Block caving is essentially the underground version of open-pit mining. It’s the only underground mining method that can reach similar...

Many people are surprised to learn that bauxite is not a mineral. It is a rock composed mainly of aluminum-bearing minerals. It forms...

AngloGold Ashanti’s Mponeng gold mine, located south-west of Johannesburg in South Africa, is currently the deepest mine in the world....

For those who don't have the software but would like exposure to mine design and scheduling, and fully understand the life of mine cycle....

For every tonne of ore that is mined, only a very small amount (about 5 g) of gold is extracted. A number of different methods can be...

This dozer is the world's ninth most powerful bull dozer. After the Italian joint venture in 1974, Fiat-Allis 41B Dozer launched later in...

The mining engineers of Modular Mining Systems Africa completed RPMGlobal's Open Pit and Surface Coal training course this week. Their...

In this selective mining method, the void created by mining is backfilled with a mixture of waste rock or tailings (with cement sometimes...

Chromite is an oxide mineral composed of chromium, iron, and oxygen (FeCr2O4). It is dark gray to black in color with a metallic to...

TauTona, AngloGold Ashanti’s gold mine in the West Wits region of South Africa, ranks as the second deepest mine in the world. Although...