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      <title>Weighbridge acts as a security guard!</title>
      <description>Weighbridges, typically sited on the main vehicle thoroughfare, to and from metal recycling yards, can be used to detect and alarm on unusual out-of-hours traffic</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Weightron Bilanciai</category>
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      <title>More Mogensen equipment for Chile </title>
      <description>More Mogensen Equipment for Chile Mogensen Raw Materials Handling has received a further substantial order, which builds on their already strong presence in the minerals processing sector in Chile</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Mogensen Raw Materials Handling</category>
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      <title>Speaker at applied mineralogy congress</title>
      <description>Dr Roger Meier of PANalytical will deliver a keynote speech at the forthcoming 9th International Congress for Applied Mineralogy (ICAM) to be held from 8 to 10 September 2008 in Brisbane, Australia</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Panalytical</category>
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      <title>Free brochure CD now available from CNES</title>
      <description>Corus Northern Engineering Services (CNES) has published a CD that contains a series of electronic brochures highlighting the many services that are now available to its customers</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Corus Northern Engineering Services</category>
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      <title>Sieving and ultrasonic technologies for minerals </title>
      <description>Treibacher Industrie has been relying on innovative ultrasonic deblinding systems from Russell Finex to achieve consistently high product quality when sieving mineral powders</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Russell Finex</category>
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      <title>Mipac and Xstrata Technology formally collaborate</title>
      <description>Mipac and Xstrata Technology announce the formalisation of their long-standing relationship, with an exclusive Collaboration Agreement for the delivery of smelting and copper converting technology</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>MIPAC</category>
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      <title>Moving times for DavyMarkham Fabrications</title>
      <description>DavyMarkham recently took the decision to move its entire fabrication department from a separate on-site building, to the main manufacturing works on Prince of Wales Road in Sheffield</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>DavyMarkham</category>
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      <title>Significant overseas order for Process Engineering</title>
      <description>Corus Process Engineering (CPE) has been awarded a multi-million pound contract from Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) of India, to modify and enhance their four-strand bloom caster </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Corus Northern Engineering Services</category>
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      <title>Copper surfaces help against Clostridium Difficile</title>
      <description>Researchers at the University of Southampton have established that copper surfaces can inactivate the virulent hospital superbug Clostridium difficile, according to the Copper Development Association</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Editorial Articles: Miscellaneous submissions</category>
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      <title>Kazzinc project award for technical excellence</title>
      <description>The 2008 annual PACE Zenith Awards were announced in Sydney last week: Mipac once again was awarded a prize for Australian technical excellence</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>MIPAC</category>
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      <title>AMEC awarded CDN150m Arctic mining project</title>
      <description>Baffinland Iron Mines has awarded a CDN150 million engineering, procurement and construction management contract to AMEC for the Mary River Iron Ore project on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>AMEC</category>
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      <title>On-site particle size analysis success described</title>
      <description>Leading aluminium supplier Hydro from Norway, and materials characterisation company Malvern Instruments, will jointly present a paper at RelPowFlo IV to be held in Tromso, Norway from 10-12 June 2008</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Malvern Instruments</category>
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      <title>MIPAC delivers an APC solution for Xstrata Zinc</title>
      <description>MIPAC, a respected world leader in process control, is working with Xstrata to improve operations in its Mt Isa Zinc concentrator, using CSense technology</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>MIPAC</category>
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      <title>Modern iron ore pelletising technology for China</title>
      <description>Outotec has agreed with Shougang Jingtang United Iron and Steel Co on the delivery of new environmentally sound technology for the Shougang iron ore pelletising plant to be built in Caofeidan, China</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Outotec</category>
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      <title>Peristaltic pumps for lead/zinc slurry</title>
      <description>Two LPP-D25 peristaltic pumps have been installed to pump a lead/zinc slurry to feed Outotec, type 5SL Courier Analysers in a western US mine</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Larox Flowsys</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/lro/lro119.html</link>
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      <title>Process control helps update asphalt production </title>
      <description>Premier Controls has provided a new integrated process control system to enable both continuous and batch mixing of asphalt for the Hanson Whatley quarry near Frome in Somerset</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Premier Controls</category>
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      <title>ABB drives the most modern cement kiln in Europe</title>
      <description>The most modern European cement kiln, at the Castle Cement Padeswood works in North Wales, is being speed controlled by two 300 kW ABB industrial drives</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>ABB Automation Tech (Drives and Motors)</category>
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      <title>Waste clay slurry pumps help cement plant results</title>
      <description>Peristaltic pumps were selected to transfer the paste underflow from clay washings thickeners to the cement plant at Buxton Lime Industries (BLI) in Buxton, and have not needed maintenance for 3 years</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Watson-Marlow Bredel Pumps</category>
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      <title>Project engineering services for minerals plants</title>
      <description>Outotec will deliver engineering and project services for the Boliden Harjavalta and Kokkola plants and for the Norilsk Nickel Harjavalta plants in Finland for the next three years</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Outotec</category>
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      <title>CNES effort saves 50% of Lafarge Cement production</title>
      <description>Corus Northern Engineering Services (CNES) has provided excellent service at exceptional speed by manufacturing a track ring for a coal grinding mill for Lafarge Cement UK in a mere four weeks</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Corus Northern Engineering Services</category>
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      <title>Reflectance measurement system for Vitrinite coal </title>
      <description>The new QDI CoalPro Vitrinite Reflectance Measurement System is a rugged microphotometer capable of testing vitrinite coal by international standard test methodologies, both rapidly and accurately</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Craic Technologies</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/crh/crh101.html</link>
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      <title>X-ray fluorescence spectrometer for solids</title>
      <description>Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, introduces the innovative automated WDXRF Spectrometer for fast and reliable analysis in metals, mining, minerals and cement industries</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Thermo Fisher Scientific (Elemental Analysis)</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/thm/thm127.html</link>
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      <title>Process for steel strip gas wiping using Nitrogen</title>
      <description>Linde gas announces a breakthrough process for steel strip gas wiping using nitrogen, which will be on show at Tube 2008, the International Tube and Pipe Trade Fair, in Dusseldorf</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Linde Gas</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/lid/lid107.html</link>
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      <title>Zinc coating mass control systems for Indiana</title>
      <description>Steel Dynamics has placed an order with Industrial Automation Services (IAS) to design, supply and commission three zinc coating mass control systems for hot-dip galvanizing lines</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Industrial Automation Services</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/ind/ind130.html</link>
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      <title>Nickel mine uses 6000ft hoist made in Sheffield</title>
      <description>Sheffield engineering skills will be helping to recover Canadian nickel and copper ore, at one of the largest mining and refining operations on earth</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>DavyMarkham</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/akh/akh110.html</link>
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      <title>Modernisation of KGHM copper smelter in Poland</title>
      <description>Outotec has agreed a contract with KGHM Polska Miedz SA to modernize the KGHM HM Glogow II copper flash smelting furnace in Poland</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Outotec</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/out/out109.html</link>
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      <title>AMEC wins mining sector contract with PotashCorp</title>
      <description>AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a new contract with PotashCorp at the Rocanville Potash mine in Saskatchewan, Canada</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>AMEC</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/adl/adl121.html</link>
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      <title>CNES refurbishes flexible steel quenching system</title>
      <description>CNES Technical Solutions has completed the refurbishment of a flexible cooling (quenching) test system at Corus Swinden Technology Centre (STC) in Rotherham, enabling research on cooling strategies</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Corus Northern Engineering Services</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/cml/cml119.html</link>
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      <title>Ventilation-On-Demand for underground mines </title>
      <description>VOD solutions improve mine productivity, reduce ventilation energy costs, decrease the skilled labour workload, improve miner safety and reduce carbon emissions</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Newtrax Technologies</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/ner/ner102.html</link>
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      <title>Major project for Indian steelworks</title>
      <description>CNES is to enhance an existing slab caster remotely adjustable mould and bender unit at Essar Steel in India, and provide one of each of the new units to the Corus enhanced design</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Corus Northern Engineering Services</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/cml/cml117.html</link>
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      <title>Minimising energy used at tubular mill</title>
      <description>25% more capacity and 50% less fuel consumption thanks to Rebox: Linde technology boosts tube production at ArcelorMittal Shelby</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Linde Gas</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/lid/lid106.html</link>
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      <title>Determination of cyanide in steel industry water</title>
      <description>The production of steel involves many different materials and procedures: after top gas purification the scrubbing water contains dissolved cyanide, which must be monitored before any discharge</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Applikon Analytical</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/apo/apo159.html</link>
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      <title>Contract for Toromocho Copper project in Peru</title>
      <description>The Peru Copper Syndicate has awarded Aker Kvaerner Metals a USD11.5 million contract on the Toromocho Project for the provision of technical services for basic engineering and additional testwork</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Aker Kvaerner Engineering Services</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/akr/akr127.html</link>
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      <title>Optimising the performance of bed level thickeners</title>
      <description>Thickeners for mining are large tanks used to separate fine suspended mineral particles (ore) from the associated liquid, producing a clear liquid overflow and a thick sludge of settled solids</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Endress + Hauser Australia</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/enh/enh102.html</link>
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