Productivity and profitability: Investigating the economic …
DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2022.101162 Corpus ID: 252343969; Productivity and profitability: Investigating the economic impact of gold mining mechanisation in Kamituga, DR Congo @article{Bikubanya2022ProductivityAP, title={Productivity and profitability: Investigating the economic impact of gold mining mechanisation in Kamituga, DR Congo}, author={Divin-Luc …
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MMP looks to the future with a new strategy
With a focus on research, development and innovation (RDI), the Mandela Mining Precinct (MMP) is implementing a new strategy for the next five years, with a focus on the future of the South ...
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Mine mechanisation helping to tackle safety, cost and …
The recent focus on South Africa's platinum and gold mines has intensified owing to labour problems and this has, in turn, brought into sharp focus the bloated mine work-forces, which surprises ...
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MECHANISED MINE DEVELOPMENT UTILISING ROCK …
The mechanisation of mine development is becoming increasingly important in our South African and Southern African mines with increased emphasis on safe and efficient mining. Raise, blind and shaft boring offer mechanised solutions for excavations such as:- reef raises stope boxholes and shaft ore passes ventilation passes and shafts chairlifts
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The Mechanization of Mining
Here the mechanization of mining is examined in terms of its effect on the mining of coal Today more than 80 percent of the mineral needs of the U.S. economy are met by only 1 percent of the labor ...
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Struggles over value: corporate–state suppression of locally led mining
153 Extractivism, informal work and strategies for political-economic transformation; 161 Struggles over value: corporate–state suppression of locally led mining mechanisation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Translated title: Luttes pour la valeur : suppression par les entreprises et l'État de la mécanisation de l'extraction en République démocratique du Congo
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Mariusz KUCZAJ | Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice
Silesian University of Technology · Institute of Mining Mechanisation. Contact. Connect with experts in your field.
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A framework for the introduction of mechanized mining
In the context of this paper, mechanization refers to any machine, process or activity that reduces the human effort required to break or move rock or material in a mine. The following …
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MECHANISED MINE DEVELOPMENT UTILISING ROCK …
Mechanisation includes mechanized drill, blast, support and cleaning methods, generally for flat to 10° inclined or declined excavations in Southern African mines, with special methods and …
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Bossissi Nkuba
2021, Nkuba, B., Zahinda. M. & Muhanzi, A. Technologies (ir)responsables dans l'orpaillage : quels risques pour l'environnement et la santé ?
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A framework for the introduction of mechanized mining
A framework for the introduction of mechanized mining R.P.H. WILLIS*, J.R. DIXON*, J.A. COX*, and A.D. POOLEY* Turgis Consulting The paper describes the issues that should be considered when introducing mechanization to a mining operation. In South Africa, traditional methods of mining are well entrenched after more than a century of mining.
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AEMI Mining Mechanisation Programme (MMP)
AEMI Mining Mechanisation Programme (MMP) Leave a Comment / By admin user / October 21, 2023 . The health and environmental challenges associated with artisanal mining are mostly due to the use of rudimentary methods which are relied on by miners and this is escalated due to lack of advanced technology in artisanal mining. AEMI through ...
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The Mechanization of Mining
The Mechanization of Mining Today more than 80 percent of the mineral needs of the U.S. economy are met by only 1 percent of the labor force. Here the mechanization of …
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Dyke Chrome Mining Mechanization ver 2
CURRENT MECHANISATION STRATEGIES • Based on mechanisation concept study by TWP Projects of South Africa • Optimise mining methods to increase production to at least 5000 tpm …
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IOM3 | A technological evolution in mining
As mining processes shift from mechanisation to digitisation, Shardell Joseph uncovers the drive behind the technological evolution and how it is redefining the industry. × Please note that IOM3 offices will close at 1pm on Tuesday 24 December, and will re-open with normal hours on Thursday 2 January.
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Platinum group considers future mine mechanisation
Platinum mining, refining and marketing company Impala Platinum (Implats) tells Mining Weekly that it is investigating the mechanisation of mining activities as a sustainable way to continue ...
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Mechanization of underground mining: a quick look
Large mining companies have seen the need for highly mechanized underground mines to operate at lower costs and to cope with environmental constraints. Mining companies, from the US, Canada, Australia, and Africa, have provided generous funding in the past to develop advanced solutions for mechanization.
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Mechanized Development Technology Solutions for Exploration …
Implementing fully mechanized mining solutions, therefore, improves the safety of thin-seam mining, while also improving the overall resource extraction and economic viability of mines. Numerous other mining companies worldwide are currently implementing mechanized solutions to their historical woes in extracting resources.
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Mine mechanisation 1 | PPT
Mine mechanisation 1 - Download as a PDF or view online for free. ... Mining equipment, and other similar hazardous working environments benefit from using pneumatic systems. • Atmospheric air is abundant and readily available, which makes the power source an infinite resource. • A pneumatic system purges compressed air, automatically ...
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Mining mechanisation could create 'massive' employment …
Despite positive sentiment and improving commodity prices, the African mining industry continues to face immense challenges, says Montero Mining and Exploration CEO Dr Antony Harwood. Addressing ...
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mechanisation Archives
IM's Teams call with Olitek Mining Robotics' (OMR) James Oliver and Newcrest's Tony Sprague starts like many other meetings, ... the mining industry is generally not ready for automation," Oliver said. "Effective mechanisation of the hazardous mining tasks is what is needed first. This is where design thinking is crucial – process ...
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The Effect of Mechanization on Safety and …
The main objectives of the Mine Mechanisation and Automation program (MMAP) are to enhance health and safety in underground mining operations, facilitate mechanization and automation in...
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(PDF) Implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies in the mining …
PDF | On Jan 1, 2020, Arnesh Telukdarie and others published Implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies in the mining industry - a case study | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...
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The mechanization of mining (Journal Article) | OSTI.GOV
The history of the mechanisation of mining in the US is traced, concentrating almost exclusively on the coal industry. The effect that mechanisation has had on productivity is shown. Room and pillar mining and longwall mining are described and the machinery associated with each type of operation is examined. The increase in surface mining since ...
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Social impacts must be considered before mechanisation …
An understanding of the nature of a modernised mining environment is necessitated by the fact that a modernised mine will impact both the physical health and safety ...
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Backbone of mining modernisation and …
The South African mining industry, once the backbone of economic growth, intensive job creation and development, is declining constantly, owing to the slow rates of research and development into ...
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Master Drilling advancing mechanisation for two top-tier …
Mine mechanisation is being advanced for two top-tier local clients of Master Drilling, the CEO of the JSE-listed company, Danie Pretorius, said on Tuesday. Speaking to Mining Weekly in a Zoom ...
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PASTE FILL PIPELINE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS -CURRENT …
MACHINES - THE 'STATE OF THE ART' IN MINING MECHANISATION, AUTOMATION, HYDRAULIC TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS Mike Fehrsen 11 000 m from the shaft bottom. The design, commIssIOning and operation of the system is described in further detail by Wilkins et al (2004). The system reduces the mine's environmental impact and allows …
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Presidential Address: The mechanisation of UG2 mining …
with mechanisation and to find a solution to the problem. This address looks at current conventional mining methods and compares them to bord-and-pillar type mining methods. Off-reef mechanisation is also touched on. It then looks at different hybridised mining methods that are being used, i.e. a mixture of conventional mining and mechanisation.
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Productivity and profitability: Investigating the economic …
Based on a case study of ASGM mechanisation in the major mining town of Kamituga, we investigate the economic impact of this process on the productivity of ASGM and the profitability of its ...
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