Miners at Anglo American’s Kumba Iron Ore have adapted to automated drilling with ease, and are reveling in the experience. Four years ago, Leigh Ann Booysen worked grueling shifts at...
The Atlas Copco XRV 1200 mounted on Super Rock 500 drillig machine. The new Atlas Copco XRH 1100 and XRV 1200 high-pressure portable diesel compressors are designed and engineered to...
Dr Roelof Botha speaking at BME's 24th Annual Drilling and Blasting Conference There was heartening news for mines and miners at this year’s BME Annual Drilling and Blasting Conference in...
Atlas Copco’s new ground-breaking SmartROC D65 down-the-hole drill rig combines brains and brawn to set the industry benchmark in intelligent, powerful and efficient high-precision drilling for improved production, productivity and...
In accordance with the stipulated terms of its production sharing agreement (PSA) licence for the integrated oil, liquefied petroleum and gas (LPG) and gas project, Sasol has started the drilling...
Premature wear and tear and unplanned expenditure to address the problem are a common occurrence with drill rods. African Mining Brief’s Jimmy Swira had a transatlantic telephone interview with...
By Tim Wacker South African mining equipment sales and service company WECO has become a victim of its own success: buried under paperwork, documenting repairs to the some of the...