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MINING METHOD MONDAY - SIDE STOPING AND BREAST STOPING!!
Side stoping is an extreme of combination stoping in which the working face of the stope is vertical. The face is parallel to the raises...


THE POWER OF COLLABORATION!!
As the use of technology continues to expand throughout business and emerging technology solutions become mainstream, many mines don’t...


MINE PLANNING BASICS FRIDAY – BENCHING!!
Have a look at the different bench terminology used when designing an open pit mine...


SHOWCASE COPPER MINE OF THE WEEK - GRASBERG MINE!!
Grasberg mine in the Papua province of Indonesia ranked as the world’s tenth largest copper mine by reserve. The mine’s open pit and...


LAUNCHING PROJECT OPTI-FUEL!!
With the world slowly but surely recovering from the pandemic, fuel prices are set to increase significantly for the foreseeable future....


CORPORATE GROUP TRAINING & COURSES – PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT!!
Have a group of employees that need basic training in terms of mine planning software? Or perhaps a refresher course to get those rusty...


10 BIGGEST MINING EXCAVATORS – KOMATSU PC8000-6!!
Regarded as the fifth largest hydraulic excavator, the Komatsu PC8000-6 has an operating weight of around 710 tonnes. It comes with both...


CORPORATE GROUP TRAINING & COURSES – HAULSIM!!
Have a group of employees that need basic training in terms of mine planning software? Or perhaps a refresher course to get those rusty...


MINING METHOD OF THE WEEK - SUBLEVEL STOPING!!
This method is really a combination of several different methods of stoping. The figure is an illustration of the method, and shows half...


HAVE YOUR MINING MODELS AUDITED/REFINED!!
The world pandemic has caused almost every mine on earth to run a multitude of mining schedules in a very short time period, in an effort...
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