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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, ...

Zeroing in on zinc

Loading and hauling / Services

Zeroing in on zinc

Velardeña, Mexico: Among arid, sparsely populated hills sits Mexico’s most productive zinc mine. Every day,...

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...

Mind the gap

Services

Mind the gap

The mining industry job market is currently a mixed and somewhat puzzling picture. The energy sector is hir...

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...

The magic rod

Rock tools and systems / Surface drilling

The magic rod

Sandvik Mininghas introduced a new rod range to the market that is proving to be a lot tougher than its pre...

The Road Ahead

Rock tools and systems

The Road Ahead

Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland. From the dark depths of the Borynia-Zofiówka-Jastrzębie coal mine in Poland, 21,7...

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...

Raising awareness

Environment, Health and Safety / Rock tools and systems / Underground drilling

Raising awareness

Orefields,a newly formed raise boring contractor inside the Arctic Circle in northern Sweden, is building o...

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A new power generation

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Underground drilling

A new power generation

After almost a decade as the leaders in battery-electric underground drilling, Sandvik has introduced a new batter...

Reuse – it’s the way forward

Sustainability

Reuse – it’s the way forward

By creating business opportunities for local entrepreneurs, the Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions carbide recyclin...

One system to rule them all

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Surface drilling

One system to rule them all

Top hammer rock tools – same old, nothing new? Sandvik’s rock tool specialists decided there was still progress to...

Raising the bar on safety

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Environment, Health and Safety

Raising the bar on safety

As the President of the Ground Support division within Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions, Martin Rier is responsib...

Ballooning demand for sustainability drives maj...

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Rock tools and systems

Ballooning demand for sustainability drives maj...

On three continents, Sandvik is vastly expanding its capacity to produce cutting-edge batteries and the equipment ...

Meet the future of mining

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Meet the future of mining

According to Elen Toodu, Director, Strategic Product 
Portfolio Management, Sandvik, the future mine will 
be full...

The backbone of a future-proof portfolio

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The backbone of a future-proof portfolio

At MINExpo 2024, the mining community will witness the debut of a diesel-electric truck demonstrator by Sandvik. T...

The game changer

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The game changer

MineGame is changing the future of mining. Since its development three years ago, the advanced Sandvik simulation ...

On top of things

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Surface drilling

On top of things

With the development of its first surface test mine and first battery-electric -concept drill rig for surface mini...

High yield and safety in the Andes

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Automation

High yield and safety in the Andes

El Teniente, located in the Chilean Andes, is one of the largest underground copper mines on the planet. It is als...

Going all in

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Going all in

Gilbert Lamarche, Chief Operating Officer, Foran Mining Corporation, sat down with Solid Ground to discuss Foran’s...

Breaking Ground: Romania’s first private ...

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Exploration / Mechanical cutting

Breaking Ground: Romania’s first private ...

In the heart of Transylvania, Romania, lies a groundbreaking venture that has redefined the salt mining...