Mining

Drilling technology
Surface mining
Alternative extraction procedures
Construction machines

Use of AXXIS Silver™ at sub-zero temperatures

In Lesotho, explosives and blasting specialist BME recently achieved the first blast outside of South Africa with its new AXXIS Silver™ electronic initiation system. The mine of a client in the...

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Issue 11/2022 Ideal for quarrying solid rock

Liebherr R 980 SME excavator

Through its local distributor, SOMTP Brittany, Liebherr delivered its first R 980 SME with bottom dump shovel in France in 2021. This is the largest member of the range developed and manufactured by...

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Issue 07-08/2022 Local empowerment in Ghana

Drilling rig supply includes comprehensive packages for spare parts, service and training

Competition is healthy but forming exclusive relationships with equipment manufacturers can deliver tangible business benefits. Rapidly growing mining services provider Rocksure International in...

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Safely resolving reactive ground when blasting

When a South African zinc mine experienced a premature detonation in one of its blastholes, BME was soon on site to investigate the incident and apply a safe strategy to proceed. According to BME...

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Hillhead 2022: Back with a Bang

Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, Hillhead 2022 welcomed almost 18 500 visitors and 604 exhibitors across the three show days With an impressive total of just under 18 500 unique visitors in...

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A challenging new era in parts distribution

Long term market boom coupled with global supply chain meltdown – who would be the head of logistics for a mining equipment company? Sandvik’s Robert Van der Waal explains how getting parts where they...

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Liebherr Generation 8 crawler excavators conquer Corsica

Liebherr Generation 8 crawler excavators are successfully penetrating the French market. Corsica in particular, with its thriving market for crawler excavators and all other construction machinery,...

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Issue 06/2022 Customised blasting solutions

BME’s new AXXIS Silver™ aims at small mines and quarries

Ensuring that quarries and smaller mines can leverage the latest generation of its AXXIS™ digital initiation system, Omnia company BME has recently launched AXXIS Silver™. According to Tinus Brits,...

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Issue 06/2022 steinexpo 2023

Long-awaited reunion on new old paths

The déjà vu moment was undeniable. Actually, everything was already in the bag, but due to the pandemic situation, the last steinexpo had to be cancelled in the end. As a prelude to steinexpo 2023,...

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Hillhead 2022 – the show begins tomorrow

Final preparations are being made for this year's Hillhead show which begins it's three-day run tomorrow. Don't worry – it's not too late to sign up for your FREE visitor ticket so you can join the...

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