CONTENTS
8
J U N E
PASTE
An INT
ERNAT
IONAL
MINING
Supple
ment
TAILIN
GS MA
NAGEM
ENT
2 0 1 7
8 MINING CHEMICALS
John Chadwick covers some of the
news, new formulations and new
ideas in the use of chemicals in
mining
16 UNDERGROUND DRILLING
P 1
5 4
Paul Moore reviews news in
underground drilling from operating
in the most challenging conditions,
to rock drill performance and
contractor innovation
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 Beijing,
China
6 4
43 UNDERGROUND LOAD & HAUL
Some of the main news from the
world of LHDs, underground trucks
and more: John Chadwick reports
54 HEAVY ENGINEERING
Paul Moore reviews some major
developments in the companies
focussed on the supply of steel
plate, castings, wear parts and
grinding media to the mining
industry
4 3
1 6
64 FRAC SAND MINING
While a specialist industrial sand
market, the stakes are high in frac
sand mining as the material has to
meet the right specifications,
making it a challenge for process
equipment suppliers, reports
Paul Moore
www.im
-mining.
com
COVER: NLMK Europe
JUN E 201
7
NLMK Europe - Plate has recently launched Quard 550, another new grade in its
HEAVY
ENGINE
abrasion resistant steel family. Available in a thickness range between 6 and 40 mm, it
ERING
UNDERG
ROUND
& HAUL
LOAD
has been made available to the market through the expanding network of offices and
UNDERG
ROUND
DRILLI
NG
official dealers around the world. Since the announcement of its commercialisation, it
has been used by numerous companies specialised in the mining industry. It can be
used directly in mining trucks themselves or in truck bodies. In buckets, Quard 550
is found in shrouds and cutting edges. Its stable form prevents distortion and other
steel transformation. The Research & Development department of NLMK Clabecq,
MINING
CHEMIC
where Quard is produced, will continue to extend the range to better serve the
ALS
FRAC SA
ND MIN
ING
PASTE
SUPPLE
mining sector. www.eu.nlmk.com
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