January - 2019

HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOUR MINING SCHEDULE!!

Battling with the software to set up a mining schedule? We all know the feeling... when you're losing precious time because of fighting...

MINING ROCKSTAR OF THE WEEK - CHROMITE!!

Chromite is an oxide mineral composed of chromium, iron, and oxygen (FeCr2O4). It is dark gray to black in color with a metallic to...

ARE YOUR MINE DESIGNS SAFE??

How sure are you that your mine designs have the minimum number of switchbacks? Have you tested the impact of having one switchback less,...

SHOWCASE COPPER MINE OF THE WEEK - COLLAHUASI!!

Collahuasi copper mine 180km south-east of the port of Iquique in northern Chile ranks as the third largest copper mine in the world....

HOPE IS NOT A STRATEGY!!

Slightly behind already on this year’s budgeted tonnes…? You have catch-up strategies in place, but your team is not convinced that it...

IS YOUR PIT OPTIMISATION ADJUSTED FOR THE CURRENT ECONOMY??

The mining industry is notorious for its volatile nature as commodity prices fluctuate. History shows that it's the companies that can...

WORLD'S BIGGEST FRONT-END LOADERS - P&H L-2350!!

Joy Global’s P&H L-2350 has a 40.52m³ capacity shovel bucket and offers a payload of 72,574kg and is the world's biggest front-end...

2019 MINE PLANNING COURSES!!

These days we live in an age where almost every job is carried out with the aid of a computer software programme. Companies require job...

ONLINE MINING COURSE FOR SCHOLARS, NON-GRADUATES OR DIPLOMATS!!

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...

MINING ROCKSTAR OF THE WEEK - CHLORITE!!

"Chlorite" is the name of a group of common sheet silicate minerals that form during the early stages of metamorphism. Most chlorite...