in northern Peru, to follow up on' promising MVI interpretations' - EE - Jul 28, 2014

- Virginia Heffernan -
www.earthexplorer.com/2014/Magnetization_Vector_Inversion_le…

" Magnetization Vector Inversion (MVI) is proving to be an effective exploration guide for two promising projects in South America.

At the Mercedes project in west-central Colombia, 3D inversion of airborne magnetic data produced an MVI susceptibility model that clearly outlined a major geophysical lineament (the DWI trend) and helped identify 20 highly prospective anomalies within the trend. The project, owned by Vancouver-based Colombian Mines Corporation, covers a large volcano-sedimentary hosted epithermal vein system with outcropping mineralization grading up to 50g/t gold, 1,120g/t silver and 26.5% copper. Consulting geophysicist, Robert Ellis, with EGC Inc. of Reno, Nevada developed the models from the high resolution airborne magnetic and radiometric data collected by MPX Geophysics, the acquisition contractor.



- Colombian Mines’ Mercedes Project: MVI Susceptibility Amplitude Section A-A' -


“I have used a lot of magnetic data all over the world, from far northern Canada to the Equator and south, but the use of 3D voxel inversion modelling was an eye opener,” said Robert Carrington, President and CEO of Colombian Mines. “I felt like I had been taken from the Stone Age to the Space Age over a cup of coffee. With these advances, magnetics is no longer the ‘poor country cousin’, but ranks in the same realm as 3D seismics and other high end geophysical exploration tools. Of course the proof will be in the drilling.”

At the Alumbre project in northern Peru, MVI is validating the exploration methodologies chosen by Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) listed explorer Promesa Ltd , which recently pulled a significant copper intercept during its first phase of drilling. The intersection (7 metres @ 0.72% copper) is associated with magnetite highs in the core. The 3D MVI model suggests there is a relationship between a large subsurface volume of rock with a strong magnetic signature and anomalous copper-molybdenum-gold surface and down hole geochemistry, providing further targets for follow up.



- Promesa's Alumbre Project: The image on the left shows the historical ground based magnetic data (i.e. Total Magnetic Intensity) and the image on the right illustrates 3D MVI Inversion in grey underneath historical ground based magnetics in the background and drillhole traces Stage 1 program. -


Alumbre covers a Cu-Au-Mo porphyry system that has never been systematically explored for porphyry style deposits. Geophysicist Barry Bourne, with Terra Resources Pty Ltd, re-interpreted the company’s historical ground based magnetic data with the MVI methodology to estimate the magnetic susceptibility.

In a recent announcement, Promesa Director, Ananda Kathiravelu said: “This appears to be an entirely new low altitude district with excellent infrastructure and logistical amenities.” The exploration model includes extensive alteration mapping geochemistry, sampling, geophysics and an interpretation of a new magnetic susceptibility 3D model of the project area.

Both companies are planning to follow up their promising MVI interpretations with further drilling. At Mercedes, plans and sections generated through the susceptibility model can be compared with known geology to outline drill targets with greater accuracy. At Alumbre, Promesa will use the model to zero in on higher grade mineralization within the larger Cu-Mo-Au porphyry system. The magnetic susceptibility and geochemistry of the discovery hole indicates that mineralization continues to the north, west and down dip.

Both projects lie at low latitudes, where the low inclination of the Earth’s magnetic field can make magnetic interpretation challenging. Useful in all geological environments, Magnetization Vector Inversion is most effective in situations where geological processes or geophysical effects, such as deformation, anisotropy, remanent magnetization and high susceptibilities, alter magnetization direction.

MVI, part of Geosoft VOXI Earth Modelling, is an effective tool for visualizing the subsurface quickly and accurately because it solves for both the magnitude and direction of rock magnetization, making it more generally applicable than traditional susceptibility modelling. "

[Popeye82]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.500.354 von Popeye82 am 13.08.14 02:13:49

oder sowas.

Aiding laser focus - MA - Jan 22, 2014

- C. Latimer -
www.miningaustralia.com.au/features/aiding-laser-focus?utm_s…

" The dream of many sites is to increase production and at the same time drive down safety risks.


The development of realtime digital terrain mapping technology is now aiding one Queensland coal mine in achieving this.

Created in a partnership with LC, MIneWare’s Digital Terrain Mapping (DTM) system uses a series of boom mounted laser scanners and GPS sensors to continuously scan and map the area around draglines as they operate.

DTM is an extension of MineWare’s existing Pegasys dragline monitor, and tracks movement around the dragline while it works, providing live and historical comparisons between the mine plan and the actual ground as it changes.

Andrew Jessett, MineWare’s CEO, said a total scan of the dragline’s operating environment – both inside and outside of the set work area – is created by the scanners as the machine is swinging back and forth during its regular operations.

“This technology allows us to compare actual terrain to design in a visual sense,” he said.

“What this means is that we can significantly improve design compliance and reduce common operating errors by helping the operator know precisely where to dig and where to dump it.

“Operators and foremen can now identify and correct areas not to design as they occur (especially spoil toe), reducing the need for surveyors in the put. This is a big step forward for safety and productivity as problems can be fixed while the dragline is where with minimum coal loss from excavation.”

Regarding the successful trials at the unnamed Central Queensland coal mine, Jessett stated that this continuous pit data coming in is now allowing operators, dispatch/foreman, surveyors, and engineers to monitor operations in a safer environment.

“With this improved data flowing back to the office, our client can see not only what has been completed but also calculate volumes, geo-tech analysis and monitoring, and check bucket factor calculations when required,” he said.

“This improves safety by reducing the need for surveyors to complete scans themselves and work in potentially hazardous areas in the pit to check that the machine is digging to design.”

LC director Bruce Leslie add that the core value of the DTM system is the live “continuous reconciliation” process which improves operator efficiency.

“When it comes to correcting dig to plan errors, timing is everything,” Leslie said.

“Once a dragline has moved on, it is too late to go back and correct an issue; if an operator digs in the wrong place or creates batters at the wrong angle then the only time to correct the issue is right then and there, not once the dragline has moved to the next block.”

According to MineWare trials have shown live updates verified to within <300 millimetres of actual altitude in most environmental conditions.

It went on to add that the payback period for the technology, after examining reductions in spoil room errors or low wall dig to plan errors, has been as low as three months. "

[Popeye82]

Ramaphosa says miners' living conditions 'inhumane'
www.miningweekly.com/article/ramaphosa-says-miners-living-co…

" PRETORIA – South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that living conditions for many miners were "inhumane" and that he wished that he had done more as an executive at the platinum producer Lonmin to improve them.

His comments to an inquiry into the police slaying of 34 striking Lonmin miners two years ago were the latest sign of political pressure on mining companies to implement social obligations required by the government but poorly observed.

“Living conditions that workers were exposed to is not something I can proudly say I can be associated with. In fact, they are appalling and inhumane," Ramaphosa, a former mining trade unionist turned tycoon, said in his second day of testimony.

Ramaphosa, seen as the likely eventual successor to President Jacob Zuma, was a nonexecutive director at Lonmin when negotiations to halt a violent wildcat strike at its Marikana platinum mine west of Johannesburg ended in police shooting 34 strikers dead on Aug. 16, 2012.

As well as investigating the shootings, the commission of inquiry has a remit to look into labour relations, pay and accommodation in South Africa's mines - issues seen as spurring the strike that preceded the killings.

Ramaphosa highlighted the company practice of paying miners a "living out allowance" as one area of concern.

Miners, mostly rural migrants, often use that cash to rent hovels instead of proper housing because their wives and children are maintaining a plot in their home village while the miners also supporting a mistress and children near the mine. As a result, overcrowded shanty towns lacking basic services have sprung up around the mines.

"I should also have looked more closely at the unintended consequences that flowed from paying workers a living out allowance and finally getting to a point where they took the money and went to live in less than desirable accommodation," Ramaphosa said.

Mining companies in South Africa are supposed to comply with a number of social and labour regulations, including providing proper housing, to help a mostly black labour force that was exploited and ill treated under apartheid.

Bullion producer Gold Fields said this week it had received a letter from the government expressing concern about its social and labour plans, but did not think the licence of its flagship South Deep mine was in jeopardy.

Ramaphosa is the most prominent witness called by the probe into the Marikana killings, which began in October 2012.

The killings, the deadliest incident involving security forces since the end of apartheid in 1994, have become known as the "Marikana massacre".

Ramaphosa has been accused of putting political pressure on the police to use force against striking miners before the shooting, and was confronted at Monday's hearing by more than a dozen people chanting: "Blood on his hands!" He told the inquiry his intervention had been intended to prevent loss of life.

Edited by: Reuters "

[Popeye82]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.506.255 von Popeye82 am 13.08.14 16:43:39

Depression, illnesses, exhaustion killing miners in Western Australia, The recent deaths of nine West Australian fly-in fly-out(FIFO) workers who took their own lives has put the topic back in the spotlight
www.safework.sa.gov.au/uploaded_files/arf2013_mining.pdf
www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-19/rural-sa-fifo-mine-health-190…
www.mining.com/depression-illnesses-exhaustion-killing-miner…

"


The recent deaths of nine West Australian fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers who took their own lives has put the issue of living conditions and depression in the mining industry prevention back in the spotlight.

According to The Australian, suicide is the single largest killer of people aged 15 to 44 years old, while the average age of a FIFO worker is 38.

Experts point to a male-dominated culture, bullying, drug and alcohol abuse, as well as a low emotional capacity to work through problems as key reasons why these workers are at risk.

Experts point to a male-dominated culture, bullying, drug and alcohol abuse, as well as a low emotional capacity to work through problems as key reasons why these workers are at risk.

Add to this the social dynamics of life in a mining camp, where hundreds of workers usually live side-by-side in identical quarters and work 12-hour shifts away from family and friends for weeks at a time, and you begin to understand how mental health problems can develop.

A study published in June by University of South Australia’s researcher Wes McTernan found that mining workers and their partners are more prone to depression.

In a survey of 150 people over a 12-month period, the academic also found workers, as well as their partners, were likely to be more prone to depression.

The initial findings of the research, by the University of South Australia, also found conflict between working and home lives was associated with sleep problems, headaches, and an increase in anxiety.


Study "flawed'

But the Chamber of Minerals and Energy was quick to say the findings were flawed.

"Current mental health problems associated with fly-in fly-out workers in Western Australia compared to other employment types were statistically significantly lower," a spokesman said in an interview with ABC.

Mental Health Commissioner Tim Marney told a public hearing on Wednesday that the apparent increase in FIFO suicides over the past 12 months was tragically not surprising.

"You visit any mine site, the emphasis on physical health is extreme (…) "If they put that sort of effort into awareness and support for mental health we'd be far better off," he was quoted as saying by The Australian.

He added a senior mental health clinician was already looking into the recent deaths of the FIFO workers.

Image by Twin Design | Shutterstock.com. "

[Popeye82]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.500.441 von Popeye82 am 13.08.14 07:04:27

oder sowas.
Nach so einem Shit wird die Nachfrage noch ordentlich ansteigen, über die Zeit, denke ich.

Imergy Talking to Mining Companies, on Vanadium and Power Storage - BB - Jul 28, 2014

- Louise Downing -
www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-28/imergy-talking-to-mining-c…

"Imergy Power Systems Inc., a U.S.- based maker of energy storage batteries, is talking to mining companies as potential suppliers and customers.


Imergy is in discussions with five mining companies that may supply it with the Vanadium it uses in its technology, Bill Watkins, chief executive officer of the company based in Fremont, California, said in an e-mail. It’s also working with a number of mining companies as potential customers for its systems, he said, declining to name them.

“Most mining activities are remote from grids, so they nearly all use diesel engines,” Watkins said. “We can deliver paybacks in under three years. Energy bills can be reduced by as much as 30 percent.”

Imergy’s batteries, unlike others, can be recharged and discharged indefinitely and last at least 20 years. They can be used to store electricity in a variety of locations from homes and business, to data centers and clean power plants. Imergy says it expects to start announcing million-dollar and multi-million-dollar deals before the end of this year.

[red]Companies that include Rio Tinto Group, Barrick Gold Corp. and Anglo American Plc are turning to clean energy technologies to curb their reliance on expensive and polluting diesel generators. Imergy expects to install its first system, at a mine in South America, early next year.[/red]

As suppliers of Vanadium, mining businesses are interested in partnering with Imergy because it provides them with certainty, reduces volatility and therefore “helps firm pricing,” Watkins said. “We also prevent large amounts of excess vanadium from being dumped on the market and we provide an additional market for their production.”


To contact the reporter on this story: Louise Downing in London at [e-mail]

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Reed Landberg at [e-mail] Tony Barrett "

[Popeye82]

sind die Schmerzen wohl schon recht groß, oder Spielräume klein.
Unterstützt, letztendlich, "nur" meine These, zu den "oder sowas"

Report: Drillers Illegally Using Diesel Fuel to Frack - CT/EIP/PP/FF - Aug 15, 2014
http://environmentalintegrity.org/wp-content/uploads/Frackin…
http://cleantechies.com/2014/08/15/report-drillers-illegally…

"A new report charges that several oil and gas companies have been illegally using diesel fuel in their hydraulic fracturing operations, and then doctoring records to hide violations of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.

The report, published this week by the Environmental Integrity Project, found that between 2010 and July 2014 at least 351 wells were fracked by 33 different companies using diesel fuels without a permit. The Integrity Project, an environmental organization based in Washington, D.C., said it used the industry-backed database, FracFocus, to identify violations and to determine the records had been retroactively amended by the companies to erase the evidence.

The Safe Drinking Water Act requires drilling companies to obtain permits when they intend to use diesel fuel in their fracking operations. As well, the companies are obligated to notify nearby landowners of their activity, report the chemical and physical characteristics of the fluids used, conduct water quality tests before and after drilling, and test the integrity of well structures to ensure they can withstand high injection pressures. Diesel fuel contains a high concentration of carcinogenic chemicals including benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene, and they disperse easily in groundwater.

FracFocus is an online registry that allows companies to list the chemicals they use during fracking. At least 10 states, including Texas, Colorado and Pennsylvania, mandate the use of the website for such disclosures.

The report asserts that the industry data shows that the companies admitted using diesel without the proper permits. The Integrity Project’s analysis, the report said, then showed that in some 30 percent of those cases, the companies later removed the information about their diesel use from the database.

“What’s problematic is that this is an industry that is self-reporting and self-policing,” said Mary Greene, senior managing attorney for the environmental organization. “There’s no federal or state oversight of [filings with FracFocus].”

The FracFocus website currently has no way to track changes to disclosures. The Integrity Project noticed the changes when it compared newer disclosures to those in older FracFocus data purchased from PIVOT Upstream Group, a consulting firm in Houston.

Energy In Depth, the communications and research arm of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, published a lengthy response to the Integrity Project’s report and criticized it for including diesel use that occurred prior to a 2014 Environmental Protection Agency rule clarifying the types of chemicals considered “diesel fuels.”

Energy In Depth said the Integrity Project was “retroactively changing the definition of diesel fuel in order to malign more operations for engaging in an activity (a “diesel frack”) that did not occur.”

The EPA first listed kerosene as a type of diesel fuel in May 2012 when it released a draft version of the rule finalized this year. Kerosene is also listed as a type of diesel fuel in the definition of the Toxic Substance Control Act, which controls the production, use and disposal of chemicals.

In its response, Energy In Depth also pointed out that in some cases companies may have provided incorrect data to the FracFocus website and were seeking to correct it, not skirt the law.

“We no longer use the contract completions crews that used very small trace amounts of kerosene and a hydrocarbon distillate on five wells more than three years ago,” said John Christiansen, director of external communications at Anadarko Petroleum Corp., one of the companies listed in the report. “Since 2011, there has been no re-occurrence, and we remain in compliance with EPA regulations,” he said in an email to ProPublica.

The report found that six companies had changed disclosures for wells; Pioneer Natural Resources accounted for 62 of the changes. Tadd Owens, vice president of governmental affairs at Pioneer said most of these changes were made because of “coding errors” while submitting data to FracFocus.

“We did use trace amounts of kerosene in 2011 prior to when the EPA issued guidance. The rest of the wells on the list are coding errors and we have an ongoing internal quality control process [to identify them],” he said.

For many years fracking industry groups insisted their member companies never used diesel fuels in their operations. Then, in 2011, a congressional investigation found that in fact between 2005 and 2009, 12 companies had injected 32 million gallons of diesel fuel or fracking fluids containing diesel fuel in wells in 19 states.

The industry groups then shifted their argument, declaring that they could not be in violation of federal regulations in their use of diesel fuels because the EPA had never adequately spelled out exactly what exact kinds of fuels were barred.

Indeed, in a 2011 email to ProPublica, Halliburton, a company listed in the congressional investigation as having used 7.2 million gallons of diesel fuel, said it had not violated any laws “because there are currently no requirements in the federal environmental regulations that require a company to obtain a federal permit prior to undertaking a hydraulic fracturing project using diesel.”

The EPA then acted to make its enforcement authority explicit, and earlier this year finalized more detailed regulations governing the use of diesel fuels in fracking operations.

In February 2014, after the EPA released its rule, Lee Fuller, the vice president of government affairs at the Independent Petroleum Association of America, stated that the rule was “a solution in search of a problem.”

“Based on actual industry practices, diesel fuel use has already been effectively phased out of hydraulic fracturing operations,” Fuller said.

Yet energy companies have continued to produce fracking fluids containing diesel fuels. The Environmental Integrity Project’s report identified 14 well fracturing products – commercially called emulsifiers, dispersants, additives and solvents – sold by Halliburton that contain diesel fuels. Halliburton’s own safety data sheets for these products list diesel as a chemical in these products.

“Halliburton is working with state regulators and customers to be sure all [FracFocus] reports are accurate,” said Emily Mir, a spokeswoman for the company. Mir would not comment on whether Halliburton informs drillers that purchase its products that they are required to obtain a permit before diesel fuel can be used for fracking.


Article by Naveena Sadasivam, appearing courtesy ProPublica. "

[Popeye82]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.533.816 von Popeye82 am 16.08.14 03:59:44

Gold Fields to explore new mining methods @South Deep mine in South Africa
www.mining-technology.com/news/newsgold-fields-to-explore-tw…

"South African gold mining firm Gold Fields is planning to trial two new mining techniques at its South Deep mine, with the aim of unlocking 40 million ounces of reserves worth around $50bn.

The decision came after the company's current destress mining methodology was considered too costly and risky for mine workers, particularly following the two fatal accidents on 17 and 27 May.

Gold Fields performed a ground support remediation programme, under which it appointed International Geotechnical Advisory Board (IGAB) to help roll-out safer and more cost-effective mining methods.

IGAB proposed to introduce two alternative techniques; 4X4 Meter Destress and Inclined Mining Slot, to replace the existing destress mining method.

According to the company, the current destress mining technique cuts rocks horizontally by applying a lot of stress to them, but requires a great deal of time and money.

Gold Fields CEO Nick Holland was quoted by Bloomberg as saying: "I wouldn't say we've been mining in the wrong way, the current method is very sound.

"If we can make things easier, all the better."

The 4X4 Meter Destress method reduces destress mining from a three-pass system to a one-pass system, by increasing the dimensions of the excavation area, making the way for machines to take over mining operations from workers.

Under the Inclined Mining Slot method, the pit can be opened, extracted and back-filled without the need for support structures and workers.

The whole process can be performed by machines, which would speed-up the practice of mining gold.

"It is much quicker, easier and probably will be cheaper," Holland added.

The company will pilot both the methods at different areas of the mine during the period between 2014 and 2015, and will select to continue with in the next 12 months.

Gold Field aims to produce 650,000oz to 700,000oz of gold from the mine by 2017, which will be worth $900m a year.

Gold Fields estimates that the mine would run for around 70 years at such production rates. "

[Popeye82]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.589.565 von Popeye82 am 22.08.14 20:57:51

oder sowas.

Inside the control room of the future: Experion Orion Console[VIDEO], Honeywell Process Solutions offered a rare insight into the development work being done in Australia to create the advanced display technology that brings the plant control room of the future to life
www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/inside-the-control-room-of-t…

[Boersiback]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.593.732 von Popeye82 am 24.08.14 00:11:16

so ähnlich sieht das bei PHX energy services auch aus.
finde das foto allerdings grad nicht.
solche kontrollräume sind zumindest bei öl und gas geschichten doch schon standard.

aber ich bin übezeugt 1.000 unternehmen werden das rad neu erfinden.
sowas macht nur sinnd wenn es sich nachweislich in zahlen niederschlägt,
denn 999 werden scheitern

[Popeye82]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.593.753 von Boersiback am 24.08.14 00:20:53

Zitat von Boersiback: aber ich bin übezeugt 1.000 unternehmen werden das rad neu erfinden.

Glaubst Du das?
Oder nicht?

Wie meinst Du das?


Ich persönlich glaube es werden mehr sein, aber das Rad neu erfinden sich eher auf dem Niveau Bidetpapier -von 6 auf 7lagig- 'reinventioning' abspielen wird.
Wenn das aber viele fleissige Steine machen, kommen wir, trotzdem, irgendwann auf 20.

[Popeye82]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.593.930 von Popeye82 am 24.08.14 04:01:14

Eichhörnchen passt glaub ich besser.





muuuuuh.

[Popeye82]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.596.767 von Popeye82 am 24.08.14 20:39:09

[Boersiback]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.593.930 von Popeye82 am 24.08.14 04:01:14

naja wie mein ich das....
daß es eben viele ideen, erfindungen gibt, die theoretisch super sind, aber nie umgesetzt werden.
umsatzlose otc-werte auszufiltern und erfolgsgeschichten für die zukunft daraus zu erkennen, halte ich für extremst schwierig und aus der ferne für ziemlich unmöglich.

[Popeye82]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.596.842 von Boersiback am 24.08.14 20:57:45

Zitat von Boersiback: umsatzlose otc-werte auszufiltern und erfolgsgeschichten für die zukunft daraus zu erkennen, halte ich für extremst schwierig und aus der ferne für ziemlich unmöglich.

Da widerspreche ich gar nicht(ist auch gar nicht, nur, auf OTC Werte bezogen, sondern generell auf, umsatzloses, 'Phantasy/Entwicklerpack').
Aber -das ist eine dieser schönen Neuerungen mit diesem "freien Willen" - man daaaaarf selber entscheiden -entweder man sagt sich, und sieht gute Gründe dafür, man wagt es trotzdem, oder es kommt für einen eben nicht in Frage.

Liegt nicht in meinem Interesse da jemandem etwas aufzudrängen.
Youuuuu're the judge.

Gruß
P.

[Boersiback]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.596.893 von Popeye82 am 24.08.14 21:13:09

ich mein ja nur.... es gibt auch innovative sachen die gute umsätze un gewinne einfahren... nur sind die meist im innovativen sektor recht teuer. dafür aber nachgewiesen erfolgreich bis hier hin mal.

[Popeye82]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.597.370 von Boersiback am 24.08.14 23:20:07

'Faktisch' gesehen ist das vollkommen richtig, aber das spielt sich dann cierkah auf dem Niveau ab dass ich Dir, dann, auch sagen kann dass es auch Miner gibt die, schon, etwas verdienen -und warum hältst Du Dich trotzdem bei den 'Explor Resources dieser Welt' auf??

Ich sag mal so -also für mich gibt es viele, viele Kommentare und Aussagen die 'nicht falsch', aber deswegen eben auch noch laaaaange nicht, unbedingt, richtig sind.
Deiner gehört, teilweise, dazu, Du kleiner Weinsäufer.

Gruß
P.

[Popeye82]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.593.930 von Popeye82 am 24.08.14 04:01:14

Zitat von Popeye82: Ich persönlich glaube es werden mehr sein, aber das Rad neu erfinden sich eher auf dem Niveau Bidetpapier -von 6 auf 7lagig- 'reinventioning' abspielen wird.
Wenn das aber viele fleissige Steine machen, kommen wir, trotzdem, irgendwann auf 20.

Reduce your exploration drilling costs, with Devico`s directional core drilling
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Ich stell ma ne radikal gewagte Theorie auf -Ist's möglich dass ich gar nicht, nur, Schwachsinn rede?!?
Daaas ist das Tolle, sich Selber überraschen zu können.

[Boersiback]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.597.508 von Popeye82 am 25.08.14 00:24:13

naja hast auch wieder recht... explor und so... ist auf der seite nichts anderes. aber sich bei explor aufzuhalten ist EXTREM DÄMLICH.
nur ich bin dämlich, aber du ?

wein hab ich schon länger keinen mehr getrunken... guter hinweis.
sekt war der letzte alk vor 3 wochen
unglaublich, aber derzeit erträgt man börse echt nüchtern.

[Popeye82]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.597.508 von Popeye82 am 25.08.14 00:24:13

Kann ich mir Selber 10 Punkte geben?!?

[Boersiback]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.597.535 von Popeye82 am 25.08.14 00:50:06

ok, gib mir 5 und streich alle 10 ein !

[Popeye82]

Huhn tot
www.huehner-info.de/forum/showthread.php/42340-Huhn-tot-im-S…

[Popeye82]

übrigens -keine Ahnung ob das alles so stimmt, aber ich hab keine größeren Probleme mir vorzustellen dass davon, mindestens, so Einiges zutreffend ist.

10 Reasons EXS is a 5 cent stock
www.stockhouse.com/companies/bullboard/v.exs/explor-resource…

" Top 10

1. The gold is not economic to recover
2. Management is weak
3. Board of Merry men
4. Stock price is in the toilet
5. No chance of raising any money to drill
6. So many people got burned on the pump and dump
7. Management sale of shares
8. http://incakolanews.blogspot.ca/2010/06/greg-mccoach-pumps-e…
9. No large instiutional investor will touch EXS
10. Need for deep pocket and expertise which are not there "

[Popeye82]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.597.643 von Popeye82 am 25.08.14 02:51:45

Zusatzinfo's.
Bin mir nicht sicher ob ich mich damit nach den Insidergesetzgebungen strafbar mache.
(daher)bitte vertraulich behandeln.

Hühner sterben
http://forum.deine-tierwelt.de/archive/index.php/t-46452.htm…

[Popeye82]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.597.532 von Boersiback am 25.08.14 00:47:26

Zitat von Popeye82: Du kleiner Weinsäufer.

Übrigens, wenn Du magst dann google mal nach der Bedeutung 'how much s the fish?'
Ich habe das vor einiger Zeit gemacht, und fand das sehr geil.

[Popeye82]

Barrick Gold(T.ABX) investors shrug off latest move, to cut costs
www.stockhouse.com/news/newswire/2014/08/28/barrick-gold-t-a…

"Investors appear to be shrugging off news that Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX: T.ABX, Stock Forum) is poised to disband its corporate development team amid ongoing efforts to reduce costs.

Shares of the world’s leading gold miner rose 0.23% to $19.70, leaving a market cap of $23 billion, based on 1.2 billion shares outstanding. The 52-week range is $23.78 and $16.32.

Published reports by Reuters and others say a new group, called business development , will be created following the elimination of the corporate development team, which dealt mainly with identifying and evaluating assets to purchase.

“The change reflects our focus on achieving operational excellence across the company, with an emphasis on optimizing our existing portfolio and further improving efficiency across our operations,’’ said Barrick spokesman Andy Lloyd. "

[Popeye82]

Wassersuppe ist auch lecker.

'Manage expectations,' Woodside's Coleman tells African countries
www.miningweekly.com/article/manage-expectations-woodsides-c…

" PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Oil and gas major Woodside on Friday called on emerging African resource nations to carefully consider implementing any policy changes that could scare away foreign investment.

Speaking at the second day of the East Africa Oil and Gas conference, Woodside CEO Peter Coleman said that there were several global examples of governments changing policy in haste, resulting in resource projects being delayed.

“The first thing we need to do is discover those resources, and my only council for those that are at the pointy end of writing legislation and advising government, is to please not scare us away before we have actually found something.”

Coleman noted that resource investors were often hesitant to invest in nations where solid policies were not abundant, resulting in initial discoveries lying dormant for several years.

“Industry and government will need to work together to make sure that there are stable investment frameworks to enable long-term capital investment. Capital is a coward, and it will go where it is welcome,” he added.

Coleman also urged African leaders to reward companies which committed to expenditure in the country.

“If those discoveries prove profitable, reward those who took the risk and then share in those rewards over time.”

Meanwhile, Coleman also advised the representatives of the African nations attending the conference in Perth, Western Australia, that expectations around resource exploitation should be mitigated.

He noted that bringing a resource deposit to production could take a significant amount of time, pointing to some of Woodside’s own significant discoveries, which had been undeveloped for the past 40 years.

“We know from our own experience that it can be along road before oil and gas revenues translate into development production and revenue… So, finding gas does not mean it will get developed.”

Coleman also called on the industry participants moving into Africa to offer transparency to the countries in which they could potentially operate, and not to over promise and under deliver.

“As investors, we have a social contract and responsibility to give what we write down. We need to ensure that standards remain consistent globally,” he added.

Woodside has been moving to increase its international foothold since 2012, with the miner announcing earlier this year the formation of a joint venture with fellow-listed Beach Energy over the Lake Tanganyika project, in western Tanzania.

The oil and gas major has also signed up for farm-in agreements offshore Morocco and in Gabon.

Edited by: Mariaan Webb "

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[Popeye82]

Professor of Space Physics Inaugurated Boliden Garpenberg
www.heraldonline.com/2014/08/26/6263389_christer-fuglesang-i…

[Popeye82]

Anglo American shares up, on media report that CEO would be open to bids
www.miningweekly.com/article/anglo-american-shares-up-on-med…

[Popeye82]

"Smart governments encourage foreign investment –Glasenberg"
www.miningweekly.com/article/smart-governments-encourage-for…

"JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Smart governments encouraged foreign investment and ensured that they did not make it too difficult or impossible for companies to invest, Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg said on Wednesday.

Glencore – which employs 42 500 people at its South African operations, 20 300 of them in coal and 22 200 in alloys, and which last year paid $126-million in taxes and royalties and $490-million in wages – is one of the few mining majors that are continuing to invest in South Africa.

Replying to questions at a media briefing on the prospect of coal being declared strategic in South Africa, Glasenberg said that taking into consideration future growth requirements of Eskom, it was questionable whether the State power utility and South Africa would have sufficient funding to develop the number of coal mines required.

“It would be difficult. You need foreign investment coming in. So whether Eskom is going to make coal a strategic mineral or not, we will invest in this country if we believe that we can get the right returns for our shareholders.

“And what do we bring? We bring a load of money. We invest it in new mines, we employ a lot of people, we pay royalties and taxes and the government gets an ongoing, long-term benefit from us.

“Now, if they make the returns not good enough for us, or where we can do better elsewhere with other investments around the world, we’ve got to take our money there,” said the head of the large company that has been catching the eye of investors by outperforming its longer-established peers significantly in recent months.

“But hopefully South Africa will be smart and encourage foreign investment to make sure the investors get the right return, and that goes for the rest of Africa as well,” said the head of the London-, Hong Kong- and now also Johannesburg-listed diversified mining and marketing company, which has an extensive portfolio of multiquality products from South African coal-mining complexes, which produce more than 47-million tons of coal a year, 23-million tons of it last year going to the State electricity company Eskom.

Glencore is also big in ferroalloys and its low-energy Lion II ferrochrome smelter and Tswelopele pelletiser projects have set new benchmarks.

Glencore South Africa coal head Clinton Ephron told journalists that the company had invested between $3-billion and $4-billion new South African coal mines in the last three to four years.

“We’re here, we’re developing mines, we’re developing our prospecting rights and we’ll continue to do that. We’ll do our share to make up the shortfall of coal that is required to meet the Eskom demand in the future,” Ephron said.

Glencore’s marketing arm is performing well and was 27% higher in the six months to June 30, at $1.5-billion, making it a play that is different to the rest of the mining industry, in that marketing shows resilience even when commodity prices are down.

The company is unafraid to go to new frontiers and is in 18 countries in Africa.

Edited by: Creamer Media Reporter "

[Popeye82]

sollte sich -wenn auch nicht mehr ganz aktuell- jeder "Goldfirmenfan" mal genau durchlesen.

Gold price of $1.500/oz needed, to cover costs - MW/CMR, JOHANNESBURG - Aug 19, 2013

- M. Creamer -
www.miningweekly.com/article/gold-price-of-1-500oz-needed-to…

"The cost of producing an ounce of gold under the World Gold Council's new all-in cost metric is $1 500/oz, says Gold Fields CEO Nick Holland.

Holland, who addressed the Gordon Institute of Business Science last week, says that, with the gold price at $1 300/oz, the global gold industry is loss-making.


He says that the industry has been remiss for many years for failing to report what it really costs miners to produce an ounce of gold, a pound of copper and a ton of coal.

“We’ve got an industry that is actually going through cost escalations that are slowly driving it into the ground,” he adds.

Cost per ton rising 12% a year in the last five years means a doubling of costs every four years; simultaneously, yields are falling.

Exploration budgets are rising and mining companies are spending more to find less.

“Gold is becoming scarce and resources are becoming scarce,” says Holland.

Return on equity and return on capital employed have been in decline for the last three years in a row to 2012 and gearing ratios have rocketed as a result of troubled companies borrowing more money to keep existing operations afloat.

The top 40 mining companies are in serious financial trouble and operating cash flows are insufficient to cover investments.

The unprecedented drop of the HSBC global mining index, made up of 183 mining companies worldwide, clearly illustrates that investors are turning to other sectors and stretching mining's equity model to breaking point.

A lack of money translates into an absence of mining projects, which augurs badly for the future.

Multibillion-dollar projects are being delayed and cancelled the world over, existing operations are being cut back and there are weekly reports of mining companies downsizing and retrenching.

“The industry is in crisis and it’s under threat,” Holland says.

Although governments the world over are wanting more taxes and royalties from mines, there is very little for governments to take.

Investors are similarly stricken with only 10% for spread around from the $2-trillion revenue of the top 40 companies, which indicates that revenue from the first 27 working days of mining is going towards paying the bills and from the last three working days towards providing a return to investors.

The Dow Jones industrial index and the FTSE 100 index are both rising sharply as investors desert the sector and put their money elsewhere.

Platinum mining, which, with gold, employed up to three-quarters of the 500 000 people employed directly by the South African mining industry as a whole, was also under water. "

[Popeye82]

oder sowas.

Miners pouring millions, into education +training
www.miningweekly.com/article/miners-pouring-millions-into-ed…

" Education and training are integral to South Africa’s mining sector and contribute to the industry’s objective to be safer and more profitable, which is why mining majors continue to invest millions of rands in education and skills training. However, the investment does not always yield the expected positive results.

Despite mining majors, such as Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), implementing several multimillion-rand education investment programmes in the platinum belt, the results of a 2013 research study released in May have revealed that there is a strong negative correlation between the proximity of a school to a mine and maths and science pass rates.

The study, ‘Platinum and Passes: The Impact of Mining Investments on Education Outcomes in South Africa’, which was conducted by a research team comprising experts from the South African Institute of International Affairs and the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) School of Governance, further revealed that a R100-million education programme, implemented by Amplats from 2009 to 2012 as part of its community social investment, yielded almost no positive results.

Mining Weekly reported in May that the study found that the “small” positive effects of Amplats’ interventions were outweighed by the significant, unintended negative effects that the mere presence of its mines had on learners’ outcomes in schools surrounding the company’s platinum operations.

“We found that the further away the school is situated from the mine, the better the pass rates are, while the closer it is to the mine, the worse the pass rates are. It is exactly the opposite of what we were hoping for,” lead researcher Neissan Besharati noted at the launch of the study.

Although this outcome was not only linked to the well-intended education interventions of the company, it was also rooted in the larger socioeconomic challenges that communities living in and around the mining areas had to face, he added.

“There is [also] an overemphasis in these communities on the need to study maths and science in school, which leads to more learners taking these subjects and overcrowding in schools that are already under-resourced. It is a phenomena that cannot be changed by Amplats or anyone else.”

Besharati noted that there were some design problems and implementation challenges in Amplats’ programme, causing concern among various education stakeholders.

The research programme, which studied the delivery, efficacy and impact of Amplats’ educational programmes on local mining communities found that it benefited only a few select beneficiaries, as the implemented interventions were too small to translate into significant gains for the general schooling systems of the platinum-rich Limpopo and North West provinces.

Interventions implemented by Amplats to increase pass rates, particularly in maths and science, comprised learner enrichment programmes, educator training and school infrastructure upgrades.

According to the report, an impact assessment of Amplats’ investment programme indicated no statistically significant effect on the maths and science pass rates of the beneficiary schools.

Besharati notes that the company attempted to do too many things in too small doses, reducing its chances of making a deep and lasting impact.

“The most promising initiative was probably the educator training, but this was also done with too small a group and too little time was allowed for a visible effect,” he noted.


Higher Learning

Wits School of Mining Engineering head Professor Fred Cawood says that South Africa, as a developing country with a mature mining industry, needs a more integrated education system to supply a constant stream of relevant skills, professionals, specialists and researchers to sustain the country’s mining industry.

Through various sponsorships, the school has been supplying the industry with a constant stream of mining engineering graduates for more than 100 years.

“The school is recognised as one of the world’s top mining engineering schools, with one of the most expansive programmes,” he says, adding that it also has one of the highest growth rates of any of the engineering schools in the country, as student numbers for the school’s courses have been consistently increasing.

Cawood states that the school’s undergraduate programme is designed to provide graduates with the engineering expertise they require as mining engineers.

The school has, in conjunction with the South African mining industry, also developed a postgraduate programme with a range of mostly technical subjects required for specialists in new mining fields like mechanised mining systems, mine planning, sustainable development of minerals and resource management, in addition to the established fields like mineral economics.

“Wits mining graduates are up to any new challenges for the sector” Cawood says, noting that the school is respected internationally for the quality of its programmes and graduates.”


Challenges and Benefits

Cawood comments that a major challenge regarding education in the industry is to define a proper skills set and to redesign the mining education system so that it supplies the right quantity and quality of skilled workers at all levels with minimum leaking of talent.

“We need to find a way to integrate industry initiatives, qualifications and institutions so that we can significantly reduce the number of dropouts from the system through effective mentoring and guidance of talent so that we can match ability with qualification; we must also sort the socioeconomic problems of students so that they are better supported and can focus on their studies” he says.

Gold miner Sibanye Gold senior VP of investor relations and communications James Wellsted states that supplying the industry with qualified skills remains a key challenge, adding that Sibanye has extensive in-house training programmes to upskill its employees and has a history of supporting academic and training institutions in South Africa.

The company donated R25-million to the universities of Johannesburg and the Witwatersrand towards mining and engineering education last month to create a sustainable pipeline of skilled employees who will be enabled to further unlock the mineral wealth of South Africa.

The universities will share the donation equally, which will be used for capacity building, facility upgrades and student support in the mining and engineering faculties.

Since 2010, 164 students have directly benefitted from this partnership between Sibanye Gold and the academic institutions and 134 are currently permanent employees of the miner.

Sibanye has also invested R14-million to support students (during 2014) who are studying in disciplines that are core to the mining industry.

In addition, the company has committed to provide vacation work to enable students from both universities to gain practical experience in their field of study.

Sibanye has also contributed significantly towards infrastructure development, student support in maths and science, portable skills, bursaries and learnerships.

“Last year, 1 220 employees and 593 community members participated in an adult basic education and training programme. In addition,
1 354 community members have been trained in portable skills, such as carpentry, welding and cutting, basic computer skills, plumbing and relevant skills, which will enable them to earn a decent living,” says Wellsted.

He states that the company wants to facilitate the emergence of engineers from communities around its mines, including Bekkersdal, Khutsong and Matjhabeng, as investing in education will not only provide future employees but also help to break the cycle of poverty.

“We are committed to developing the skills of our people and the industry, and we will continue to support collaborative programmes that are geared towards education, as we believe it will enable us to meaningfully deal with the socioeconomic challenges facing our country,” Wellsted says.

Edited by: Creamer Media Reporter "

[Popeye82]

Zim wants minerals processed locally, Zimbabwe is proceeding with plans to ensure that the minerals mined in-country are also processed in-country, instead of in South Africa or Europe, which is the current norm. As part of this process, Zimbabwe levied a 15% tax on rough diamonds +platinum concentrate exports in Jan, to encourage miners to establish a local platinum refinery +diamond-polishing centres
www.miningweekly.com/article/zim-wants-minerals-processed-lo…

"Zimbabwe is proceeding with plans to ensure that the minerals mined in-country are also processed in-country, instead of in South Africa or Europe, which is the current norm.

As part of this process, Zimbabwe levied a 15% tax on rough diamonds and platinum concentrate exports in January to encourage miners to establish a local platinum refinery and diamond-polishing centres.

Zimbabwe is the world’s second-largest platinum producer and the fourth-largest diamond producer.

Zimbabwe Consulate commercial official Angelica Katuruza tells Mining Weekly that Zimbabwe wants to ensure that its citizens are the main beneficiaries of the country’s mineral wealth.

She highlights that the mining sector is currently the country’s biggest export earner and cites a government report, compiled in 2010, which stated that 65% of the country’s exports hailed from the mining industry.

Katuruza adds that Zimbabwe would like to grow from that and ensure that the minerals – and not only the proceeds of getting them out – benefit the country, which will be achieved by developing refineries and processing plants.

She cites platinum as an example of a sector that could lead to job creation and economic growth through the establishment of in-country capacity.

Katuruza further mentions that government is committed to the development of infrastructure needed for a successful mining industry, adding that energy distribution in the sector is especially important to government.

“With this in mind, we have established an independent power producer procurement programme to expand the country’s energy mix and boost the national power grid. Six independent producers are already being developed and land has been set aside for solar energy farms.”


Indigenisation

Zimbabwe remains resolute in its endeavour to ensure that indigenous citizens benefit from all mining operations in the country.

The contentious Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act, which seems to have caused a decline in foreign investment in the mining industry, aims to transfer the country’s mineral wealth to indigenous Zimbabweans. The Act stipulates that indigenous Zimbabweans must own 51% of mining operations in the country.

“Basically, what the Act states is that the natural resources that are mined in Zimbabwe are finite resources that belong to indigenous Zimbabweans; this entitles them to a 51% share of the business venture, while the foreign investor contributes 49% of the operation’s value, comprising the equipment, machinery and capital,” Katuruza explains.

She adds that the 51% is allocated to different local stakeholders – the mine’s employees own 10%, a community share scheme receives 15%, and the remaining 31% is divided among other local stakeholders.

Meanwhile, Katuruza tells Mining Weekly that the indigenisation process is not set in stone and can be negotiated to suit all stakeholders’ interests. For instance, according to a June report by Mining Weekly, Katuruza told a KPMG Zimbabwe Country Focus Seminar that the 51% local ownership rule is not enforced in all cases.

She highlighted that there were exceptions, for example, if a foreign company beneficiated the raw materials prior to exporting them, this entitled the company to full ownership of the business.

The exceptions also extend to companies that explore mineral resources through the establishment of new technologies, as well as to companies that impart new skills that benefit the Zimbabwe economy.

Further, should a company have other social and economic objectives, the Indigenisation Minister can consider its suggestions and decide whether the company should be exempted from the 51% indigenisation policy.

Katuruza asserts that the policy is the best thing to have happened to the development and growth of Zimbabwe, as it has prompted previously disadvantaged Zimbabweans to start their own business ventures.


Zimbabwe’s Wealth

According to the Zimbabwe Department of Mines, the country boasts more than 4 000 recorded gold deposits located in the country’s ancient artisanal sites in the Limpopo Mobile Belt, which runs south of the country, and in the Proterozoic Piriwiri Group rocks, in the north-west of Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe’s Great Dyke has the world’s second-largest platinum-group metals (PGMs) resource, with an estimated 2.8-billion tons of PGM ore at 4 g/t. The country’s nickel resources have not been officially recorded, but more than 30 nickel deposits have been discovered.

The country also hosts significant coal reserves in the Lower Karoo rock of the Zambezi basin and the Save-Limpopo basin. There are more than 29 known coal deposits in Zimbabwe, with an estimated resource of more than 12-billion tons.

According to the department, Zimbabwe hosts more than 80% of the world’s metallurgical-quality chromite. The chrome ore is situated in the Great Dyke and on the greenstone belt in Shurungwi, Mashava and Belingwe.

There are more than 70 known copper deposits in Zimbabwe, mainly situated along the Magondi basin in an area spanning more than 150 km, and an estimated 30-billion tons of iron-ore reserves in the country. High-grade iron-ore deposits are located at Buchwa and Ripple Creek.

The country also has a wealth of diamond, uranium, pegmatite minerals and dimension stone deposits.

Edited by: Samantha Moolman "

[Popeye82]

INFOGRAPHIC: Geosynthetics —an $18,000,000,000 market, 1st international conference about geosynthetics in mining begins, Monday
www.mining.com/infographic-geosynthetics-an-18-billion-marke…

"The use of geosynthetics, man-made materials used to improve the properties of soils and rock, is swiftly growing in the mining industry. It is estimated that miners use about 40% of the geosynthetics currently being manufactured and the demand is set to increase.

As InfoMine kicks off Monday the first international conference on the topic, MINING.com and Visual Capitalist have produced this infographic that shows you just how important these materials have become.

"

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Workers allegedly refused safety gear, told coal ash was non-toxic, A lawsuit has been filed against an US power company that allegedly told workers coal ash was ‘safe enough to eat’ - MA/WVR, POINT PLEASANT - Sep 11, 2014

- V. Validakis -
wvrecord.com/news/269148-aep-named-in-77-exposure-lawsuits
www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/workers-allegedly-refused-sa…

"Amerian Electric Power has been named as a defendant in a host of lawsuits claiming exposure to dangerous chemicals in coal waste.

GavinPowerPlantAEPThe 39 complaints were filed Aug. 8 in Mason Circuit Court against American Electric Power Co. Inc., American Electric Power Service Corporation, Ohio Power Company and Doug Workman by attorneys from Wheeling-based and Huntington law firm Duffield, Lovejoy, Stemple & Boggs.

The plaintiffs claim they were exposed to dangerous chemicals in coal waste – fly ash, flue gas desulfurization material, bottom ash and boiler slag – which has caused numerous illnesses and several deaths.

The plaintiffs are divided into four categories – 39 working direct claim plaintiffs, 11 non-working direct claim plaintiffs, nine loss of spousal consortium plaintiffs and 18 loss of parental consortium plaintiffs. Of the 50 direct claim plaintiffs, six are deceased.

The complaints focus on AEP’s Gavin Landfill site in North Cheshire, Ohio, which is just across the Ohio River from Mason County. The Gavin Landfill – adjacent to AEP’s Gavin Power plant – is used primarily for collecting, shoveling, hauling, dumping, spreading and transporting the 2.6 million cubic yards of coal combustion waste byproducts produced at the plant each year, according to a press release from the law firms.

Three of the plaintiffs are residents of Mason County, one lives in Mingo County, five in Cabell County, one in Lawrence County, Ky., one in Boyd County, Ky., 11 in Lawrence County, Ohio, 27 in Gallia County, Ohio, two in Athens County, Ohio, 13 in Meigs County, Ohio, one each in Marion, Warren and Franklin counties in Ohio, one each in Hillsborough and Naples counties in Florida, one in Camden County, Ga., one in Fort Bend County, Texas, and one each in Guilford and Craven counties in North Carolina.

Most of the direct claim plaintiffs were employees of VFL Technology, LMS Contracting and/or Mid-State Inc. They worked in the General James M. Gavin Residual Waste Landfill where they say they were exposed to the chemicals.

In the complaint, the plaintiffs claim they asked Workman, a supervisor who lives in Mason County, about the dangers of working with the coal ash.

Workman responded “by sticking his finger into the coal waste and then placing his fly-ash covered finger into hos own mouth, then misrepresented to the working direct claim plaintiffs that coal waste was ‘safe enough to eat.’”

The workers say the were told repeatedly that the coal waste was only a mixture of “water and lime,” that it contained “such low levels of arsenic, it made no difference” to their health or safety and that the “lime neutralizes the arsenic.”

“Coal waste contains a multitude of contaminants that are dangerous to human health, and individuals can be exposed through contact on skin, inhalation and ingestion,” the attorneys state. “These toxins have been shown to be directly related to incidences of cancer, respiratory disease, heart disease, chromosomal abnormalities and birth defects, among others.”

The complaints alleged the plaintiffs were assured on numerous occasions that such coal waste was safe and non-hazardous, and that there should be no increased concern about health effects.

“Repeatedly, individuals were not provided with protective equipment, such as overalls, gloves or respirators when working in and around coal waste,” the attorneys state. “These working men and women, already exposed to the contaminants at the job site, then, in turn, carried the coal waste home to their families on their clothes and shoes, thus even exposing family members to the deadly toxins.”

This complaints say AEP and its supervisors had a duty to warn individuals working on its site of the hazards of coal waste and to provide them with reasonable measures to protect them from harm.

“Companies have a duty to operate in a safe manner,” Bordas & Bordas partner Jamie Bordas said. “When they fail to take the necessary precautions to provide not only education but protective gear and equipment when working around toxins at job sites, workers can be exposed and then their families are exposed when they take those contaminants home on their work clothes.

“The sad part of a case like this is that the outcome was preventable. When companies cut corners, individuals can get sick. People can die and families can suffer.”

Dave Duffield, the managing partner at Duffield, Lovejoy, Stemple & Boggs, said he was disturbed that other individuals and family members have been exposed to the chemicals in their own homes.

“It’s not just the workers we are representing,” Duffield said. “We are also representing the sons and daughters, the families of these individuals, who are now starting to deal with the consequences of this toxic contact themselves due to exposure in their own home by the dangerous waste being brought home on their relatives’ work clothes.

“People are dying, and more will die. Six of the 50 plaintiffs have died before we filed the lawsuit. Since the filing of the suit, two more have died in the last month. More will die. Many have skin lesions and numerous forms of cancer; others are ‘living’ knowing they are going to die and attending each other’s funerals as they watch their friends and coworkers be put to rest.”

Bordas said AEP misled people.

“That’s why we are passionate about this case,” he said. “We want to fight for justice for these individuals and others who have simply been hoodwinked into believing that their working conditions were safe.”

More complaints could be filed, as the attorneys say the firms continue to get inquiries.

“There are likely still others who have been exposed and not yet diagnosed,” Duffield said.

The complaints accuse the defendants of contributing to the wrongful death of the six deceased plaintiffs. They also accuse the defendants of failing to warn and protect, negligence, battery, fraud, fraudulent concealment, misrepresentation of a toxic substance, negligent infliction of emotional distress and loss of spousal and parental consortium.

They seek compensatory damages, punitive damages and medical monitoring. They also seek court costs, fees, expenses, pre- and post-judgment interest and other relief.

The complaints are signed by Bordas attorneys Christopher J. Regan, Scott S. Blass and J. Zachary Zatezalo as well as Duffield attorneys L. David Duffield, Chad S. Lovejoy and A. David Nichols. All of the cases have been assigned to Circuit Judge David Nibert.

Mason Circuit Court case numbers 14-C-101 through 14-C-139 "

[Popeye82]

queensland is shining, for mining.

New Queensland mining law prevents opposition from environmental groups
www.mining-technology.com/news/newsqueensland-passes-new-min…s

"Queensland has passed a controversial Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Act 2014, which will prevent environmental groups from opposing proposed mining projects.


While passing the legislation, Queensland Mines Minister Andrew Cripps said: "The Queensland Government is implementing a more streamlined, efficient mining lease notification and objection process to reduce red tape and provide greater certainty to both landholders and resources companies.

"The amendments ensure that a mining project is subject to objection and notification processes that take into account the size, risk and impact of the proposed operation.

"Too often we see alarmist green groups submit deliberately distorted and misrepresented objections to proposals in attempt to shutdown the resources sector and the tens of thousands of jobs it supports.

"These types of objections stall the application process, hinder economic development and deny Queenslanders potentially billions of dollars of royalties that could be put back into building hospitals, schools and road infrastructure."

Cripps has, however, said that the landholders affected by mining activities and their direct neighbours will have the right to object to low-impact mining proposals under the new law. Labour opposition, minor parties and the green groups such as the Basin Sustainability Alliance (BSA) are dismayed by the government's new rule.

BSA chair David Hamilton said: "We acknowledge that the government, at the eleventh hour, decided to include a vital amendment that allows adjoining landholders notification and objection rights, but we still don't feel the government has appropriately considered the impacts mining developments can have on the businesses, health and liveability of neighbours, who don't technically adjoin the mine, and the surrounding community.

"There should be public notification and objection rights available to anyone who has a legitimate concern about proposed mining activity. We should not have had this right taken away. It is not adequate that we are only able to have a say in the conditions of some mines." "

[Popeye82]

oder sowas.

Anglo says bioconversion process will improve rate, +quality of opencast colliery rehabilitation
www.miningweekly.com/article/r175m-bioconversion-technology-…

"By: Chantelle Kotze
2nd May 2014

Diversified miner Anglo American’s thermal coal business, Anglo Thermal Coal, has developed and patented a bioconversion technology that it believes can significantly reduce the cost and improve the rate and quality of opencast mine rehabilitation.

The bioconversion technology, which claims “to do in six months, or in one crop growing season, what nature does in 60 years” has been trialled at four Anglo American coal mines and has achieved “extremely” positive results in certain applications at rehabilitated mining pits and coal discard facilities, says Anglo American mine closure manager Henk Lodewijks.

Known as Fungcoal, a combination of the words ‘fungi’ and ‘coal’, the bioconversion technology is being used in the R17.5-million project to harness fungi and weathered coal to produce natural fertilisers that are regarded as the building blocks of soil fertility and plant life.

The project is being undertaken in partnership with tertiary institution Rhodes University’s Institute for Environmental Biotechnology.

The partnership started in 2004, when Anglo Thermal Coal sought ways through which to accelerate and improve the quality of rehabilitation at its opencast mines.

“Research indicates that certain fungi have the ability to break down and liquefy coal that has been exposed to the elements. When accompanied by other microorganisms, they create humic and fulvic acids, which act as natural fertilisers,” says Lodewijks.

He points out that humic and fulvic acids have two important qualities – they promote soil microbe and plant growth and they significantly alleviate the compaction of rehabilitated soil – one of the greatest rehabilitation challenges currently facing the industry.

“As discard coal is used as a medium on which certain grass species grow, we significantly reduced the need for topsoil, which is a scarce and costly resource,” explains Lodewijks.

“Our aim is to restore the ecology of land that has been disturbed, using organisms that cannot be seen with the naked eye,” he says.

Rhodes University professor Keith Cowan adds that all organisms act in concert and enable the environment to resurrect itself, and that the Rhodes University research team has been fortunate enough to discover fungi and bacteria that are crucially important in the process in a relatively short time.

“We are discovering a complete toolkit of organisms for land that has been disturbed, which will ensure that it can be returned to communities for economic activity almost immediately after mining activity has ended,” Cowan comments.

The next step in the project will be to establish a thorough record of land that has been rehabilitated using Fungcoal to gain a greater understanding of Fungcoal’s use in other applications and over a longer period.

Engagement with regulators will take place as the project moves closer to the commercial phase.

Edited by: Martin Zhuwakinyu "

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Human rights group sues SEC over delays on resource extraction rule, A human rights organization sued the US Securities +Exchange Commission(SEC) on Thursday, saying the agency is "unlawfully" delaying work on a rule that would require oil, gas +mining companies to disclose payments they make to foreign governments. Oxfam America, which has been championing the disclosure rule, said in the suit that the SEC's failure to complete work on it directly violates a deadline set by Congress - MW/CMR/O - Sep 19, 2014
www.miningweekly.com/article/human-rights-group-sues-sec-ove…

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oder sowas.

Rio introduces new 3D technology for exploration, which it boasted would reduce costs +improve the efficiency of mining operations
www.miningweekly.com/article/rio-introduces-new-3d-technolog…

"PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Mining giant Rio Tinto has launched its latest technology offering in the form of a three-dimensional (3D) mapping technology, which it boasted would reduce costs and improve the efficiency of mining operations.

The new technology supported Rio’s drive for productivity improvements and cost reductions across its diversified portfolio of assets, the miner said on Tuesday.

Under the next phase of its Mine of the Future programme, Rio would be able to identify the size, location and quality of ore in real time by retrieving data from automated trucks and drills operating in its mines.

The 3D software provided pinpoint accurate mapping that improved efficiency of mining activity by ensuring it was tightly focused on removing high-value ore, significantly reducing waste and operational costs, Rio said.

The technology would create 3D images of mine pit activities that previously could not be measured, leading to greater ore recovery through sharper boundary identification, more accurate drill blasting, reduced explosives, improved waste classification and enhanced dig rates.

Rio Tinto head of innovation John McGagh said that the technology allowed the company to quickly and easily view, compare and evaluate data.

“RTV is is a low-cost application that complements existing group-wide data technology in a way previously never available to enhance our mining operations. It quickly brings information to a much broader audience - from a single operator in the field to an expert team in the Rio Operations Centre in Perth.”

“Armed with this detailed information, our operations to recover the orebodies will be significantly more efficient and effective.”

The new 3D technology was deployed at Rio’s West Angelas iron-ore mine, in Western Australia, and trials were also under way in other operations, including copper, energy and diamonds.

Edited by: Creamer Media Reporter "

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Failure not option, as 'tech champions' push forward through 'rocky R&D terrain', Only 60% of the gold ore in South Africa’s rich Witwatersrand basin is accessed; 40% is left behind in pillars, to protect against seismicity. The mining method then loses a further 25% to 30% of that 60%, because blasting breaks the ore into so many pieces that not all of them can be recovered, with fractured sizes ranging from fine powder to large boulders
www.miningweekly.com/article/failure-not-option-as-tech-cham…

" Only 60% of the gold ore in South Africa’s rich Witwatersrand basin is accessed; 40% is left behind in pillars to protect against seismicity.

The mining method then loses a further 25% to 30% of that 60% because blasting breaks the ore into so many pieces that not all of them can be recovered, with fractured sizes ranging from fine powder to large boulders.

Once blasted, the product is moved up to seven times, which results in more losses.

On average, there is 200% more waste than gold in the mix moved and dilution can be as high as 1 500%, which means that huge volumes of nonpay material has to be transported out of ever-deepening cavities.

One hundred grams of gold in the ground becomes 30 g or 25 g of gold on surface, after getting out only 60% of what was there in the first place.

Asset use is hamstrung by mining taking place only on 270 days of the 365 days a year.

Moreover, in the drill-and-blast environment, only 66% of each day is worked, leaving net physical asset use at 50%.

What is far worse is the death and injury rate, which is unacceptably high.

During the twentieth century alone, the Leon Commission calculated that 69 000 people were killed in South Africa’s mines and a million seriously injured, maimed or physically damaged.

Currently, safety has plateaued and, unless significant change is made to what creates this plateau, death and injury in mines will continue.

There is thus an absolute need to change for deep-level gold mining to be sustainable – and AngloGold Ashanti is at the forefront of a move under senior VP: technology and projects Shaun Newberry to ensure sustain- ability.

The current mining method is clearly not the one that should take South Africa into the future.

In fact, if it continues to be pursued, gold mining will end long before the Witwatersrand basin’s three-billion ounces of gold are extracted.

Some 1.7-billion ounces have been mined, only 200-million more ounces are in reserve and 1.1-billion ounces stand to be left in the ground unless a new mining technology is introduced.

Since 2010, AngloGold Ashanti has been going hammer and tongs to introduce through research and development (R&D) a safer and a more efficient way of mining narrow-reef orebodies.

It has developed and manufactured proto- types in a relatively short space of time and targeted the slogan “safely mining all the gold, only the gold, all the time”.

The technology has produced 2 000 oz of high-grade gold using newly prototyped equipment.

The proposed mining method is to bore holes of the required reef-channel width in order to mine all the gold and only the gold.

All the bored chips containing the gold are collected and transferred in an enclosed system for further processing.

Backfill stabilises the underground environment and reduces the incidence of seismic events.

In order to reach depths of 5 km and beyond, the rock mass removed needs to be replaced with similar material of 170 MPa compressive strength to prevent movement.

Each hole is sealed at the bottom access point and a high-viscosity mixed product is pumped to the top access point.

All this is already happening.

The focus is on reef boring, geological drilling, backfill and mechanical development plus peripheral activities that enable any of these.

Steps are being taken to enable the reef- boring machines already in use to move and align themselves automatically on the basis of geological data.

In two years, AngloGold Ashanti has managed to develop three reef-boring machines, have them manufactured and put them to the test.

Near-term work is also being undertaken to evolve towards a form of gold liberation using chemicals, thermal energy or other methods to free the gold for hydraulic transport back to surface and achieve the original vision of having gold on tap 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Knowledge of rock fragmentation is also an enabler for reef boring, as less power will be needed if better rock fragmentation methodology can be developed.

There are many such projects under way in the background because of their relationship with the programme’s first two stages.

Exponentially faster geological information will be needed to deploy the new technology.

To be able to bore the reef over distance, the location of the gold-bearing rock will have to be determined far more quickly and accurately.

Currently, there is nothing available that can provide the information at the pace needed and something suitable will have to be developed.

In the meantime, the quick win of shaft pillar mining is being seized upon, where such information is already available.

What is being proposed is a mining method that leaves only half of what sequential mining currently leaves behind.

If the pillars are backfilled, what is left behind can be halved.


Innovation Consortium

The technology innovation consortium was established to bring about fundamental safety improvement, stop production decline and release massive revenue potential.

The three-stage strategy, which uses innovation and technology to realise step changes, selected reverse-circulation (RC) drilling as the preferred technology to obtain information ten times faster than the current methods.

RC drilling uses a pneumatic percussion hammer to penetrate the rock.

High-speed haulage-boring machines are needed to create the main infrastructure for logistics and geological drilling platforms as well as smaller-diameter access for on-reef infrastructure.

Once the on-reef grid has been established, the idea is for ventilation to be achieved by drilling holes between the drives using a raisebore machine.

It is envisaged that reef boring and ultra-high-strength backfilling can then take place from the drives.

Reef boring begins from the bottom reef drive using a machine set up on the lower of the two levels to be connected.

Line boring is used to drill a hole from the lower level to the upper level and is then backfilled on completion.

The completed hole has smooth walls and does not require support.

The vision is of mechanical mining being remotely controlled from safe areas and extraction ratios being boosted by a new mining methodology and backfilling of cavities with material as hard as the rock itself.

Targeted are significant portions of orebody currently left behind and the elimination of gold loss down microcracks.

Instead, the plan is to transport consistent smaller chips from the rockface to the mill in one enclosed system.

Much of this is being developed and tested underground right now.

An automated method of providing far greater volumes of backfill at TauTona’s three-rig production site is being tested.

Stage one has three critical areas: geological exploration drilling, mechanical mining and ultrahigh-strength backfill.

Geological exploration drilling provides a far more detailed and accurate geological model from which a mine plan for mechanical mining can be developed to cope with the ore-bearing reef being a complex interwoven series of terraces, all at different angles and heights.

The reef-boring machine is equipped with a cutter to match the variations in width and the inclination of the reef and thus keeps dilution by waste rock to a minimum.

Reef boring produces rock chips of consistent particle size, which are collected in a fully enclosed system for transport to surface.

Once the mining operation is complete, the ultrahigh-strength backfill reduces the risk of seismic events.

The technology is said to have the potential to increase the extraction ratio from the current 60% to 70% to at least 80% to 90% and will help solve the high closure challenge expected at mining depths of 5 000 m and beyond.

Skin-to-skin drilling leaves a wedge of gold that may be recovered by lancing or micro- waving.

The second stage is targeting intelligent mining machines and the third stage a visionary gold-on-tap mimicking of the oil and gas industry.

The three cohesive stages of the roadmap aim to bring sustainability to gold mining at ever-increasing depth, with safety, extraction ratio, dilution, mine call factor and asset use coming under the microscope.

If the country succeeds in finding a viable new alternative, it would not only be able to mine all remaining pillars and go to the ultradepths, but it could also reopen a large number of closed mine shafts and revive mining ghost towns, which is why that national shoulder should be put to the wheel with far more vigour than is currently the case.

Edited by: Creamer Media Reporter "

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.859.023 von Popeye82 am 24.09.14 08:33:58

SA sees black industrialist potential, in Japanese production model
www.miningweekly.com/article/sa-sees-black-industrialist-pot…

" Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies believes South Africa should mimic the Japanese model of developing small manufacturing enterprises in close geographical proximity to large industries, thereby enabling small industrialists to supply inputs directly into the production networks of the larger entities.

Addressing the second Japan-South Africa seminar in Johannesburg this week, Davies argued that such production-network integration could also become an important platform for the creation of black industrialists.

The idea would be for manufacturing entrepreneurs to supply intermediate goods into large domestic and foreign enterprises – inputs that could also eventually be sold into global supply chains.

Professor of Economics at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies at Waseda University, Shujiro Urata, argued that strong linkages in Japan between large and small manufacturing enterprises had been important to the country’s industrialisation and urged South Africa to focus on the development of small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises, or SMEs.

“The importance of SMEs can not be overemphasised,” Urata added, while adding that, for industrialisation, it was important to integrate SMEs with established industrial firms.


PGM VALUE ADDITION

Davies saw particular potential for deploying the model at the proposed platinum group metals (PGM) special economic zone (SEZ), which was being planned for the Rustenburg area, in the North West province.

The PGM SEZ – the creation of which would be facilitated by emerging legislation that would make it possible for government to offer tailor-made incentives for investors willing to pursue the creation of specific industrial value chains in specific areas – was among a number of SEZ concepts currently under consideration nationally. The Saldanha Bay industrial development zone (IDZ) had already been proclaimed and President Jacob Zuma would officially launch the Dube Tradeport IDZ, in KwaZulu-Natal, in early October.

Davies urged Japanese businesses to consider supporting efforts to develop PGM SEZ, saying such cooperation would be especially critical in the area of fuel-cell manufacturing. But government was also keen for the zone to focus on opportunities in the manufacture of jewellery and catalytic converters.

The SEZ was also central to government’s ambition to increase minerals beneficiation, which was being pursued as part of a broader reindustrialization thrust, designed to shift South Africa onto a production-led rather than consumption-led growth path.

Urata, who has studied the industrialisation models across East Asia, argued that foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade had been key drivers for the development of manufacturing in the region over the past few decades.

The rise in FDI flows from Japan into the rest of East Asia in the 1980s and 1990s had also been important in expanding intraregional trade and the integration of production networks. Intermediate goods currently dominated trade flows, with investment decisions driven by a desire to maximise supply-chain efficiencies.

Urata argued that FDI could also become an important driver of industrialisation in other developing regions, including Africa.


‘NATIONAL TREATMENT’

Davies stressed that, while South Africa was insisting upon local content in all public procurement, it did not preclude foreign investors from participation.

If Japanese companies set up domestic productive capacity, “national treatment” would be given to such goods. “But if you want to put you goods on a boat and bring them over, you don’t count – come here and invest, create productive capacity here and you do count.”

South Africa’s trade policy would also be aligned to industrial policy goals, which could result in higher protection for certain products, but also a lowering of tariffs on inputs required to support local manufacturing.

Ambassador Yutaka Yoshizawa indicated that Japanese enterprises were keen to invest in South Africa, including as a gateway to the rest of the continent.

Some 250 Japanese firms were already active in South Africa and many more were looking for new opportunities. In fact, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation’s 2013 ‘Survey Report on Overseas Business Operations by Japanese Manufacturing Companies’ showed a rise in South Africa’s ranking, from 23 to 18, as a promising business-development destination.

However, Yoshizawa said that Japanese companies remained concerned about the country’s volatile labour environment, as well as uncertainty surrounding black economic empowerment, immigration policy and mining legislation.

He insisted that Japan understood the need for the South Africa government to rebalance the interest of business with the needs of its citizens, but that he hoped that the country’s policies would remain conducive to business development and FDI.

Davies indicated a willingness to hold discussions with the embassy and with Japanese companies to address these concerns and gave an assurance that the government was keen to foster even stronger ties with Japanese companies.

Edited by: Creamer Media Reporter "

[Popeye82]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.852.297 von Popeye82 am 23.09.14 13:13:51

oder sowas, so einen Shiiiiit.
Und den Bitte im Quadrat, im Quadrat.

Dann kann die Sonne auch wieder scheinen, und die sauren Gurken weggepackt werden.
Vielleicht

Ontario sets aside funding, for mining research projects
www.miningweekly.com/article/ontario-sets-aside-funding-for-…

"TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne on Friday announced government funding for several mining research projects aimed at creating jobs, reducing operating costs and enhancing miner safety.

Wynne announced in Sudbury that the province would provide financial support through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) for Sudbury-based research organisations.

These included providing $783 916 to the Canopy project at the Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation, which was working to create a mobile canopy system to enable mining companies to develop tunnels faster while keeping workers and equipment safe. By speeding up the development of deep mineral deposits, the provincial investment would help make it more cost-effective to open new mines, leading to more mining jobs in Northern Ontario.

The Canadian Mining Industry Research Organisation, which was testing filters to protect miners from pollutants from underground diesel equipment, also received a $100 000 cash injection. By reducing the volume of fresh air ventilation needed in mines, it will lower operating costs, which will help companies extend mine life and retain jobs. It was estimated that this would indirectly create as many as 20 jobs and could retain as many as 500.

Since 2003, the NOHFC had invested $953-million in 6 200 projects across Northern Ontario, creating or sustaining more than 23 800 jobs.

“We are making smart investments through the NOHFC to help support innovation and job creation in key sectors like mining. When we support Northern Ontario’s success and build on the North’s unique strengths in mining, we ensure a more prosperous future for the entire province,"
 Wynne said.

The province said that it sought partnerships that fostered mining innovation, created jobs and improved the safety of workers in the North that were part of the its plan to build Ontario up by investing in people, building modern infrastructure and supporting a dynamic and innovative business climate.

"I am very pleased that the NOHFC is investing in innovative research in Northern Ontario. These projects will further advance Sudbury’s position as a leader in the mining services and supply sector. And they will have a large impact on underground workplaces, and on the health and safety of underground workers,”
NOHFC chairperson and Northern Development and Mines Minister Michael Gravelle said.

The Ontario government last month announced that it had established the Ring of Fire (RoF) Infrastructure Development Corporation, first mooted in November last year.

The provincial government said the not-for-profit corporation’s headquarters would be located in Thunder Bay and its mandate would be to bring First Nations, the public and private sectors together to create partnerships and facilitate investment decisions in strategic transportation infrastructure.

In its mature state, the corporation would be in a position to advise on crucial infrastructure investment decisions, including how to best use Ontario's $1-billion commitment to RoF infrastructure.

Edited by: Creamer Media Reporter "

[Popeye82]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.891.177 von Popeye82 am 27.09.14 16:25:53

demnächst in Ihrem Kino

The Bre-X Scandal Is "Now Just US$9,000,000 Away From Making It To The Hollywood 'Big Time' ", “Two years ago, somebody sent me a really early draft of the script , says Hollywood director Scott Rosenfelt. The script needed work, but I thought, Wow, what an interesting story. I was captured by it. It was an adventure, it was a thriller, it was a murder mystery +a Greek tragedy - MS - Sep 29, 2014

- A. Ford -
http://minesite.com/news/the-bre-x-scandal-is-now-just-us-9-…

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Mining’s future lies in productivity turnaround
www.miningreview.com/minings-future-lies-in-productivity-tur…

"As the latest statistics from Productivity SA show that labour productivity in the mining sector fell almost 7% last year, mine management urgently needs a long-term vision for an operating environment that will improve output per worker, according to SRK Consulting chairman Roger Dixon.

Other recently released figures – from Statistics South Africa – showed that mining production dropped almost six percent in the June quarter compared with last year, and the industry shed over 4% of its jobs.

Deeper mines, more challenging ore bodies and recent labour unrest have all been factors in steadily declining productivity, said Dixon, but the sector has been slow in finding sustainable solutions to these challenges.

“The sad fact is that we have been conducting our mining operations in essentially the same way for decades, and somehow expecting our efforts to have a different and better result,” he said. “The future of mining will have to be based on more innovative technology, for instance, but our research and development initiatives remain uncoordinated and under-funded.”

SA this year slipped again in the World Economic Forum’s global competitiveness index, falling three places to 56th out of 144 countries.

“In a productive economy, we would expect to see certain trends – such as rising levels of labour utilised alongside wage level increases in line with inflation,” said Dixon. “Mining shows the opposite trends, with employment falling and wage increases regularly outstripping the overall consumer price index.”

Recent labour disputes on mines have led to more frequent discussions about mechanisation, with Productivity SA highlighting the long-term benefits of mechanised production in the economy: with the higher profits that mechanisation and automation can produce, savings are generated that will be ploughed into new job-creating enterprises.

However, Dixon said mechanising and automating in conditions of high unemployment creates a dilemma, and he emphasised the importance of steady and long-term implementation of innovation in working practices and technology.

“The logistics systems on our mines are a good example of where we could improve productivity substantially,” he said. “The distances from surface to the working faces of our deep-level mines have increased drastically since the 1950s and 1960s, but we have not adapted our supply chain technology sufficiently to address this. We simply lose more and more productive time as workers spend a greater portion of their day travelling to and from the stopes.”

While machines and systems are vital to better productivity, so is the health of the workers themselves, he said. To operate at their peak, staff need to be healthy, well nourished and well rested; however, it is increasingly clear that the living environment around many mines – with large number of workers in informal housing – is not conducive to this level of well-being.

“Ill health, fatigue and stress also contribute to accidents, which in turn erode the productive hours that staff spend at work – not to mention the resulting work interruptions and regulated stoppages that follow an incident,” said Dixon.

He said it was vital for the survival of SA mines that management grasp the productivity nettle with a strategic commitment to develop and implement new ways of working, underpinned by research and active consultation with labour and other stakeholders. "

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 47.656.245 von dosto am 31.08.14 15:22:55

Zitat von dosto: --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dosto,

nervt Dich mein Geschreibsel zuletzt hier?

Ich dachte -auch wenn ich es auf eine aaandere Art als Du gemacht hab- es geht hier darum den Finger in die Wunde(n) zu legen, und, auch, in die 'Dreckecken' des Rohstoff und Minengeschäfts zu schauen.

Wenn ja lasse ich es sofooort sein.
War nicht meine Absicht Deinen Thread zu 'kapern und zweckentfremden'.

Gruß
P.

[Popeye82]

mal sehen, ob etwas dran ist. Aber, wenn, dann ist das denke ich ein großes Zeichen.
Dan sollte man sich mal die Gründe für diesen Schritt genauer durchlesen

"Kreise:" Megafusion im Bergbau taucht am Horizont auf - FAZ/DPA/AFX, LONDON - Oct 6, 2014
www.faz.net/agenturmeldungen/unternehmensnachrichten/kreise-…

"Im kommenden Jahr könnte die Minenbranche Kreisen zufolge von einer Megafusion erschüttert werden. Der schweizerisch-britische Bergbaukonzern Glencore <8GC.FSE> lege derzeit die Grundlagen für ein Zusammengehen mit dem britisch-australischen Konkurrenten Rio Tinto , berichtete die Nachrichtenagentur Bloomberg am Montag unter Berufung auf mit der Situation vertraute Personen. Mit der Fusion entstünde ein 160 Milliarden US-Dollar schwerer Gigant, der den bisherigen führenden Minenkonzern der Welt BHP Billiton vom Thron stürzen würde.


n einem vorbereitenden Schritt habe Glencore in den vergangenen Wochen mit dem Rio-Tinto-Aktionär Aluminium Corp. of China gesprochen, hieß es in den Kreisen weiter. Das Unternehmen, besser bekannt unter dem Namen Chinalco, hält knapp zehn Prozent an Rio Tinto. Die Manager des britisch-australischen Konzerns seien über das Interesse von Glencore informiert, es gebe aber derzeit weder Gespräche zwischen den beiden Bergbauriesen noch sei ein formelles Angebot gemacht worden. Beides sei auch bis Jahresende nicht wahrscheinlich. Zudem könnte sich Glencore auch noch gegen den Deal entscheiden. Sprecher der drei beteiligten Unternehmen hätten keinen Kommentar abgeben wollen.

An der Börse knallten bei den Rio-Tinto-Anlegern dennoch schon mal die Champagnerkorken: Die in New York notierten Anteilscheine des Konzerns sprangen in einer ersten Reaktion um knapp 20 Prozent nach oben. Zuletzt betrug das Plus noch mehr als 8 Prozent. Die Titel von Glencore und BHP Billiton können erst am Dienstag zum Start des Aktienhandels in Europa reagieren./he/jha/ "

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University of Adelaide investigating how to predict mine collapse, University of Adelaide engineers are researching ways to better predict the potential collapse of mines +large infrastructure sites
www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/university-of-adelaide-inves…

" University of Adelaide engineers are researching ways to better predict the potential collapse of mines and large infrastructure sites.

The four year project is aimed at developing practical formulas to help engineers understand what is happening at the soil, rocks, and concrete level and connect it with the factors that trigger collapse.

"There are many cases around the world where we've seen catastrophic failure and collapse at underground mine sites with huge losses in terms of people's lives and property," Australian Research Council future fellow at UoA's school of mining engineering, Dr. Giang Nguyen, said.

"It's very hard to predict the effect of a natural disaster or failure in infrastructure.

"All we can do as engineers or researchers to ensure the optimal stability is to do laboratory tests on small specimens taken from the site and use this analysis to project what might happen on a larger scale," he said.

"But there are obviously different behaviours between small specimens of 10cm3 then for large structures of 100m3 or more."

Nguyen said these 'scaling issues' have resulted in inaccurate predictions.

"We need to come up with a method for better prediction that can properly link failures at the micro-scale, specimen scale, and large [field] scale," he said.

"This would transform the understanding of material property scaling into a predictive tool for engineering analysis, helping to obtain more cost effective designs with greater confidence in safety." "

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Anglo American to start asset sell-off
www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/anglo-american-assets-up-for…

" Anglo American has resolved to scale back operations by selling unprofitable business assets.


CEO Mark Cutifani said the company would make “tough decisions” in order the restore credibility with investors over the next two years.

Cutifani has revealed plans to increase Anglo American’s return on capital to at least 15 per cent by 2016, and will sell businesses that have been a burden on that average.

“We have spread ourselves too thin,” Cutifani said in Johannesburg yesterday.

“We haven’t invested enough time and intellectual effort to realize sufficient returns on individual assets.”

“We are ranked outside the top 50 mining countries besides having over a trillion US dollars’ worth of reserves, and the largest in the world.”

He also said that the main priorities for the company would include restructuring its platinum business in South Africa and commissioning its Minas-Rio iron-ore project in Brazil.

In May Cutifani said that of the 69 assets held by Anglo American, 31 were delivering only 2 per cent of the company earnings before taxes and interest.

Bloomberg reported that Anglo American would start the sale of the three smallest Chilean copper mines and a $1 billion smelter by the end of the year.

Anglo American has already put four platinum mines up for sale in July, and offered to sell its 50 per cent stake in Lafarge Tarmac to partner Lafarge SA for $1.5 billion. "

[Popeye82]

moooootherlode of ooore

Hundreds of Canadians lifesavings down the drain, as ‘God’s’ gold venture fails
www.mining.com/hundreds-of-canadians-lifesavings-down-the-dr…

"

- Liberty International Mineral Corporation CEO, Len Lindstrom. (Image from “Corruption 101.") -


About 700 Canadians could lose their lifesavings after a famous televangelist running an African gold mining venture seems to have disappeared off the face of earth.

According to CBC News Saskatchewan, Liberty International Mineral Corporation CEO Len Lindstrom has virtually cut off all contact with most of the people who invested at least Cdn$18 million in the company, or “God business,” as he used to call it.

“He is such an expert at only telling his half of the story,” Dean Britton, a Saskatoon man who invested his life savings in the firm, told CBC. “I’m going to show the other half.”


Britton said he first became concerned when, through a newspaper article, he learned how Lindstrom was being compensated; a yearly $200,000 salary and a hummer.

“For a little ma and pa company with no revenue, no proven resources, no cash flow, no corporate investment –to pay himself that? And not tell us?”

Britton said he was shocked when he learned about Liberty’s share structure.

“What Len conveniently failed to mention is that about 68 per cent of all those shares are personally owned by him and his son and his wife and daughter,” Britton said. “So he could do whatever he wanted to with zero transparency, zero accountability."

(From CBC News)


Ironically, the Christian evangelist-turned-entrepreneur recently launched a book on his experience battling rampant corruption in the West African country, entitled “Corruption 101: Liberian Style.”

The last time Lindstrom was seen in public was last June, when he met the producers of CBC Global News and Current Affairs and with the co-producer of the Fifth State, one of the country’s leading investigative reporting programs.

Insiders says Lindstrom has been talking about taking his company public for at least eight years, but it still hasn't obtained a listing. "





- Dean Britton sings a song called "Motherlode of Ore," which Lindstrom taught to his followers when he encouraged them to purchase shares in his African mining company. -

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Sloppy criteria for ANU shares divestment
www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/sloppy-criteria-for-anu-shar…
www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-14/indigenous-negotiator-stands-…

"Iluka Resources has criticised the evaluation which led to divestment of shares in the mineral sands miner by the Australian National University (ANU).

Iluka Resources general manager (for investor and external relations) Dr Rob Porter said representatives of the company met with research group CAER (Corporate Analysis, Enhanced Responsibility) on Friday last week to discuss their process of evaluation.

“They have a lot of different criteria,” Porter said.

“If you’re involved in mining activities you don’t rate very well to start off with because it’s an extractive activity."

Porter said CAER had a number of criteria that would be difficult for most small mining companies to meet.

“They have criteria like ‘Do you have a dedicated manager who is responsible for water management?’ or ‘Do you have a dedicated senior manager for CO2 or emissions’,” Porter said.

“We are not a large company by any matter of means, so no, we don’t have dedicated people associated with that.

“We are, in a very preliminary way, involved in overseas jurisdictions, but we’re not seen to have an adequate enunciation of policies around human rights abuses and child labour.”

Porter said Iluka Resources did not intend to pursue the matter through legal channels, as was threatened by Sandfire Resources.

“Like other companies we’re not particularly impressed with the quality of the rigour of the research, nor the fact that there was no real dialogue with the company in terms of being cross-checked, or having it reviewed independently,” Porter explained.

“But rather than get into a brawl about this matter we’ll engage with them and do what we can to change the assessment.”

Iluka announced earlier in October that it was confident in its sustainability credentials, that it operated within the framework of ASX corporate governance principles, and that it had a commitment to the highest standards of health, safety and environmental performance.

Iluka Resources also has a documented track record of responsible rehabilitation of areas disturbed by exploration and mining operations.

In May this year Iluka Resources won the South Australian Premier’s Award for Environmental Excellence, for research partnerships to promote industry best practice at the Jacinth-Ambrosia mineral sands operation.

Iluka was also recognised in September for outstanding contributions on the part of Narngulu operations manager Stuart Forrester for promoting the role of women in mining, and in 2013 won the Excellence in Social Inclusion award for indigenous employment , education and business development in South Australia.

***

ANU announced early in October that it would divest shares in seven mining companies on the basis that they were 'not socially responsible and doing harm'.

The move that was pushed by student activist group ‘Fossil Free ANU’ and the international fossil fuel divestment campaigners 350.org, however these organisations have apparently failed to persuade ANU to distance itself from BHP Billiton, which is a corporate donor to the university.

Of the seven companies named in the divestment of around $16 million worth of shares, only two are companies involved in the production of fossil fuels.

The other companies selected for divestment were Santos (oil and gas), Oil Search (oil and gas), Newcrest Mining (gold), Sandfire Resources (copper, gold), Independence Group (nickel, gold), and Sirius Resources (Nickel, not yet producing).

The $16 million worth of shares represents only 1.6 per cent of ANU’s estimated $1 billion worth of investments.

Similarly divested company Sirius Resources was recently commended as an industry leader by indigenous consulting company Indigenous Services Australia, for their sensitivity and respect in negotiating for land use with the Ngadju people, as well as achieving positive social outcomes for them as traditional owners of the land covered by the exploration lease for the Nova Nickel Project.

Sydney-based Oil Search administers United Nations health care funds, and is listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability index (Australia) and the UK-based Alliance Trust Sustainable Future Global Growth Fund.

Sandfire CEO Karl Simich said that the company was not contacted by CAER prior to ANU’s decision, and were only able to obtain a copy of their company profile from CAER on Wednesday.

“Sandfire Resources is, at this present time, considering all of its legal options to the extent that we can,” Simich told the ABC.

“Yes, we will take further action in a formal capacity, and we will be seeking a full retraction of the statements made by the ANU.

“When you make comments that you're not interested in investing in companies that cause social harm, that is something we take umbrage at.

“It really is a distressing statement to hear, from an institution that actually provides (university) courses for people who will enter the mining industry.”

Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) CEO Simon Bennison said the decision by ANU to publically blacklist the companies was an inappropriate reaction to a flawed report.

“ANU commissioned CAER to prepare a report into environmental, social and governance ratings of various companies within their share portfolio.

“AMEC understands that ratings were assigned to a number of criterion based only on publicly available information.

“The fact that the nominated companies were not formally approached, afforded natural justice or the right of any reply, the decision making process by ANU is clearly flawed.

Bennison said AMEC was extremely concerned and disappointed that ANU chose to make a public statement on what should have been an internal decision making process.

“In the meantime, there is no question that the investment reputation of the companies involved has been tarnished,” he said.

“They have been vilified without credible evidence being provided to substantiate the conclusions in the Report.” "

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Mexican mine spill releases 11,000t of toxic material, in rivers - MT/Profepa/Semarnat - Oct 20, 2014
www.mining-technology.com/news/newsmexican-mine-spill-releas…

"Another mine spill has been reported in Mexico, which has poured around 11,000t of toxic material into the country's rivers.


The incident occurred at the Two Gentlemen's gold-silver mine in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa, when waste pollutants leaked out into the Chupaderos stream that flows into the Baluarte River in Concordia town, reported Telesur Agenda citing local authorities.

According to the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Profepa), the discharge occurred due to the collapse of mine's retention dam on Thursday and the agency was notified three hours later.
"State and federal authorities have reportedly taken measures to prevent toxic material entering the ground water."

The environmental body is yet to ascertain the composition of the effluence; however, state and federal authorities have reportedly taken measures to prevent toxic material entering the ground water.

Meanwhile, Profepa noted that it will initiate administrative proceedings to discover the cause of the spill and start remedial measures, which will be passed by the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat).

In early August, Cananea copper mine, which is owned by Grupo Mexico's subsidiary Buenavista del Cobre, spilled approximately 40,000m³ of leached copper into the Bacanuchi River, a tributary of the Sonora River, affecting the water supply of more than 22,000 people and killing fish and livestock.

Following that incident, the public and environmental organisations carried out widespread protests in September, forcing the company and its subsidiary to agree to spend $151m on cleaning the toxic spill. "

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The 'next LEAP forward in automation', A new development by Honeywell Process Solutions is changing the miners approach process control solutions on site, allowing them to change the way they build automation infrastructure
www.miningaustralia.com.au/features/the-next-leap-forward-in…

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Former Grosvenor mine boss accused of stealing $4,000,000 from Anglo American
www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/former-grosvenor-mine-boss-a…

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Increased efficiency needed @Olympic Dam
www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/increased-efficiency-needed-…

"Olympic Dam is looking for increased efficiencies according to BHP Billiton Asset president Darryl Cuzzubbo, speaking in Adelaide at UniSA last Friday.

Speaking at the 40th Annual Essington Lewis Memorial Lecture, Cuzzubbo said that with commodity prices having dropped up to 50 per cent (in the case of uranium) from their 2011 highs, this had created a “very tough situation” for the Olympic Dam business which runs high fixed-cost infrastructure.


Cuzzubbo said in looking for ways to make Olympic Dam stronger and more competitive it was crucial to use the current economic climate to “establish strong partnerships with key suppliers where our futures are intertwined… to improve effectiveness and reduce costs through creativity and improved efficiency.”

Olympic Dam has managed to increase underlying profit by 10 per cent in FY2014, to US$13.4 billion, and has delivered more than US6.6 billion of sustainable productivity-led gains over the last two years.

Cuzzubo said a number of efficiencies had already been implemented at the copper/gold/uranium mine, including improvements to meters advanced per day per jumbo drill, which is advancing toward the benchmark set from the FY2013 results.

The plant also has increased stability from the flash furnace in the smelter thanks to a new Flash Furnace Heat Balance Model to control accretions on the interior bricks, providing 5 per cent increase in reliability and reduced maintenance costs, as well as better safety.

Cuzzobbo said the Olympic Dam mine will scale up output in line with increases to efficiency, but not before gains are made to capitalise on performance.

“Once we are able to run our existing operation at full capacity, we then – and only then – earn the right to grow,” he said.

“We continue to research all options for expansion and initially focussed on a divergent process where all options were evaluated to ensure that we left no stone unturned.

“This is not something that we can or should take lightly as it will likely shape the path of Olympic Dam for the rest of this century.”

Image: HWT Image Library "

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AngloGold plans $1,000,000,000 debt cut, mulls asset sales, partnerships, Gold major AngloGold Ashanti, which beat 3rd-quarter cost +production guidance, +has recorded the safest two quarters in its history, is prioritising self-help steps to cut its debt by $1,000,000,000 +considering asset sales +partnerships, if required[Video] - MW, JOHANNESBURG - Nov 4, 2014

- M. Creamer -
www.miningweekly.com/article/anglogold-beats-guidance-priori…

"Gold major AngloGold Ashanti, which beat third-quarter cost and production guidance and has recorded the safest two quarters in its history, is prioritising self-help steps to cut its debt by $1-billion and considering asset sales and partnerships, if required.

The third-quarter performance of the JSE- and NYSE-listed company headed by CEO Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan (Venkat), is characterised by free cash flow generation and debt reduction.


All-in sustaining costs (AISC), which include sustaining capital as well as corporate and exploration costs, improved 10% year-on-year to $1 036/oz and were made despite wage and winter power tariff increases.

“We will also consider the sale or partnership of an operating asset, if required,” added Venkat, who with new CFO Christine Ramon outlined the self-help steps envisaged, including the consolidation of the five mines and two surface operations into three entities to capture operating synergies. (Also see attached video)

While the international operations under Ron Largent are targeting an AISC of $900/oz, the target of the South African operations remains undisclosed at this stage because of its fundamentally higher cost structure ahead of the operational consolidation.

The intention is also to explore opportunities for partnerships or sale, potentially involving the Colombian La Colosa and Nuevo Chaquiro discoveries and the Obuasi mine in Ghana, which is being remodelled.

The company is also maintaining the option of the sale or joint venturing of operating mines.

Adjusted headline earnings were $2-million in the three months, compared with $576-million in the corresponding period of 2013.

Third-quarter production was 1.128-million ounces at a total cash cost of $820/oz, compared with 1.043-million ounces at a total cash cost of $809/oz in the corresponding period of last year and guidance of 1.06-million ounces to 1.09-million ounces at up to $890/oz.

Generating free cash flow is the key strategic objective of the company, which has returned to production growth for the first time in almost a decade, while posting the best safety performance in its history.

These initiatives together have helped the company reduce debt marginally in each of the past three quarters, despite a lower gold price.

The company has started working on a range of self-help measures to generate cash from within the current operating base to further deleverage the balance sheet over the medium term.

Cash inflow from operating activities of $320-million for the three months to September 30 was similar to the $319-million in the third quarter in 2013, despite the lower gold price received.

Free cash flow of $30-million after all expenditures in the third quarter, compared with the outflow of $222-million in the third quarter of 2013, was a result of widespread cost improvement.

AngloGold Ashanti’s long-dated debt facilities involve mostly undrawn revolving debt facilities maturing only in 2019.

The first bond matures only in 2020 and net debt to adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation of 1.6 times is within 3.5 times covenant limits.

The company’s liquidity is underpinned by available cash, active commercial paper programmes and undrawn bank facilities, of $1-billion in US dollars and A$151-million undrawn in A$500-million Australian dollars.

Nobody has been killed on AngloGold mines for the second successive quarter.

In addition, the company’s other safety metrics reached their best levels ever, despite the potential dangers posed by the earthquake that shook the Vaal River mines in August, when all 3 300 employees working underground at the time were safely lifted to surface.

AngloGold has guiding production of 4.35-million ounces to 4.45-million ounces for 2014, an improvement despite the sale of the Navachab gold mine, in Namibia, in May, earthquake losses in South Africa and the transition of the Obuasi mine in Ghana to limited operating state by year-end.

Capital expenditure, initially set at up to $1.45-billion, has been lowered to $1.25-billion, owing mainly to savings at the loss-making Obuasi.

The forecast for AISC has been kept at up to $1 075/oz.

Reopening Obuasi – which has 8.14-million ounces of proven and probable reserves and a 27.4-million ounce resource – as a fully mechanised operation will be decided early next year.

The company will use cash flows and facilities to fund the remaining retrenchment costs at the mine during the fourth quarter. "

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oder sowas, was gebraucht wird
wer gesagt hat dass die Rohstoffbranche im Endeffekt seit Jahrzehnten keine 'richtigen' (technischen)Innovationen mehr hervorgebracht hat, sollte sich das mal gaaanz ruhig durchlesen

Australian Mining Prospect Awards Winner: Innovative Mining Solution, For making drilling more productive the Columbus group have won the Innovative Mining Solution award
www.miningaustralia.com.au/features/australian-mining-prospe…

"When it comes to innovation in the mining industry, it's very hard to go past a revolutionary new development in drilling, which is why Columbus Group Design have won the 2014 Prospect Award for Innovation.


Their 3 dimensional 'Down-the-hole' drilling system brings a number of new tricks to the driller's kitbag, and will no doubt become a vital ingredient in Australian exploration, mine development, and production.

Rather than conventional boring or hammer drilling which uses a drill bit, 3D 'Down-the-hole' drilling uses a high pressure water cutting tool, digitally controlled to direct jets of water vertically and horizontally.

With a series of jets in the cutting head that can be switched on or off by an on-board connection to 'Internet of Everything' controls, it is possible to drill out three-dimensional cavities of different shapes, or hole profiles, including spherical for increased strength rock-bolting, or star shaped for greater explosive fracturing control in blasting operations.

One of the main benefits of high pressure water drilling is the absence of dust and less hydraulic hammer impacts on drilling equipment.

In the expanding world of the 'internet of everything', the 3D down-the-hole technology moves the drilling management, water valving and local sensing to the scene of the action for precision and flexibility, together with a high degree of redundancy for reliability and extended uninterrupted drilling performance.

There are sensors on the drilling head tool to ensure that the 3D profile being cut is being shaped to the pre-set required profile.

To achieve the 'captured ball-like' cavity feature within a rock formation, as well as all 12 sets of three cutting jets being used to define the 3D shape, a shaking motion of up to 30 degrees of rotation is also introduced with the dual hole packer set, so wiping the surface being cut away to form the 'ball' has a total 360 degree of impacting cutting action and cavitation.

The control of the 21 jet cutting head also allows the hole reference and direction to be assisted in changing, so the guidance reference hole can actually be driven around corners, if required.

Columbus Group Design has said that while it could be possible to also add gold assaying sensors to the drilling head, it is also possible to use above the ground assaying systems, and link the results with particular cutting details from the accelerometer data, the knowledge of which jet sets are in use, and the transport time to extract the material from the drilling head operations to the assaying point.

With a degree of benchmarking and local knowledge of typical gold seam patterns in 3D, then the ability of the 3D 'down-the-hole' high pressure water drilling to 'chase' and extract gold from even small and thin seams may become a commercially viable, particularly in an automated environment, using particular aspects of the in-house optimising software.

The new technology could also be used to enhance the application of horizontal mining techniques

With more tunnelling being used to create rail commuter services in cities, the application of horizontal mining technologies can allow more efficient tunnel profiles.

The down-the-hole cutting head, under software control, can shape the stope as wanted.

The slurry coming from the cutting action can be easily pumped away without the need for conveyors.

Further, the slurry can be combined on site with cements and fibre reinforcing to complete the permanent structures. "

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Automated haul trucks coming to NSW
www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/automated-haul-trucks-coming…

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Bioleaching bacteria 'may become useful in iron ore extraction', Scientists have discovered bacteria that are tolerant of salt +acid, which have potential to assist mineral leaching in ore processing
http://sciencewa.net.au/topics/industry-a-resources/item/317…
www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/bioleaching-bacteria-may-bec…

"Scientists have discovered bacteria that are tolerant of salt and acid, which have potential to assist mineral leaching in ore processing.


A CSIRO bio-prospecting survey found the potential ‘bioleaching’ bacteria in the WA Wheatbelt, near Merredin.

Bioleaching is the term given to using microorganisms to extract metals from ore.

CSIRO environmental microbiologist Dr Suzy Rea headed the survey, which was conducted under the Water Reuse and Environmental Process Engineering research program.




“Bioleaching is already commercially up and running, about 15−18 per cent of the world's copper supply is actually done via bioleaching,” Rea told Science Network WA.

Rea said a key problem for bioleaching in heavy mining countries such as Australia is the lack of fresh water, with groundwater becoming increasingly saline.

However, the newly discovered bacteria were found by searching Wheatbelt farmland drains for salty, acidic water, and are more salt tolerant than any bacteria previously discovered.

“Usually microorganisms can handle one extreme condition but not another and our bugs are already managing acid because all leaching is done, at least for copper sulphide ores, in an acidic environment,” Rea said..

Rea said that although biological processes are already used for low-grade sulphide ores and gold extraction, researchers like her are now looking for ways to use bacteria for oxide ores like iron, which will become more important as high grade ores begin to run out in the period from 2030 to 2050.

Rea’s research project activities include looking at biofloatation of iron ores using bacterial microbes and their products to replace the hazardous chemicals currently used for separating iron ores from gangue ores (valueless mineral deposits).

Rea’s paper, released last month in Minerals Engineering journal is entitled ‘Salt-tolerant organisms potentially useful for bioleaching operations where fresh water is scarce’. "

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New software 'gives companies the edge on mine designing +surveying'
www.miningaustralia.com.au/features/save?mid=1a9593dde3&utm_…

" A two-year collaboration with four of South Africa’s top miners has led to the development of an innovative software solution for mine planning and surveying.

Recognising the need to update the mine planning process so that it was automated, continuous and timely, Bentley teamed up with Cyest Technology and approached miners with an aim to work on a collaborative solution.

Anlgo American Platinum, AngloGold Ashanti, Lonmin, and Royal Bafokeng all took part in the syndicated process and had direct input in the design and definition of the software for use in underground tabular mining.

Bentley said the newly developed MineCycle products which came out of this process, are based on industry proven software foundations to facilitate optioneering.

Bentley’s vice president of simulation and product management Robert Mankowski describes optioneering as finding the optimal solution to any engineering problem.

“The ability to quickly assess operational planning and engineering alternatives was one of the ‘musts’ that our syndicate development sponsors identified,” Mankowski explained.

“It’s about providing software that can help engineers evaluate many different options quickly; so by automating many of the tasks that were done manually, we can save them time and make them more productive in those tasks by giving them the ability to evaluate multiple options.

“This leads to better informed decisions and picking a better solution.”

Bentley says their new range of MineCycle products will enable mining companies to address some of their pain points, including the need for a continuous rather than intermittent mine planning cycle that is automated, helping miners become more agile.
MineCycle Designer

Bentley’s senior product marketing manager Victor Alvarez said mine planning is currently a long and tedious process, and can take months to generate just one plan.

“Despite being immersed in a business environment that is constantly changing – from commodity prices to labour issues and other unexpected events occurring – operators have been burdened with a planning process that is long and tedious and it impairs their ability to respond,” Alvarez said.

This leads to insufficient time to explore alternatives because of the long design and planning process.

To achieve greater planning agility Bentley saw two things that needed to change.

One was the automation of manual steps with rules-based intelligence that allows each step of the planning process to occur more quickly.

Alvarez said the automation is not just to eliminate manual tedium involved in planning, it also encapsulates industry best standards and practices for each of the steps required to create a mine plan.

The second change was that sequential flow needed to be consolidated into a single environment that provides a consolidated dynamic planning capability where design, resource evaluation, and scheduling can occur simultaneously.

With this in mind, MineCycle Designer allows mine planners to configure 3D intelligent mining objects that know how to behave against other objects and the geology of a mine site.

“The stope for example becomes an object that relates to other objects in the mine – when you bring in this new survey and or geology data the design automatically adapts and adjusts to the new information,” Alvarez explained.

This means the plan is live and auto-adjusts based on how the mine is designed, so when things change the mine plan changes with it.

Cyest Technology managing director Gary Lane explained that planners will no longer have to click on every single line to shorten them when the geology moves by one metre as the software automates this process.

The software also creates a rules-based template that governs the scheduling of the mine plan.

“We represent the actual mining sequence logic in a template and then we’re propagating that template across the entire mine – so you’re auto-generating all the scheduling activity,” Lane told Australian Mining.

“You push a button and have a production schedule which in the past would take the guys sometimes weeks and weeks- now we’re talking seconds.”

Crew allocation and tracking are also part of the scheduling software, allowing miners to see what crew they will need, where they need to go, and what work is required to execute the mine plan.

Lane said the software will revolutionise mine planning.

“We’ve had people in the collaboration groups stand up and do a Mexican wave – that’s how profound it has been when they saw what the software can do,” he said told Australian Mining.
MineCycle Survey

Designed to work separately or in conjunction with MineCycle Designer, MineCycle Survey is a single application that uses the same software and tools to complete all survey and survey data intelligence.

MineCycle Survey can be used in both underground and surface mines and uses information direct from survey equipment to generate 3D models of the mine.

Alvarez said this gives companies the real-time ability to analyse the as-mined and as-planned aspects of their site.

With the ability to survey stockpile volumes, pegs, offsets, progressive open cut surveys and notes, the software can take data from a variety of sensors, instruments, file formats, laser scanners and point clouds and combine the diverse data into one survey without time-consuming conversions.

With faster production of survey intelligence, Bentley said the planning process, accelerated with MineCycle Designer, can leverage more up-to-date survey information and create higher quality plans.

Another benefit is the ability to create a 3D spatial view of the ore body, further enhancing scheduling options.

“Now the mine designer is able to see on the fly how many ounces of platinum or grams of gold is being mined and is able to create alternatives as required,” Lane explained.

With all this information in one system so crucial to differing workers across the site, Bentley said it was important to create an open architecture where the data is accessible the rest of the enterprise.

Lane says the software gives miners the ability to generate a mine plan more quickly, meaning multiple mine plans can be produced to test different strategic alternatives and respond to changes in any external global conditions.

“It creates more time for businesses,” Lane said.

“We’re going to give people more time to think through the plan and more time to analyse. It’s revolutionised how you do mine scheduling.”
A collaborative approach

The new software is being installed at mine sites across South Africa, with its implementation expected in the early stages of next year.

While the proof of its success will depend on the creation of the first mine plan using the system, what is apparent is the success of the syndicated development process.

The program took place over 100 weeks with testing and conducted every month to ensure the software met the companies’ requirements.

Mankowski said the program de-risked the development process both for Bentley and the miners involved.

“The collaboration provided us with the opportunity to validate that our innovations and solutions were going to meet their needs,” Mankowski told Australian Mining.

“We knew we were taking a very iterative approach to the problem. We met with them frequently, talked to them about their issues, about specifications for the solution, and then as soon as we had software to show we were able to demonstrate that to them and get their feedback through the entire process.

“It really helped us minimise the risk associated with the development and de-risks it for them miners as well.”

Devlin Anderson, section surveyor at Anglo American Platinum, said the software is set to “push the boundaries of our current way of doing business in the 21st century”.

“We have collectively given input regarding our various operating requirements in our fields to Bentley and Cyest over the last two years,” Anderson explained.

“This information has driven them to produce a product that not only looks and functions as we intended but has exceeded our expectations.”

Meanwhile, MRM and MES senior manager at Lonmin Ren van Zyl said he is looking forward to a configurable, open, and integrated system that allows users to have one point of contact in terms of software that will give them all the functionality they require to perform their work.

“We eagerly anticipate the successful launch and implementation of these products that are simple to use and fit for business purpose,” van Zyl said.

While the current MineCycle Designer software can only be used in the niche South African underground tabular environment, Bentley and Cyest are looking to find companies to team up with to develop similar software for use in open cut mines.

While no names were given, Bentley said there has been a great deal of interest shown by mining companies for a possible collaboration process starting next year.



“It’s all about increasing production through improved efficiency while reducing cost,” Bentley’s solution executive Dave Body told Australian Mining.

“The mining majors are now looking for innovative technology that can deliver on that promise.”

Vicky V was a guest of Bentley at it's recent Year in Infrastructure conference. "

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das ist sicher nicht "konfliktfrei", würde den Rohstofffirmen aber sicher seeehr helfen

NSW Premier promises to halve assessment time for mining projects, In a major shake-up of the state’s planning system, NSW Premier Mike Baird has vowed to halve the time it takes to approve major infrastructure project
www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/nsw-premier-promises-to-halv…

"In a major shake-up of the state’s planning system, NSW Premier Mike Baird has vowed to halve the time it takes to approve major infrastructure projects.


The move comes after it was revealed the time it takes to move a project through the approvals system has risen from 500 days to more than 1000 days over the last six years.

Speaking at a NSW Minerals Council Awards dinner last night, Baird said the government needed to make a change.

"I am tonight drawing a line in the sand on this. NSW must do better and I assure you we will," Baird said.

"I commit to halving the assessment times for major projects during the next term of government."

Planning Minister Pru Goward will today detail directions to the planning commission which implements time limits and works to appoint case managers from the premier’s department who will manage planning applications.

"The Planning Minister and I believe these immediate changes alone will deliver time frame savings of about 170 days for major projects," Baird said.

Baird also hit out at illegal protestors and said new legislation would “throw the book” at activists who entered mining sites.

The premier said it was unacceptable that mining companies were responsible for the safety of people who entered their sites illegally.

"For too long protesters have entered mining sites, illegally damaged equipment and disrupted activity and escaped serious penalties.

“What is even more galling for the ­industry is that current legislation puts the responsibility for the safety of trespassers who enter mining sites illegally on to mining companies and operators

"We need legislation which provides a real deterrent to this unlawful behaviour and protects businesses from illegal protesting activities.”

NSW Minerals Council chief Stephen Galilee said the changes would work to attract investment in the state.

“The strong commitment by the Premier to streamline the current planning approvals process and reduce assessment timeframes by half is a welcome sign of support for our industry,” Galilee said.

“Mining families and communities across NSW will warmly welcome the Premier’s strong demonstration
of support for their industry. We look forward to working with the Premier and his Government to help deliver these important reforms that will protect and create jobs.” "

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 48.375.626 von Popeye82 am 21.11.14 03:41:41

oder sowas
kann auch gebraucht werden

Exploration drilling costs down to $50 per metre, Mineral exploration could be done at a fraction of the cost thanks to researchers @Curtin University who have developed a new coiled tube drilling rig
www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/exploration-drilling-costs-d…

"Mineral exploration could be done at a fraction of the cost thanks to researchers at Curtin University who have developed a new coiled tube drilling rig.


Project leader Professor Brian Evans (Department of Petroleum Engineering) said the new rig can drill boreholes at a cost of $50 per metre, and reduces rig staff from six to two people.

“Coiled tube drilling rigs have been used in the oil and gas industry for the last 40 years to clean up existing boreholes and they are quick because they are continuously drilling – they don’t need rod changes,” Evans said.

“We are adapting these coiled tube drilling rigs to be used for hard-rock mineral drilling by replacing the steel drill pipe with flexible coiled tubing, and working on embedding sensors and electronic chips in the composite laminate tube, so logging can be done in real time.

“We’ve also decreased the borehole size, because by drilling continuously with small, low-cost impregnated diamond bits and increasing the speed, we are hoping to increase the rate of penetration substantially.”

The prototype rig was demonstrated at the Brukunga Drilling Research and Training facility in the Adelaide Hills last week.

Developed in partnership with the CSIRO, University of Adelaide and the Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative research Centre (DETCRC), the project aims to increase drilling speed from 50rpm to 7000rpm.

Last year the prototype of the world's first coiled tubing drill rig (CT Rig) for exploration was launched at the Brukunga site. "

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oder sowas
kann auch gebraucht werden

Exploration drilling costs down to $50 per metre, Mineral exploration could be done at a fraction of the cost thanks to researchers @Curtin University who have developed a new coiled tube drilling rig
www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/exploration-drilling-costs-d…

"Mineral exploration could be done at a fraction of the cost thanks to researchers at Curtin University who have developed a new coiled tube drilling rig.


Project leader Professor Brian Evans (Department of Petroleum Engineering) said the new rig can drill boreholes at a cost of $50 per metre, and reduces rig staff from six to two people.

“Coiled tube drilling rigs have been used in the oil and gas industry for the last 40 years to clean up existing boreholes and they are quick because they are continuously drilling – they don’t need rod changes,” Evans said.

“We are adapting these coiled tube drilling rigs to be used for hard-rock mineral drilling by replacing the steel drill pipe with flexible coiled tubing, and working on embedding sensors and electronic chips in the composite laminate tube, so logging can be done in real time.

“We’ve also decreased the borehole size, because by drilling continuously with small, low-cost impregnated diamond bits and increasing the speed, we are hoping to increase the rate of penetration substantially.”

The prototype rig was demonstrated at the Brukunga Drilling Research and Training facility in the Adelaide Hills last week.

Developed in partnership with the CSIRO, University of Adelaide and the Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative research Centre (DETCRC), the project aims to increase drilling speed from 50rpm to 7000rpm.

Last year the prototype of the world's first coiled tubing drill rig (CT Rig) for exploration was launched at the Brukunga site. "

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South Australia launches new geoscientific data on unexplored provinces, South Australia has released new gravity data on its most underexplored provinces
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Glencore-Rio merger will happen, hedge funds told
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" "What Ivan buys next" has been a favourite mining sector parlour game even before the Swiss firm went public in 2011 making CEO Ivan Glasenberg one of the richest people in the world.

There is no shortage of possible takeover targets for Glencore, with a market value of $70 billion and an outperforming share price.

The most intriguing idea that's floating around is a merger between Glencore and Rio Tinto, which would combine the world's second and fourth largest miner and knock BHP Billiton off its throne.

After going away for a while talk that a combination may happen after all is resurfacing with Ian Hannam, the once and future king of mining M&A, jockeying for position in the event of a mega-merger Bloomberg reports:

Hedge funds including GLG Partners, DE Shaw & Co, and Pentwater Capital Management were told this month by a prominent London mining banker to prepare for an all-but-inevitable takeover of Rio Tinto Group by Glencore Plc (GLEN), according to people familiar with the meeting.

Former JPMorgan Chase & Co. dealmaker Ian Hannam, who now runs a boutique advisory firm, convened representatives of more than 20 investors at Corrigan’s Mayfair restaurant in the British capital in mid-November to share his views on the potential deal, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing a private matter. The meeting was intended in part to help position Hannam’s firm, Hannam & Partners, to win a role in the transaction, the people said.

“If not today, this deal will happen sometime in the near future,” Hannam said in his presentation, according to a copy seen by Bloomberg. “Glencore is M&A savvy and times deals well. The combination will create a super-major with a diversified portfolio of world-class mining assets.” "

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Thai villagers may have been poisoned by gold mine, A Thai gold mining company is under fire this week after lab results indicated as many as 6,000 people may have been poisoned by heavy metals
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"A Thai gold mining company is under fire this week after lab results indicated as many as 6,000 people may have been poisoned by heavy metals.

Thailand's Central Institute of Forensic Sciences found manganese and arsenic in 329 of 600 blood samples collected from locals in the Thap Khlo district, where Akara Resources operates gold mines, according to a report in Friday's Bangkok Post.

Manganese can cause neurological problems and arsenic can invoke symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease.




The Post reports that testing began after villagers complained about health and environmental concerns near the Chatree Mining Complex about 280 kilometres north of Bangkok. It will be up to the Justice Ministry and authorities in Phichit province to decide what to do about the results.

Akara Resources said in a statement that it will cooperate fully with the testing. CEO Pakorn Sukhum maintained that the company "operates to the best international practices on health and environmental standards" and that the Chatree Mining Complex is reguarly checked by government agencies.

The news release also states that the tests are part of a smear campaign by local activists, including a former employee, that are "harboring ulterior motives." The company notes that it tested workers this past June and found arsenic and manganese levels within the normal range.

The Chatree Mining Complex is the largest gold mine in Thailand. Since it began processing ore in 2001, up to June 2013, the mine produced over 1.3 million ounces of gold and 5.8 millon ounces of silver. The complex contains an estimated 4.03 million gold ounces and 32.8 million silver ounces at a cutoff grade of 0.30 g/t. "