So, you had a consultant do mine planning work on your project - great. The consultant used a variety of specialised software packages to do e.g. a Pit Optimisation, Mine Designs and a Mining Schedule - great. The consultant gave you Excel spreadsheets, a PowerPoint presentation with screenshots and a Word document of the work - great. The consultant also showed you on his/her computer what the work looks like in the software - great. But eventually the friendly consultant le

Native copper is an element and a mineral. It is found in the oxidized zones of copper deposits; in hydrothermal veins; in the cavities of basalt that have been in contact with hydrothermal solutions; and as pore fillings and replacements in conglomerates that have been in contact with hydrothermal solutions. It is rarely found in large quantities, thus it is seldom the primary target of a mining operation. Most copper produced is extracted from sulfide deposits - "Geology.co

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Cortez gold mine located 100km south-west of Elko, in Lander County, Nevada, US, is currently the ninth largest gold mine in the world. The mine contains a gold reserve of 15.1Moz (306.19Mt grading 0.049oz/t gold), including 2.089Moz of proven and 12.969Moz of probable gold reserves. Cortez gold mine is owned and operated by Barrick Gold. Gold production from Cortez started in 1969. The mine employs both open-pit and underground mining methods. Gold from Cortez open pit, Pipe

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

Ever struggled to predict what your deposit's production throughput will be, without having mine designs, Whittle shells or a schedule? If you have the deposit's tonnes, mr Taylor might be of assistance... H. K. Taylor, a mining engineer working with Placer Development Limited, proposed "Taylor's Law" at a mine valuation and feasibility study seminar in Spokane, Washington in 1976. This rule was then published in 1977. Taylor based the empirical rule off of nearly 30 mining p

Slightly behind already on this year’s budgeted tonnes…? You have catch-up strategies in place, but your team is not convinced that it will work…? One of the strategies might be pulling in that spare excavator, but will your truck fleet cope with the additional loading capacity…? With years of experience with RPMGlobal’s HAULSIM package, allow me to help you run a calibrated simulation of your mine’s actual loader fleet, truck fleet, road network, infrastructure, maintenance

The Terex MT 5500AC, also known as the Unit Rig MT 5500AC, ranks as the seventh biggest mining dump truck in the world. The 360t payload capacity vehicle is used for high volume surface mining. The maximum gross vehicle weight of Terex MT 5500AC is 598t. The overall length is 14.87m, while the width and loading height are 9.05m and 7.67m respectively. The vehicle is powered by a four-stroke Diesel engine rated at 3,000HP with 16 cylinders. The vehicle uses AC electric drive s

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 applicants to have software experience, and the mining industry is no different. But how do you apply for a position if you don't have any software experience? The mine planning courses offered by the School of Rock focuses specifically on exposing you to mining industry software, while learning the basics in a creative and stimulating way. D

This illustration from Caterpillar shows typical haul road design considerations for a dual-carriage road. What's your mines standard for haul road width in terms of dual-carriage roads?