SLOPE STABILITY RADAR AND THE COAL MINING INDUSTRY MT OWEN MINE Mt Owen is located in the Upper Hunter Valley of New South Wales, 20km north of the township of Singleton. Comprising one of the deepest coal open pits in Australia, the mine is wholly owned by the Swiss based minerals producer and commodity trader, […]
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NCHANGA OPEN PIT (NOP) USES SSR TECHNOLOGY TO OPTIMISE SAFETY AND RECOVERY The NOP division of Konkola Copper Mines Plc (KCM) has been mining copper ore at their Chingola operation for almost 50 years. During that time the pit operations have been disrupted a number of times in response to failures of both high and […]
READ MORESuccessful Trial of SSR Monitoring Solution in the United States at Sierrita Mine
SUCCESSFUL TRIAL OF SSR MONITORING SOLUTION IN THE UNITED STATES Phelps Dodge Mine Technology Group began testing the GroundProbe Slope Stability Radar (SSR) in May 2004, at the Sierrita Mine site in the south of Tucson, Arizona. This unit, the first GroundProbe SSR in the U.S., was brought into the country under FCC Special Temporary […]
READ MOREHow a Safety Conscious Mine Salvaged $67M (Smoky Canyon Mine)
HOW A SAFETY CONSCIOUS MINE SALVAGED $67M “We’re proud of what we do here, and how we do it. Our standard is simple – do it right.” – Dennis Facer, General Manager, Smoky Canyon Mine DANGEROUS DOLLARS Smoky Canyon Mine, owned by J.R. Simplot, produces annually over 2 million tonnes of phosphate ore for use […]
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