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AUTOMATION
Paul Moore talked to the key stakeholders in mining
fleet automation, both surface and underground, and
from drills to haulage to networks, to see just how far
things have come
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EQUIPMENT FINANCE
With cash still king, mining companies are looking at
multiple ways to procure the equipment and services
they need to improve their bottom lines while retain-
ing their financial fire power. Dan Gleeson speaks to
some of the big equipment finance and rental compa-
nies to get a read on current market trends
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SURFACE DRILLING
Paul Moore spoke to the leading rotary blasthole and
DTH rig players on where this market is heading, as
well as catching up on progress with surface coring
and sonic drilling technologies
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MINING
HIGH PROFILE – AKW
AKW Equipment + Process Design based in Hirschau,
Germany, has a long history of providing innovative
solutions to the mining sector. Paul Moore caught up
with General Manager Thibaut Richard
P1 PASTE SUPPLEMENT
Supple
ment
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 Cape Town,
South Africa
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Mining companies are continuing to demand uptime
and throughput increases from their comminution
circuits, but they are asking the OEMs to achieve
these results with the use of less energy and
water. Dan Gleeson finds out how the technology
companies are facing this mandate
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CANADIAN TECHNOLOGY
A sound geological database, deep mining heritage
and supportive government are just some of the rea-
sons why technology and innovation continues to
come out of Canada. Dan Gleeson takes a look at the
latest developments
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HIGH PROFILE – METSO
Dan Gleeson recently met with Metso’s new CEO,
Pekka Vauramo, and found out his initial impressions
of the mineral processing giant
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COVER: Becker Mining Systems
The smartsense ® fixed monitor SSFM-100 is an all in one gas monitoring station
allowing for up to four integrated gas sensors into a compact package, with
true flexibility and reliability for environmental monitoring. The configurable
multi gas, four channel high accuracy gas monitor with full range temperature
compensation and its unique 360° Alarm ® function is capable of monitoring any
combination of gases with a wide range of external inputs allowing for
customer expansion. The smartsense ® fixed monitor SSFM-100 with its
integrated controller functions as a black box storing critical information such
as Calibration Record, Alarm History and Data Logging for post-accident
investigation. www.becker-mining.com
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