This year, many of the capital costs for mining equipment have changed dramatically.  Equipment in the bulk material handling sector saw the largest increases, driven primarily by the price of steel, currency fluctuations and a booming mining industry. Other factors impacting equipment pricing include the EPA’s Final Interim Tier 4 emission standards for diesel powered equipment.

The 2011 edition of the Mine & Mill Equipment Costs: An Estimator’s Guide includes recent increases posted by manufacturers who are taking advantage of vigorous markets for their products in an attempt to recoup rising manufacturing costs, particularly for steel and energy. Even more dramatic than the increase in equipment pricing this year is the increase in equipment operating costs, especially for fuel and lubricants. Any cost estimate done for today’s economics should incorporate these increased costs.

The Guide offers estimators with a convenient source of capital and hourly operating costs for over 3,000 pieces of mining and milling/processing equipment.  For more information on the Guide please contact:  CostMine - +1 (509) 328-8023 or click here for more information.

R2Mining, a joint venture between InfoMine and JKTech, has just released the 2011-2012 Australian Coal Cost Guide. Our exclusive new publication provides engineers and estimators with cost estimating data specifically for the Australian Coal Mining industry.  This publication includes all of the information needed to do a pre-feasibility study on a coal project.  The Guide features equipment capital costs, supplies, ocean transportation, coal cost indices and historical coal prices, labour costs, electric power and natural gas costs. The Australian Coal Cost Models section includes models for surface and underground operations.

The Guide is developed from ongoing surveys of mining companies, labour unions, tax specialists, utilities, and suppliers and contains all of the information needed to evaluate new projects, do appraisals and make economic decisions.  This assures you complete, detailed information that reflects current, actual conditions.

For more information click here or call +61 7 3365 5866 (Australia) or +1 (509) 328-8023 (US).

With lead times for some new mining equipment at two years or longer, mines are now considering used equipment as an option to keep their operations productive. In response to this demand, InfoMine has added over 1,500 new used equipment listings since February.

If you have used mining equipment needs, we encourage you to search our directory. Should you have trouble finding the exact model you’re looking for please use our free equipment wanted service.

If you have any questions, please contact Greg Fenrick

R2Mining’s all new 2011 Australian Mine & Mill Equipment Cost Calculator will be available online February 18, 2011. We have taken the popular CostMine Equipment Cost Calculator and tailored it for the Australian market.  This exclusive interactive online database contains current estimator’s prices for more than 3,000 pieces of equipment and supply items used in Australian surface and underground mining, coal processing and ore milling. Most of the equipment prices are budget prices for specific, standard-equipped models, which are identified by specification, including size, electric power requirements, horsepower, production capacities etc., without mention of manufacturer names.

With the Australian Mine & Mill Equipment Cost Calculator, you will be able to:
• Select your equipment inventory from our database,
• Utilize R2Mining’s capital cost and hourly operating cost data for all of the items you select,
• Adjust the cost data to reflect local operating conditions and economics,
• Print a report containing the capital and operating cost data for your equipment inventory, and
• Export your inventory list with cost data to an Excel spreadsheet for further analysis if desired.

The Calculator is ideal for checking prices before purchasing, and for estimating capital budgets and new project costs. For more information click here or call: +61 7 3365 5866.

R2Mining is a joint venture between JKTech and InfoMine with offices in Brisbane.

Are you having trouble finding that perfect piece of equipment to meet your budget and project needs? If so, EquipmentMine offers a free equipment wanted service to help you find this equipment quickly and efficiently. Post your equipment wanted today and find the equipment your project needs.

Through its equipment section, InfoMine offers a list of mining equipment that is currently available in Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Peru. This is a great opportunity for people wishing to acquire new or pre-owned equipment.

If you want to sell equipment, complete the following form.

If you are looking for equipment with specific characteristics, you can advertise on our site using this form.

Learn about advertising options by contacting lrivera@infomine.com.

SupplyMine is excited to announce an updated Mining Buyer’s Guide— a comprehensive directory to help connect worldwide mining suppliers with buyers.

We have employed a Google-like search engine to search companies, products, profiles, catalogs, addresses and more. We have also modified our search results to allow you to identify the best match to your search. Check out our new beta Mining Buyer’s Guide and see what you think.

We will be working on improving The Mining Buyer’s Guide in the next weeks  so do check back often. We welcome your feedback and suggestions during this beta preview phase. Please email us.

We are pleased to announce the launch of a weekly Suppliers and Equipment News Digest containing up to 20 focused supplier and/or equipment news items.  

If you’d like to have your news included in this digest, which is currently distributed to over 13,000 people, please email it directly to Greg Fenrick.

If you’d like to subscribe to this weekly digest, please click here.

Mack, through its representative in Argentina Thermodyne Vial Srl, is not only a truck concessionary, but also a service company that gives solutions to all its vehicles fleet or highway machinery. Worldwide, the Mack truck line is directed to all transportation segments. In Argentina, the company in its first stage is mainly directed to: mining, administration of highways, oil industry, in and out of highway (class 8). For more details click here.

EquipmentMine is pleased to announce the launch of a new Equipment Buyers Video Guide. The goal of this video user guide is to provide mining equipment buyers with quick and easy ways to find new and used equipment on EquipmentMine.

If you are a buyer looking for that perfect piece of equipment that will help keep your operation run smoothly or to sell to your clients, we encourage you to check out our EquipmentMine’s Equipment Sellers Video Guide today.