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Knowing the drill

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Automation

Knowing the drill

CENTRAL WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Byrnecut Australia keeps the dirt moving at Northern Star Resources’ Jundee gold mine, ...

A paradigm shift

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Mechanical cutting

A paradigm shift

CRESCENT VALLEY, NEVADA. At Barrick Gold’s iconic Cortez mine, one of the world’s largest roadheaders is steadily ...

esco extracts the eons

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Loading and hauling

esco extracts the eons

BERNBURG, GERMANY. Salt production here dates back to the Middle Ages, when brine was evaporated from open pans. T...

System reboot

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Crushing and screening / Services

System reboot

Even as markets recover, the mining and aggregate industries are hard pressed after several years of sinking and v...

A quest to coexist

Sustainability

Environment, Health and Safety

A quest to coexist

ONTARIO, CANADA. Goldcorp is developing the world’s first all-electric underground mine, an ambitious projec...

Future tech today

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Future tech today

Incorporating new technological concepts into product designs increases their productivity, reduces total cost of ...

Generation next

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Automation

Generation next

The new generation of intelligent Sandvik mining trucks teams up with the company’s industry-leading AutoMine and ...

The clean team

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Environment, Health and Safety

The clean team

Awareness continues to grow about the potential health impacts of diesel particulate matter (DPM) and other underg...

The autonomous navigator

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Automation / Loading and hauling

The autonomous navigator

BAIE-JAMES, QUEBEC. Hecla’s Casa Berardi gold mine has implemented automated underground truck haulage on a dedica...

Safer travels

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Services

Safer travels

Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology in Australia has turned a near miss into a safer transportation solution for dr...

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Decarbonizing the Mine

Sustainability

Underground drilling

Decarbonizing the Mine

MO I RANA, DUNDERLAND VALLEY. Eyeing the future of mining, Rana Gruber is making a gear switch an...

For the Long Haul

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Loading and hauling

For the Long Haul

KITIMAT-STIKINE, BRITISH COLUMBIA. With more than 18,000 operating hours, underground mining’s la...

Pioneering Mine Automation in South Korea

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Automation

Pioneering Mine Automation in South Korea

Perhaps best known for hosting the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, mountainous eastern South Korea is now home to the c...

First Out of The Box

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Loading and hauling

First Out of The Box

KAMLOOPS, BRITISH COLUMBIA. The industry’s first 18-tonne battery-electric loader is helping New Gold’s New Afton ...

Old Time Gold Diggers

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Surface drilling

Old Time Gold Diggers

VELADERO, ARGENTINA. Five unstoppable Sandvik D90 crawler mounted blasthole drill rigs have been prospecting for g...

At The Extreme End

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Surface drilling

At The Extreme End

SIBERIA, RUSSIA. In the heart of Siberia, drilling contractor Altayvzryvservis handles a variety of rock types in ...

Expand the limit

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Rock tools and systems / Surface drilling

Expand the limit

Top Hammer XL expands the hole size range of top hammer drilling up to 178 millimetre, offering the benefits of to...

A renewed giant

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Loading and hauling

A renewed giant

KIRUNA, SWEDEN. The industry’s largest-capacity underground loader is helping the world’s largest underground iron...

Charged up and ready to load

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Loading and hauling

Charged up and ready to load

The new Sandvik LH518B loader offers the heat reduction and ventilation potential typical of battery-electric vehi...

Blazing the trails ahead

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Automation

Blazing the trails ahead

Combining advanced sensing capabilities, sustainable battery-electric technology and artificial intelligence, the ...

For a safer underground

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Services

For a safer underground

Working underground can pose a range of hazards. Sandvik’s recent acquisition of DSI Underground will further driv...

Setting up for safety

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Surface drilling

Setting up for safety

SONORA, MEXICO. At La Herradura, a large open-pit gold mine in northern Mexico, employing intelligent surface dril...