Category: Operating Strategies

By Paul McRoberts If higher commodity prices are making companies explore opportunities to reinvest in their operations, there’s perhaps no better area for improvement than energy management. Today, many mining operations are...

Looking down the bore of a multi-barreled threat to the future of mining in the region, European industry stakeholders plan on firing a few preemptive shots of their own to clear the way for ongoing mineral exploration and...

By Jesse Morton, Technical Writer A new shovel, in development for more than a half-decade, is hailed as the largest in the world and described by Komatsu as an evolutionary successor to the smaller 4100XPC. It will load...

Two recent product announcements highlight the potential benefits that mine operators can gain from improving their fleet fueling dispatch and safety capabilities. Wenco International Mining Systems released a study with results...

Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology has released its data interoperability policy, which specifies how Sandvik systems, equipment and tools share data in the mining digital ecosystem. A description of the policy is now available...

Lightning is a well-known and catastrophic risk, in which mining and other resource industries have figured prominently in recent accident statistics. This is not hard to understand considering surface mining is conducted by...

Destroying or dismantling something that is designed to be indestructible is always a formidable task, and nothing epitomizes a nearly indestructible object more than the giant tires used on large mining trucks and loaders....

The U.S.-based National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is a global nonprofit organization, established in 1896, devoted to eliminating death, injury, property and economic loss due to fire, electrical and related hazards....

A “toolkit” brochure recently published by International Alert, a London, U.K.-based nongovernmental organization, is aimed at helping companies understand how specific conflict environments affect their impact on human rights,...

All fires, whatever the classification, require urgent and appropriate responses. However, pressurized flammable liquids and gasses, gravity fed or obstacle fires all necessitate a unique and specialized response. NFPA 10 gives...

Beyond achieving the NFPA 10 minimum 1-lb/sec flow rate, cartridge-operated fire extinguishers offer additional performance enhancements. In comparison to stored pressure extinguishers, cartridge-operated models offer safety...

According to industry standards, the five kinds of general fire situations are: Class A – fires involving ordinary combustibles such as wood, paper, cloth, rubber, and many plastics. Class B – fires involving...