FLSmidth awarded order for iron ore crushing plant in India

FLSmidth has received a contract worth approximately USD 30m (DKK 175m) for the supply of an iron ore crushing plant with a capacity of 1,800 tonnes per hour from Indian M/s National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC Limited) for their Kumaraswamy iron ore project, located in the Bellary District, Karnataka in India.

more: http://hugin.info/2106/R/1460045/399368.pdf

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Steel Rolling Mill Machinery an Important Equipment in Steel Industry

In early times when there were no computers in this world and all the works were performed with physical efforts of men has now turned this technology so advanced that rarely any kind of work is optimized without machines and computers. Different types of machines are used for different kinds of work. Business over this world is divided into so many sections serving for different purposes. So today we’ll discuss about the steel rolling mill machinery of India. With the advancement in technology people are inventing new things that are making their task easier and easier. Machines are one of those things. It has been categorized on the basis of their sizes, work type and costs. They are used for making steel, metal sheets etc.

Do you know what is metal and how it is made? Metal is an electropositive element which has shiny surface. It has good qualities and more efficiency. It is a good conductor of electricity and can be melted or fused in any shape by using high processed heating methods. We can make out of metal sheets by passing out them through the rollers en the machines are categorized under two categories. Hot rolling mill machinery & cold rolling mill machinery process carried out through steel rolling mill machinery. You may or may mot know that each and every metal has its own recrystallization temperature.

If the temperature of the metal is above its recrystalization temperature then it is termed under hot rolling mill machinery process and if the temperature of the metal is below the recrystalization temperature of the metal then the process is called as cold steel rolling mill machinery. With the help of these processes we are able to make sheets, plates and foils out of these. Sheets from the metal are used for construction, transport and aerospace. These sheets are used as well for airliner components. It is genuinely known that the plate form is more efficiently used than the sheet form as it is thinner than it but still both are used for same applications. Plate form of steels is commonly used for auto motive industry and foil form is thin so more flexible and used for packaging. It is also used for foil stamping. Besides this it has a wide use over the electronic sectors of industry for shielding. Moreover machinery of India has proved its worth over mechanical industry also. The unit that uses the steel rolling mill machinery is known as steel rolling mill plants. Some of the items like I-beams, hot strips, steel rods, plates and h-beams are generally used in steel rolling mill plants.

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Rocky rig manager part of team that aided in Chilean mine rescue

After 25 years in the oil industry, rig manager Bob Goodwin has now seen it all.

Goodwin, 45, of Rocky Mountain House, was part of the 18-member Precision Drilling Corporation team who went to Chile to help rescue 33 miners trapped underground in the San Jose copper and gold mine in the Atacama Desert on Aug. 5.

The Precision team arrived Sept. 8 after the Chilean government called on them to drill a hole to rescue the workers stuck beneath 700 metres of rock.

source: http://www.albertalocalnews.com/reddeeradvocate/news/local/Rocky_rig_manager_part_of_team_that_aided_in_Chilean_mine_rescue_106884144.html

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Wallbridge Mining and Lonmin Plc Approve $1.25 million 2011 Program for Sudbury Camp Joint Venture

TORONTO, Nov. 8 – Wallbridge Mining Company Limited (TSX: WM, FWB: WC7) today announced that Wallbridge and major platinum producer Lonmin Plc have approved CDN$1.25 million to explore for platinum and palladium, as well as copper and nickel, on their Sudbury Camp Joint Venture (“SCJV”) properties. The funding provides for up to 4,100 metres of diamond drilling and other exploration from October 1st, 2010 through September 30th, 2011.

“We appreciate the support and confidence that Lonmin continues to demonstrate in our Sudbury properties”, stated Alar Soever, President and CEO of Wallbridge, “We look forward to a successful 2011 program”.

Exploration in 2011 will focus on testing geological and geophysical targets within mineralized structures on the large Trill, Windy Lake, Skynner Lake and Creighton South Properties. Lonmin and Wallbridge will both contribute funds to the exploration program, with Lonmin contributing US$1.0 million, and Wallbridge contributing CDN$0.25 million for a Canadian dollar equivalent of approximately CDN$1.25 million, depending on exchange rate fluctuations during the budget year.

more: http://pressrelease.net/wallbridge-mining-and-lonmin-plc-approve-1-25-million-2011-program-for-sudbury-camp-joint-venture/

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Villagers tip off Land Office on illegal sand mining activity

AN ILLEGAL sand mining operation in Kampung Serigala, Ulu Bernam came to a halt recently following tip-offs from nearby residents.

It is believed that illegal operators had been mining sand at Sungai Bernam for several months before their actions were detected by villagers who then informed the Hulu Selangor Land Office.

According to Hulu Selangor Land Office district officer Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan, Sungai Bernam runs along the border of Perak and Selangor.

more: http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2010/11/9/central/7348787&sec=central

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