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PROJECT FOCUS: Alecto Matala
John Chadwick looks at junior Alecto Minerals’
innovative financing for gold mining in Zambia, its
rapid progress there and its coup in attracting
Randgold to a project in Mali
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OPERATION FOCUS: Goldplat
John Chadwick looks at a gold producer with a
difference, providing housekeeping clean up for the
gold producers of South Africa and Ghana. The
company, Goldplat, is looking to other material
sources around the world
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UNDERGROUND LOAD & HAUL
Paul Moore looks in detail at underground trucks and
LHDs, including what the main issues are and how
these are interpreted in product development by the
major OEMs
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MINING CHEMICALS
John Chadwick looks at chemicals for some of their
myriad applications in mining and at safely handling
those of an aggressive nature
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PASTE
An INT
ERNAT
IONAL
MINING
Supple
ment
P1 PASTE SUPPLEMENT
IM once again covers the latest technology and
designs relevant to paste and thickened tailings and
backfill in the annual paste supplement, distributed at
the Paste conference, this year in Santiago, Chile. This
year it includes an interview with Paste 2016 Chair
Huberto Gonzalez, who is also Tailings and Water
Management Manager at SCM Minera Lumina Copper
TAILIN
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NAGEM
ENT
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HAUL ROADS
Paul Moore interviewed one of the leading global
experts on mine haul roads on recent developments as
well as reviewed some advice and offerings from key
OEMs and consultancies
HEAVY ENGINEERING
Paul Moore looks at high strength and high wear steel
plate through a site visit to a leading supplier, as well
as reviewing some market applications, as well as
developments in castings, grinding media and other
forms of metal supply to mining
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UNDERGROUND DRILLING
Paul Moore spoke to players in four areas of
underground drilling, covering exploration,
development, production and bolting, covering new
machines, approaches and strategies
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FLOTATION
In his annual review of flotation, John Chadwick
considers new hardware, process optimisation,
reagent development and more
102 UNDERGROUND RAIL
Paul Moore spoke to three global leaders in rail
solutions for mining, covering both floor-mounted rail
and monorail solutions worldwide
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106 HIGH PROFILE – Caterpillar Underground Mining
Paul Moore sat down with Robert Droogleever Fortuyn,
Caterpillar Underground Mining General Manager, to
talk about the global market and focus areas for the
group
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COVER: KAL TIRE
JUNE 201
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Over the last 45 years, Kal Tire’s Mining Tire Group has become a leader in mining
tyre service and supply thanks to its constant pursuit of innovation, and its ability
to bring new technology, tools and processes to minesites globally. One such
solution is Kal Tire’s exclusive, award-winning Ultra Repair™ technology - a
proprietary product and process that replaces steel belts inside all-sized tyres
UNDERG
ROUND
LOAD &
suffering large injuries to restore their original strength and integrity. Ultra
HAUL
MINING
CHEMIC
ALS
FLOTAT
Repair™ was developed and launched in Canada, and now saves hundreds of
ION
PASTE
SUPPLE
MENT
tyres from scrap piles in Africa, Europe, Central and South America and
HAUL RO
ADS
OPERAT
ION
Australia. www.kaltiremining.com
FOCUS:
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