AngloGold Ashanti tested new gold mining technology
The big mining company AngloGold Ashanti is testing a new technology, created to substantially increase South Africa’s gold reserves. The firm is betting on autonomous deep level mining to protect its workers and increase production and revenue. Miners cannot go deeper than five kilometers into mines due to safety risks. Although AngloGold’s deepest mine – the […]
Abandoned Mines -TOP 14
What happens to the big or even smalls mines we now see providing tonnes and tonnes of ore when their precious metals end? The workers leave and the sites stay abandoned for decades. Here’s a collection of some amazing inactive and abandoned mines. 1. Organ Mountains Located in New Mexico (USA), this huge mine was established as a […]
Atlas Copco and Rio Tinto innovate surface drilling
The surface mining industry has just overcome a new milestone: a surface production drill completed a computer-generated drill pattern without human interaction for the first time ever. The Atlas Copco D65 crawler-mounted and articulated drill – developed by Atlas Copco Australia after a partnership with Rio Tinto – levelled, drilled and moved between rows as directed by computer-generated instructions. […]
BHP spends $1.5 millions to increase security
Looking to improve the safety levels at its mining sites, BHP is installing the innovative Driver State System with breakthrough eye-tracking technology, developed by the company Seeing Machines, in 110 trucks. The big mining firm decided to invest $1.5 millions in the technology after a positive trial that involved 17 trucks at Mining Area C and Eastern Ridge, […]
Ancient Israeli copper mines belonged to King Solomon
Copper mines that scientists thought belonged to the Egyptians in the 13th century were actually originated three centuries later, during the reign of the legendary King Solomon. The finding was disclosed by Dr. Erez Ben-Yosef, from the Tel Aviv University’s Jacob M. Alkow Department of Archaeology and Near Eastern Cultures, who is coordinating an archaeological excavation at the […]
Authorities are fighting to lift iron mining ban in India
The Indian ministry of mines wants the government to lift the ban on iron ore mining in the country’s key states, including Goa and Karnataka. The exportation of this valuable substance, mainly used to produce steel, has dropped more than 70 percent over the past years, recently revealed the Business Standard. The Supreme Court will […]
Refractory Gold Processes
Gold can be leached and extracted/recovered in several ways. Even if you gold is “refractory” in pyrite or arsenopyrite, you can still get much value from your ore/rock depending on the economics of capital and operating cost. The cheapest and fastest option is to simply grind and CIL the whole thing according the the process […]
What Can an XRF Analyze
No sure what a portable XRF can analyze, do, detect, assay and read? Here is the list of the the Olympus Innov-X Systems Delta can do. A Delta Premium can do everything if you have the right calibrations loaded onto it. Attached is a Delta Product Descriptions that will act like a menu of sorts. Scrolling down […]
Why are Chile and the world going back to underground mining?
The world of mining is going back to where it all begun: underground. According to the experts, the need to preserve the environment and the birth of new technologies are causing big companies to move back to underground mining. The trend is quite notorious in Chile, but is quickly spreading to other countries. Juan Carlos […]
Philippines launches project against the dangerous use of mercury in small-scalle mining
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (Unido) teamed up with the Philippine government to fight for the elimination of mercury use in artisanal and small-scale mining in the country. The project is entitled “Improve the Health and Environment of Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining [ASGM] Communities in the Philippines by Reducing Mercury Emission”. The main […]