Mining vehicles and machines happens on November 28
The online auction house Clear Asset will be auctioning several mining assets from Anglo American Thermal Coal on November 28. The list includes a 3,298-ton dragline machine, a Bucyrus 1570W nicknamed “Bigger Digger”, valued at more than one billion Rands when new. According to market intelligence, there’s currently a two-year waiting list for such machinery, so this […]
RungePincockMinarco: three software solutions for different mining environments
After more than 30 years of experience in the field, RungePincockMinarco keeps producing groundbreaking software for the mining industry. The company’s products are globally sought for mine planning, scheduling, equipment simulation and financial analysis solutions. Today, we bring you three different software solutions, each one for a different type of need. 1. Underground Coal – XPAC […]
Tia Maria Copper Mine
The Tia Maria copper mine, a project that is being developed near Arequipa, in Peru, might currently be one of the industry’s most expensive and ambitious projects, but that didn’t stop the protesters from showing their dissatisfaction in the last years. The project has been halted since 2011, but there’s a light at the end of […]
Dassault Systems provides real-world technology
The company Dassault Systèmes recently offered a precious piece of software to Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. The program Minex from the line GEOVIA will now provide access to real-world technology to mining engineering researchers and students. “Penn State and Dassault Systèmes share the vision of modeling the Earth with solutions not only for mining […]
Signatories of the Minamata Convention [infographic]
A document that means “the beginning of the end of mercury as a threat to human health and the environment”. These were the words chosen by the executive director of the UN Environment Programme, Achim Steiner, to describe the Minamata Convention, recently signed by more than 90 countries. These nations vowed to ban several mercury products until 2020 and are planning the […]
Tuff Metallurgist for Tuff Metallurgy (Tough)
A very interesting write up about management “toughness” Here are the positives and negatives of a tough leadership style, which are well worth considering in your own metallurgist career path. Positives: Toughness provides sharp focus. You quickly know who is an ally and who is an enemy/rival. You can use intimidation as a competitive tactic. […]
Simio offers simulation software solutions for open pit and underground mines
With over 30 years of experience in simulation and scheduling, the Pennsylvania-based company Simio LLC (SImulation Modeling framework based on Intelligent Objects) currently offers several great simulation software solutions for mining companies across the world, solutions that can be applied both to open pit and underground mines. According to the company, Simio’s mining solutions can be used to design material […]
Australian company uses big data to prevent accidents
A Western Australia-based company is showing that the integration of big data in a mining or construction project might help reduce accidents. At least, that’s the goal of a new tech initiative, boosted by Justin Strharsky and his firm Synaptor. The company is using incident logs and other reports generated on large mining and construction sites […]
Tia Maria’s massive copper project in Peru could begin production in March
After a gap of two years, the Arizona-based mining company Southern Copper may be able to restart work at the controversial TÃa MarÃa copper project near Arequipa, Peru, in January of 2014. This would allow the firm to kick-off the operation and start the production by March, the site Mining reports. The $1 billion project was halted in […]
Five minerals with super strange names
Because mining can also be fun, here are five minerals and rocks with rather strange names. We wonder where the inspiration for these names came from… 1. Goosecreekite No, this mineral wasn’t discovered by a goose, but at the New Goose Creek Quarry, in Virginia, United States. Goosecrekite is part of the zeolite group, typically used in water […]