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 World Mining Congress & Expo 2008Tuesday, May 13, 2008The World Mining Congress & Expo 2008 will take place in Poland, September 9-12. Here are more details on this important mining exhibition read more » Portable Rock DrillsThursday, April 24, 2008Rock Drills are used for quarry, mining in ores, trenching & general excavation involving short holes. It is the everyday tool for the small job. read more » Suncor Oil Sands MiningFriday, April 4, 2008At the SME meeting in Salt Lake City in late February 2008, I chanced into one of those presentations that justify conference attendance. This one was by Erik Jones talking about mine productivity initiatives at Suncor Energy’s Alberta operations. read more » Mobile Crushing PlantsMonday, March 17, 2008Mobile crushing plants are usually tracked, skid or trailer mounted units designed for quarrying and in-pit applications. read more » ATC Improves Colorado 57" TiresMonday, March 03, 2008American Tire Corporation (ATC) is pleased to announce that ATC will start delivery of its newly improved Colorado brand 40.00-57 E4 60PR and 37.00-57 E4 60PR tires for global users from March 2008. read more » Potential New Technology for Canadian Lake Based MiningMonday, February 25, 2008A South African based firm of marine engineers, Marine and Mineral Projects, is investigating the possibility of adapting their existing underwater crawler technology for lake based applications in Canada. read more » Safety/Rescue ChambersMonday, February 18, 2008A safety/rescue chamber is an airtight, reinforced box stocked with food, water and oxygen supplies to protect miners who become trapped underground. read more » SCHOTT Lighting Used at Bisbee Mining MuseumTuesday, February 12, 2008SCHOTT’s fiber optic products are helping illuminate the award winning Digging In exhibition at the Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum in Bisbee, Arizona. read more » Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)Friday, February 01, 2008Wikipedia defines a self-contained breathing apparatus, or SCBA as “a device worn by rescue workers, firefighters, and others to provide breathable air in a hostile environment.” read more » Surface Mining Association for Research & TechnologyWednesday, January 09, 2008SMART is an association of mining companies that coordinate the technology development needed by the mining industry. read more » There's Technology in Those TiresTuesday, January 08, 2008Unless you were stranded on a desert island over the last few years, everyone involved in mining operations has been scrambling around looking for OTR tires read more » Modular BuildingsFriday, December 14, 2007In response to the initial posting of a Technology review on modular and mobile buildings, I received a number of e-mails, comments, and additional information from other manufacturers and suppliers of such structures. read more » Communications Systems for Coal MinesTuesday, December 11, 2007In the interests of mine safety and productivity, it is vital that operators are continuously aware of underground conditions and risk profiles, particularly in light of the recent mine collapse at Crandall Canyon Mine in August 2007. read more » South African Technology for Deep Sea Oil & GasTuesday, December 04, 2007The world’s oceans have become prime territory in the booming offshore oil and gas and mining industries, as new deposits are discovered and improvements in technology make the ocean depths more accessible. read more » HPGR Trade-Off StudiesTuesday, November 27, 2007TechnoMine has previously posted an article from Wardrop on High Pressure Grinding Rolls (HPGR) in the mining industry. read more » Rod MillsMonday, November 26, 2007As with other types of mills, a rod mill is used to grind material into fine powder, but differs from a ball mill in that it employs long steel rods instead of balls as the grinding medium. read more » Ball MillsFriday, November 23, 2007A ball mill is a type of grinder used to grind materials into extremely fine powder. A ball mill rotates around a horizontal axis in a cylindrical device, which is partially filled with grinding medium and the material to be ground. read more » SAG MillsMonday, November 05, 2007SAG is an acronym for Semi-Autogenous Grinding, which means that it utilizes steel balls in addition to large rocks for grinding. The SAG mills use a minimal ball charge of 6 to 15%. read more » EF Electromagnetic Vibrating FeederMonday, November 05, 2007InfoMine’s Dictionary defines a feeder as a conveyor or bunker structure for delivering coal or other broken material at a controllable rate. read more » Agora Tire Provides First Spot Market Price Index for OTR TiresMonday, October 22, 2007Agora Tire, Inc. recently announced the addition to their website
(www.agoratire.com) of the first ever spot market price index for OTR tires. read more » Improve Safety and Productivity with RFID TrackingTuesday, September 25, 2007In the mining industry, RFID is being used to improve safety and productivity by offering tracking tags for both personnel and equipment. read more » Mining Equipment Operating Costs Increase DramaticallyMonday, September 24, 2007Newly released CostMine data shows a continuing dramatic increase in mining equipment operating costs. read more » Non-stick HaulersTuesday, September 18, 2007In the mining industry, haul truck bodies have two major challenges, wear and tear and build-up of haulage material in the bed. read more » Truck Training on Your ComputerTuesday, September 11, 2007Simlog Inc. is a pioneer and leader in the development of Personal Simulators for affordable heavy equipment operator training and is the first to offer a PC-based Off-Highway Truck simulator for the mining industry. read more » Underground Transport on Inclined RoadsMonday, September 10, 2007Until the mid 20th century, pit ponies were one of the primary ways man and material was transported from underground coal mines. read more » Gekko Systems Short Info Program - Part 8Friday, September 7, 2007This is the last of an eight week short information program that is intended to keep people in the mineral processing sector up to date with the developments at Gekko Systems. read more » BakhtarRadar: Non-Invasive Exploration and Sub-Surface ImagingFriday, August 31, 2007BakhtarRadar represents a new generation in GPR. Originally developed by Dr. Khosrow Bakhtar under the U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program to detect buried ordnance read more » Gekko Systems Short Info Program - Part 7Friday, August 31, 2007This is the seventh of an eight week short information program that is intended to keep people in the mineral processing sector up to date with the developments at Gekko Systems. read more » Gekko Systems Short Info Program - Part 6Friday, August 24, 2007This is the sixth of an eight week short information program that is intended to keep people in the mineral processing sector up to date with the developments at Gekko Systems. read more » Gekko Systems Short Info Program - Part 5Wednesday, August 15, 2007This is the fifth of an eight week short information program that is intended to keep people in the mineral processing sector up to date with the developments at Gekko Systems. read more » Keeping Your Tires on TrackTuesday, August 14, 2007Unless you were stranded on a desert island over the last few years, everyone involved in mining operations has been scrambling around looking for OTR tires read more » Gekko Systems Short Info Program - Part 4Thursday, August 09, 2007This is the fourth of an eight week short information program that is intended to keep people in the mineral processing sector up to date with the developments at Gekko Systems. read more » Gekko Systems Short Info Program - Part 3Wednesday, August 01, 2007This is the third of an eight week short information program that is intended to keep people in the mineral processing sector up to date with the developments at Gekko Systems. read more » Gekko Systems Short Info Program - Part 2Wednesday, July 25, 2007This is the second of an eight week short information program that is intended to keep people in the mineral processing sector up to date with the developments at Gekko Systems. read more » Gekko Systems Short Info Program - Part 1Tuesday, July 17, 2007From Gekko Systems: This is the first of an eight week short information program that is intended to keep people in the mineral processing sector up to date with the developments at Gekko Systems.
read more » Winkie DrillFriday, June 29, 2007If you’ve never heard or worked with a Winkie drill, you might easily get the name Winkie confused with the Scottish nursery rhythm Wee Willie Winkie or the Winkie Country in the fictional Land of Oz. read more » Even Engines Need a Safety BlanketMonday, June 18, 2007I’ve changed oil in enough engines to know that no matter how careful you are it’s easy to burn yourself, especially around the exhaust system. Having insulation around the exhaust system sure would have saved some burnt skin. read more » Oil in Engine MaintenanceFriday, May 25, 2007We lived in the Canadian prairies where weather is extreme both in the summer and winter. In these conditions, you learn early that the best way to extend the life of any vehicle is to change your engine oil often. read more » An Engine for the Big BoysFriday, May 11, 2007I’ve always loved the sound of a diesel engine, and there is something about the smell of the exhaust that reassures you of the hidden power. read more » Deilmann-Haniel Mining SystemsTuesday, April 24, 2007Deilmann-Haniel Mining Systems specialize in the construction of machinery and equipment for mining, tunneling and civil engineering applications. read more » Mining Has More Fans Than You ThinkFriday, April 20, 2007Anytime you have a confined workspace, ventilation is critical to not only prevent the inhalation of dust and fumes, but also to maintain a more comfortable environment and ultimately improve worker comfort and productivity. read more » Pumping Your Mill Discharge SlurriesMonday, April 09, 2007This article briefly looks at the Krebs millMAX series of horizontal slurry pumps and why they are sought after for grinding mill discharge duties and other abrasive slurries. read more » Reducing Mill Costs with Load Indicating FastenersWednesday, March 21, 2007Although I’ve tightened, loosened, and in some cases twisted off a few rusty bolts in my younger years, I never worried about how tight they were. All I was told to do was “make them as tight as you can”, and that’s what I did. read more » ComminutionMonday, March 19, 2007International Mining, January 2007 features another of those great articles from John Chadwick with a catchy title and chock-full of content. This one is called Comminution Conundrum. read more » Application of High Pressure Grinding Rolls in the Mining IndustryFriday, March 16, 2007The application of High Pressure Grinding Rolls (HPGR) in the mining industry, especially as a replacement for the conventional Semiautogenous (SAG) milling process read more » Dewatering SlurriesWednesday, March 14, 2007According to InfoMine's Dictionary, filter cake has two definitions: the layer of concentrated solids from the drilling mud left behind on the walls of a borehole read more » Mining ReporterTuesday, March 13, 2007How do you find your way around the never-ending stream of paper magazines devoted to the mining industry? At the 2007 SME I picked up two I had never seen before read more » Dust CalculationsFriday, March 09, 2007The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) e-publishes the definitive volume on how to calculate the quantity of dust from mine (and indeed all) unpaved roads, paved roads read more » ShotcreteThursday, February 15, 2007The January 2007 Mining Magazine has a comprehensive article on Scaling to Shotcrete. An electronic version of the magazine is available on their site read more » Roof Support EquipmentThursday, February 15, 2007If you had any doubts about the meaning of the multiplicity of terms used to hold up the roof of a mine, go no further than the Dywidag-Systems International site read more » Corrosion Resistant Dewatering PumpsMonday, February 12, 2007My experience with pumps is limited, but I do know that their reliability in almost any industry is critical to keeping an operation running efficiently. read more » Soil GroutingFriday, February 09, 2007Soil grouting is the topic of a comprehensive new paper from BiTech Publishers and their premier magazine Geotechnical News. The paper is Soil Grouting – There’s Only One Way to View It. read more » Solution Mining IrrigationWednesday, February 07, 2007A well-produced brochure is more informative than a text book, and certainly more entertaining than most paper magazines stuffed with pale replications of marketing materials turned into fake-erudite articles. read more » Print DirectoriesMonday, February 05, 2007The size of the German mining equipment industry is amazing. Two statistics: "The German mining equipment industry comprises about 120 mainly medium-sized companies read more » Underground Loading in Tight SpotsFriday, February 02, 2007Not all underground trucks are made equally. This is particularly true when getting into those tight spots. This is the job of an ejector truck. read more » I Think Mining BlogWednesday, January 31, 2007Some paper magazines will never die. They are the ones with high quality, thoughtful, well-written articles. The rest are doomed to fade and wither. Part of their problem is the competition of Blogs read more » Highway Trucks in MinesMonday, January 29, 2007“Use of highway trucks underground and advances in more conventional underground haulers, for coal and hard rock; diesel, electric or new power options, and advances in battery power.” All that and more in one article read more » Mine Winder Super BrakesFriday, January 26, 2007According to Wikipedia, the disc brake is “a device for slowing or stopping the rotation of a wheel. A brake disc (or rotor in U.S. English), usually made of cast iron or ceramic, is connected to the wheel or the axle. read more » Information is PowerWednesday, January 24, 2007Ever since I got my first computer, I’ve always been fascinated with information and how its storage and sharing between systems within an organization can significantly improve productivity and ultimately lead to better decision-making. read more » M.G. Currie & CompanyMonday, January 22, 2007Just added to the InfoMine Consultants Database: M.G. Currie & Company. You cannot get to know someone in half an hour by chatting across a corporate conference room table, so I went to his website to read his publications. read more » Grouting Confined AreasFriday, January 19, 2007The closest thing I’ve come to grout is a summer spent emptying bags of cement into a huge hopper, which was eventually transported to off shore North Sea oil rigs to be used by Halliburton on “cement jobs”. read more » Clean CoalFriday, January 19, 2007The coal trains slide forever across the plains of Wyoming and Nebraska. The train seems never to end. It is an impressive sight to see the coal trains dominate the horizon as one drives along highway I80. read more » More Efficient Dust CollectionThursday, January 18, 2007After learning more about the basics of dust collection from Donaldson Australasia’s website, it reminded me of a summer job where a dust collector sure would have been handy. read more » Dura-Tuff Grouser BarsMonday, December 18, 2006Are you paying too much for you track repairs? It wasn’t until I was contacted by Dura-Tuff Wear Products LLC over three years ago that I found out what a grouser bar was. read more » Keeping Belts Maintained SafelyMonday, December 11, 2006Although I haven’t had the pleasure of being involved in any conveyor maintenance activities, I’ve done enough construction maintenance in the past to know that the less dismantling you need to do to maintain a piece of equipment, the better. read more » Cushioning Lifting ProblemsThursday, December 07, 2006When I first saw this product, it reminded me of a similar concept used for helping patients stand up out of a chair. In this case the whole chair lifts whereas the Pronal lifting CLP cushion resembles a big pillow and can lift over 70 tons. read more » High Performance Flowmeter for SlurriesThursday, December 07, 2006Flowmeters and the movement of slurries are not the first thing that comes to mind when I think of a smooth running mine, but slurries are found throughout the mining process, including underground, in surface mines and in process plants. read more » Skid Mounted Lube TruckTuesday, December 05, 2006When I first saw SiteStar® skid-mounted lubrication module, it made me think of a summer job working on an oilfield construction crew. read more » Keeping Underground Roads SmoothMonday, December 04, 2006The first thing that caught my attention about the PAUS Dinting Machine PSF 200, is the word “dinting” attached to its name. read more » Unpaved Road MaintenanceFriday, December 01, 2006Although the reference I describe here does not deal with mines, I consider the topic and the treatment worthy of reference by the civil and geotechnical engineer and miner read more » Cyclones and KrebsWednesday, November 29, 2006The universal solution? At last computing power catches up with the need to analyze the real world. Solutions for the mining industry are not there yet, but the computer codes are standing ready read more » US TechnologyMonday, November 27, 2006This is a tribute to US industry. It is a rare and well deserved tribute by a thoroughly British gentleman. It is to be savored at a time when the entire world seems to be denigrating the US, or at least pointing fingers at their products and way of life. read more » Keeping Conveyor Pulleys Operating LongerThursday, November 23, 2006Back when I was in university, you took what summer jobs you could get. One summer job was with an oilfield construction crew and corrosion was always a problem when maintaining oilfield equipment read more » Getman Tracked TrailerTuesday, November 14, 2006Like me, when thinking about a tracked vehicle, you think of an excavator on the local construction site, or the tanks in an old war movie. Who would have thought that a vehicle with tracks could reduce road damage, particularly underground. read more » Hoss EquipmentThursday, November 09, 2006HOSS has developed a Wireless Mesh Communications/Video platform. Like me you may well ask - what is that and what good will it do me? Maybe the answer lies in their slogan: "Put It Anywhere", "Watch It Everywhere." read more » IllustechMonday, November 06, 2006Sometimes craft becomes art. The work of Illustech proves my point. To convince you, here are some images from their website. read more » Immersive TechnologiesThursday, November 02, 2006It’s free-for-all out there on the juggernaut of employment. From the President of Iowa State University, Gregory L. Geoffroy: Just this past year, more than a dozen of our most outstanding professors left us read more » Diamond Equipment TechnologyTuesday, October 31, 2006Does equipment technology now threaten the diamond mining industry? Two news items raise this fear read more » Mining and Mineral Processing Equipment ReportsMonday, October 23, 2006The U.S. Census Bureau recently released a report that details huge surges in mining machinery shipments for 2005. read more » Canadian Natural Resources & Finning TrucksThursday, October 19, 2006In 1989, Canadian Natural was an oil and natural gas company operating only in Alberta. They employed 9 people, produced about 1,400 barrels of oil equivalent per day and had a market capitalization of about $1 million. read more » Are Your Parts Clean?Monday, September 18, 2006The only time I've had to worry about cleaning dirty parts was during a summer job as an oil service rig worker. Being the "summer" guy, I was stuck with all the worst jobs and one of these was to clean oil and dirty tools at the end of each day. read more » Slusher MiningThursday, September 21, 2006Here is a short article about an underground mining method and/or piece of equipment used to move ores. read more » Outokumpu & GrindingTuesday, August 29, 2006There is plenty of interesting material on grinding in the Outokumpu Grinding Technologies Brochure. I quote & edit from their website to give you a bit of news about their successes read more » Wi-Fi Based Underground Tracking TechnologyMonday, October 16, 2006A joint high technology venture has resulted with the development of an advanced location tracking and communications solution for underground mines. read more » |
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