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28.01.2020 (802 Clicks)

Costain appoints Rail Sector Director

Costain, the smart infrastructure solutions company, has appointed Simon Ellison as rail sector director.

28.01.2020 (705 Clicks)

Vale informs on the Sul Inferior Dam

Vale informed that it activated the Level 2 of the Emergency Action Plan for Mining Dams (PAEBM) of the Sul Inferior Dam, of the Gongo Soco Mine, in Barão of Cocais (MG). Due to the heavy rains in the region, there was erosion in the inner part of the structure's reservoir, which nonetheless remains stable.

28.01.2020 (748 Clicks)

Endomines signs LoI with Transatlantic Mining to purchase US Grant Mine and Mill and Kearsarge Gold Project

Endomines AB announced that it has entered into a Letter of Intent with Transatlantic Mining Corp., to purchase the US Grant Mine and Mill in conjunction with the Lease Assignment of the Kearsarge Gold Project in the Virginia City Mining District in Montana, USA.

27.01.2020 (881 Clicks)

Golden Beaver Award for Jack Brockway: Major Recognition for Herrenknecht U.S. Manager

Jack Brockway, President of Herrenknecht Tunnelling Systems USA, received the prestigious Golden Beaver Award 2020 in Los Angeles on Friday, January 17, 2020. The association of leading representatives of the U.S. construction industry honored Jack Brockway's achievements in outstanding projects and technological advances in mechanized tunnelling with the Service & Supply Award.

24.01.2020 (787 Clicks)

World-first public Database of Mine Tailings Dams aims to prevent deadly Disasters

Environmental organisation GRID-Arendal with support from the UN Environment Program has launched the world’s first publicly accessible global database of mine tailings storage facilities.

23.01.2020 (755 Clicks)

Sika invests in Supply Chain in Colombia

Sika has invested in the production of concrete admixtures, acrylic liquid applied membranes, and mortars in Barranquilla, the fourth-largest city in Colombia, and has relocated and expanded the activities of an existing factory to the new state-of-the-art plant. The factory supplies the attractive Caribbean market and the northern part of Colombia and enables further growth.

22.01.2020 (684 Clicks)

Cimic Group´s UGL secures Contracts in Mining Sector

Cimic Group company UGL has secured contracts to provide maintenance, shutdown and project services for its clients in the mining sector.

22.01.2020 (789 Clicks)

Turquoise Hill appoints new Director

Turquoise Hill Resources announced the appointment of George Burns to the Company’s Board of Directors as an independent director.

21.01.2020 (896 Clicks)

Orica launches Underground Blast Design Software to boost Productivity and reduce Costs

Orica, the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial explosives and innovative blasting systems, announced the release of its new blast design and modelling software for underground mining applications, ShotPlus Underground.

Since its original launch, ShotPlus has grown to be the mining industry’s leading drill and blast software solution around the world. Following successful trials by Orica’s technical services teams, the new ShotPlus Underground blast design and modelling software is designed specifically for advanced underground blast design and complex blasting scenarios.

Orica Global Digital Products Senior Manager, Angelo Labriola, describes the new software, saying “The latest ShotPlus Underground has been fully re-written and is now the premier blast design package for the underground mining sector. Designing, analysing and visualising in 3D has never been easier, ring to ring and hole to hole interactions and overall blast dynamics are at your fingertips, allowing users to optimise and maximise output, benefit and results.”

Underground production blasting typically requires geometrically complex ring patterns. Optimising the explosives loading and initiation design and producing clear instructions to blasting crews requires a specialised software solution.

ShotPlus Underground is designed to meet the discrete needs of underground mining applications, delivering an improved interactive 3D environment and enhanced visualisation as well as Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) tools to allow engineers to identify the most efficient blast design to ensure the required outcome. The new set of features and tools also allows for easy adjustment of blast designs and rapid comparison of different scenarios.

“The ability to seamlessly adjust, visualise and optimise underground blast loading designs and timing allows users to efficiently design blasts, irrespective of complexity. It also enables the necessary analysis to optimise the performance of blast designs with Orica’s electronic initiation systems, dramatically cutting down the time required to produce loading and timing instructions for blast crews.” Labriola said.

Direct integration with Orica’s electronic initiation systems ensures that the blast design process flows seamlessly, with Orica’s product suite, delivering enhanced accuracy and efficiency whilst ensuring the integrity and safety of the process.

Source: Orica

                     

21.01.2020 (786 Clicks)

Balfour Beatty successfully electrified Rail Lines between Bristol and Cardiff in UK

Balfour Beatty, working on behalf of Network Rail, successfully completed the electrification of 77 km of the Great Western Railway (GWR) line between Bristol and Cardiff; a significant contribution to Network Rail’s overall Greater West Electrification Programme to electrify 275 km of train line between Cardiff and London.