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CONTENTS


12 www.engineerlive.com INDUSTRY NEWS


DRILL & BLAST Learning curve


The latest product, project and technology news


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Report on how technological advances in blasting are being taught to the next generation of engineers


LOAD & HAUL Powering the future Trucks boost tin mine


Jon Lawson discovers whether diesel has had its day in mining


With a tin mining operation that battles against a tropical climate in


Superior surface mining Exploring how a new surface miner PUBLISHER David Washington


EDITOR Louise Smyth +44 (0)20 7062 2570 CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Jon Lawson DESIGN Gill Harris, Stephanie Taylor


SETFORM www.engineerlive.com


Indonesia, rugged trucks are being deployed to maximise production


achieves maximum performance in soft rock 20 30


PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Christine Flaxman +44 (0)20 7062 2573


PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR Lucy Gilroy +44 (0)20 7253 2545


BUSINESS MANAGER John Abey +44 (0)20 7062 2559


Setform’s international magazine for engineers is published monthly and distributed to senior engineers throughout the world. This issue concentrates on Mining Engineering. Other issues focus on Oil & Gas, Design, Process, Electronics and Power.


Setform Limited, 33 Great Sutton Street, London EC1V 0DX United Kingdom Email: mail@setform.com www.setform.com


The publishers do not sponsor or otherwise support any substance or service advertised or mentioned in this book; nor is the publisher responsible for the accuracy of any statement in this publication. ©2019. The entire content of this publication is protected by copyright, full details of which are available from the publishers. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner.


Future power Has the diesel engine had its day in mining machines?


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M AY 2019


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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Upgrading waste products


New technology for producing strategic minerals from mine waste


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A connected future How the Industrial Internet of Things is shaping the future of mining


SPECIALIST EQUIPMENT Looking to the future


A new portfolio of tools aims to realise the world’s most efficient mines


Switched-on thinking Why power supply equipment is an


underestimated link in the extraction process


Every drop counts The intelligent fuel management


technology that’s improving cost-effectiveness and impressing operators


International


BLASTING OFF


The next generation of drill & blast engineers


MAKING fMINERALS


rom waste


PROGRESSIVE PUMPS


T BOOST


IN MINE Trucks


Better conveying Exploring the reasons why operators should optimise belt cleaner tension


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Blasting off: how industry experts are educating the next generation of drill & blast engineers


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