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RESCUE: Victor mine team saves stranded balloonists
ONTARIO – Last week a crew from De Beers Group’s Victor mine site near Attawapiskat responded to an emergency call to aid downed balloonists 100 km west of the now closed mine. The balloonists, from the United States and Poland,…
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GOLD: Pit wall fails at Avesoro’s New Liberty gold mine
LIBERIA – Avesoro Resources has suspended mining activities in the Kinjor-East pit at its New Liberty gold mine, following the failure of a pit wall and ramp in the north side of the pit on Oct. 1. There are no reports of…
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SAFETY: New app from Fatigue Science tracks impact of sleep
VANCOUVER – Canadian software company Fatigue Science is launching Readi, a new scientifically validated mobile app that enables users to discover the true impact of sleep on their waking hours. Readi analyzes sleep data in order to predict the effects…
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GOLD: Semafo revises 2019 guidance after Mana pit wall failure
BURKINA FASO – Semafo has cut 2019 production guidance for its Mana mine in Burkina Faso by 40,000 to 50,000 oz. of gold, following a wall failure in the northern part of the Wona pit on Aug. 2. The intermediate gold…
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Metso targets next level sustainability with VPX filter
Dry-stack tailings solution recovers up to 90% of water
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LIGHTING: Power use down, brightness up for LED lights
INDIANA – Hazard and warning lights are essential to ensure the visibility and safety of vehicles used in mining such as earth movers, bulldozers, excavators, off road trucks, etc. Whether it’s directional lighting, strobes or clearance markers, these lights…
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IMAGING: How thermal imaging boosts safety, cuts downtime says FLIR
In the mining industry, where adverse weather and environmental conditions are workplace norm, thermal imaging has been proven a dependable tool to help limit unscheduled downtime and improve workplace safety. In the process, it has proven to save millions of…
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SAFETY: Hexagon offers new early warning radar system for rock falls
SWEDEN – Hexagon AB, a global leader in digital solutions, today announced IDS GeoRadar RockSpot, a radar system that fills a critical gap in the monitoring of natural and engineered slopes. The system detects, tracks, and analyzes the slightest movements from…
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SAFETY: Reverse Assist from Hexagon improves haulage safety
ARIZONA – Hexagon’s mining division has introduced HxGN MineOperate Reverse Assist, a high precision positioning application that guides truck operators with the optimum reversing path. Reverse Assist completes the division’s Operator Assist product suite. Inaccurate reversing maneuvers and costly collisions…
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SAFETY: Monarch’s Beaufor mine wins F.J. O’Connell trophy
QUEBEC – Montreal-based Monarch Gold Corp., owner and operator of the Beaufor gold mine 20 km northeast of Val d’Or, says the mine is the 2018 winner of the F.J. O’Connell trophy awarded by the Quebec Mining Association. The F.J.…
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SAFETY: Stornoway’s Renard team takes all at provincial rescue competition
QUEBEC – Stornoway Diamond Corp. mounted a mine rescue team from the Renard mine – and they won all the awards at the 57th Quebec Provincial Mines Rescue Competition. The contest took place on May 2-4, 2019, in La Sarre,…
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Dealing with slope failures
Maptek reports on how monitoring technology can enhance safety at mine sites
