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The results of the 100th USA National Mine Rescue Competition, held October 3-6, 2011 in Columbus, Ohio have been announced. Information regarding the competition including video of competition in process can be found at http://www.msha.gov/MineRescue/CONTEST/2011Coal/2011Coalhome.asp. Mine Rescue Competitions give the … Read more…
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The North American headquarters for Mine Site Technologies in Golden, Colorado, USA has advised that they have issued a new facsimile number for their offices. That new “fax” number is +1 303.865.5443. Those that make use of fax for transferring information … Read more…
ImPact Wireless Network Switches contain 4 fibre switches & up to 2 Wireless Radios Newmont Gold is the world’s largest gold miner and as such is always looking for operational improvements to keep their mining operations the forefront of efficiency, … Read more…
ImPact Access Point underground at Meikle Gold Mine Barrick Gold has installed PED, Digital Communications and Tracking at their two mines in Nevada, Meikle and Rodeo.As Anton Meyer, Senior Control Engineer at Barrick Goldstrike Mines, explained at his presentation at … Read more…
ICCL cap lamp include RFID Tag and PED Text Receiver circuits Barrick Gold has installed also installed PED, ImPact Digital Communications and Tracking at their Rodeo Gold Mine in Nevada for the mine’s emergency preparedness objectives, as well as utilize … Read more…
Trucks and other vehicles create a truly mobile mesh network Self Contained Trailers add flexibility to the overall mesh network The Kennecott Open Pit Copper mine is the largest Open Pit operation in North America. Kennecott management had previously installed … Read more…
EAST BOULDER MINE FOLLOW STILLWATER MINE WITH BLASTPED MINE: EAST BOULDER OWNER: STILLWATER MINING TYPE: PLATINUM/PALLADIUM LOCATION: USA, MT BACKGROUND East Boulder management had identified significant cost benefits in installing a remote, centralized blasting system. After reviewing the various options, … Read more…
BARRICK NEVADA INSTALL VDV LEAKY FEEDER MINE: MEIKLE/RODEO OWNER: BARRICK TYPE: GOLD LOCATION: NEVADA, USA BACKGROUND Barrick had an old leaky feeder system that was unable to be properly supported and performance was not sufficient for the mine, so they … Read more…
MIDAS GOLD MINE EXTEND RADIO SYSTEM WITH VDV LEAKY FEEDER MINE: NEWMONT MIDAS OWNER: NEWMONT TYPE: GOLD LOCATION: NEVADA, USA BACKGROUND Midas required extensions to their rdaio system but were unbale to do so with their old style amplifiers so … Read more…
BlastPED Remotes are signalled via the leaky feeder system STILLWATER MINE USE THE LARGEST BLASTPED SYSTEM MINE: STILLWATER OWNER: STILLWATER MINING TYPE: PLATINUM/PALLADIUM LOCATION: USA, MT BACKGROUND Stillwater identified significant productivity improvements could be made by the introduction of a … Read more…