MM SEPT 2010
Engineering excellence
The engineering, procurement and construction management sector has come through the downturn in relatively good shape, though there has been significant consolidation Full story...
Panorama
Aitik expands, Maurliden opens
On August 31, the expansion of Aitik, Sweden’s largest mine, was opened by King Carl XVI Gustaf. In addition, operator Boliden has announced the inauguration of the Maurliden Östra open-pit copper mine Full story...
AEL deploys DigiShot Plus at Optimum
AEL Mining Services recently completed a successful trial blast using the DigitShot Plus electronic initiating system at Optimum Colliery in South Africa Full story...ModularReady interface
Advantage PressurePro and Modular Mining Systems have announced the release of a joint ModularReady interface. It can link PressurePro’s tyre pressure monitoring solutions to the MineCare health-monitoring and Dispatch fleet-management applications Full story...First Bucyrus trucks roll into Mesquite
In May, Bucyrus commissioned the first of two more MT3700AC haul trucks at the Mesquite gold mine im California. The trucks are the first Bucyrus trucks delivered in the US since the company acquired Terex Mining Full story...Bogdanka plow record
An automated Bucyrus plow longwall ordered by Polish mine operator Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka for its Bogdanka mine in east Poland has been achieving record daily production levels Full story...Yanacocha to get first 42ft mill
Newmont Mining has contracted ABB to design three gearless mill drive (GMD) systems for its new Conga high-altitude oxide copper-gold project in Peru Full story...Strata 950 drills at San Jose
As Mining Magazine went to press, there were positive and negative developments in the ongoing attempts to rescue the 33 miners trapped underground at the San Jose copper-gold mine in Chile since August 5. Full story...Hitachi increases its fleet at Talvivaara
Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) recently supplied its tenth EH3500ACII haul truck to the Talvivaara nickel mine in Finland Full story...Elkview Joest screen order
Engineering contractor Roberts & Schaefer has awarded Joest an order to build nine multi-slope screens for Teck’s Elkview coal preparation plant Full story...Equipment
Out of the fire
Pyro-processing has many uses crucial to achieving a finished product, from drying to calcining. While rotary kilns are the most familiar type of equipmemt, others have niches in particular processes Full story...
Priority pellets
With the increasing demand for iron ore, its falling grades and soaring prices seen in recent years, the global industry has opted to make more use of lower-grade fines, which are made into pellets Full story...The future mine
Automation systems on Load Haul Dumpers (LHDs) are being used in more mines, with greater multiple fleets, and with more interaction with other machines than ever before Full story...Titanic change
Titan International has launched two key products for the mining industry: Accelerated Change Technology for rapid wheel change-out as well as a new large radial tyre range Full story...New wave
Commercial marine mining is still a select club, mainly involving shallow diamond mining, but waiting in the wings are a range of other groups with plans to mine a range of commodities, from deep sea metal sulphides to shallow phosphate deposits Full story...Sixth sense
Gas detection-sensor specialist Trolex in Stockport, UK, has launched a new multi-purpose sensor station for underground mining - Sentro 8 Full story...Management in Action
Engineering excellence
The engineering, procurement and construction management sector has come through the downturn in relatively good shape, though there has been significant consolidation Full story...
Precise control
Low and high precision GPS systems retain a crucial role in mining from fleet management to selective excavation. With more satellite constellations set to come into service, their importance is set to increase Full story...Precision guidance
GPS technology and machine control dealer RDO Integrated Controls outlines how Carlson Software mining products are used at North American Coal’s Falkirk mine Full story...Issue: MM SEPT 2010
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