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CORPORATE GROUP TRAINING & COURSES - WHITTLE!!
Have a group of employees that need basic training in terms of mine planning software? Or perhaps a refresher course to get those rusty...
MINERAL PROCESSING METHOD OF THE WEEK - GRAVITY SEPARATION!!
Gravity methods use the difference in the density of minerals as the concentrating agent. In heavy-media separation (also called...
CORPORATE GROUP TRAINING & COURSES - SURPAC!!
Have a group of employees that need basic training in terms of mine planning software? Or perhaps a refresher course to get those rusty...
MINING METHOD MONDAY - SHRINKAGE STOPING!!
The shrinkage stoping method is similar to cut and fill, but instead of removing the ore after blasting and backfilling, the initial...
HAULSIM PRODUCTIVITY SIMULATIONS!!
Are you 100% confident that your Excel calculations are correct in determining fleet numbers? Are your roads accurately set-up in terms...
MINE PLANNING BASICS FRIDAY - HAUL ROAD EFFECT ON PIT LIMITS!!
A very basic illustration from Venkat Masabattula of the effect of introducing a haul road into the mine design. Note the effect on the...
MINE SCHEDULING!!
Know the feeling... when you're losing precious time because of fighting the software instead of running iterations and scenarios... You...
MINING ROCKSTAR OF THE WEEK – LIMONITE!!
Before modern mineral analysis, the name "limonite" was given to many of the yellowish to yellowish brown iron oxides produced during the...
MINE DESIGN!!
How sure are you that your mine designs have the minimum number of switchbacks? Have you tested the impact of having one switchback less,...
SHOWCASE IRON ORE MINE OF THE WEEK – CHICHESTER HUB!!
Located in the heart of the Pilbara, the Chichester Hub is made up of Fortescue's flagship minesite Cloudbreak and the second minesite...
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