Caterpillar has announced a product development program that will create an autonomous system for blasthole drills used in surface mining operations.
SANDVIK has just launched its new three-boom DD530 development/construction drill to the Australian market.
SANDVIK has launched a drill that is designed for use in rapid decline development in hard-rock mining, civil construction tunnelling operations, and for drilling 12 to 75 m² cross sections.
SANDVIK has launched a diesel powered, self-propelled crawler mounted rotary drill rig.
THE right information about the success of drilling and blasting patterns can be attained with the latest surveying and in-hole data capture technology.
DRILLSTRING failures, the bane of underground and surface drillers everywhere, may one day be less of a problem. Sarah Belfield writes
THE 4th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards, Excellence in Mine OH&S
DRILLING Technology Innovation Group (DTIWG) chairman and BHP Billiton operations team leader John Emerson warns that shrinking lead times and poor standards in drilling will continue to undermine the industry if innovation does not occur.
MINE managers need to be more strategic when looking at drill and blast services, according to Orica’s blast based services manager Angelo Labriola.
FURUKAWA will be releasing a new range of hammer rock drills on Stand 305 at AIMEX 2007.