The recent euphoria surrounding the development of the Canadian oil sands has ended because of the economic fallout from the global financial crisis.read more »
Shares of Alcoa (AA.N) fell 2.6 percent to $11.80 in extended trading on Tuesday after the aluminum producer announced metal production and job cuts.read more »
Mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd has resumed all of its iron ore operations in Western Australia’s Pilbara region after suspending some activities for almost a fortnight.read more »
Africa InfoMine is the latest in a series of region specific editions. It provides focused, in-depth information and functionality encompassing most aspects of mining and mineral exploration activities in Africa.read more »
A Mineweb reader has noticed a recent two-year cycle for gold price behaviour which, if it continues will likely give some guidance to price movements this year and next.
Revitalised Australian junior Black Range Minerals has acquired a coal project in Alaska with aspirations of securing export markets in Asia and the Pacific Rim.
Mineweb is once again organising a gold price prediction competition where readers may try and outdo the experts with their forecasts for the year ahead.
Ultimately, as the realisation worldwide materialises that the U.S economy is hugely overstretched, gold will come to the fore as the true safe haven - but it may take some time to do so.
Mining Field: Conveyors and FeedersArea: Belt Conveyor Design (Rule#326)
A downhill conveyor should not be designed steeper than 20%. This is the maximum declination for containing material on the belt under braking conditions.
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