Difference Between Single & Double Toggle Jaw Crusher
A double toggle jaw crusher is much larger, heavier, more moving parts and lower throughput than modern single toggle jaw crushers. The lower throughput statement is a bit misleading because it’s partially attributed to the type of bearings they have versus modern crushers, so if one was to upgrade the bearings, throughput could be closer […]
Crusher Efficiency Calculations
The following example demonstrates a method of selecting the components of an aggregate plant. Good component efficiency and part performance pre-evaluation is essential to a solid design. The aggregate production requires the consideration of several crushers, feeders and screens. This is not intended to be a typical situation, though it does involve common crusher and […]
Mining Minecraft Diamond
Gold Mining Equipment Mining in Minecraft is not that hard. Start with Diamonds which have the highest hardness and thermal conductivity of any bulk material. It’s also considered incredibly beautiful and a symbol of live. Here we take a look at how they stack up against their virtual counterparts. Diamond is the second rarest […]
United Nuclear Selling “Radioactive Element” Soaps
Be refreshed by scrubbing yourself with these glow-in-the-dark radioactive soaps. United Nuclear is now offering glow-in-the-dark soaps. The design is somewhat like a tile from your periodic table with radioactive element prints such as radium, plutonium and uranium. But don’t worry because these are not really made of the radioactive elements. United Nuclear stated that […]
Infographic: Unplanned Downtime
Infographic – Failures of equipment, particularly those huge vehicles used for mining could lead to a big loss to a mining company. Hydraulic power and belt drive failures cause up to 47% of downtime at mining operations. A typical mechanical problem could lead to 60 hours of downtime per incident. Each hour could lose about […]
“The Blue” Sold for $24 Million
“The Blue,” world’s largest flawless vivid blue diamond has been sold in an auction for $24 million. The pear-shaped diamond was auctioned by Christie’s International, making it the world’s top auction house once again. The company got $154.2 million during their spring auction. The diamond was sold to Harry Winston. He rechristened the diamond to “Wilson Blue. ” […]
Mining the Arctic for its Mineral Riches
After the Ice: Mineral Riches of the Arctic Receding Arctic ice is unlocking fathomless mineral resources — if you don’t mind frost and cost. 90 billion barrels — is the estimated size of undiscovered oil deposits beyond the Arctic Circle. [i] That’s equivalent to: 5.9% of world’s known oil reserves 110% of Russia’s reserves 1,677% […]
Peru and Colombia to Battle Illegal Gold Mining
Daniel Urresti, Peru’s High Commissioner for Formalization of Mining, stated that they have partnered with Colombia to fight illegal gold mining in their countries. The government of Peru is very firm about the new law as illegal mining have imposed harms on the environment and public health. They have started the illegal mining ban last April 19. Government […]
Acid Leakage at Goro Nickel Plant in New Caledonia
Vale, as well as New Caledonia Southern Province president Cynthia Ligeard, has suspended the operations in Goro Nickel Processing Plant and Mine after an acid leakage. According to Vale, the leakage was because of a misconfiguration of circuits responsible for transferring of solutions between its two retention ponds. The company however did not confirm what the […]
World Top 10 Gold Producers – Companies
In the most recent Gold and Silver Mining focus report from Metals Focus, they have outlined all the top gold mining companies and producing countries, where they have assessed the overall production and increase from 2012 to 2013.