A warm congrats to this geologist from Kumba Iron Ore. Hein wanted to expand his understanding of open pit mine planning in an effort to...

How sure are you that your mine designs have the minimum number of switchbacks? Have you tested the impact of having one switchback less,...

Chrysoberyl is a beryllium-aluminum oxide mineral with a chemical composition of BeAl2O4. It is distinctly different from the...

The mining industry is notorious for its volatile nature as commodity prices fluctuate. History shows that it's the companies that can...

Cananea, also known as Buenavista copper mine, located in Sonora, Mexico, is the world’s second biggest copper mine by reserve. The...

So, you had a consultant do mine planning work on your project - great. The consultant used a variety of specialised software packages to...

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...

The Hitachi EH5000AC-3 has a payload capacity of 326t and is the world's 10th biggest dump truck. It is Hitachi’s latest and largest...

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...

Seeing as there's quite a few open pit mines transgressing to underground, I thought we could have a look at the basics...