Breaker Technology Inc (BTI) says its Mine Runner is gaining popularity as mines look to increase their utility truck’s life cycle and payload, while decreasing operating costs. With a 6,000 lb payload capacity, the Mine Runner currently offers of the largest payloads for underground utility trucks on the market today. It operates on BTI’s patent[…]
Remote projects that are far from national power grids will tend to pay a premium for generating their own energy; so they need to plan carefully to use it as efficiently as they can. This is the advice of Zest WEG Group CEO Louis Meiring, who emphasises the opportunities presented by modern technology to reduce[…]
Training for underground blasting has just taken a technological leap forward, with the installation and commissioning of Africa’s first virtual reality blast wall with rear-view projection, powered by Simulated Training Solutions, at the Murray & Roberts Cementation Training Academy near Carletonville, west of Johannesburg. “We are excited about the value that this facility will bring[…]
Ahead of the September issue’s article on mechanised coal cutting comes news that AO SUEK-Kuzbass’s Kotinskaya underground coal mine in the Prokopjevsker District in the Kemerovo area has achieved a new world record of 1.4 Mt in a month with its Eickhoff SL900 shearer loader. Eickhoff states: “The combination of the highly skilled and motivated Kotinskaya staff[…]
Building on the solid legacy of the MD6420C, the new Cat® MD6310 blasthole drill “offers substantial technology, efficiency and productivity improvements.” A key advantage of the machine, Cat electronics deliver advanced troubleshooting for efficient drill operation and scalable automation. The building blocks include drill assist, semi-autonomous and remote control operation, and machine health reporting to[…]
The International Mining Games is an annual competition contested by mining schools from across the globe, competing in seven events based on traditional mining techniques. Teams of six from each school go head to head in Swede Saw, Jackleg Drilling, Hand-Steeling, Gold Panning, Track Stand, Mucking and Surveying, with medals being awarded to the top[…]
Chris Biederman, Senior Water Process Engineer & Technology Development Lead , Water with Hatch notes that “water is an integral part of mining. Without ready access to it, ore processing and mineral production becomes prohibitively expensive, or is altogether impossible. Even when water is easily available, stakeholders expect that it will be used efficiently and[…]
Rio Tinto Chief Executive J-S Jacques said “This was a solid quarter for production, including record output at our bauxite operations. Iron ore production was in line with last year, although iron ore shipments were impacted by an acceleration in our rail maintenance program following poor weather in the first quarter. We believe our focus[…]
The President of the mining company First Quantum Minerals, Clive Newall, will participate in the Metallic Mining Hall (MMH) technical conference. This second edition of MMH will be held in Seville Conference and Exhibition Centre (FIBES), October 17 to 19 and Newall will also be a member of this meeting’s Honour Committee, whose webpage (www.mmhseville.com)[…]
Newly generated slag at the Aksu ferroalloys plant in Kazakhstan will be processed into marketable finished products for the country’s metals and construction industries at a facility which will have a production capacity of up to 130,000 t/y of metal concentrate and should process over 4 Mt of waste within five years. The plant belongs[…]