Products produced by ITW Polymers & Fluids are used in the fields of engineering, maintenance and construction and in repair and rehabilitation projects.
EPIREZ construction products from ITW Polymers & Fluids provide effective solutions to needs of the construction and industry. The products from ITW Polymers & Fluids under the EPIREZ brand include systems for structural […]

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Owner of the world’s largest open-pit copper mine, Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation, has begun rolling out a wireless communication platform to support its mining operations across the globe.
A wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto, the company is implementing a wireless solution to support both underground and open-pit mines.
The solution has been developed by Mine Site […]

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The coal mine of Garzweiler, Germany, in a Google Earth image. […]

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Advanced Underground Solutions  is engaged in providing underground solutions in telecommunication, water and gas detection services and control and shutdown systems. Advanced Underground Solutions has partnered with Access Detection to render underground solutions of such kind to its customers. With over 25 years of experience in the field, Advanced Underground Solutions has developed a team […]

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Monsoon 300 series blaster
Force Equipment Service and Hire of Forrestfield, Perth, is using Aussie Monsoon pressure cleaners on big mining and construction plant before and after service.
Force Equipment Service and Hire also offers a unique Quarantine Wash Bay to clean heavy equipment coming into Western Australia.
In this application it is vital to ensure the items […]

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The need to produce higher tonnages at lower costs in order to retain competitive advantage has seen the evolution of high-energy electrical systems and a focus on control and monitoring to increase reliability.
Today’s mining environment is planning for 22KV or 33KV reticulation, 3.3KV mining machines, larger conveyor drives and 6.6KV motors for longwall installations. Key […]

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Recent changes to South Africa’s mining legislation require operators of mining machinery to be accommodated in fully-enclosed cabins, which will protect them from dust and noise. To control the cabin temperature in hot underground environments some form of airconditioning will be required. Many organisations are now faced with the problem of retrofitting existing machinery to […]

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Any safety study that is done on uranium mining will look at all three currently approved methods for mining ore: In situ, open pit and underground, according to Virginia Uranium Inc. Vice President Mick Mastilovic.
“The first two are traditional methods,” he said. “The open pit is used for other kinds of mineral mining, like copper […]

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Workers stand in the dark void lit only by the lights on their mining helmets, stacking blocks of wood from the ground up to build a “crib,” or roof support, in a weak spot in a simulated coal mine.Though conditions in the mine are simulated, the crib-building exercise and others are designed to give would-be […]

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But what filling material to use so that a decision could later be taken about their future?
They might later be put back in commission, taken out of the ground or simply left in the ground permanently out of use but safe.
The answer came from Gilbarco who arranged for Grouting Plus Solutions to fill the tanks […]

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