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MARCH
2018
8 GERMAN TECHNOLOGY
Germany’s suppliers of mining equipment,
services and technology are enjoying a
change in fortunes in their key export
markets as sales pick up on the back on
commodity demand and price increases,
reports Paul Moore
22 MOBILE APPS
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Mobile apps continue to leverage the power
of smartphones and tablet computers to
bring data and data analysis to key
individuals on a mining site in real
time. Paul Moore looks at some recent
examples
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 Perth, Australia
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41 WATER MANAGEMENT
Innovation in water management is vitally
important and new technology applications
are essential, as John Chadwick reports
50 UTILITY VEHICLES
John Chadwick looks at some of the latest
additions to mine operator’s choices for
lifting, maintenance, personnel transport
and all those other utility tasks
56 HIGH PROFILE – ANGLO AMERICAN
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To coincide with this months water
management theme, Dr Hubert Fleming,
Anglo American’s Global Lead for Water
Management, outlines the mining group’s
approach to water stewardship and
sustainability
58 SURFACE LOADING
From the very latest news on the latest rope
shovel designs, to new electric wheel
loaders, Paul Moore gives the lowdown on
surface loading technology
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COVER: MGX Minerals
MARCH
2018
MGX Minerals' novel technology extracts lithium and other minerals from brine.
Compared to hard rock mining and solar evaporation, the MGX process is
exponentially faster and more cost-effective, producing lithium in a matter of days.
MGX can also utilise brine waste products from industrial processes like oil and
natural gas development and geothermal energy production as feedstock. The
company is now working to expand its highly scalable technology to the two million
acres of land in the US and Canada in which it holds mineral rights as it explores
new opportunities in Chile’s “lithium triangle.” www.mgxminerals.com
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