Introduction The dust collected in a baghouse falls into a hopper below the bags. This hopper must have a discharge device that not only releases the accumulated dust but also ensures a seal between the baghouse and outside air to ...

One of the most important tasks in underground mining for worker safety and mine stability is scaling, which is the act of removing loose rock from mine walls and ceilings (sometimes referred to as “backs”). Miners and engineers must overcome ...

The Kamoa-Kakula Copper Mine — a joint venture between Ivanhoe Mines (39.6%), Zijin Mining Group (39.6%), Crystal River Global Limited (0.8%) and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (20%) — is a very large, near-surface, flat-lying, stratiform copper ...

Image credits: Istock Orla Mining Ltd. (TSX: OLA; NYSE: ORLA) (“Orla” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce it has entered into a definitive agreement (the “Agreement”) to acquire the Musselwhite Gold Mine (“Musselwhite”) in Ontario from Newmont Corporation (“Newmont”) for ...

Although field-based measurements at individual mine sites are critical methods for assessing site conditions and recovery needs, these methods cannot be applied retrospectively to provide insight into previous site conditions and can be time- and cost-prohibitive when applied across large ...