Caterpillar Moves Forward with New Large Mining Trucks

Caterpillar is moving rapidly forward with the new large mining trucks showcased at MINExpo last year and representing the company’s largest investment ever in new mining technology. The Cat® 793F and 797F mechanical drive trucks and the 795F AC electric drive truck are all achieving milestones. The 793F and the 797F have accumulated more than 75, 000 hours of field testing and have proven their... 

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Volta Resources Announces Further Drilling Results From its Gaoua Copper-Gold Project in Burkina Faso

Volta Resources Inc. report assay results from twelve out of 15 holes drilled on the Dienemera target located on the Malba permit at Gaoua. The drilling is part of the 39-hole, 11,306 meter diamond drilling program recently completed at Volta’s Gaoua copper-gold porphyry project in southern Burkina Faso, West Africa where results continue to confirm copper-gold mineralization extensions. This... 

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Caterpillar 797F, 795F-AC & 793F Mining Trucks

At MINExpo 2008 Caterpillar introduce four new trucks. The 793 series in the 240- to 250-ton class will be available in both mechanical (793F) and electric (793F AC) versions. The 345-ton 795F AC, a new size for Caterpillar, will be available in electric drive only, while the flagship 797B is replaced by the new 797F mechanical drive, maintaining its 380- to 400-ton target payload. The 797F and 795F... 

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‘Mining Safely. Mining More. Mining Right.’ Caterpillar’s Theme for MINExpo International 2008

Caterpillar Inc. opened MINExpo International 2008 today with the largest and most comprehensive state-of-the-art indoor exhibit in the history of the exposition. The event, which runs September 22-24 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, will highlight Caterpillar’s mining products, services, technology and people. With over 40,000 square feet of floor space, the Caterpillar exhibit is the largest... 

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Caterpillar to Unveil the Next Generation of Mining Trucks

Caterpillar Inc. is unveiling the next generation of mining trucks at MINExpo 2008 in Las Vegas, NV. Along with improved safety features, Tier 2 compliant engines and new integrated technologies in the existing Cat mining fleet, the company has developed electric drive mining trucks that will debut at the expo September 22-24, 2008. “When our customers asked us for improvements to our mining... 

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Caterpillar at MINExpo: Mining safely. Mining more. Mining right.

Caterpillar will display surface and underground mining equipment and technology capabilities at booth number 6229—the largest indoor exhibit within MINExpo 2008. The Central Hall will be the stage for introducing the new Caterpillar® F-Series mining trucks including the next generation of mechanical drive trucks as well as the new Cat® AC electric drive trucks. MINExpo marks the public debut for... 

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Uranium company receives draft mine permit for Goliad County

The uranium mining company that started a project in Goliad County has received a draft mine permit from the state. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued the draft permit to Uranium Energy Corp. and will accept public comment for 30 days, a news release from the uranium company stated. This would be the first such permit in 10 years for a uranium mining operation in the United States,... 

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Diavik Diamond Mine first quarter update

Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. (DDMI), operator of the Diavik Diamond Mine, is pleased to provide this first quarter update. Diavik continued to build on its strong safety record with zero lost time injuries, two medical treatments and an all injury frequency rate of 0.37 during the first quarter of 2008. DDMI was notified that for its excellent 2007 safety record, Diavik has been selected to receive the... 

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Caledonia Mining Accepts Offer of C$3.81 Million for Eersteling Gold Mine

Caledonia Mining Corporation is pleased to announce it has accepted an offer for the purchase of the entire issued share capital of Eersteling Gold Mining Company Limited (“Eersteling”) in South Africa by a private Canadian company for C$3.81 million. The offer is to be settled in cash on or before July 31, 2008 and a refundable deposit of C$0.4 million is to be placed in trust upon signing... 

Banro completes initial drilling program at Twangiza with further wide zones of gold mineralization intersected

Drilling results include 211.68 metres grading 2.41 g/t Au, 91.63 metres grading 2.16 g/t Au, 55.90 metres grading 5.99 g/t Au and 11.30 metres grading 5.05 g/t Au Toronto, Canada ”“ January 23, 2007 – Banro Corporation is pleased to announce further results from the Company’s core drilling program at its wholly-owned Twangiza project, located on the Twangiza-Namoya gold belt in...