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Blasting Science Takes Another Digital Step
To achieve optimal blasting results for mining efficiency, mines need real-time data from their blasting blocks; BME’s new generation XPLOLOG does just that – and is being put to work at a large opencast mine in South Africa’s Northern Cape province. This week’s Blog takes a deeper dive into what BME is bringing to the…
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Gearing Up for Increased Exploration: Di-Corp Launches Expanded Drill Rod Production
Many forecasters of future energy and mining activity still see the global push toward electrification as a key driver of future demand and commodity prices for minerals like copper, cobalt, nickel, lithium, manganese, rare earth elements, and others. This week’s Blog looks at how Di-Corp has been gearing up production, engineering, and technical support to…
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Attracting and Retaining Employees – A Seemingly Exhausting Process
Do you keep posting job opportunities, and no one applies? Are you looking through the applications you did receive and think to yourself, ‘Can they even do this job?’ Is the worry of not being able to meet project deadlines and attract new customers keeping you up at night? This week’s Blog from Inspiring Organizational…
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Ontario Mine Rescue Competition Winners Announced
The Ontario Mine Rescue program has been a standardized province-wide collaboration between all mine operators since 1929. Continuing this tradition, mine rescue skills were put to the test at Workplace Safety North’s annual Ontario Mine Rescue provincial competition in June. In this week’s Blog, we look back on the results of the competition, which demonstrate…
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Safe Reliable Electrical Connections for Mining Applications
Most mining applications require electrical connections that can handle frequent connection/disconnection with reliable conducting power and proper safety ratings. This week’s Blog from the experts at MELTRIC looks at their switch-rated devices that use solid silver-nickel material as the contact surface, producing for superior conductivity with spring-loaded butt contacts for thousands of consistent and reliable…
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Preparing for the Future of Mining Starts Today
OEMs like Caterpillar have announced partnerships across the globe to develop large battery-powered mining trucks that facilitate the trajectory of low-emissions mining and help companies reach their aspirational net-zero goals. But since future state equipment is not yet available, how can companies make changes today? This week’s Blog looks at a recent partnership between Finning…
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Rear Eject Bodies Boost Productivity and Safety
While many warnings are well heeded, others are treated as guidelines that can be challenged, especially when there’s an opportunity to increase production and profits. This week’s Blog from Philippi-Hagenbuch, Inc. looks at ways rear eject bodies can help maximize production without the need for risky techniques or endangering workers.
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Is Resource Mining Prepared for Change?
Mergers and Acquisitions are expected to increase in the mining sector over the coming years, creating a paradigm shift within the industry. This week’s Blog from junior mining company, Element79, examines how a changing landscape and lessons learned can help gold and other resource mining companies capitalize on the impending boom.
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Copper Shortages and Sustainability Goals: is Ore Sorting the Solution?
An ongoing transition to green energy is anticipated to significantly increase the demand for copper because of its many uses in expanding electricity networks and cleaner technologies, such as electric vehicles. This week’s Blog takes a closer look at approaches to ore sorting, a pre-concentration process that has long-term potential for efficiently processing lower grade…
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NSS Canada Partners with College Boreal on Projet MOSS
NSS Canada has partnered with the local educational institution Collège Boréal Co-operative Education & Work-Integrated Learning Canada (Cewil), and Dynamic Earth to launch “Projet MOSS”- The Miner Operated Survey System (MOSS) is an underground surveying software that supports a wide range of Leica robotic total stations. This week’s Blog from NSS Canada examines Projet MOSS,…