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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
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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
May 2019
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Blasting off: how industry experts are educating the next generation of drill & blast engineers
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