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 Truck DriversThursday, August 28, 2008Every mining magazine features a new article on new big trucks. But there is an aspect to the big truck photo scourge that we do not talk about. I refer to the folk who drive those big trucks. read more » Talvivaara Heap LeachTuesday, July 29, 2008This case history of a new heap leach operation is courtesy of E&MJ, May 2008. They describe a new heap leach pad at the Talvivaara Mine in Finland read more » The Berkeley PitWednesday, April 16, 2008The Mine Waste Technology Program at Montana Tech understandably enough focuses on the Berkeley Pit. Here are the reports they have produced on the pit 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 » Micromine’s Pit Optimisation SoftwareMonday, March 17, 2008A recent study by Golder Associates has revealed that MICROMINE’s powerful Pit Optimiser is as high in usability and performance, as other leading industry-standard optimisation software such as Gemcom’s Whittle 4X optimiser. read more » |
