By world standards it might be a small operation but one new venture in Turkey is making a big contribution to the local community.

Nature has been very uneven in its distribution of bounties. Take gold, for example. Plenty has been found throughout North and South America. Africa and Australia are similarly blessed. China is by far the largest source of gold; but poor old Europe has been left holding all the low cards.

As the pressure intensifies on global industry to conserve water and hone efficiencies, solutions that reduce the need for water in dust control are in high demand. Rainstorm Dust Control is using its expertise, unique products and solid experience to lead a growing market.

Whitmore focuses on cutting down wear in industrial applications – the tougher the job, the better Whitmore likes it.

When we spoke to Jack Ellis he was a long way geographically from Rockwall, Texas, where the specialized lubrication company is based—though not so far semantically. The firm’s much traveled VP of sales found himself in Rockhampton, a small town on the coast of Queensland. Traveling with distributors in Australia is his favorite way of connecting with key coal mining customers in the Hunter and Bowen Valleys.

Cardero Resource Corp. plans to mine coal in Canada and iron ore in Ghana. Since acquiring the Carbon Creek asset in northeastern British Columbia its corporate focus is on being an owner-operated coal producer committed to responsible and sustainable mining, with strong and positive stakeholder relationships.

Bridgestone Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, is the world’s largest tyre and rubber company; and its South African subsidiary is one of few able to supply and support the ultra large heavy-duty tyres suitable for underground and open pit mining.

Mining appears straightforward, but success depends on a host of different activities and disciplines, making it difficult to predict future performance and easy to hide uncomfortable facts. MICROMINE produces a software suite that draws an accurate picture to support sustainable business and sound investment decisions.

Martin Engineering is expecting to make a big splash at MINExpo International 2012 by introducing its own brand of electric vibrators and newly developed EVO heavy duty products for bulk handling applications.

Over the next three years, Coalspur will start to bring North America’s potentially largest export thermal coal mine into production. President and CEO Gill Winckler explains what makes this prospect so exciting.

Trolex, which designs and manufactures monitoring, control and automation equipment for the mining industry, has ambitious plans for growth and diversification. Technical director Stan Curtis talks about the will to innovate.

Crude oil output from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) climbed by 90,000 barrels per day in August.

Output rose to 31.54 million b/d as increases from Angola, Iraq, Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) outstripped decreases from Algeria and Iran, according to a Platts survey of OPEC and oil industry officials and analysts today.

This follows July production of 31.45 million b/d and leaves OPEC overproducing its 30 million b/d ceiling by 1.54 million b/d.