MM Jun 2009
China's home-grown truck
Paul Moore reports on the XEMC SF33900, the first Chinese-designed and manufactured 220t AC-drive haul truck, which may represent a significant point in the country’s equipment industry development Full story...
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China's home-grown truck
Paul Moore reports on the XEMC SF33900, the first Chinese-designed and manufactured 220t AC-drive haul truck, which may represent a significant point in the country’s equipment industry development Full story...
Stillwater opts for trolley
Southern Montana-based PGM miner Stillwater has opted for electric trolley haulage to facilitate its planned deep mine production later this year with an order for two Kiruna Electric K635ED trucks – its first electric vehicles Full story...Bucyrus improves 49 series
Bucyrus International has unveiled a new rotary-bit change carousel and forked-pipe wrench for its 49 series of rotary blasthole drills Full story...Caterpillar releases FleetCommander 3.0
Caterpillar has announced the release of FleetCommander 3.0, the latest version of MineStar FleetCommander, a comprehensive surface mine-monitoring and control system Full story...SKM outlines El Teniente TBM plans
Codelco's El Teniente underground copper mine is to use tunnel boring machine technology in the excavation of a conveyor haulage tunnel, part of the New Mine Level Project Full story...Mine of the Month
Ancient to modern
Centamin Egypt Ltd is close to reaching full production at Sukari, Egypt’s first modern gold mine, in the country’s eastern desert Full story...Equipment
Flexible crawlers
Crawler DTH and top-hammer rigs have applications both in the quarrying and mining industry and it is their versatility that is key to their success. Full story...Industrial minerals processing
Industrial minerals are often overlooked in coverage of the mining and minerals processing industry, yet they are a key market for equipment Full story...Bolting up
Carly Lovejoy investigates the use of strata support in underground coal mines,and takes a look at the latest equipment innovations Full story...Management in Action
Keeping in touch
Carly Lovejoy looks at the importance of communications and tracking systems for underground mines Full story...Outsourcing matters
Paul Moore reviews the contract mining industry, both the reasons why mine owners choose to use contractors, and a detailed review of contract mining in two of its three strongholds Full story...Outsourcing: Africa deals below the surface
The underground contract mining industry in Africa is dominated by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia, however, there is also significant activity in West and Central Africa Full story...Outsourcing: Underground American expertise
From the Xstrata, FNX and Vale Inco operations in Sudbury to the Northwest Territories’ diamond mines, underground contracting is widely used in North America Full story...Outsourcing: Contracting in the oil sands
Oil-sands mine owners like the rest of the mining industry use contractors to add value to operations in terms of the innovation and efficiency that contractors provide, to share risk, access skilled operators, get the fastest mobilisation possible and offset capital equipment costs. Full story...Outsourcing: America's surface contractors
The North American surface contract mining market spans everything from the Alberta oil sands to Arctic diamonds and nickel, Appalachian coal and many other areas Full story...Marketplace
Cessation in gold dehedging
For the first quarter in seven years, gold hedging did not decline in the three months to end-March Full story...Site Search
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