MM December 2019 issue

At LME Week, Rio Tinto CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques said how since the 1960s, the company had “just increased the size of [its] dig units”
EDITOR'S COMMENT

Go small or go home?

Majors say they will focus on smaller mines and smaller portfolios

15 November 2019

According to Metso’s Adrian Imre, blasting optimisation is a complex process that perfectly illustrates how a multi-faceted problem can be solved with teamwork
SURFACE

Enabling better blasting

How the efficiency of blasting at mining operations can be improved or optimised

12 November 2019

Operators use fleet management in order to have better fleet utilisation, which has been measured in the past by the reduction in associated costs for moving material and material movement maximisation. Photo: iStock.com/Juan Ramón Ramos Rivero
FLEETS

A fleet in waiting

Why are there still mines that do not employ fleet management systems?

11 November 2019

An Outotec SAG mill at the Sally Malay (now Savannah) nickel mine, in Western Australia. Photo: Hugh Brown
PROCESSING

Concentrating on contemporary challenges

Mineral processing equipment of today has to fill a tall order

07 November 2019

The mining industry has been good at implementing automation and other data solutions to discrete parts of the mine
OPERATIONS

Moving into the future - from pit to port

As digitalisation spreads through the industry, where should miners focus their efforts?

01 November 2019

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector, brought to you by the Mining Magazine Intelligence team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector, brought to you by the Mining Magazine Intelligence team.

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Mining Magazine Intelligence Future Fleets Report 2024

The report paints a picture of the equipment landscape and includes detailed profiles of mines that are employing these fleets

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Mining Magazine Intelligence Digitalisation Report 2023

An in-depth review of operations that use digitalisation technology to drive improvements across all areas of mining production

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Mining Magazine Intelligence Automation Report 2023

An in-depth review of operations using autonomous solutions in every region and sector, including analysis of the factors driving investment decisions

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Mining Magazine Intelligence Exploration Report 2023 (feat. Opaxe data)

A comprehensive review of current exploration rates, trending exploration technologies, a ranking of top drill intercepts and a catalog of 2022 Initial Resource Estimates and recent discovery successes.