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www.engineerlive.com INDUSTRY NEWS
SPECIAL FOCUS: DRONES Flying high
A selection of the latest mining project, service and product news
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Drones expert explores how mining
technology is driving the evolution of the drone industry
GEOGRAPHICAL FOCUS Out of Africa
DRILL & BLAST Special delivery
Botswana coal industry is ripe for development, says specialist supplier
Creating a step change in productivity via the next generation of explosives delivery system
LOAD & HAUL Mighty machines
John Lawson reports on the latest advances in load and haul technologies
PUBLISHER David Washington
EDITOR Louise Smyth +44 (0)207 454 7177 CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Jon Lawson STUDIO Gill Harris
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Robust machines make the grade How a calcium carbonate and limestone
processor uses haulers to move premium limestone and recycled materials around its quarry
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Hazard perception
Does the mining industry have the most workplace hazards? Here we explore the most common dangers – and how technology can help to mitigate them
Networking operations Robust and reliable data
communications support eff ective operations at a mine in the Czech Republic
SPECIALIST EQUIPMENT Driving down dust
How a dust control strategy in a limestone mine is preventing fugitive dust emissions
Copper mine goes green New research fl ags up growing
importance of green mining techniques in metal extraction
International MIGHTYMACHINES
The latest in load & haul
PUMP UP productivity
Reliable DATA COMMS
Driving down dust How a new strategy is preventing fugitive dust emissions in a US mine
WORKPLACE W HAZARDSORKPLACE
Special delivery Introducing the next generation of explosives delivery system
Mitigating May 2018
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machines: the new load and haul vehicles that are proving their worth at mines across the world
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