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MINING EXCAVATOR TUESDAY – LIEBHERR R9800!!
The excavator in third place is the Liebherr R9800. It was built by Liebherr at its Colmar factory in France in 2008. The excavator is...


BLAST FROM THE PAST FRIDAY - UNDERGROUND BLASTING!!
This clip from the Australian Centre for Geomechanics is a training video for underground metalliferous mine workers. The aim is to...


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...


MINING TECH – BRIDGING THE G-APP!!
So, you had a consultant do mine planning work on your project - great. The consultant used a variety of specialised software packages to...


MINING ROCKSTAR OF THE WEEK - GALENA!!
Galena is a lead sulfide mineral with a chemical composition of PbS. It is the world's primary ore of lead and is mined from a large...


ONLINE MINING COURSE FOR SCHOLARS, NON-GRADUATES OR NON-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...


SHOWCASE ZINC MINE OF THE WEEK – PENASQUITO!!
The Peñasquito Polymetallic Mine is the fifth largest silver mine in the world and the second largest in Mexico. It is located in...


MINING TRUCK AS A DAILY DRIVER??
We all know what a mining truck looks like in its natural habitat - an open pit. Ever wondered if you release that truck into our urban...


MINE PLANNING BASICS TUESDAY - HAUL ROAD EFFECT ON PIT LIMITS!!
A very basic illustration from Venkat Masabattula of the effect of introducing a haul road into the mine design. Note the effect on the...


BLASTING INTO THE FUTURE!!
For those of you who weren't able to install Deon's blasting programme on your computer, have a look at his YouTube video. It illustrates...
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