Jol Jardine, mine manager of Terramin Australia's Angas Zinc Mine, is a finalist in the 5th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards.
Terramin Australia's Angas Zinc Mine is a finalist in the 5th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards for using innovation to overcome a wall of clay and silt.
Newcrest Mining's Cadia East Mine in NSW is a finalist in the 5th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards for achieving what is said to be the best advance rate worldwide for a screen supported decline in a calendar month.
Underground drilling and blasting technology and equipment continues to be an area of rapid growth and change for the mining industry.
One minesite has employed a civil construction approach to tunnel excavation to combat a wall of clay and silt.
One minesite has teamed up with their supplier and combined automation with technology and procedure to achieve a world first production milestone. Jessica Darnbrough writes.
With its ability to supply fully integrated packages Ampcontrol has recently been selected to supply temporary power distribution and short term hire systems for a number of major tunnelling projects.
AUSTRALIAN Mining invites editorial contributions and story ideas for its Centenary Feature: Hard Rock Mining 1908 to 2008 in the June 2008 issue
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.