Mining Blogs

Mining and construction sites face a unique mix of security challenges. Large work areas, expensive equipment, temporary access points, changing crews, and after-hours activity can make these locations difficult to control. The risk is not limited to major equipment theft. Fuel, tools, cables, materials, and smaller components can also disappear from poorly monitored areas. Unauthorized […]

Ultra-class haul trucks are critical for surface mining with payload capacities between 270 to over 400 metric tonnes. Such trucks utilize around 30-50% of total energy at the site and produce about 68 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide per year worldwide (Ahluwalia et al., 2023; CharIN Taskforce, 2024; TU Delft, 2026). The operators of […]

Mining operations are becoming increasingly dependent on connected equipment and real-time data. From haul trucks and drills to loaders and other mobile assets, telemetry helps teams monitor machine performance, movement, and operating conditions. One important factor is how frequently that data is collected and transmitted. High-frequency telemetry refers to collecting and sending equipment data at […]

Granite is a hard, dense, and abrasive rock that places demanding requirements on crushing equipment. A tracked cone crusher can provide a flexible secondary or tertiary crushing solution for granite when the process is configured around the material’s hardness, feed size, and final aggregate specifications. Compared with a fixed crushing plant, its crawler-mounted design allows […]

Mining operations depend on coordination between people working across different shifts, departments, and areas of a site. Production targets, equipment issues, safety concerns, maintenance requirements, and operational changes can all affect the next stage of work. When information does not move efficiently between teams, relatively small communication gaps can turn into delays, repeated problems, or […]

Calculating aggregate production is essential for planning quarry output, equipment utilization, and operating costs. A stone crushing plant may have a nominal capacity such as 100 or 200 t/h, but actual production depends on operating hours, material characteristics, crusher settings, and downtime. Using realistic production data gives contractors and quarry operators a more reliable estimate […]

Conventional surface and sub-surface mining procedures struggle greatly with reduced grades, increased depth, and complicated geomechanical settings. Automated and autonomous drilling systems become a priority among extractive industrial enterprises in response to these problems. Advanced platforms can replace operator-dependent control of rig equipment with closed-loop digital control systems and sensors in combination with adaptive control […]

Mine roads are essential for connecting pits, processing areas, stockpiles, workshops, and other facilities, but transporting aggregate over long distances can add significant cost and logistical complexity to a mining project. In Chile, where many mining operations are located far from major cities and aggregate sources, producing road construction material close to the mine can […]

MINING SERIES – Part 8 Turning Cost Data into Cost Control Across the Project Lifecycle Mining projects involve multiple cost centres, departments, contractors, equipment, materials, and activities. A project may begin with an approved budget, but costs can change as procurement requirements shift, project scopes evolve, equipment needs increase, or maintenance work becomes necessary. The […]