Scaling is the act of knocking loose rock off the walls and backs (the roof of an underground mine is ...Read more
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RC (Reverse Circulation) drilling is a type of percussion drilling, primarily used in mineral exploration, that efficiently retrieves rock cuttings for ...Read more
The Buenavista mine is an open mine found in cananea, Sonora Mexico. Its ore body is considered one of the ...Read more
Have you ever wondered which countries around the globe host major mines? Let’s explore some of these countries. Australia Australia has established ...Read more
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The ore produced at Jwaneng is processed at the Aquarium project, a dense media separation-based processing plant. The Aquarium processing plant ...Read more
The Permian (~245 Ma) Jwaneng kimberlite is situated in southern Botswana, in the northwestern part of the Kaapvaal craton. This study ...Read more
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The story of the Grasberg mine began in the mid-1930s when Dutch colonists discovered copper deposits in the Jayawijaya Mountain ...Read more
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Aikhal (means ‘fame’) is one of the biggest diamond mine in the world. It is in Yakutia, in the far ...Read more
While there isn’t one single “meritorious mine” officially designated in China, the Haerwusu Coal Mine in Inner Mongolia stands out ...Read more
Jwaneng Mine maintains an excellent safety record. Since 1984, the Mine has achieved one of the lowest disabling injury incident ...Read more
