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COVER: Caterpillar
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PASTE
An INTERNATIONAL MINING Supplement
& TAILINGS 2020
The 785 Mining Truck was Caterpillar’s first entry into the mining industry more than
three decades ago and has been a proven performer on sites around the world ever
since. Now it’s the first to combine a game-changing level of efficiency with industryleading
physical availability, delivering the next generation of productive hauling.
With an expandable platform, this new lineup of mining trucks offers a key building
block for future technology upgrades. It all starts by empowering the operator with
features that increase comfort, automate functions, provide real-time information
and boost confidence. Production and maintenance are also positively impacted by
improvements in connectivity and technology integration.
www.cat.com/785
8 HIGH PROFILE - LiuGong
Paul Moore had the opportunity to visit one of
China's largest mining and construction OEMs,
LiuGong, in the city of Liuzhou and focuses in on the
company's background, breadth of offering and
specifically its place in the mining market
24 NETWORKS & CONNECTIVITY
Mining network technology is moving fast, now with
a lot of private LTE interest and with 5G waiting in the
wings, while WiFi solutions including mesh still
remain dominant. Paul Moore looks at technologies,
projects and applications
47 HIGH PROFILE - Titeline
Having found a unique value proposition for its new
underground contractor business, Titeline is now
revolutionising the drilling sector with the help of
robots, reports Dan Gleeson
P1 PASTE & TAILINGS SUPPLEMENT
There is increasing interest in the market in filtered
tailings as opposed to thickened tailings, though
both come with their own costs and challenges. This
year's cover shows a proprietary test to determine
conveyability of filtered tailings developed by
FLSmidth
70 SHAFT SINKING
With more people stepping away from the operating
face during shaft sinking projects in the COVID-19
era, mechanisation of the process is edging
closer. Dan Gleeson takes an in-depth look at the
new technologies that are competing with
conventional drill and blast in the sector
80 MECHANISED COAL
As Australia continues to lead in the longwall
automation stakes, Dan Gleeson goes in search of
the last few percentage points to allow miners to
achieve fully robotic operations
87 REMOTE SITE SERVICES
Paul Moore looks at some of the measures that the
major global providers of remote site services to the
mining world have and are putting in place in the face
of COVID-19 to give confidence to miners
92 HIGH PROFILE - Deutz
Paul Moore caught up with Shane Nugent, Business-
Development Manager: Mining, Construction, Rental
& GSE at Deutz AG subsidiary Deutz Corporation
Americas, for an insight into its position in the mining
market
94 HIGH PROFILE - Rithmik
Rithmik Solutions created Asset Health Analyzer™
which uses AI to give miners real actionable data
insights. Paul Moore spoke to Kevin Urbanski,
Co-Founder and CTO
www.im-mining.com
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COAL MINING
REMOTE SITE SERVICES
NETWORKS & COMMS
SHAFT SINKING
PASTE & TAILINGS
SUPPLEMENT
HIGH PROFILE:
Rithmik, LiuGong, Deutz, Titeline
SEPTEMBER 2020
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