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Surface drilling
VELADERO, ARGENTINA. Five unstoppable Sandvik D90 crawler mounted blasthole drill rigs have been prospecting for gold in one of the world’s harshest environments – high up in the Andes – for over 16 years. With more than 100,000 hours on them each, these drills have been kept in top form, than...
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Surface drilling
SIBERIA, RUSSIA. In the heart of Siberia, drilling contractor Altayvzryvservis handles a variety of rock types in extremely harsh weather conditions with ease, thanks to a reliable trio of rotary blasthole drill rigs.
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Rock tools and systems / Surface drilling
Top Hammer XL expands the hole size range of top hammer drilling up to 178 millimetre, offering the benefits of top hammer technology as a viable alternative to down-the-hole drilling on a much larger scale than before.
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Loading and hauling
KIRUNA, SWEDEN. The industry’s largest-capacity underground loader is helping the world’s largest underground iron ore mine stay at the forefront of technological development above the Arctic Circle in northern Sweden.
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Loading and hauling
The new Sandvik LH518B loader offers the heat reduction and ventilation potential typical of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), combined with excellent operational flexibility and total cost of ownership comparable to conventional diesel-powered equipment.
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Automation
CENTRAL WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Byrnecut Australia keeps the dirt moving at Northern Star Resources’ Jundee gold mine, ...
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Mechanical cutting
CRESCENT VALLEY, NEVADA. At Barrick Gold’s iconic Cortez mine, one of the world’s largest roadheaders is steadily ...
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Loading and hauling
BERNBURG, GERMANY. Salt production here dates back to the Middle Ages, when brine was evaporated from open pans. T...
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Crushing and screening / Services
Even as markets recover, the mining and aggregate industries are hard pressed after several years of sinking and v...
Sustainability
Environment, Health and Safety
ONTARIO, CANADA. Goldcorp is developing the world’s first all-electric underground mine, an ambitious projec...
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Incorporating new technological concepts into product designs increases their productivity, reduces total cost of ...
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Automation
The new generation of intelligent Sandvik mining trucks teams up with the company’s industry-leading AutoMine and ...
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Environment, Health and Safety
Awareness continues to grow about the potential health impacts of diesel particulate matter (DPM) and other underg...
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Automation / Loading and hauling
BAIE-JAMES, QUEBEC. Hecla’s Casa Berardi gold mine has implemented automated underground truck haulage on a dedica...
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Services
Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology in Australia has turned a near miss into a safer transportation solution for dr...
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Underground drilling
After almost a decade as the leaders in battery-electric underground drilling, Sandvik has introduced a new batter...
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Surface drilling
Top hammer rock tools – same old, nothing new? Sandvik’s rock tool specialists decided there was still progress to...
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Environment, Health and Safety
As the President of the Ground Support division within Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions, Martin Rier is responsib...
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Rock tools and systems
On three continents, Sandvik is vastly expanding its capacity to produce cutting-edge batteries and the equipment ...
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According to Elen Toodu, Director, Strategic Product Portfolio Management, Sandvik, the future mine will be full...
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At MINExpo 2024, the mining community will witness the debut of a diesel-electric truck demonstrator by Sandvik. T...
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MineGame is changing the future of mining. Since its development three years ago, the advanced Sandvik simulation ...
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Surface drilling
With the development of its first surface test mine and first battery-electric -concept drill rig for surface mini...
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Automation
El Teniente, located in the Chilean Andes, is one of the largest underground copper mines on the planet. It is als...
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Gilbert Lamarche, Chief Operating Officer, Foran Mining Corporation, sat down with Solid Ground to discuss Foran’s...
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Exploration / Mechanical cutting
In the heart of Transylvania, Romania, lies a groundbreaking venture that has redefined the salt mining...
Sustainability
Underground drilling
MO I RANA, DUNDERLAND VALLEY. Eyeing the future of mining, Rana Gruber is making a gear switch an...
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