According to MAN Takraf, the patented roll design was key to reducing installed power requirement. The first person to guess the name of the secret mine wins their very own copy of the press release. If something doesn't happen soon to straighten out Zimbabwe's economy, miners in that country might soon be more than happy to take Prime Minister Robert Mugabwe up on his recent threat to do to the country's mining industry what he's in the process of doing to its agricultural sector. A combination of the country's dwindling foreign currency reserves and a policy that keeps the Zimbabwe currency highly valued compared with its real value against foreign currencies, means that gold miners in Zimbabwe are unable to pay for equipment, cyanide, and explosives, and may start shutting their mines this summer. The problem affects 25 major mines and numerous smaller operations.
Mining is, after farming, the country's second largest industry.
More South American copper Copper miners in South America have the capacity to expand copper production by 1 million tonnes over the next five years, said Antofagasta's vice president for new business, Ricardo Muhr speaking at a Metal Bulletin Copper Conference. Such an expansion would require only marginal investment in existing operations. The legacy of decades of heavy investment in exploration in South America is that currently 15 out of 18 projects which could become new mines are all based in Chile, Peru, Brazil, or Mexico. These countries also have large regions which are still unexplored and where other world-class deposits are likely to be found, Muhr said. Developed in partnership with Pronyx and Sandvik Tamrock, AutoMine allows a single operator to oversee the running of three LHDs, as only the bucket loading sequence has to be carried out under manual control.