Monday 6 February, 2012
2012-01-31 | In order to meet the mining industry needs for efficient transport of high quality, Sweden’s main line for rail freight transport needs to be expanded by 50 percent by 2025. An increase in main line capacity will create opportunities for more sustainable transportation and will bring about a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, but will also help create a more sustainable society in terms of a reduction in travelling time for passengers.
2012-01-17 | Intierra Resource Intelligence, the leading supplier of business intelligence to the global resources sector, has acquired Swedish-based Raw Materials Group (RMG). All RMG shareholders have taken an equity position in the expanded company and all RMG staff will stay on with the new entity.
2012-01-05 | Swedish and Polish mining companies have joined forces with suppliers of mining equipment and Luleå Technical University to develop a vision of the mine of the future. ÅF is involved as a project member and expert in underground technical solutions for mining, to achieve a safe working environment both now and in the future.
2012-01-04 | Stillwater Mining Co has tentatively placed an order for a third Kiruna K635ED electric hauler to meet increased production as the company initiates its next development phase – extending its underground electric truck hoisting system from 3500 ft above sea level (asl) down to 2500 ft (asl).
2011-12-15 | ÅF has, together with Tyréns AB, signed a contract with the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company, SKB, relating to preliminary studies prior to systematic project management of the storage of spent nuclear fuel at the Forsmark nuclear power plant.
2011-05-23 | “Rare earths ‘will not be bargaining instruments’“ was stated in a headline in China Daily October 29th 2010. The Chinese government is trying to fend off the persistent accusations from Japan, the USA and Europe to manipulate the supply of these so called “critical” metals to gain political and economic advantages.
2011-03-18 | RMG forecasts another strong year in metal price increases at a rate similar to 2010, after which prices are expect to increase at a slower rate in 2012 and be maintained at 2012 levels throughout 2013. From 2013 to 2015 metal prices are expected to soften due to the arrival of new supply although the RMG index is not expected to drop below current levels, implying continued high metal prices for the long term.
2011-03-15 | In 2008 LKAB, the operator of the world’s largest underground mine: Kirunavaara-Luossavaara iron mine decided to extend their operations down to a deeper level at 1,365 meters. The mine is located adjacent to the City of Kiruna with an estimated population of 19,000.
2011-02-27 | NCVIB is the web-based environmental monitoring and reporting system developed by Nitro Consult to provide on-line results from measurement sensors utilised within mining and construction projects.
2011-01-13 | The mining industry is one of the world’s most energy-intensive sectors. Sandvik is now leading an initiative to find solutions to reduce the industry’s energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
2010-11-11 | Australia is currently experiencing what is said to be the beginning of the country's biggest mining boom ever. Today the market turnover is about 450 billion AUD. This is expected to double within three to four years and growth is expected to continue well beyond 2020.
2010-08-16 | At the LKAB mine in Kiruna, northern Sweden, the latest bolting technology is making rapid progress on a massive reinforcement project. Careful planning, effective tools and a comprehensive training programme got the project up-and-running with remarkable efficiency.
2010-08-02 | Two GIA Häggloaders and three GIA locomotives, each pulling three shuttlecars have been delivered to Hong Kong’s West Drainage Tunnel Scheme for ‘spoil’ removal from 29 adits totalling 8 km. Making their debut in Hong Kong, the GIA units were ordered specifically by Joint Venture contractors Dragages-Nishimatsu for their ability to work in small diameter tunnels. A complete "line-up" of GIA tunnelling equipment comprising locomotives, suttlecars and Haggloaders have been delivered to the Dragages-Nishimatsu JV for work on the Hong Kong Drainage Tunnel Scheme.
2010-06-21 | The old railway bridge crossing the Södertälje channel had reached an age of almost 90 years. Excessive maintenance created repeated interruptions in rail traffic and cost a lot of money. The Swedish Railroad Administration therefore decided to build a new bridge. Bergsäker was given the responsibility for the extensive measurement program in a very complex terrain
2010-05-24 | When the Swedish Road Administration and the Swedish Railroad Administration needed a system for monitoring critical geotechnical parameters along one the biggest infrastructure projects in Sweden, the “BanaVäg i Väst” project, they turned to Bergsäker.
2010-05-10 | 500 million tonnes, more than double the production of 2009 (200 Mt), was set as a realistic figure for annual Indian iron ore production in 2020, at the iron ore conference organised by the Indian Journal of Mines, Metals and Fuels in cooperation with Raw Materials Group, Sweden.
2010-04-26 | Bergsäker creates security for builders and local residents, in connection with construction and environmental projects. The AvaSystem from Bergsäker has been used for monitoring of critical parameters in a long row of infrastructure projects.
2010-03-01 | Information shall be collected where it’s created and be delivered where it’s needed. This is where Wolis steps in.
2010-04-06 | Resistivity is a method based on transmitting a known current into the ground and receiving the associated tension response. The result can then be used for finding anomalies compared to the undisturbed soil or rock.
2010-02-15 | For more than a hundred years, geophysics has been instrumental to the mineral exploration industry, which was the target already at the beginning of the geophysical science sector. The challenge for the geophysical community is now to widen its scope into other earth science sectors.
2010-02-08 | The total commitment for the process control of LKAB’s new plants for concentration and sinter pellet in Kiruna was a tough task for the Midroc competences. The project skills, the ability to mobilise resources, coordinate deliveries and to adjust the organisation were of great importance.
2010-01-28 | The Stockholm City Line will be a 6 km double-track underground railway in the capital of Sweden. The project cost is the largest railway investment since the Stockholm Metro was built 60 years ago. Nitro Consult has been involved in the project since the beginning, with ground investigations, measurements of vibrations, noise and structure-borne sound, risk analyses and much more.
2010-01-04 | In its annual full-year forecast for 2010, the Raw Materials Group (RMG) expects metal prices to have bottomed out and 2010 to be another year with high metal prices. A falling market has been replaced by a market with physical demand and likely strong speculation over prices. Entirely in line with last year’s RMG forecast, all metals except gold fell during 2009 compared with 2008. RMG believes that the metal price bottom for this period of economic downturn was passed early in 2009 and for 2010 RMG forecasts another year of volatile metal prices with a mean price below the current day level for most metals.
2010-01-16 | Blasting just nearby a nuclear plant is an extremely delicate task, in which safety cannot be jeopardised in any way. When OKG decided to upgrade and modernise the turbine hall at the Oskarshamn 2 power plant, they turned to Bergsäker for assistance with blasting technology and risk analysis.
Read more in RMG's annual full-year forecast for 2010
