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New Lease of Life Makes Sense for Mining Equipment
The need to ‘reduce, reuse and recycle’ is now widely accepted – but did you know that equipment rebuilds can also reduce fuel consumption, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), downtime and accidents, in addition to carbon footprint? In this week’s Blog, Francois Nell, Portfolio Manager Rebuilds & Upgrades at Sandvik explains why even the industry’s wealthiest players are keen to keep their machines out of the scrap yard.
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Five Preventative Maintenance Tips for Skid Steer Loaders
If you want more uptime, lower overall operating costs, greater resale value, and a longer life for your skid steer, preventive maintenance is paramount. This week’s Blog by the experts from CONEXPO-CON/AGG staples Caterpillar, CASE, and Wacker Neuson have all the PM maintenance tips you need for skid steers.
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Caterpillar Autonomously Hauls More than 1 Billion Tonnes of Material with Cat® Command for Hauling in Less than a Year
Cat Command is marking a major milestone! Trucks equipped with Cat® MineStar™ Command for hauling have autonomously moved more than 1 billion tonnes of material in less than a year. This week’s Blog takes a look at what Cat MineStar technology brings the job site, and what it may mean for your operations.
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PDAC 2022 Convention
It’s back! @thePDAC is the World’s Premier Mineral Exploration & Mining Convention, and is the leading convention for people, governments, companies and organizations connected to mineral exploration. After moving from March, PDAC 2022 will now be hosted in person in Toronto from June 13-15 and online from June 28-29. This week’s Blog takes a closer look at the event, and at what attendees can expect.
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A Cleaner Option for Extracting Precious Metals from Recycled Catalytic Converters
Used to make jewellery and investment assets, as well as electronics and dental work, Platinum and Palladium are some of the rarest precious metals on earth, but also have some of the highest utility. This week’s Blog from Mineworx Technology takes a look into the versatility of these critical minerals, their use in catalytic converters, and a more environmentally friendly way to extract palladium and platinum.
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Cordless Cap Lamps Breaking Ground in the Mining Industry
“Amazing product. Light is powerful and batteries last forever.” “Awesome cap lamps.” ” Most durable cap lamp I ever used.” “Brighter than anything I used before.” “Dropped it in the muck and it still worked.”
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Worker Mental Health Awareness Training Receives Ontario Funding
Many worksite locations are remote work camps or in the northern Ontario region, where access to medical care is more difficult than in southern Ontario. This week’s Blog from Workplace Safety North looks at how their training and resources are today helping forestry and mine workers, thanks to a recent funding announcement from the Province of Ontario.
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Plug and Play Electrical Connections for Mining Applications
Moving conveyors and other electrically powered aggregate processing equipment can be a challenging task. This is especially true when sand and grit can get in the threads of pin-and-sleeve connectors and make it difficult to get them apart when needed. This week’s Blog from MELTRIC talks about how their Switch-Rated plug and receptacle solutions have made these kinds of site-to-site moves much easier.
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Innovative Network Capabilities Lead to History-Making Mining Operations
With the increasing quantity of mining sites around the world comes the added risk of disasters. This week’s blog from Rajant looks at their wireless network solution, and how it can enhance innovative and advanced technological capabilities, and ensure incidents can be investigated rapidly and effectively – not only powering robotics, drones, and mobile equipment but also ensuring that the daily operations of a mining site remain running as seamlessly as possible.
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Provix: Improving Visibility at the Mine Site with Thermal Cameras
Navigating heavy equipment in darkness, dust, fog, rain, snow, and steam is a challenging task, and equipment lights can be distorted causing additional visual distraction. This week’s Blog from Provix Inc. takes a look at how their thermal camera solutions can make your mine site safer.
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