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    BOOK NOW FOR SEPTEMBER!!

    BOOK NOW FOR SEPTEMBER!!

    Take control of your career and get empowered by these mine planning courses. Companies want their employees to do the job using software, and this is exactly the exposure you get when you create a mine design and schedule during these courses. For your convenience, there is an online booking facility to secure your spot and avoid disappointment: "https://www.schoolofrockmining.com/book-online" Alternatively send me a mail at: info@schoolofrockmining.com and I’ll gladly assi
    MINE PLANNING BASICS FRIDAY - INTER-RAMP DESIGN ANGLE TOOL!!

    MINE PLANNING BASICS FRIDAY - INTER-RAMP DESIGN ANGLE TOOL!!

    I found this handy tool from Edumine that you can use to determine the inter-ramp angle for a specified bench geometry and the approximate change (%) in excavation volume due to a change in inter-ramp angle. Kindly click on the link below to use the tool: "http://www.edumine.com/xtoolkit/xmlicon/bench_geometry.htm"
    HAULSIM PRODUCTIVITY SIMULATIONS!!

    HAULSIM PRODUCTIVITY SIMULATIONS!!

    Are you 100% confident that your Excel calculations are correct in determining fleet numbers? Are your roads accurately set-up in terms of stop signs, single carriage areas, steep gradients, single-bay dumps? What happens when you have congestion in your pit, how does Excel cater for that? With the HAULSIM simulations you can set up your site accurately to generate realistic results in terms of fleet numbers. The simulations allow you to run a host of possible scenarios, to e
    MINING ROCKSTAR OF THE WEEK – HEMATITE!!

    MINING ROCKSTAR OF THE WEEK – HEMATITE!!

    Hematite is one of the most abundant minerals on Earth's surface and in the shallow crust. It is an iron oxide with a chemical composition of Fe2O3. It is a common rock-forming mineral found in sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks at locations throughout the world. Hematite is the most important ore of iron. Although it was once mined at thousands of locations around the world, today almost all of the production comes from a few dozen large deposits where significant e
    MINE SCHEDULING!!

    MINE SCHEDULING!!

    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
    SHOWCASE IRON ORE MINE OF THE WEEK – AREA C!!

    SHOWCASE IRON ORE MINE OF THE WEEK – AREA C!!

    The Area C mine is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 92 kilometres west-north-west of Newman. The mine is majority-owned (85 percent) and operated by BHP Billiton, and is one of seven iron ore mines the company operates in the Pilbara. The company also operates two port facilities at Port Hedland, Nelson Point and Finucane Island, and over 1,000 kilometres of rail in the Pilbara. The Area C mine is part of the Mount Goldsworthy joint venture
    MINE DESIGN!!

    MINE DESIGN!!

    How sure are you that your mine designs have the minimum number of switchbacks? Have you tested the impact of having one switchback less, how that reduces your strip ratio and down-the-line costs, not to mention the health & safety of your employees ...? What about your benches & stacks, do they honour the geotechnical slope angles to prevent slope failure...? Your ramp systems on your interim high-walls - do they tie up with your final design and serve as dual access for tha
    BLAST FROM THE PAST TUESDAY – TRAINING VIDEO OF MINE BLASTING IN INDIA!!

    BLAST FROM THE PAST TUESDAY – TRAINING VIDEO OF MINE BLASTING IN INDIA!!

    This is a YouTube training film of ACC on safe handling of explosives during mining, posted by K Jayadev.
    IS YOUR PIT OPTIMISATION ADJUSTED FOR THE CURRENT ECONOMY??

    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 adjust to the market changes the quickest that lead the pack. Mining on a 5-year old mine design that was based on a Whittle shell all those years ago can mean you're either leaving value in the ground, or more detrimental, you're now mining in areas where profitability is going South... With almost a decade of Whittle open pit optimisation ex
    MINING METHOD MONDAY - OVERHAND STOPING METHOD!!

    MINING METHOD MONDAY - OVERHAND STOPING METHOD!!

    The figure below shows various methods of working the back in overhand stoping. To start the stope, if the ore is low grade and timber is scarce, a pillar or pillars are left above the level as shown in A, and if the ore is high grade it is all removed above the level and stulls are placed as shown at B. To start a stope as shown at B, a cutting out or lead stope is broken immediately above the level as shown at D. C is a wide raise or raise stope, which is one method of open
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