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Darnley Bay Resources Updates on Drill Program

Darnley Bay Resources Limited (TSX VENTURE:DBL) has posted an update regarding its base metals drill program on its website. Ground geophysical surveys (gravity, electromagnetic and magnetic) have been completed on twenty targets, and are underway on five remaining targets.

From Osisko Metals Incorporated 21 Oct 2010

Mercer Gold to Drill 5,000 Meters to Find Porphyry Targets at Guayabales Gold Project

Mercer Gold Corporation (OTCQB: MRGP, Frankfurt:AN4) announces that drill equipment has been mobilized and is on site at its Guayabales gold project.

21 Oct 2010

EI Systems Receives Patent-Pending Status for Web-Based Railcar Tracking Service

EI Systems has announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent-pending status for their web-based Rail Manager service. Clients use Rail Manager to track the status and location of railcars within large industrial sites and short-line rail yards.

15 Oct 2010

Dril-Quip to Provide Drilling Equipment to Shell Offshore

Dril-Quip, Inc. (NYSE: DRQ) today announced that it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $27 million by Shell Offshore Inc. to supply drilling and production equipment for the Olympus Tension Leg Platform to be installed in the Mars field located in the Mississippi Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico. The Olympus TLP is part of the Mars B Project.

15 Oct 2010

Maptek Experts Contribute to Rescue of Trapped Chilean Miners

On 11 August, 2010, Maptek received a call from the team that was working on the rescue in San Jose mine, asking for help on the drilling control and 3D display to map the drillholes.

14 Oct 2010

IsaMills to Process Magnetite at Ernest Henry

Xstrata Technology's IsaMills have been selected for the new magnetite processing circuit being developed at Xstrata Copper's Ernest Henry Mine in Queensland, Australia. The new circuit is part of the planned upgrade at the minesite as it transforms its mining operations from open pit to underground mining.

12 Oct 2010

CGA Mining Expands Operations at Masbate with Fleet Upgrade

CGA Mining (ASX:CGX) announced that it was expanding its mining fleet in order to service the expansion of its Masbate Gold Project in Philippines.

8 Oct 2010

Rio Tinto Trials New Tunnelling System

Rio Tinto announces trial of a new tunnelling system partnering with Aker Wirth. The first of three new underground excavation systems is now ready for full scale performance verification trials at Northparkes' copp...

From Rio Tinto plc 6 Oct 2010

Analysis on Global Construction and Mining Machinery/Equipment Market

Global demand for construction and mining machinery/equipment began to plummet in 2008 due to the global economic downturn that severely affected the construction industry worldwide. Decline in demand continued through 2009 and 2010, as spending on new construction activity continued to slump

6 Oct 2010