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...

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...

Escondida copper mine in the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile is currently the world’s largest copper mine by reserve. The mine contained...

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

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

Battling with the software to set up a mining schedule? We all know the feeling... when you're losing precious time because of fighting...

The Caterpillar 795F AC has a payload capacity of 345t and is the world's ninth biggest dump truck. The haul truck features modular...

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...

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,...