Pump Valve Book Editorial Team

EnerMech to Pre-Commission Chevron's Aseng Gas Flowline

Chevron has turned to UK-headquartered EnerMech to prepare its Aseng gas development offshore Equatorial Guinea for start-up, awarding the oilfield se

Konkola Signs $498M EPC for Africa's Largest Tailings Plant

Konkola Copper Mines has signed a US$498 million engineering, procurement and construction agreement with China NERIN Engineering for a new Tailings L

Valmet: Valve Sizing Remains the Hidden Lever in Flotation

Process stability, not peak performance under ideal conditions, is the strongest predictor of flotation success — and according to Juha Häkkinen, Seni

Georgina Energy Orders Cactus Wellheads for Hussar Program

Georgina Energy has placed a wellhead equipment order with Cactus Wellhead for its planned drilling program at the Hussar prospect in permit EP513, on

Fluor Takes EPCM Reins on Sierra Gorda Fourth Grinding Line

Fluor Corporation has received full notice to proceed on its engineering, procurement and construction management contract for the Fourth Grinding Lin

TAKRAF Adds FSI Filtración to DELKOR Filtration Portfolio

TAKRAF Group has completed its acquisition of FSI FILTRACIÓN SL, a Madrid-based engineering company specializing in liquid/solid separation, folding m

Freeport-McMoRan Greenlights $4.5B Bagdad Copper Expansion

Freeport-McMoRan has won board approval for a US$4.5 billion expansion of its wholly owned Bagdad copper and molybdenum mine in northwest Arizona, a brownfield program designed to more than double the site's mining and milling rates and lift long-term copper output to more than 400 million

Epiroc Autonomous SmartROC D65 MKII Fleet Expands Globally

Epiroc's autonomous SmartROC D65 MKII surface drill is moving from showcase deployments into everyday production, with the Swedish equipment maker reporting that its global autonomous fleet continues to grow across mining and quarrying customers in Australia and the United States. Named reference sites now include Fortescue's

Bradken vs Low-Cost Undercarriage: R996B Field Benchmark

A side-by-side wear trial at a Queensland coal mine has put a hard number on what equipment buyers often suspect but rarely get to measure: the real performance gap between premium and lowest-price components. Bradken reports that its undercarriage solution for the Liebherr R996B excavator, running against a unit from

Major Drilling Buys Bunbury for Mine Dewatering Push

Major Drilling Group International has moved decisively into mine dewatering, acquiring Western Australia specialist Bunbury Drilling Company (BDC) in a deal worth up to A$70 million. The transaction, completed through Major Drilling's Australian subsidiary, consists of an A$50 million upfront cash payment plus an earn-out of

Tata Projects Wins GSFC Acid Complex EPC in Gujarat

Tata Projects has landed a major EPC award from Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals (GSFC) for an integrated phosphoric acid–sulfuric acid complex at Sikka, Jamnagar, in the Indian state of Gujarat. The scope covers a 600 metric tons per day phosphoric acid plant, a 1,800 metric tons

Samarium at 346x: Rare Earth Supply Risk Hits Equipment Buyers

Samarium now sells for as much as 346 times its Chinese price in North America, a gap that previews what industrial buyers everywhere would pay if Chinese exports of rare earth metals stopped. Jet engines, industrial motors, electric vehicles and wind turbines all run on rare earth magnets, and most