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Screening

Operations relying on crushing and screening as key components in their value chain are now able to maximize product quality, uptime and profit by monitoring their vibrating screens to achieve peak performance and efficiency. Thanks to the...

Crushers and Screeners

Atlas Copco is now fully equipped to supply crushing, screening and recycling equipment in addition to surface drill rigs to the mining and quarying industries. The company’s expansion into these areas follows the acquisition of Austrian...

Crusher

Sandvik’s Vibrocone is a new type of cone crusher designed to generate more fines than most conventional cone crushers. Material is crushed by means of multiple compressions and it accepts a large top size in the feed. Material is crushed...

Reaching across sectors and building bridges

Right from the beginning, our Office has made it a priority to reach across sectors and build bridges between people with different perspectives.  Many diverse stakeholders have an interest in the environmental and social impacts of...

Plenty of work done, plenty more to do

Recently, an important anniversary passed quietly. Ten years ago, in Toronto, the Global Mining Initiative Conference, a path-breaking global conference on mining and sustainable development, wrapped up. The Conference was the culmination of a...

Rare earth elements and property protection

As existing mineral reserves become depleted and high grade ores become less accessible due to geopolitical factors, process technologies for the extraction and upgrading of low grade mineral reserves will become invaluable. Rare Earth Elements...

Building a Better ELF

Modern mine finders are constantly merging old and new technology with outside-the-box thinking to create better, cheaper ways of exploring the ground under their feet.

Nova Scotia Treasure Finder

It is no easy task finding an economicaland worthwhile mineral deposit, and it’s an even harder job turning that discovery into a producing mine, but for Avard D. Hudgins, that’s what he does. And, according to many in the...

It’s all about planning

If memory serves, outdoors was a crisp minus 25 degrees Celcius; the habit of writing "2011" was still tricky to break; resolutions were being obliged, and The Redpath Group, in North Bay, Ontario, was beginning preparations for 2012’s...

Hydraulic excavator

Since its release in January 2008, the Hitachi EX5600-6, as well as the company's ultra-large hydralic excavators -- the EX8000-6, EX2500-6, EX3600-6, and EX1900-6 -- have been highly valued by global mining customers, including major...

Haul truck

Komatsu America is pleased to feature its Komatsu 930E mine truck, the flagship of Komatsu’s haul truck product line. With a maximum payload of 290 tons, the 930E is an off-highway, ultra class vehicle featuring a rigid frame, two-axle,...

Mining shovel

Joy Global brings advanced equipment, systems and direct services to the global mining industry. With its focus solely on mining, the company designs, manufactures, distributes and services extensive product lines of highly reliable P&H...