From Australia to Zambia and underground mining to tunneling, Solid Ground online is the visual storytelling portal that serves to inform and inspire the global mining and rock excavation industries forward.
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From Australia to Zambia and underground mining to tunneling, Solid Ground online is the visual storytelling portal that serves to inform and inspire the global mining and rock excavation industries forward.
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Dear reader,
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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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.
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Mechanical cutting
Record-setting heroes may sound like the stuff of literature, but with the help of Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology’s industry-leading equipment and training, it is as real as it gets at SUEK’s Taldinskaya Zapadnaya-2 mine in Siberia.
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Surface drilling
Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology has launched an entirely new high-pressure DTH drill rig to complete its offering in the upper hole size range. Building on sound and proven engineering solutions and components, Leopard DI650i delivers solid productivity and advanced automation options for c...
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Underground drilling
Czech contractor Metrostav is on track to meet the planned opening of a road tunnel in remote north-western Iceland, thanks to the record-breaking performance of a Sandvik DT1131i tunnelling jumbo and iSURE tunnel management software.
CENTRAL WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Byrnecut Australia keeps the dirt moving at Northern Star Resources’ Jundee gold mine, ...
With its mobility, quick set-up time and practical safety features, the hyper-efficient TRB-Raise Borers Rhino 100...
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 ...
Awareness continues to grow about the potential health impacts of diesel particulate matter (DPM) and other underg...
Incorporating new technological concepts into product designs increases their productivity, reduces total cost of ...
Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology in Australia has turned a near miss into a safer transportation solution for dr...
BAIE-JAMES, QUEBEC. Hecla’s Casa Berardi gold mine has implemented automated underground truck haulage on a dedica...
Even as markets recover, the mining and aggregate industries are hard pressed after several years of sinking and v...
ONTARIO, CANADA. Goldcorp is developing the world’s first all-electric underground mine, an ambitious projec...
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,...
PAKYI, GHANA. When a rainstorm devastated a local school in rural Ghana, Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology answer...
NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. Less than six years into production with a cleanskin workforce, Glencore’s Ulan West u...
The new Sandvik LH202 narrow-vein loader offers the best payload-to-own-weight ratio of its class for tunnel width...
High-tech tunnelling through two mountains in northern Norway is paving the way for more accurate, productive and ...
