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8 CYANIDE REDUCTION & REPLACEMENT
As mining looks to clean up its act in the face of
environmental and social governance concerns, the
use of cyanide is, again, being scrutinised.
Dan Gleeson looks at some technologies eradicating
or reducing its use in metal extraction processes
16 EXPLOSIVES & BLASTING
Having sweated all the assets possible to bring down
their cost base, mining companies are now addressing
the front end of the process to cut costs further.
Dan Gleeson looks at how the explosives and blasting
sector is responding
28 FUELS & OILS
Paul Moore looks at some of the recent innovations
that have vastly improved fuels and oils management,
storage and delivery
40 ENGINES
As more companies talk up the use of dieselalternatives
in the mining engines sector, one must
ask: how long will the combustion engine last in this
new ‘green’ environment? Dan Gleeson looks for an
answer
46 GROUND SUPPORT
Paul Moore looks at key developments including the
use of pumpable resin with bolts & SDAs for rock
reinforcement
55 NARROW VEIN & LP MINING
Dan Gleeson looks at some of the conventional – and
unconventional – ways metals and minerals can be
extracted from narrow vein and low-profile mines
64 TYRES
The mining tyre industry has proven resilient in the
face of COVID-19, while the ramp up of AHS fleets
means there will be some interesting results for tyre
wear, reports Paul Moore
71 SLOPE STABILITY MONITORING
Paul Moore looks at slope stability monitoring,
focussing on methods being deployed to monitor
tailings storage facilities in the wake of the
Brumadinho TSF failure but also the latest in open pit
wall surveying with radar and laser
78 HOISTS
There are some really big projects set to come on-line
in the near term with record hoisting capacity, whilst
on the technology side there are still some new
ideas, reports Paul Moore
85 VENTILATION
There is more to underground mine ventilation
than volume, Dan Gleeson reveals
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COVER: Sandvik
AutoMine ® Surface Drilling is an automation system for autonomous and teleremote
operation for a wide range of Sandvik iSeries surface drill rigs. It aims
at improving safety, reducing cost, and increasing productivity. One operator
can control a fleet of drill rigs and the system can expand from a line-of-sight
setup to control room operation from miles away. It dramatically improves
the working conditions and immediate safety of the operator while keeping
mine personnel out of hazardous areas. This reduces the operator’s
exposure to noise, dust, and vibration and the hazard of working close to
highwalls. www.rocktechnology.sandvik
www.im-mining.com
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MINING ENGINES
SLOPE STABILITY
EXPLOSIVES & BLASTING
FUELS & OILS
MINING TYRES
DEEP MINING - VENTILATION
& GROUND SUPPORT
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