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You may have noticed that we’ve changed domains from Minestories to Solid Ground online, a name that more inclusively reflects our broad range of solutions for the mining and rock excavation industries. Rest assured, you’ll still be able to read and watch the ground-breaking content you’ve come to expect. Thanks for visiting.
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Underground drilling
BASASEACHI, MEXICO. At the heart of Mexico’s vast western Sierra Madre mountain range, an award-winning pillar recovery project keeps people safe while meeting tough production targets.
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Loading and hauling
PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Sandvik solicited comprehensive customer feedback to improve its 17-tonne loader. The result is a safer, stronger and smarter model, designed for the miners who use it.
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THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO. Revived by a new mining method and a technological transformation, North American Palladium’s Lac des Iles mine has emerged as one of Canada’s lowest-cost underground operations.
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Environment, Health and Safety / Mechanical cutting
The EU-funded underwater mining project ¡VAMOS! continues to prove that conventional thinking can be overcome through canny collaboration and an innovative approach to an age-old problem.
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Automation / Services
OptiMine Analytics uses predictive modelling technology to process overall equipment efficiency and productivity rates into actionable recommendations.
CENTRAL WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Byrnecut Australia keeps the dirt moving at Northern Star Resources’ Jundee gold mine, ...
BERNBURG, GERMANY. Salt production here dates back to the Middle Ages, when brine was evaporated from open pans. T...
CRESCENT VALLEY, NEVADA. At Barrick Gold’s iconic Cortez mine, one of the world’s largest roadheaders is steadily ...
With its mobility, quick set-up time and practical safety features, the hyper-efficient TRB-Raise Borers Rhino 100...
Awareness continues to grow about the potential health impacts of diesel particulate matter (DPM) and other underg...
BAIE-JAMES, QUEBEC. Hecla’s Casa Berardi gold mine has implemented automated underground truck haulage on a dedica...
Incorporating new technological concepts into product designs increases their productivity, reduces total cost of ...
ONTARIO, CANADA. Goldcorp is developing the world’s first all-electric underground mine, an ambitious projec...
Thousands of metres below surface in the world’s deepest base-metal mine, an automated loading solution is improvi...
Even as markets recover, the mining and aggregate industries are hard pressed after several years of sinking and v...
BASASEACHI, MEXICO. At the heart of Mexico’s vast western Sierra Madre mountain range, an award-winning pillar rec...
MOUNT ISA, QUEENSLAND. Automation and equipment monitoring are helping Redpath Australia exceed expectations at Gl...
PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Sandvik solicited comprehensive customer feedback to improve its 17-tonne loader. The re...
THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO. Revived by a new mining method and a technological transformation, North American Palladium’...
Innovation drives economic growth, but what drives innovation? Research and development activities enable companie...
The EU-funded underwater mining project ¡VAMOS! continues to prove that conventional thinking can be overcome thro...
OptiMine Analytics uses predictive modelling technology to process overall equipment efficiency and productivity r...
Record-setting heroes may sound like the stuff of literature, but with the help of Sandvik Mining and Rock Technol...
Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology has launched an entirely new high-pressure DTH drill rig to complete its offeri...
Czech contractor Metrostav is on track to meet the planned opening of a road tunnel in remote north-western Icelan...
BAIE-JAMES, QUEBEC. Hecla’s Casa Berardi gold mine has implemented automated underground truck haulage on a dedica...
TARKWA, GHANA. Low grades and high ore volumes put pressure on the process plant at Gold Fields’ Tarkwa gold mine,...
