drill and blast: 2 of 3

Tests on a non-toxic explosive have been encouraging.
TECHNOLOGY

Non-toxic blasting nearer

Blonde bomb moving a step closer to reality.

29 January 2019

The blast hole next to a hole that contains a misfire.
ENVIRONMENT

Blast hole near miss

Hole drilled very close to existing hole where there was a misfire.

25 October 2018

The Bulkmaster 7 can integrate with Orica's Blast IQ platform.
TECHNOLOGY

Better blast intelligence

Latest version of Blast IQ designed to make better use of data to optimise blasts.

01 October 2018

Better blasting can also be greener blasting.
SURFACE

How green was my blasting?

Explosive makers working to make blasting greener.

05 July 2018

Caterpillar's tricone bit for rotary drills.
FLEETS

Here come some big bits

Major players updating their bit offerings for large rotary drills.

28 June 2018

The Caterpillar MD6250 blast hole drill working in the US.
FLEETS

WesTrac launches first Australia's first Cat MD6250 drill

Drill launched globally last year.

20 June 2018

Orica is feeling more pain from maintenance problems at the Burrup TAN plant.
MANAGEMENT

Orica feeling Burrup pain

Heat exchangers the main cause of the Burrup TAN plant problems.

14 June 2018

 An autonomous drill at Rio Tinto's West Angelas mine.
TECHNOLOGY

Rio Tinto almost doubling autonomous drill fleet

Takes autonomous drill fleet up to 11.

01 May 2018

PARTNER CONTENT

Hastings Deering overhaul longwall mining equipment

With a dedicated workshop, the team is fully equiped to re-engineer underground longwall

PARTNER CONTENT

Emesent Hovermap riding high on UAVs, robots and automobiles

The underground mapping specialist explores new ways to map the inaccessible

PARTNER CONTENT

Tackling tailings risk with dewatered solutions

SRK is working to consider dewatered tailings management technology as a risk reduction

PARTNER CONTENT

Enhanced Safety and Visibility with BlastWeb II Technology

Dyno Nobel’s digital advancements bring a new era of secure underground blasting

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector, brought to you by the Mining Monthly Intelligence team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector, brought to you by the Mining Monthly Intelligence team.

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Mining Magazine Intelligence Future Fleets Report 2024

The report paints a picture of the equipment landscape and includes detailed profiles of mines that are employing these fleets

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Mining Magazine Intelligence Digitalisation Report 2023

An in-depth review of operations that use digitalisation technology to drive improvements across all areas of mining production

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Mining Magazine Intelligence Automation Report 2023

An in-depth review of operations using autonomous solutions in every region and sector, including analysis of the factors driving investment decisions

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Mining Magazine Intelligence Exploration Report 2023 (feat. Opaxe data)

A comprehensive review of current exploration rates, trending exploration technologies, a ranking of top drill intercepts and a catalogue of 2022 Initial Resource Estimates and recent discovery successes.