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MINING ROCKSTAR OF THE WEEK – QUARTZ!!
Quartz is a chemical compound consisting of one part silicon and two parts oxygen. It is silicon dioxide (SiO2). It is the most abundant...


HAVE YOUR MINING MODELS AUDITED/REFINED!!
The world pandemic has caused almost every mine on earth to run a multitude of mining schedules in a very short time period, in an effort...


SHOWCASE SILVER MINE OF THE WEEK – ANTAMINA!!
Antamina mine, the ninth biggest silver mine in the world, is located 200km from the city of Huaraz in the Andes Mountains of Peru. The...

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...


TOP 10 LARGEST DUMP TRUCKS QUICK FACTS!!
Reigning as the 3rd biggest dump truck in the world, and the biggest truck to come from Caterpillar, the 797B's tyres are more than twice...


MINE SCHEDULING!!
Know the feeling... when you're losing precious time because of fighting the software instead of running iterations and scenarios... You...


WORLD'S BIGGEST ELECTRIC ROPE SHOVELS – BIG BRUTUS!!
Big Brutus is the world's largest electric shovel. It stands 16 stories high amid the fields of rural southeast Kansas. The coal strip...

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,...

MINE PLANNING BASICS FRIDAY – MINING LOSS AND DILUTION!!
Found this incredibly interesting and relevant article by Anoush Ebrahim from SRK Consulting where he explains the importance of dilution...


MINING ROCKSTAR OF THE WEEK – PYROXENE!!
Pyroxenes are a group of dark-coloured rock-forming minerals found in igneous and metamorphic rocks throughout the world. They form under...
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