For a sneak peek, have a look at the video below... Watch this space!

Last week my good friend Deon shared a video clip of his demo 3D Blasting Ticket programme. Following a huge demand for exploring the programme, Deon has graciously decided to make his demo programme available to anyone who wishes to experience this new way of learning on their own computer. It's as simple as clicking on the download link below, reading the instructions file, and literally bringing the mine to your very own computer. The clatter of the jack hammers is a nice

Battling with the software to set up a mining schedule? We all know the feeling... when you're losing precious time because of fighting the software instead of running iterations and scenarios... You will never have confidence in your schedule if you do not have 2 or 3 scenarios to test the flex of your system. Your superiors want a number of options, not just one answer. RPMGlobal's XPAC Solutions products allows you to do just that - run scenarios instead of suffering in s

Calcite is a rock-forming mineral with a chemical formula of CaCO3. It is extremely common and found throughout the world in sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks. Some geologists consider it to be a "ubiquitous mineral" - one that is found everywhere. Calcite is the principal constituent of limestone and marble. These rocks are extremely common and make up a significant portion of Earth's crust. They serve as one of the largest carbon repositories on our planet. The pr

Don't have a university degree or diploma, but want to further your career in mining and hit that next promotion...? Don't have the means to travel to a far-off location to complete a mining course...? Or maybe you're a scholar and want to study Mining one day, but you have no clue what Mining is about...? Then consider the Mining for Non-miners course. The course was developed by the friendly people at RPMGlobal, one of the global leaders in mine planning software. The guys

Cerro Verde copper mine, located 20 miles south-west of Arequipa in Peru, is the seventh largest copper mine in the world. The open-pit mine was estimated to contain 12.9Mt of recoverable copper at the end of 2012. It produced 270,000t of copper in 2012. The Cerro Verde copper mining complex includes a concentrator facility with ore milling capacity of 120,000tpd and a solvent extraction and electro-winning (SXEW) facility. A large-scale expansion plan is underway to raise th

Last week my good friend Deon shared a video clip of his demo 3D Blasting Ticket programme. Following a huge demand for exploring the programme, Deon has graciously decided to make his demo programme available to anyone who wishes to experience this new way of learning on their own computer. It's as simple as clicking on the download link below, reading the instructions file, and literally bringing the mine to your very own computer. The clatter of the jack hammers is a nice

The pic is a screenshot from the MinePresentAR app. If you were the planning manager, would you accept the pit design? Are the design results close enough to the shell results, or do you feel there is still more value on the table, or shall I say in the ground...

Remember that Geotech plays a significant role in your mine design, and has a huge influence on your mine's economics! The more competent your host rock, the steeper the overall slope angle should be, and the lower the strip ratio.

Ever wondered if you have the correct truck fleet for your loaders? If you widened that single carriage portions of road to dual carriage, is the investment worth it? What effect will decreasing max speeds have on the system's throughput? Using RPMGlobal's HAULSIM tool, the School of Rock can run a simulation study for your mine, answering these typical questions. Kindly send me a mail at: info@schoolofrockmining.com and I'll gladly assist.