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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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Environment, Health and Safety
For Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology, a sustainable business strategy means focusing on a full life-cycle approach that will deliver value in its operations, offerings and across its supply chain through four goals for the year 2030: safety, reducing greenhouse gases, circularity and complia...
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Loading and hauling
As mining companies around the world seek the best ways to approach their sustainability goals, electrification has emerged as one of the most promising solutions. With this in mind, Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology recently acquired California-based Artisan Vehicle Systems, a leading manufa...
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Crushing and screening
ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE. Digitalization is improving predictive maintenance and enabling better-informed, fact-based decisions in the recently modernized sulphide processing circuit at Mantos Copper’s Mantos Blancos mine.
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Underground drilling
In response to several current needs and trends in underground mining, Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology has relaunched and upgraded its 400i-class drill family. A common denominator across the series is strong symbiosis of sound engineering design and advanced automation solutions.
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Automation / Underground drilling
NAVAN, IRELAND. An automated approach at an unusual orebody is helping Boliden Tara offset declining grades while increasing productivity and improving safety and sustainability at Europe’s largest zinc operation.
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...
CRESCENT VALLEY, NEVADA. At Barrick Gold’s iconic Cortez mine, one of the world’s largest roadheaders is steadily ...
BERNBURG, GERMANY. Salt production here dates back to the Middle Ages, when brine was evaporated from open pans. T...
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...
ONTARIO, CANADA. Goldcorp is developing the world’s first all-electric underground mine, an ambitious projec...
Incorporating new technological concepts into product designs increases their productivity, reduces total cost of ...
Even as markets recover, the mining and aggregate industries are hard pressed after several years of sinking and v...
Thousands of metres below surface in the world’s deepest base-metal mine, an automated loading solution is improvi...
For Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology, a sustainable business strategy means focusing on a full life-cycle approa...
As mining companies around the world seek the best ways to approach their sustainability goals, electrification ha...
Using customer input and with an eye towards automation, Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology has updated its flagsh...
ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE. Digitalization is improving predictive maintenance and enabling better-informed, fact-based de...
In response to several current needs and trends in underground mining, Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology has rela...
NAVAN, IRELAND. An automated approach at an unusual orebody is helping Boliden Tara offset declining grades while ...
Sandvik has significant new rock tool product launches in the pipeline for tunnelling and mine development applica...
ZIELITZ, GERMANY. Equipment efficiency and reliability are crucial at the K+S KALI GmbH Zielitz potash plant, one ...
BÜDINGEN, GERMANY. Basalt production has increased by 20 percent since Vogelsberger Basaltwerk modernized its proc...
HEILBRONN, GERMANY. After 120 years of drill-and-blast extraction, one of Western Europe’s largest salt mines tran...
CLONCURRY, QUEENSLAND. A safer, easier-to-install ground reinforcement solution has improved cycle times and helpe...
Dedicated to safe, fair and sustainable mining, the International Council on Mining and Metals is a collaboration ...
