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MINE PLANNING BASICS FRIDAY - WHITTLE YOU BEAUTY!!
Doing a pit optimisation for a client, I realised you can utilise 2 different beneficiation plants by cleverly setting up the...


MINING TECH THURSDAY – 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 - CINNABAR!!
Cinnabar is a toxic mercury sulfide mineral with a chemical composition of HgS. It is the only important ore of mercury. It has a bright...


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 COPPER MINE OF THE WEEK - ESCONDIDA!!
Escondida copper mine in the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile is currently the world’s largest copper mine by reserve. The mine contained...


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


MINING HAUL TRUCK SAFETY SYSTEMS!!
Friendly people of LinkedIn, this is a retired haul truck donated by Kumba Iron Ore in downtown Johannesburg. Note the front bumper - I...


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...


WORLD'S BIGGEST MINING DUMP TRUCKS - CATERPILLAR 795F!!
The Caterpillar 795F AC has a payload capacity of 345t and is the world's ninth biggest dump truck. The haul truck features modular...


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...
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