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Sunday, December 02, 2007
EarthZyme conducts pilot project. A pilot project has been carried out to prove the efficacy and enormous strength of EarthZyme roads to facilitate the use of huge heavy trucks that are required in the mining industry as well as in logging and oil operations around the globe. The specific utilization of EarthZyme shown in this photo was on a road in one of South Americas largest coal mines located in Colombia. This property produces nearly two million tons of coal per year maintaining a sterile standard ratio of 6 to 1. The mine mobilizes approximately 15 million cubic meters per year using using CAT 793 trucks with a capacity of 380 tons as well as smaller CAT 777 trucks with a capacity of 140 tons. All coal at this mine moves in double truck lanes with a traffic gross weight of 32 tons. These enormously heavy trucks travel on the EarthZyme road approximately 22 hours a day maintaining a frequency of the CAT 793 every 5 minutes and the CAT 777 travels this road 1.3 times per 5 minute period. This huge mine represents 20% of the coal output of the entire country of Colombia. This is exceptionally good news for all heavy industries that require strong reliable roads that are also friendly to the environment. Cypher's products save hundreds of millions of dollar per year when used in the mining industry alone in dramatically reduced maintenance costs as well as huge savings in lost manhours, vehicle downtime and mounting medical and insurance costs just to name a few of the multiple benefits derived by the use of these envirnomental products and technologies.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Rajant Corporation, a leading provider of portable, reliable, and
adaptable wireless networking solutions, announced today that its BreadCrumb® wireless mesh system
has been selected by the Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation (KUCC) wholly owned subsidiary of Rio
Tinto as its primary communications platform for operations within the Bingham Canyon Copper Mine,
the world’s largest open-pit copper mine. The Rajant BreadCrumb® system will enable KUCC to gain
additional operational efficiencies by tracking, monitoring and managing its copper mining operations. (Complete Text - News Release) PDF
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
According to International Mining Mechel, one of Russia's leading mining and metals companies, has commissioned new modern backhoe excavators at its iron ore mining subsidiary, Korshunov Mining Plant OAO, and at its nickel mining subsidiary, Southern Urals Nickel Plant OAO. The new machines will increase mining efficiency, while reducing production costs. (Complete Text - News Release) PDF
Wednesday, November 07, 2007 International Mining reports that Master Magnets has recently supplied an induced roll high intensity magnetic separator to the Iran Industrial Design Co (IID) for use in the production of high quality nepheline syenite. This is the culmination of some ten years of discussions with the user and product testing in Master Magnets laboratory. Over that period Master Magnets provided other magnetic separators to customers in Iran, building, it says, "a reputation for quality products in a very specialised marketplace. The combination of good test results and the reputation built up during the period convinced IID to purchase the machine (Complete Text - News Release) PDF
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Caterpillar Inc. and Rio Tinto recently reached a three-year agreement for the Cat® CAES and Aquila Drill and Dragline systems to be the preferred standard at the mining company's open pit operations worldwide. The agreement covers nine Rio Tinto business units operating more than 30 mines in Australia, the United States, Canada and Namibia. The Caterpillar® high-precision GPS mining technology products provide machine guidance and operator assistance as well as data collection of multiple production parameters. (Complete Text - News Release) PDF
Wednesday, October 17, 2007 International Mining reports that Bucyrus International and DBT have entered a "brand new era," as the companies put it, following the completion of its acquisition of DBT, the German based manufacturer of underground mining equipment, by Bucyrus. Bucyrus has announced that the integration of the surface (Bucyrus) and underground (DBT) segments will extend to brand integration. From 2008 onward the combined companies will market their products under the single brand name, Bucyrus. Under the motto 'One company. One name.' the single identity will bring totally integrated brand identity and clear positioning of the combined companies to the international marketplace. Bucyrus says "the uniform branding is also a reflection of the synergy generated by the merger of the two companies. The integration of Bucyrus and DBT brings together the expertise of two world class mining equipment manufacturers. The combined product and market strength will now be reflected in a single strong brand identity as well." Bucyrus and DBT share a similar culture and history and each has a focus on worldclass engineering and manufacturing of high-quality products and services. Maintaining a high value on strong employee relationships is also a priority and the combined companies under the Bucyrus name have a workforce of nearly 6,000 employees who are targeted to achieve annual sales of nearly $2 billion (€1.5 billion) in 2007.
(October 17, 2007)
Tuesday, October 16, 2007 International Mining reports that Normet is restructuring, aiming to become a truly global player in the underground market. The establishment of a new distribution network with headquarters in Switzerland and regional offices in Asia, Australia and the United States will, the company believes, enable it "to focus more strongly on its international presence, to build closer customer relations and to offer more comprehensive support on a global basis." (Complete Text - News Release) PDF
Monday, October 15, 2007
Unique Production Process Means Oz Seals Products Outlast The Equipment They Seal Though seals may of themselves appear to cost a lot, this is only a fraction of the cost of the equipment that they protect. The difference between an average quality seal with a very good one is only a matter of a few dollars, if that. A look at how seals are manufactured at Oz Seals Pty Ltd, Australian manufacturer of quality sealing systems, helps to explain the difference between good and bad seals. An average quality seal starts with average quality raw materials. Even polyurethane (PU) which is considered a premium raw material is not always so. At Oz Seals, only very high quality virgin PU raw material is used. All Oz Seals PU materials are polyether-based. Polyether-based materials have higher hydrolysis resistance and better flexibility at lower temperatures than polyester-based polymers. Designated as super polymers, Oz Seals seal stock is also unique in that they are thermoset and spin cast, using the company's proprietary Poly4 four-component processing plant. This unique production plant is a fully enclosed process, working in a controlled atmosphere environment, with inert gases to prevent contamination. The plant is also highly accurate and able to safely handle more difficult pre-polymers and curatives than other processing plants. Application of heat is part of the process, with bubble-free polymer the result. The resulting moulds go through a further spinning process. In comparison, conventional thermoplastic polyurethanes are injection moulded and can use up to 60% recycled materials. Oz Seals only uses 100% virgin raw material to produce a more stable and void-free base stock. Thermoplastic material is also less stable than thermoset material. (October 15, 2007)
Sunday, September 30, 2007 Mechel's new excavators. Mechel, one of Russia's leading mining and metals companies, has commissioned new modern backhoe excavators at its iron ore mining subsidiary, Korshunov Mining Plant OAO, and at its nickel mining subsidiary, Southern Urals Nickel Plant OAO. The new machines will increase mining efficiency, while reducing production costs. The Liebherr excavator, with a 9-m3 bucket, at the Korshunov open pit is designed for excavating ore in confined spaces from the bottom of the pit, leading to higher efficiency and fewer losses of iron ore at greater depths in the mine. In addition, Mechel will use the new excavator to improve working conditions for other mining equipment, such as trucks, drills and bulldozers, saving material resources in the process. The new machine should allow the mine to increase annual ore excavation productivity by 30%. The Komatsu excavator, with a 4-m3 bucket, went into operation at the Sakharinsk mine of Southern Urals Nickel. A similar machine will be commissioned at the Buruktal mine this autumn. The new machines are designed for efficient excavation of nickeliferous ores at lower levels in the mine. Furthermore, on September 10 Mechel announced it had commissioned a Liebherr R-994 backhoe hydraulic excavator with an 11 m3 bucket at the Krasnogorsk open pit mine of its coal mining subsidiary, Southern Kuzbass OAO. This is the second excavator of that type put into operation at Krasnogorsk in 2007 in line with the technical re-equipment program being implemented at Southern Kuzbass. A similar machine was put into operation and successfully operates at Sibirginsk open pit mine. (September 30, 2007)
Sunday, September 30, 2007 Atlas Copco has launched two new low profile underground vehicles, the Minetruck MT436LP and the Scooptram ST1030LP, as covered in the feature on underground loading and haulage in IM's October issue. The two vehicles, purpose built for maximum productivity in low seam mining conditions, are the latest additions to Atlas Copco's low profile mining fleet. (Complete Text - News Release) PDF
Sunday, December 02, 2007
