There has been a strong trend over the past decade in hard rock mines towards the use of very high ...Read more
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Whilst there have been relatively few innovations in the nature or application of main surface fans in the past 20 ...Read more
The duty on mine ventilation shafts is usually either intake or exhaust; it is unusual to split the shaft vertically ...Read more
The case study covers an introduction to life of mine planning process from the cut-off grade calculation, to the block ...Read more
A company was using an Excel workbook to determine ROM stockpiling, reclaiming, and Mill feed blending schedule. The ROM was ...Read more
There has been significant progress made with narrow vein gold mines in which a second option for crushing has begun ...Read more
The development of a wireless initiation system has created new possibilities to re-think conventional mining methods. Until now, blast designs ...Read more
Early 2019 Hemlo’s management team approached Orica and Manroc to explore opportunities for improvement via the application of wireless blast ...Read more
Case study from an underground mine showing how pre-splitting techniques were applied to production holes on the wings of secondary ...Read more