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CONTENTS
JANUARY 2018
10 OPERATION FOCUS: BLANKET
John Chadwick looks at a historic, centurion
Zimbabwean gold mine, with a great
sustainable mining reputation, being upgraded
and expanded with mechanisation and its
concomitant benefits
20 HIGH PROFILE – LIEBHERR
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In late October 2017, Paul Moore went with
Liebherr to the VA Erzberg iron ore mine in
Austria for an introduction to the new T236 100
t electric truck and quizzed its senior managers
potential
26 POWER IN MINING
Access to reliable and cost effective forms of
energy is a strategic priority for the global
industry. John Chadwick examines both
traditional and renewable energy solutions
40 FATIGUE MONITORING & COLLISION
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Paul Moore reviews some key developments in
fatigue monitoring and collision avoidance
systems in mining, including some big rollouts
at major operations
48 SOUTH AFRICAN SUPPLIERS
South African suppliers will be exhibiting at
the Mining Indaba in Cape Town, looking to sell
equipment and services into the great
marketplace of African mining, John Chadwick
looks at some latest developments
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58 MAINTENANCE
From electric vehicle maintenance strategies,
to conveyors and crushers, Paul Moore takes a
look at equipment servicing across the board
in mining
66 PROCESS DESIGN
Paul Moore looks at some mineral processing
developments, designs and initiatives with a
focus on innovation
74 HIGH PROFILE – KAL TIRE
Kal Tire’s Mining Tire Group has been hot on
the acquisition trail in the last three years.
Paul Moore caught up with Dan Allan, Senior
VP, to get some insights
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COVER: Loesche
JANUAR
Y 2018
The cover this month shows New Steel’s Fines Dry Magnetic Separation
(FDMS) iron ore pilot plant in Brazil that uses a Loesche mobile ore grinding
plant (OGPmobile) in three 40 ft ocean containers. The machinery for
grinding, classifying, product separation and material transport is installed
in two of the containers. For New Steel, the OGPmobile allows it to produce
up to 300 t of grinding product for direct treatment in subsequent
processing stages. Grinding tests are performed to determine the specific
grindability factor and the optimum process parameters, such as grinding
pressure, grinding energy, and wear values. www.loesche.com
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