Archives: HOF

Alberto Benavides de la Quintana (1920-2014) is a considered to be one of the leading mining and business innovators in the recent history of Peru. He will be inducted in the Outstanding Innovator category, sponsored by Graña y Montero, at the gala dinner in the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver on February 16 (www.im-halloffame.com)- lead sponsor Stantec.[…]

Developers of the coal plow, Wilhelm Löbbe and Konrad Grebe will be inducted in the Underground Production category at the gala dinner in the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver on February 16 (www.im-halloffame.com)- lead sponsor Stantec. Caterpillar nominated Wilhelm Löbbe (1890 – 1950), who “invented and refined the coal plow in an attempt to modernize and[…]

Andy Robertson will be inducted in the Environmental Management and Stewardship category, sponsored by FLSmidth, at the gala dinner in the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver on February 16 (www.im-halloffame.com – lead sponsor Stantec). He co-founded SRK, Gemcom and Infomine and now is inducted into the International Mining Technology Hall of Fame. During his career in the[…]

Developer of the sonic drill, Canadian Ray Roussy will be inducted in the Exploration category at the gala dinner in the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver on February 16 (www.im-halloffame.com). Roussy, President of Sonic Drilling Ltd and the Sonic Drill Corp is the patent holder and the developer of modern day sonic drilling technology – a[…]

Developer of the Global Minerals Industry Risk Management (G-MIRM)program, Jim Joy will be inducted in the Safety category (sponsored by Orica) at the gala dinner in the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver on February 16 (www.im-halloffame.com)- lead sponsor Stantec. He is a highly experienced and qualified risk manager who is well-recognised in the global mining industry. As the[…]

The Sandvik team of Udo Fischer and co-workers Torbjörn Hartzell and Jan Åkerman will be inducted in the Underground Development category at the gala dinner in the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver on February 16 (www.im-halloffame.com). They have developed, over the years, more productive rock tools for both percussive drilling and cutting applications. Fischer was born[…]

The Vermeer team of Mark Cooper, Jeff Flahive and Jim Hutchins will be inducted in the Surface Production category at the gala dinner in the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver on February 16 (www.im-halloffame.com). Vermeer introduced its first Terrain Leveler® surface excavation machine (SEM) to the mining industry in 2002. The innovative Vermeer® T1255III Terrain Leveler[…]

The Normet team that has developed that company’s sprayed concrete (wet shotcrete) for mining, will be inducted in the underground support category at the gala dinner in the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver on February 16 (www.im-halloffame.com). Normet was founded in 1962, turning 50 in 2012.  In March 2014, it produced its 10,000th machine and has been[…]

Joe Joy, developer of the Joy Loader, will be inducted in the underground load & haul category at the gala dinner in the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver on February 16 (www.im-halloffame.com). Joseph Francis Joy was born in September 1883, in the small mining town of Cumberland, Maryland. He started working in a coal mine age[…]

James White, developer of the DISPATCH system and founder of Modular Mining Systems, will be inducted in the surface load & haul category at the gala dinner in the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver on February 16 (www.im-halloffame.com). On October 1, Modular Mining Systems proudly celebrated 35 years of providing industry-leading mine management solutions for surface[…]