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Dents in copper pipeline

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ith global demand for metals and minerals having been a little subdued lately, miners are well used to hearing about low commodity prices and over supply. Predicting demand has become an obsession and speculation on future trends is big business. How much uranium will nuclear power plants need? How much lithium will we need to satisfy the demand for electric cars? How much silver will we need to keep pace with the growth of solar power?

(See our news section for answers to all these questions!)

BHP Billiton published its results for the half year ended 31 December 2016 in mid-February, and as has become customary, the report contains a comprehensive summary of the near-term and long-term economic outlook. China and the United States are singled out for special comment, as are Europe, India and Japan. We expect such and such to happen, they say, but it is likely to be balanced by this, that and the other thing.

It has to be done, of course. We know that. Miners cannot control demand or prices, they can only react to them, so the better their forecasts, the better their decisions. The corollary to this principle is that miners can control the costs of production and the volume they produce. If it were only that simple!

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When demand gets so much attention, it’s easy to forget that the supply side has issues, too. While the industry analyses BHP Billiton’s half yearly results, the company is at the same time embroiled in an industrial dispute at its majority-owned Escondida copper mine in Chile, the largest copper mine in the world, responsible for around 5 per cent of global production.

At its Grasberg mine in Indonesia (the second largest copper mine in the world), Freeport-McMoRan is facing issues over the renewal of its export permit, and a strike at the local copper smelter has further constrained its operations. Another copper mine in Chile, Anglo American’s El Soldado, has suspended production after being denied regulatory approval for an operational redesign, and MMG’s Las Bambas mine in Peru was shut down for several days by a community protest which involved some of the local population blocking the road used by the mine.

Miners go to great lengths to demonstrate their commitment to responsible mining, and we don’t doubt them for a minute, but intractable supply disruptions can still put a serious dent in global production, and the idea that anyone can control the supply side of the equation any better than the demand side can sometimes seems like wishful thinking.

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• The Editor: Dents in copper pipeline • Caterpillar: Hard rocking • Richmont Mines 2017 guidance • China Natural Resources completes acquisition in Bolivia • Lithium X acquires Arizaro brine project in Argentina • Algold files EIS for Tijirit • Shaw development named agent for robotic refueling system • Atlas Copco: Breaking up, for good • Fluor wins major mining contracts in Africa • Largest gem quality diamond found at Gahcho Kué Mine • More silver for GoGold Resources • Goldcorp to sell Cerro Blanco project • Northern Vertex orders crushing plant for Moss mine • Botswana adopts Canada’s sustainable mining initiative • Laramide Resources closes Churchrock and Crownpoint acquisition • Goldcorp announces sale of Los Filos Mine • Porgera Gold Mine increases productivity with RCT technology • Coeur to sell Joaquin project to Pan American Silver

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The Hard Rock Vehicle (HRV) team at Caterpillar talk about their experience at MINExpo and where the group is heading next. On the team are Steve Rich, General Manager for Caterpillar’s Hard Rock Vehicles, Jay Armburger, Product Manager for Underground Mining Technology Solutions, who leads the battery LHD program, and Nathan Wescombe, Commercial Manager for HRV. World Mining Magazine www.ogsmag.com

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he MINExpo show in Las Vegas is the Olympic event for the mining industry. At last September’s show, Caterpillar® drew attention to its investment in underground mining.

Steve Rich, General Manager for Cat Hard Rock Vehicles, explains what the company is investing in, and why now.

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“Caterpillar has been serving the hard rock underground mining industry since 2000,” he says. “At MINExpo we celebrated the sale of our 500th AD30 truck, and we have sold over 5,000 underground machines in our history.

As underground mining operations continue to expand, Caterpillar has increased its investment to develop new technologies for our customers.

“When it comes to hard rock vehicles, we are currently investing heavily in a new generation of our existing machines,” he continues, “as well as developing new models to expand our offering. At the same time, we are driving towards a goal of providing autonomous solutions for all underground miners through additional investment in technology and automation solutions.”

Investment in research and development will soon be rewarded by the launch of several new models. Attendees at MINExpo will have seen some of these on display. The R1700K is the signature program for Caterpillar’s new generation of LHDs and represents a significant step change in terms of productivity and performance. “This includes a new generation of Command for Underground, a part of our Cat MineStar™ System,” says Rich. “We are also expanding our product offering with the introduction of a new, smaller size class of truck, the AD22.”

LHD machines

“At MINExpo we celebrated the sale of our 500th AD30 truck, and we have sold over 5,000 underground machines in our history”

After the launch of Caterpillar’s first load, haul, dump truck in 2000, how different is the R1700K from that first generation of LHD machines? “We live by a culture of continuous improvement, so our R1700G is significantly improved over the first model built,” says Rich, “but the K series is a groundup re-examination of the model.

“We’re very fortunate at Caterpillar to have an astounding depth of engineering skill and experience, and by collaborating across all Cat® products we can bring the best and proven designs for things like drivetrain components, implement controls, software development, and Tier 4 emission solutions to our LHD product line. As an example, the cab on the R1700K is 100% new. Everything in it, from the shatter proof glass to the controls, has been examined in detail for safety and ergonomic comfort for the operator.”

Additional rub railing has been added to the cab (and other areas of the machine) for protection, but other elements will remain close to the original after proving themselves already.

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“Our frame design is absolutely solid,” says Rich, “and we know this from customers who have had ground up restorations done three, four and approaching five rebuilds with 40 – 50,000 hours on a single frame. That’s not to say that we didn’t put it through strenuous virtual stress testing. We did, and we’ve had to adjust it minimally to accommodate Tier 4 emissions components at the engine end frame.

“Something as simple as the bucket design has benefited from not only the new design technologies, but also the combined experiences of our wheel loader and excavator lines. A simple change to the bucket throat angle is bringing about loading performance increases that we’ve been able to prove virtually and is now being proven in the field. With the new bucket, our capacity for this machine has increased to 15 tonnes.”

The R1700K program is now in the field follow stage – where pilot machines run in mines around the world – in everything from high altitude conditions to corrosive environments. As the pilot machines acquire hours, Caterpillar monitors the program for any design adjustments and makes those prior to production, which is planned for 2018.

“I’ll just say one last thing on the R1700K,” Rich concludes.

“Every single improvement that has been made to the machine ties back to a critical customer requirement – either to help lower their owning and operating costs, to improve operating conditions for their labor force, to help improve

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the environment their people are working in, or to meet regulations.”

Total cost of ownership

“We live by a culture of continuous improvement, so our R1700G is significantly improved over the first model built, but the K series is a ground-up reexamination of the model”

In the current mining climate, OEMs have been working to lower the total cost of ownership. Nathan Wescombe, as a commercial manager, is on the front line of selling Cat HRV products, so he knows how Caterpillar expects to be a leader in TCO. “To arrive at a TCO number for a customer,” he says, “there are many variables that have to be considered. Materials type, ground conditions, the haul segment of the cycle, financing, insurance, fuel use, tire wear, initial purchase price, for instance.”

Caterpillar enjoys a reputation as a premium brand because of the toughness and technology available on its machines – so it’s not likely to be the cheapest option. “The TCO benefits from our machines come from their long term durability and availability over the course of their life time,” says Wescombe, “both of which are the direct result of our proven designs and components and our rigorous development and continuous improvement efforts.”

Cat Dealers play a huge role in getting parts and services to the customer quickly and efficiently and are pivotal to machine availability. The company also provides a variety of design incrementals to lower TCO, such as ride control on LHDs to keep production levels high, and simple things like grouped, ground level service bays that shorten the machine’s time away from operation. The bottom line is greater profitability for customers using Cat equipment.

“I would also say that as miners go deeper after higher grade ore, the stakes get higher,” says Wescombe. “The cost of getting a machine underground and then keeping it running there represents a substantial investment and commitment by our customers. We recently improved the process of literally cutting apart our machines that have to descend very narrow mine shafts. This is just one example of how we never stop listening to our customers; they are the kingpin around which all of our efforts focus to build better, more cost efficient products.”

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by providing a number of emission controls solutions.

“The R1700K is our first Tier 4 machine, but for lesser regulated countries where fuel quality would present a problem for Tier 4, we offer ventilation reduction options for our Tier 3 engines that help reduce particulate matter. As you may have heard at MINExpo, we are pursuing a battery-powered portfolio and are in fact building our first prototype at the Caterpillar Peoria Proving Grounds in January of 2017. Jay Armburger is the lead for this project, and I should let him speak to it.”

Caterpillar has not announced much about its battery program yet, so Armburger’s input is significant here. “As you know,” he says, “there are battery LHDs and trucks already available to the market within the smaller size classes. We know that battery solutions will not suit every application, but for those applications where battery powered machines might be the best or potentially only option, we intend to offer solutions that meet all of the reliability and durability requirements expected of a Cat machine.”

Caterpillar also intends to improve on the duty cycles that are currently being seen with battery-operated vehicles.

“Caterpillar’s vertical integration capabilities provide us with the ability to optimize the system design from power generation to tire rotation,” says Armburger. “Our battery program will start with our smaller LHDs, and our prototype

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caterpillar hard rocking machine currently being assembled for trials in January will be on the R1300 platform. Caterpillar’s work to date has concentrated on designing and validating new structures to optimize the battery layout, as well as software and cab updates required for the new propulsion system.

“Caterpillar continues to invest in electric drive and energy storage technology,” continues Armburger. “We’re very fortunate to be able to capitalize on those investments which have been successfully demonstrated on other Caterpillar equipment. For instance, our electric drive haul trucks, the D7E electric drive tractor and some of our electrically driven paving products. The knowledge has always been in house – we’re now applying that knowledge and tailoring the experience into our underground vehicles.”

Caterpillar’s energy storage research center continues to test and evaluate various battery chemistries and configurations, and it should not be forgotten that Cat has decades of experience with electric driven underground equipment.

“We’re now focusing that experience on our Hard Rock products,” says Armburger. “Our prototype will experience rigorous in-house testing at the Caterpillar Peoria Proving Grounds. We will then partner with our dealer and a customer to get it underground and accruing hours in its arduous but natural operating environment. The results of the prototype will drive the timing and forward progress of our New Product Introduction (NPI) program for the machine. As you can imagine, we are establishing our full portfolio development plans as our customers strive for zero emission mining solutions.”

Product development

“The cost of getting a machine underground and then keeping it running there represents a substantial investment and commitment by our customers”

The R1700K is one machine out of many in Caterpillar’s HRV product line. What else has been going on? “Before we move from LHDs, I should mention that we continue to invest in autonomous solutions for this product,” says Steve Rich. “At MINExpo, we showed the latest generation of simulator for our autonomous LHDs using the Cat MineStar Command for Underground technology.”

The need for autonomous or remote operation is driven by safety and the logistical challenges that deeper mines bring to an operation. Command for Underground is the foundational technology for Caterpillar’s underground autonomy journey, offering benefits including continued operation through traditionally lengthy shift changes, returning to work sooner after a blast, and with Caterpillar’s auto tramming capabilities, predictable, repeatable cycle times.

“Our customers do not expect us to stop there,” continues Rich. “Deeper site integration, as traditionally found in our surface MineStar products, will provide access to information to drive informed decisions—resulting in real time impacts to productivity. To support this development, we’ve invested in a state-of-the-art testing and training facility in Burnie, Tasmania that caters exclusively to the operation of autonomous machines. In fact, all K Series LHDs will come autonomous-ready from the factory. Stay tuned for future development as world-class machines continue to meet world class technology.”

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the rest of our product line,” says Rich, “and we are expanding our truck line with the addition of the AD22–a 22 tonne capacity truck. This truck will feature a flat body design for easy loading and material ejection, and we’re powering it with the Cat C11 ACERT™ diesel engine that, combined with the Cat transmission, will provide excellent power and performance on grade. This is another program currently under final customer testing and soon heading to production. At first introduction, it will be offered in lesser regulated regions.”

World-class manufacturing

After focusing heavily on products, we should not overlook the investment Caterpillar has made in its new, world-class manufacturing facility in Rayong, Thailand, where it now builds all its hard rock mining vehicles. A video of the factory can be seen on YouTube. “Moving manufacturing to Thailand provides us the advantages of an engaged, knowledgeable and skilled workforce, proximity to our supplier base, and also proximity to quickly reach customers around the world,” says Rich. “As with all Caterpillar facilities, our Thailand operations follow the rigorous Caterpillar Production System that comprehensively covers everything from the quality of parts coming in to the factory to the final pre-delivery inspections that are completed before shipment. We can offer the very best application-driven designs in the industry – but there has to

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“We’ve invested in a state-of-the-art testing and training facility in Burnie, Tasmania that caters exclusively to the operation of autonomous machines”

be complementary manufacturing expertise to deliver them.

This is a core strength of Caterpillar, and it is the reason our machines are able to perform so well through four and even five rebuilds.”

Caterpillar’s theme at MINExpo was “Our Partnership Goes Beyond the Iron”. What does this mean for underground customers specifically? “More than anything, it means that we’re invested in the success of the customer well beyond their purchase or warranty period on a machine,” says Nathan Wescombe. “We have a full suite of products and services to help ensure a mine achieves or sustains profitability.

“At the front line are our dealers – who are local, provide parts and service, and have the expertise to rebuild our products.

Our Cat dealers are also supported internally by a dedicated underground mining team within Caterpillar. If needed, there are ways Caterpillar can help customers through financing— using the services of Cat Financial to enable rebuilds or lines of credit. Our Job Site Solutions group is solely dedicated to improving an operation’s profitability by being on site, knee deep into the data of an operation, helping them all the way through to profitable results.

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RICHMONT MINES ANNOUNCES 2017 GUIDANCE

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ichmont Mines Inc has announced 2017 guidance that includes a projected increase of up to 15% in company-wide production to between 110,000 and 120,000 gold ounces, primarily driven by another year of high-quality production growth from the Island Gold Mine in Ontario to between 87,000 and 93,000 gold ounces.

The increase is driven by improved underground mine and mill productivity of approximately 900 tonnes per day, in-line with the planned 2017 production scenario considered in the PEA that is currently under review.

The successful 2016 drilling program continued to demonstrate the significant potential of the Island Gold deposit, contributing to a

34% increase in reserves and an 11% higher grade, as well as a 30% increase in inferred resources at a 20% higher grade.

and subsequently decrease in the second half of the year.

“Richmont is expected to achieve another consecutive year of strong production

“Richmont is expecting another consecutive year of strong production growth, primarily driven by the Island Gold Mine” In 2017, annual production at the Beaufor Mine in Quebec is expected to increase to between 23,000 and 27,000 ounces as a greater proportion of ore is mined from the higher grade Q Zone and mobile equipment availability returns to target levels.

It is expected that costs will remain elevated above guidance levels in the first half of the year, however,

growth, primarily driven by the cornerstone Island Gold Mine, which is positioned to deliver another year of record operational performance,” commented Renaud Adams, President and Chief Executive Officer.

“We are very confident the Island Gold PEA will confirm the expansion case scenario of 1,100 tonnes per day, however consistent with our disciplined capital

allocation philosophy, the ultimate decision will be based on which option generates the maximum free cash flow stream over the next four to five years.

“The improved performance at the Beaufor Mine in the fourth quarter has given us confidence that this asset will return to free cash flow levels by mid-2017,” he continued, “however, we are also considering strategic alternatives for the Beaufor Mine and other Quebec assets that could create additional shareholder value.

In 2017, we are looking forward to another year of creating value for our shareholders by continuing our disciplined focus on quality production that drives positive cash flow streams.”

China Natural Resources Completes Acquisition in Bolivia China Natural Resources has completed the acquisition of Planta Metalurgica Antay Pacha, a Bolivian corporation constructing a copper smelting plant in western Bolivia. The plant

is substantially constructed, and Antay Pacha is completing the licensing and permitting processes. A trial run is expected to commence in the second quarter

of 2017 with commercial production following in the fourth quarter. Once fully operational, the plant has a designed annual production capacity of 3,000 tons of copper cathodes.

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LITHIUM X ACQUIRES ARIZARO BRINE PROJECT IN ARGENTINA

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ithium X has entered into a binding purchase and sale agreement to acquire 100% of the Arizaro

market conditions, with considerable exploration potential,” commented Executive Chairman, Paul

“Richmont is expecting another consecutive year of strong production growth, primarily driven by the Island Gold Mine” lithium brine project in Argentina’s Salta Province.

The project consists of 33,846 hectares in 11 mining claims covering parts of the western and eastern portions of the Salar de Arizaro, one of the district’s largest known salt lakes.

“Arizaro is an accretive acquisition for Lithium X, well priced under current

Matysek. “It is one of the largest salars in the world thought to contain elevated lithium brine values and has gone largely unexplored.

Preliminary indications of brine geochemistry suggest the possibility of employing Arizaro project brine products to increase and enhance processing of Sal de los Angeles brine, the

company’s flagship asset, also located in Salta, Argentina.”

The Arizaro Project benefits from good infrastructure in the Puna region, and is set to benefit from further development of adjacent large-scale mining projects, including First Quantum’s Taca-Taca copper project and Fortuna Silver’s Lindero gold project. Other property owners in Arizaro include Eramet, Sentient and REMSA (Salta Government).

In consideration for the project, Lithium X will pay US$250,000 and issue 3,500,000 common shares to the vendor for a 100% interest in the Project on closing.

Algold Files EIS for Tijirit - Phase III Drilling Program Commences at Eleonore Algold Resources, a company focused on the exploration and development of gold deposits in West Africa, has filed an environmental impact study relating to its Tijirit property with the Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines in

Mauritania, a first step towards obtaining a mining license in the country.

A Phase III drilling program, consisting of a minimum of 20,000 metres of drilling, has commenced

at Tijirit’s Eleonore Zone, to further delineate the high-grade gold deposit.

Due to delays in obtaining assay results, Algold now expects to finalize and file an updated NI 43-101 for the Tijirit Property in the coming weeks.

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SHAW DEVELOPMENT NAMED AGENT FOR ROBOTIC REFUELING SYSTEM

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haw Development LLC has signed an exclusive reseller and service agreement with Rotec Special Projects to represent the company in strategic markets with Rotec’s robotic refueling system RFS Pitstop.

The RFS Pitstop is a containerized system for robotic refueling of heavy duty vehicles in extreme conditions. RFS is safe, efficient, easy, environmentally-friendly and theft-proof.

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“Shaw Development is uniquely situated to leverage its total refueling system capabilities to bring the RFS Pitstop to market” Operating speeds are between 150 – 300 gallons per minute (567 – 1135 litres per minute LPM).

Connection to begin refueling takes only 75 seconds and disconnecting takes just 30 seconds.

The RFS Pitstop system is a turn-key working robot, installed in a 20 foot sea-container, easily transported by truck. Interaction between the driver of the vehicle and the RFS is through a live camera system installed in the truck. The system works in all weather conditions from minus -40 degrees to +50 degrees Celsius.

Shaw Development has extensive high flow refueling experience of its own through its lines of on-vehicle refueling systems for all major mine and construction vehicles, as well as off vehicle

trust that the Shaw and Rotec market solution is a transformational refueling system.”

Based in Emmeloord, The Netherlands, Rotec Special Projects is an expert in developing line of sight vision managed robotic systems. “Rotec’s unparalleled capabilities in the deployment of 3D visioning and advanced robotics have been realized in the development of the RFS,” said Henk Hofman, General Manager, Rotec Engineering. “Rotec has 17 years of experience in robotic refueling of cars and trucks and robotic refueling of LNG vehicles. We are excited to work with Shaw Development in their exclusive role to sell, install and deploy the RFS for mines, trains and substantial construction sites.”

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ATLAS COPCO: BREAKING UP, FOR GOOD

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tlas Copco has agreed to sell its Road Construction Equipment division to French industrial and construction company Fayat Group.

The decision to divest has been made because the division does not have the economies of scale to become number one or two in its market segment.

“We have taken a lot of steps over the past years to improve the efficiency of the business, install lean production structures, innovate the product portfolio, and we have strived for improved profitability,” said Andrew Walker, President for the Construction Technique business area. “We believe we have found a good owner in Fayat Group that can develop the business further. ” The deal includes sales and service operations in 37 countries and production units in five countries; Sweden, Germany, Brazil, India and China. The divestment is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to be completed during the second quarter of 2017. In the Atlas Copco Group accounts, the divested business will be accounted for as discontinued operations as from the 2016 accounts.

Company split

This announcement comes only a few days after Atlas Copco publicly declared its intention to split the company into two. Preparations are being made to present the Annual General Meeting in 2018 with the proposition to divide the company into two listed companies, Atlas Copco and ‘Newco’ (working name).

NewCo will focus on mining/civil engineering customers and include the existing Mining and Rock Excavation Technique business area and the Construction Tools division with related service operations. Atlas Copco will focus on industrial customers and include the Compressor Technique, Vacuum Technique and Industrial Technique business areas plus the Portable Energy division, including service, and the Specialty Rental division.

“The board and management believe that long-term shareholder value will be created by splitting the Group into two separate companies,” said Hans Stråberg, chair of the board of directors

management responsibility.”

Helena Hedblom, Business Area President, Mining and Rock Excavation Technique, is excited by the prospect.

“This is a fantastic opportunity,”

“We believe that long-term shareholder value will be created by splitting the Group into two separate companies” of Atlas Copco AB. “Both businesses are global leaders in their respective fields and will benefit from a more focused

she said. “With the new company solely dedicated to mining and civil engineering we can serve our customers even better than today.”

The new company will be listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm stock exchange from mid 2018 following approval at the Atlas Copco Annual General Meeting in April 2018.

If shareholders decide in favour of the proposal, the split of the Group is planned to be executed via a share distribution, whereby Atlas Copco AB’s shareholders will receive shares in NewCo AB in proportion to their existing shareholding. The intention is to list NewCo AB on the Nasdaq Stockholm stock exchange in Stockholm, Sweden, in the second quarter, 2018.

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FLUOR WINS MAJOR MINING CONTRACTS IN AFRICA

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luor Corporation has been awarded a front-end engineering, design and optimization (FEED) contract by Danakali Limited in Eritrea, East Africa for the Colluli Potash Project, following a competitive tendering process initiated and completed in 2016.

Colluli is one of the most advanced greenfield sulfate of potash developments in the world and demonstrates outstanding economics including industry leading capital intensity, bottom quartile operating costs, close proximity to the coast and key markets, and unrivaled product diversification potential. Sulfate of potash is a high quality potash fertilizer used for farming crop development and yield maximization around the globe.

Approval of the social and environmental impact assessment for the project was given by the Ministry of Land, Water and Environment in December 2016. The award of the

Massawa (230 kilometers by road), which is Eritrea’s key import-export entry.

Danakali is an ASX-listed company and 50 per cent owner of the Colluli Potash Project, which it is currently developing in partnership with the

“Colluli is one of the most advanced greenfield sulfate of potash developments in the world” Mining Agreement and Mining License for the project is well progressed.

“Fluor will provide a highly qualified design and optimization team with world-class process infrastructure credentials for this important fertilizer project,” said Rick Koumouris, president of Fluor’s Mining & Metals business.

“In addition to working with Danakali to maximize project capital efficiency during the study and execution phases of this project, Fluor will bring topnotch project financing expertise and assistance to help Danakali advance this project to the next phase.”

The Colluli deposit is located in the Danakil region of Eritrea, East Africa.

Colluli is approximately 177 kilometers southeast of the capital, Asmara, and 180 kilometers from the port of

Eritrean National Mining Company (ENAMCO).

Bauxite project in Guinea

Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC) has awarded Fluor a $700 million engineering and program management consultancy contract for a bauxite mine in the Boké region of Guinea, Africa.

Working alongside GAC, Fluor will manage the development of a 12 million-tonne-per-annum bauxite mine, a dedicated export terminal in Port Kamsar and rail and other infrastructure upgrades. The mine, which is scheduled to begin production in 2018, will supply high-quality raw materials for alumina production facilities globally. Fluor successfully completed the feasibility study in the second quarter of 2016.

“Fluor has worked with GAC since the preliminary phase of the project to develop a customized, capitalefficient design to meet the company’s unique business objectives,” said Rick Koumouris, president of Fluor’s Mining & Metals business. “We will leverage our global expertise in marine structures, port terminals and mineral processing along with our experience in Guinea to deliver innovative design and project execution solutions.”

GAC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emirates Global Aluminium, which is equally owned by Mubadala Development Company and Investment Corporation of Dubai.

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news LARGEST GEM QUALITY DIAMOND FOUND AT GAHCHO KUÉ MINE

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ountain Province Diamonds Inc. has announced the recovery of a 67.87 carat gem quality octahedron diamond during production ramp-up at the Gahcho Kué diamond mine. This is the largest gem quality diamond recovered to date at Gahcho Kué.

“The presence of large gem quality diamonds at Gahcho Kué was established during the bulk sampling when a 25.13 carat octahedron was recovered,” noted Patrick Evans, Mountain Province President and CEO. “The recovery of a 67.87 carat gem quality diamond during production ramp-up is very encouraging.

“Following some disruptions due to conveyor systems winterization issues, the production ramp-up at Gahcho Kué is once again

More silver at GoGold GoGold Resources,

a Canadian-based silver and gold producer focused on operating, developing, exploring and acquiring high quality projects in Mexico, announced production for the quarter ended 31 December 2016 of 406,897 silver equivalent ounces, representing an increase of 122% over the previous quarter.

The production increase was driven by a full quarter of production from the Santa

Gertrudis high grade zone recently discovered, and improvements at Parral, where the tailings project is one of the lowest cash cost silver producers in the world.

The Santa Gertrudis high grade material represented approximately 50% of the quarterly production.

Production at Parral improved each month during the quarter and this improvement is expected to continue into the quarter ended 31 March 2017.

progressing well and the mine is on track to achieve commercial production on schedule during the current quarter,” he added.

Mountain Province also announced that the company’s second sale of diamonds from ramp-up production will take place in Antwerp, Belgium, from 20 February 20 to 1 March 2017.

Mountain Province Diamonds is a 49% participant with De Beers Canada in the Gahcho Kué diamond mine located in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Gahcho Kué consists of a cluster of four diamondiferous kimberlites, three of which have a probable mineral reserve of 34.88 million tonnes grading 1.57 carats per tonne for total diamond content of 54.64 million carats.

Goldcorp to sell Cerro Blanco Project

Goldcorp has agreed

to sell its 100% interest in the Cerro Blanco gold-silver project in Guatemala to Bluestone Resources.

Goldcorp will receive consideration at closing of $18 million in cash, a 1% net smelter return royalty on production, and common shares of Bluestone representing approximately 9.9% of the issued and outstanding shares upon completion

of the transaction.

Goldcorp will receive an additional $15 million in cash upon declaration of “commercial production” at Cerro Blanco.

In addition, Goldcorp has granted Bluestone a right of first refusal with respect to certain assets and equipment at the Marlin mine, also located in Guatemala, which is undergoing reclamation and revegetation activities over the next three years.

Northern Vertex orders crushing plant for Moss mine Northern Vertex Mining has placed an order with Goodfellow Crushers of Boulder City, Nevada for the design, fabrication and delivery of a three-stage crushing plant as part of the reactivation

of the company’s 100% owned Moss mine gold-silver property in Arizona.

The plant will consist of a primary jaw crusher, a secondary

cone crusher, and two tertiary cone crushers. The plant will be fabricated in the Goodfellow facility in Boulder City, with additional fabrication at the KPI-JCI facility in Eugene, Oregon.

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news BOTSWANA ADOPTS CANADA’S SUSTAINABLE MINING INITIATIVE

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he Botswana Chamber of Mines has announced that it will adopt the Towards Sustainable Mining initiative, a corporate social responsibility program developed by the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) to improve environmental and social practices in the mining industry.

This is first time that TSM has been adopted by a mining association in Africa, and the third outside Canada. FinnMin, the Finnish Mining Association, adopted TSM in November 2015 and the Cámara Argentina de Empresarios Mineros (CAEM), the Argentinean Chamber of

Mining Entrepreneurs, adopted the initiative in October 2016.

MAC and its members launched TSM in 2004.

Implementation of the program is mandatory for all MAC members’ Canadian operations, but many also voluntarily apply it to their

international sites. MAC freely shares TSM with other countries seeking tools to improve the environmental and social performance of their mining industries, including engagement with civil society and enhanced transparency and accountability.

Laramide Resources closes acquisition of Churchrock and Crownpoint

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ith the acquisition from Uranium Resources Inc of its wholly owned subsidiary Hydro Resources Inc, Laramide Resources has closed its previously announced acquisition of the Churchrock and Crownpoint properties in

New Mexico, USA. The projects have nearterm development potential and significant mineral resources. They are located within a large land package in the heart of the Grants Mining District in McKinley County, New Mexico, one of the most historically

Goldcorp to sell Los Filos mine in Mexico

Goldcorp has agreed to sell its Los Filos Mine in Mexico to Leagold Mining Corporation for an estimated consideration of $350 million in cash and shares.

Goldcorp is expected to become an approximate 30% shareholder of Leagold at completion of the acquisition.

significant uraniumproducing districts in the United States.

The transaction took over a year to complete and includes the approval from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to transfer materials licenses for the properties to Laramide.

TSM requires mining companies to annually assess their facilities’ performance across six important areas, including tailings management, community outreach, safety and health, biodiversity conservation, crisis management, and energy use and greenhouse gas emissions management.

The results are freely available to the public and are externally-verified every three years to ensure what has been reported is accurate. While the Botswana Chamber will tailor its performance areas so that they reflect the unique aspects of its domestic mining sector, they will be at a similar level to those of Canada’s.

The Commission has also approved the construction of a Central Processing Plant at the Crownpoint property.

Laramide has expertise in New Mexico through its current ownership of the La Jara Mesa uranium project. Its flagship project, Westmoreland, in Queensland, Australia, is one of the largest projects currently held by a junior mining company.

“The divestiture of Los Filos is consistent with our strategy of focusing on our core camps to drive increasing net asset value per share,” said David Garofalo, President and Chief Executive Officer of Goldcorp. “We thank the team at Los Filos for their commitment and dedication and we wish them continued success as part of Leagold. We will work closely with the team at site to ensure a smooth transition and look forward to working with Leagold to continue to add value at Los Filos.”

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news PORGERA GOLD MINE IMPROVES PRODUCTIVITY WITH RCT’S SMART TECHNOLOGY

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orgera Joint Venture and RCT have a long history of evolving site remote loader capabilities at the Porgera Gold mine in Papua New Guinea. The site’s innovation journey began with RCT’s ControlMaster Lineof-Sight and has moved on from there.

The site’s primary reason for innovating was to ensure operator safety and increase loader availability, productivity and revenue while eliminating the need for potential interaction between the operator and equipment being operated.

Although already known as one of the world’s top ten producing gold mines, the underground team’s aim was to transport an extra 30,000 tonnes of underground ore at 6.6g/t, equating to about US$8 million in extra earnings per year.

To help achieve these goals, the second largest mine in the country decided to upgrade from Line-of-Sight to ControlMaster Teleremote on the site’s

Operators use cameras and monitors to view the machine, allowing them to operate it away from a potentially hazardous location.

Before long the site installed RCT’s ControlMaster Guidance on the loaders, which prevents the machine

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from contacting walls along the tram of the loader, reducing the potential for machine damage and downtime.

“The introduction of Guidance technology resulted in an immediate increase in loader availability

and production rates,” said PJV Underground Production Superintendent Mick Arnold. “The use of Guidance Teleremote technology has removed the operator well away from the area of the loader tram.

Line-of -Sight served its purpose in the evolution of Teleremote loader operations, but the removal of the operator from the action is preferable,” he said.

“By now evolving to remote operation from the surface we have removed the operator entirely from the underground mine. This is obviously safer for the operator but also provides the operation with increased utilisation as we can now continue working over shift change, resulting in an operational efficiency improvement of 16 per cent.”

COEUR TO SELL JOAQUIN PROJECT TO PAN AMERICAN SILVER Coeur Mining Inc has agreed to sell 100% of its Joaquin project in the Santa Cruz province of southern Argentina, to Pan American Silver Corp for $15 million in cash and $10 million in Pan American stock. Coeur will also retain a 2.0% net smelter returns royalty (NSR) on the Joaquin project. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2017, subject to customary closing conditions.

“This transaction reflects our strategy to monetize noncore assets and redeploy the proceeds into higher-quality, higher-return, nearer-term growth opportunities,” said Mitchell J. Krebs, Coeur’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Pan American owns and operates seven mines in Mexico, Peru, Argentina and Bolivia and also owns several development projects in the USA, Mexico, Peru and Argentina.

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GREEN LIGHT FOR ENERGY FUELS’ SHEEP MOUNTAIN URANIUM PROJECT

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he US Bureau of Land Management has issued a final environmental impact statement and record of decision for Energy Fuels’ 100%-owned Sheep Mountain Uranium Project in the Crooks Gap mining district of central Wyoming.

“We now have all the major government approvals needed to begin mining this project” The Sheep Mountain Project is a large-scale, formerly-producing, conventional uranium mine with the potential to become a longterm uranium production centre in a higher price environment. As previously announced, the company also holds a mine permit for the project, issued by the State of Wyoming in July 2015. The EIS, the ROD and the mine permit are the last major government approvals required to commence mining, as the company continues to evaluate options for processing the resources that may be mined, including toll processing at other facilities in the region and the licensing and construction of its own onsite facility.

According to an April 2012 preliminary feasibility study, the Sheep Mountain Project is estimated to hold approximately 12.9 million tons of indicated mineral resources with an average grade of 0.117% eU3O8 containing

approximately 30.3 million pounds of uranium.

The PFS also estimates that the Sheep Mountain Project can produce up to 1.5 million pounds of uranium per year over a 15-year mine life.

“We now have all the major government approvals needed to begin mining this project, as we continue to evaluate how best to process the mined resources into finished uranium product,” said Stephen P. Antony, President and CEO of Energy Fuels. “While the project is not planned to go into production in the near-term, our costs to hold the property and permits for the Sheep Mountain Project are relatively low. Therefore, it represents an important, low-cost aspect of Energy Fuels’ optionality and leverage to rising uranium prices. Because it typically requires many years to acquire the major government approvals for uranium projects, permitted projects like Sheep Mountain will be among the first to produce uranium that can be placed into sales contracts with nuclear utilities as prices improve.

“For these reasons, we believe that permitting new projects and holding existing permitted projects have the strong potential to create real value for Energy Fuels’ shareholders. In the meantime, we intend to continue to evaluate the licensing of an onsite processing facility for the Sheep Mountain Project, seek an agreement with a nearby processing facility, or potentially sell the asset at a price that recognizes the value of the existing resources and permits.”

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news DOUBLE DRILLING SUCCESS FOR ISOENERGY URANIUM PROJECTS

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soEnergy Ltd has reported on the first stage of a two-stage drilling program at each of its Thorburn Lake and Radio uranium projects in the eastern Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan.

Thorburn Lake, located seven kilometres east of the Cigar Lake uranium mine, is 100% owned.

IsoEnergy has an exclusive right to earn a 70% interest in the Radio property, located two kilometres east of the Roughrider uranium deposit. Results of Phase 1 drilling at Thorburn Lake include the intersection of uranium mineralization in drill hole RD1619, and elevated radioactivity at the unconformity in several other drill holes.

The highlight of Phase 1 drilling at Radio was the discovery of a large zone of basement clay alteration with a tenor and scale that is typically found close to significant uranium mineralization, including the nearby Roughrider uranium deposit.

During the two-stage drilling program, land accessible targets were drilled during the period September to November 2016, whilst drilling of targets accessible upon ice formation will be undertaken in Q1 2017.

Thorburn Lake Six drill holes were completed at

Thorburn Lake to follow up on two previous drilling campaigns in 2008 and 2011, which identified an area of anomalous radioactivity and geochemistry at the sub-Athabasca unconformity.

Elevated radioactivity was observed in five of the six recently completed drill holes. The highlight was TBN16-19 where radioactivity up to 1,900 counts per second (30-40 times background) was measured with a hand-held SRAT SPP2 scintillometer in an interval straddling the unconformity.

IsoEnergy is now conducting a 10 hole winter drilling program to follow up on

the 2016 results. The primary target will be the northeast strike extension of the

on the Radio property. Three main target areas were evaluated: (1) the central Roughrider Corridor of meta-sediments, (2) magnetic low anomalies along the Northern Corridor of the property, and (3) weak but extensive clay alteration in 2013 drill hole RD13-08 along the Southern Corridor of Radio.

This last target area is the location of the basement clay alteration discovery. Depth to the sub-Athabasca unconformity at Radio ranges from 170 to 190 metres.

IsoEnergy is now conducting a 10-hole drilling program during the January to March 2017 winter drilling season to follow up on the 2016 results, in conjunction with the program at Thorburn Lake. The primary target will be uranium mineralization associated with the large zone of basement clay alteration described above.

Steve Blower, Vice-President

“Exploration success in the Athabasca basin usually begins with the intersection of significant alteration zones” mineralization, alteration and structural zone.

Radio Property

A total of 13 drill holes were completed

Exploration, commented: “Exploration success in the Athabasca basin usually begins with the intersection of significant alteration zones, which have a much larger footprint than the bodies of uranium mineralization they encompass. The volume and intensity of clay alteration in the southern target area at Radio is impressive and is similar to alteration haloes around the recently discovered Roughrider, Arrow and Gryphon basement uranium deposits.

“I’m also encouraged by the size of the area of elevated radioactivity at Thorburn Lake, especially considering that alteration and structure are improving toward the northeast. Both sites warrant additional aggressive drilling campaigns during the January to March 2017 winter drilling season.”

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THE MINING ASSOCIATION OF CANADA RELEASES 2016 TSM PROGRESS REPORT

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he Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has released its 12th annual Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) Progress Report. The 2016 report takes a detailed look at MAC members’ efforts to protect the environment and contribute positively to the communities where they operate.

The report includes 2015 performance results for 62 facilities from 22 mining companies, six of which had their results externally verified by a third party. The 2015 results show

relationships with local and indigenous communities,” said Pierre Gratton, President and CEO, MAC. “As a result, TSM has emerged as a proven sustainability standard that is attracting global attention. Interest and uptake of TSM continues to grow both domestically as well as internationally with the national mining associations of Argentina and Finland both recently adopting TSM for their members.”

The 2016 TSM Progress Report recognizes the outstanding

“TSM has emerged as a proven sustainability standard that is attracting global attention” strong performance in several areas: •

85% of facilities have a comprehensive management system for energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, compared to 75% in 2014.

• 86% have a robust crisis management plan in place at both the facility and corporate levels, compared to 83% in 2014.

• 95% of facilities engaged in effective and meaningful two-way dialogue with communities of interest, including local Aboriginal communities.

• 100% of facilities implemented a safety and health management system.

“After a little more than a decade of TSM implementation, we have seen a doubling in the number of MAC member facilities implementing good practices across the range of TSM performance areas, demonstrating TSM’s effectiveness as a performance driver. Whereas in 2004, many Canadian mining operations’ community engagement practices were ad hoc, today the vast majority boast comprehensive systems of engagement, helping to establish strong, productive

performance of six recipients of the TSM Leadership Award: Hudbay Minerals Inc, Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co. New Gold Inc., New Afton Mine Suncor Energy Inc., Oil sands facility Teck Resources Limited, Elkview Operations Teck Resources Limited, Highland Valley Copper Vale Newfoundland and Labrador Limited, Voisey’s Bay Mine This year, Teck’s Elkview Operations not only achieved a TSM Leadership Award for a second time, but did so by achieving Level AAA performance in all of the program’s indicators and meeting all of the requirements of the crisis management planning protocol during external verification.

“For the first time in TSM’s history, we are celebrating a facility for reaching the highest possible level of performance across all of TSM’s environmental and social indicators,” said Gratton. “We congratulate Teck’s Elkview Operations and their staff for this significant achievement, and we acknowledge all TSM Leadership Award recipients for continuously raising the bar in environmental and social performance.”

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ANALYSIS

SIX HUNDRED MILLION OUNCES OF SILVER

New report from The Silver Institute predicts a dramatic rise in demand for silver over the next five years

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wo of the everyday industrial uses for silver are in photovoltaic cells (the main constituents of solar panels) and as a catalyst for the production of ethylene oxide (an important precursor in the production of plastics and chemicals). These two uses of silver will together account for 120 million ounces per year of consumption on average from 2016 to 2020, an increase of 32%

bring about substantially increased silver consumption despite slow and steady declines in the amount of silver used per individual solar panel. The report projects that 2018 will be a bumper year for silver demand in PV due to the construction of a record number of solar arrays; silver use in PV in 2018 is expected to be some 75% greater than in 2015.

also expected to increase as the market for antifreeze continues to grow: car usage is expected to increase through 2020, with China leading the way, and Europe and North America projected to maintain their current high vehicle usage rates.

The combined pull of PET packaging and automotive use will boost underlying growth in ethylene oxide consumption, with a projected 30 Moz of silver demand targeted to EO through 2020.

“The report projects that 2018 will be a bumper year for silver demand in PV due to the construction of a record number of solar arrays” compared to 2015 levels, according to a new report issued by the Silver Institute.

The number of solar panel installations is forecasted to rise steadily in the coming years as a result of a combination of carbon emissions legislation, government policies and a decrease in the cost per gigawatt of electricity generated using PV. This will

Ethylene oxide (EO) is a vital raw material for a vast number of plastic and chemical products, the most important of which is ethylene glycol, used in the production of antifreeze coolants and polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a resin of the polyester family used in fibers for clothing as well as plastic bottles and food containers. EO requirements are

The authors of the report – CRU Consulting, a global commodities consultancy – explain how these expanding industries will help drive demand for silver. Detailed analysis behind the projections is presented in the complimentary report, which can be downloaded from http://www. silverinstitute.org.

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ANALYSIS GLOBAL URANIUM PRODUCTION SET TO GROW

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lobal uranium mine production is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 4.3%, to reach 76,493 tonnes in 2020,

with a combined capacity of 2,199 MW, and four reactors in Japan with a combined capacity of 3,598 MW. Global uranium consumption is

2014, with an annual uranium capacity of 6,900t,” said Cliff Smee, GlobalData’s Head of Research and Analysis for Mining. “The project produced 4,340t of

“Commercial operations at the Cigar Lake project in Canada commenced in 2014, with an annual uranium metal capacity of 6,900 tonnes” according to research and consulting firm GlobalData.

The company’s latest report reveals that growth in production is needed to meet upcoming demand from new reactors.

There are 22 new reactors scheduled for completion in 2017, with a total capacity of 22,444 Megawatts. This includes eight reactors in China with a combined capacity of 8,510 MW, two reactors in South Korea with a combined capacity of 2,680 MW, two reactors in Russia

forecast to increase by 5%, to reach 88,500t of triuranium octoxide (U₃O₈) in 2017. The major expansions to nuclear capacity are projected to occur in China, India, Russia and South Korea over the next two years to 2018. The US is forecast to remain the largest producer of nuclear power in the short term, with the recent completion of the 1,200 MW Watts Bar Unit 2 reactor in Tennessee.

“Commercial operations at the Cigar Lake project in Canada commenced in

uranium in 2015, compared with 130t in 2014. Meanwhile, production at the Four Mile project in Australia rose from 750t in 2014 to 990t in 2015.

“By contrast, production from the US declined by 32% in 2015, while in Namibia it decreased by 20%, due to respective declines of 33% each at Comeco’s Smith Ranch-Highland and Crow Butte mines in the US, and falls of 20% and 13.6% at the Rossing and Langer Heinrich mines in Namibia.”

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n the current climate of low commodity prices, many mining companies are under increasing pressure to reduce operating costs. The most obvious way to cut costs on fuel is to look for price reductions, but with the competitive nature of supplying to mines there is most probably very little margin left to “squeeze” out of the suppliers.

There have also been some exciting technological advances in recent years with fuel economy improvements being realized through improved engine design, turbo chargers, electronic fuel injection, etc.

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Assuming that you have the best price you can get from the suppliers and the most economical equipment for your site, there are a few other areas you can look at to reduce fuel costs and fuel consumption in your mining operations.

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Particulate contamination of diesel fuel due to inefficient housekeeping practices has the propensity to reduce filter life, diminish fuel life and cause component failures.

The unwanted particulates in diesel fuel can serve to increase fuel pump wear. In addition, due to the high fuel pressures, these particulates can act as a projectile within the fuel system, leading to increased injector nozzle wear and reduced combustion efficiency, which in turn results in increased fuel consumption. Improvements in fuel cleanliness will also improve fuel pump and injector life (reduced maintenance costs).

4. Use Total Excellium (fuel additive)

Many diesel fuel researchers conclude that there is benefit from the use of chemical related supplementary fuel additives.

TOTAL Excellium diesel fuel does not increase the combustion efficiency of the fuel during the combustion process but rather reduces (and even prevents) the formation of carbonaceous deposits at the injector nozzle tip which in turn helps optimise the combustion process. This is where fuel savings are then realized. TOTAL Excellium diesel fuel enables optimum performance of the combustion process within the engine to be sustained.

5. Other cost saving ideas

There are other energy and cost reduction projects to consider, the likes of which include but are not limited to: • • • • •

Periodic bench mark testing or requests for tenders from fuel suppliers Lubricant rationalisation programmes and consideration to reducing inventory levels Use of a fuel management system to help identify inappropriate use of diesel fuel on site Ask your supplier to perform oil drain extension programmes Use energy efficient lubricants.

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ith mining companies continuously looking for ways to produce more with less, innovations in process technology can be worth their weight in gold—or copper, if you prefer. While incremental improvements in productivity are always welcome, it’s not every day you come across a step change, but that is exactly what has happened thanks to a new rotor/stator mechanism devised by FLSmidth.

With the addition of Dorr-Oliver and Wemco to its portfolio, FLSmidth is a leading provider of flotation technology. A little over a year ago, the company introduced the patent pending nextSTEP™ advanced flotation mechanism, the latest design for forced air flotation technology which reduces operational costs and improves bubble-particle attachment rates.

“The nextSTEP rotor/stator provides a step change in flotation metallurgical performance and energy efficiency,” says Steve Ware, Director, Separation Technology. “It has the lowest operating power of any forced-air flotation mechanism on the market.”

The nextSTEP rotor/stator was launched in February last year at the annual Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) conference in Denver, USA. Its benefits are manifold.

Customers have experienced 15 - 40% less power consumption, for instance, while maintaining or improving recovery due to dramatic improvements in mineral-bubble attachment rates.

The nextSTEP mechanism is standard for FLSmidth’s forced air product line and can be retrofitted to existing flotation equipment as well. Even flow distribution patterns increase the life cycle of the mechanism as the jet exiting the rotor is distributed across a larger surface area. This saves money over the life of the rotor/stator and reduces downtime for repairs or replacements. On top of the even wear patterns, the rotor can also be run in a reverse direction to further increase the life cycle of the mechanism.

The nextSTEP rotor/stator technology is applicable across all mineral applications. Initial installations have been sulphide concentrators in general, and copper concentrators in particular. In these types of plants, flotation cells are principally used to process the entire feed stream handling between 50,000 and 250,000 tonnes of ore a day.

On this scale, the implications of a 20 per cent reduction in energy costs with the potential of an increase in mineral recovery bonus are a no-brainer. “These plants can have anywhere from ten to a hundred of these units operating in a concentrator,” says Ware.

FLSmidth’s nextSTEP rotor/stator technology is the result of extensive fundamental academic studies, laboratory test work and full-scale plant testing. “Flotation machines operate on a series of probabilities,” explains Asa Weber, product manager in the flotation department. “Recovery is a function of collision, adhesion and attachment. In order to improve the probability of collision and adhesion, you control the bubble size, kinetic World Mining Magazine www.ogsmag.com

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The next step in energy efficiency Introducing the all-new nextSTEP™ rotor/stator for forced-air flotation machines. This unique, innovative and patent-pending design provides a “step change” in both metallurgical performance and energy efficiency compared to other designs on the market.

The superior metallurgical performance of the nextSTEP mechanism shows up to a 5% increase in recovery, resulting from dramatic improvements in mineral-bubble attachment rates. When installed, operators note a 10-15% reduction of power requirements and see better wear distribution for increased rotor/stator life.

Upgrade to the nextSTEP™ rotor/stator mechanism in your new or existing forced-air flotation equipment and enjoy a strong positive impact on long-term operating costs.

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dissipation energy, and aeration rate. In the broadest terms, if you decrease bubble size, increase aeration rate, and optimize kinetic dissipation energy you can improve bubble/particle attachment.”

Smaller bubbles have proven to have better attachment properties than large ones, but in the normal course of events, an increase in airflow produces larger, not smaller bubbles; so it’s not a straightforward proposition. “In the design of flotation cells, we want to design a machine that produces better air dispersion,” explains Weber. “We want to increase the air volume into the machine and reduce the bubble size at the same time. Unfortunately, as you increase your aeration rate, normally the bubble size increases, so there’s an optimum range where the machine needs to function. Simultaneously, the nextSTEP rotor/stator must create the right amount of turbulence in the machine in order to maximize bubble/ particle contact.”

FLSmidth spent four years developing nextSTEP, starting from theoretical first principles, then using computational fluid dynamic models and 3D printed prototypes to optimize the rotor/stator design. “Once we understood the fundamentals of the machine and how the bubble/particle contact occurs, we wanted to improve attachment rate at an optimized power consumption to see if we could improve recovery,” says Weber.

So what has changed as a result of this research and development? What is different about the new rotor/stator design that makes it so effective? “The significant changes in design are the blade of the rotor, which has been elongated,” says Weber, “and we also cut slots in the stator for the first time and optimized the geometry of the rotor/stator assembly.”

The new rotor is designed to produce ideal flow streams. It

also produces strong enough turbulence to enhance bubbleparticle attachment. The patent-pending slotted stator makes energy dissipation more uniform, which results in a higher probability of bubble particle contact during the flotation process, dramatically improving attachment rates. Matching the shape of the rotor with the shape of the stator has facilitated better pumping performance and ensured more efficient use of energy within the cell itself. The perfect matching of the rotor and stator ensures that the widest possible flow is delivered and the highest area of stator is utilised.

“When compared to other forced-air flotation designs, the nextSTEP mechanism exhibits stronger air dispersion near the rotor/stator region, higher air hold-up and a stronger pumping effect below the rotor,” says Weber. “CFD analysis shows that the nextSTEP mechanism generates a preferred slurry flow and positive froth movement pattern near the top of the tank. This improves froth mobility and recovery of coarse particles over other competitive designs.”

The lower energy consumption and superior metallurgical performance are an attractive proposition for any mining operation using flotation technology. The nextSTEP design has been engineered to fit all sizes of machines, from the smallest one cubic metre machine up to FLSmidth’s 660m3 SuperCell machine. The mechanism is interchangeable with FLSmidth Dorr-Oliver forced-air flotation mechanisms and can be retrofitted in any forced air flotation cell.

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bhp billiton diversity with integrity BHP Billiton, a world leader in diversified resources, is among the world’s largest producers of major commodities including aluminium, coal, copper, iron ore, manganese, nickel, silver and uranium, as well as having substantial and growing interests in oil and gas.

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diversity with integrity HP Billiton’s strategy is to own and operate large, long-life, low-cost, expandable, upstream assets diversified by commodity, geography and market. This strategy has remained unchanged for over a decade and has enabled BHP to deliver superior margins throughout economic and commodity cycles for many years. A diversified, low cost, tier one asset base enhances the resilience of BHP Billiton’s cash flow by reducing its exposure to any one commodity or currency and provides for more predictable and robust financial performance. It allows the company to invest in and grow its business throughout economic cycles.

BHP Billiton’s strategy is founded on diversification – by commodity, geography and market. To succeed, it needs a workforce that reflects its values and the communities in which it operates. It aims to recruit from host communities, to attract high calibre people who are committed to the success of the organisation and thrive on working in high performing teams. It is committed to developing the skills and capability of its people and this, underpinned by its resource base, is what differentiates BHP Billiton from its competitors.

BHP Billiton is also focused on developing and growing its diversified portfolio of assets to continue to meet the changing needs of its global customer base. Its products are the raw materials fuelling not just today’s growth, but growth that will occur a century from now.

BUSINESS AREAS Minerals Australia

The Minerals Australia asset group includes operated assets in Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia. BHP’s assets focus on copper, iron ore, coal and nickel.

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a significant deposit of silver. Olympic Dam operates a fully integrated processing facility from ore to metal.

BHP Billiton’s copper business has an excellent portfolio of mining operations with substantial growth opportunities and a number of expansion opportunities on both greenfield and brownfield sites. This allows the company to expand production significantly through various projects. With a portfolio of large, low-cost mining operations, the aim is to become the pre-eminent supplier in copper through capacity expansions, reliable supply and innovative solutions. The operations also produce uranium oxide concentrate, lead concentrates and zinc concentrates, and provide base metal concentrates to custom smelters and copper cathodes to rod and brass mills and casting plants.

BHP Billiton is also focused on exploration. Its greenfield activities allow exploration of some of the most geologically prospective terrains across a wide array of countries and operating environments. Exploration activities include opportunity identification, application for and acquisition of mineral title, early reconnaissance operations to multi-milliondollar delineation drilling programs.

Western Australia Iron Ore

A jewel in BHP’s crown, Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) is an integrated system of four processing hubs and five mines, connected by more than 1,000 kilometres of rail infrastructure and two separate port facilities in the Pilbara region of northern Western Australia. At each mining hub – Newman, Yandi, Mining Area C and Jimblebar – ore from mines is crushed, beneficiated where necessary, and blended to create high-grade hematite lump and fines products.

BHP Billiton is one of the world’s leading iron ore producers, selling lump and fine product from Australia. Iron ore is a

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bhp billiton diversity with integrity major component in many modern office towers, including iconic structures around the world. It is also used extensively in motor vehicles, washing machines, refrigerators, ovens and other white goods. In pursuing ongoing growth plans, BHP Billiton Iron Ore is committed to working with its local communities to support sustainable development in the region and ensure their needs are incorporated into the company’s expansion plans.

Queensland Coal

Queensland Coal comprises the BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) and BHP Billiton Mitsui Coal (BMC) assets in the Bowen Basin in Central Queensland, Australia.

BMA is Australia’s largest coal producer and supplier of seaborne metallurgical coal. BMA is owned 50:50 by BHP Billiton and Mitsubishi Development. It operates seven Bowen Basin mines (Goonyella Riverside, Broadmeadow, Daunia, Peak Downs, Saraji, Blackwater and Caval Ridge) and owns and operates the Hay Point Coal Terminal near Mackay.

BMC owns and operates two open-cut metallurgical coal mines in the Bowen Basin – South Walker Creek Mine and Poitrel Mine. BMC is majority-owned by BHP Billiton, with 20 per cent held by Mitsui and Co.

New South Wales Energy Coal

“Western Australia Iron Ore is an integrated system of four processing hubs and five mines, connected by more than 1,000 kilometres of rail infrastructure and two separate port facilities in the Pilbara region of northern Western Australia”

New South Wales Energy Coal consists of the Mt Arthur Coal open-cut energy coal mine in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia. The site produces coal for domestic and international customers in the energy sector.

BHP Billiton’s coal business produces thermal coal primarily for use in the electric power generation industry and high quality hard coking coal for use in the international and domestic steel industry. With operations strategically located in areas with seaborne access, the business delivers logistical advantages to its customers. BHP Billiton has access to dedicated deep-water ports allowing the use of large capacity vessels to further build on regional logistic advantages.

In addition to its Australian operations, there are thermal coal operations located in South Africa, the United States and South America. Metallurgical coal has a total of eleven operations and a further two greenfield mines under construction in Australia.

These assets produce high quality hard coking coal, which is an essential raw material in the production of steel.

This high quality hard coking coal is produced from low cost asset bases in Queensland (predominantly open cut mines owned in an alliance with Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd and Mitsui) and New South Wales (100 per cent underground operations). With long life reserves, a strong portfolio of undeveloped resources and key infrastructure, the coal business has the flexibility to continually expand BHP Billiton’s production capacity in line with customer needs.

Nickel West, Australia

Nickel West is a fully integrated mine-to-market nickel business. All nickel operations (mines, concentrators, a smelter and refinery) are located in Western Australia.

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steel, or nickel-containing stainless steel, promotes a more stable and ductile structure that contributes to corrosion resistance. This product is instrumental to many industries including architecture, transport, aerospace, medical and heavy industries as well as chemical processing and energy applications. Nickel is also an essential element in many non-stainless steel applications like specialty alloys, foundry, chemicals and refractory material industries.

MINERALS AMERICAS The Minerals Americas asset group includes projects, operated and non-operated assets in Canada, Chile, Peru, United States, Colombia and Brazil. Its assets and projects focus on copper, zinc, iron ore, coal and potash.

Escondida (Chile)

BHP Billiton owns 57.5 per cent of, and operates the Escondida mine, a leading producer of copper. Escondida, located in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, is a copper porphyry deposit that also produces gold and silver. Its two open-cut pits currently feed two concentrator plants which use grinding and flotation technologies to produce copper concentrate, as well as two leaching operations (oxide and sulphide). Escondida celebrated 25 years of operation during 2016, having processed

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more than two billion tonnes of ore through leaching (solvent extraction and electrowinning) and flotation.

Pampa Norte (Chile)

Pampa Norte consists of two wholly owned operations in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile: Compañía Minera Cerro Colorado Limitada and Minera Spence S.A. Both sites produce high quality cathodes by processing copper oxides and sulphides through leaching, solvent extraction, and electrowinning.

Antamina (Peru)

BHP Billiton owns 33.75 per cent of Antamina, a large, lowcost copper and zinc mine in north central Peru. Antamina byproducts include molybdenum and lead/bismuth concentrate and small amounts of silver.

Samarco (Brazil)

“BHP Billiton is one of the world’s largest nickel miners, the fifth largest refined nickel producer and a global supplier of nickel to the stainless steel industry”

BHP Billiton Brasil and Vale each has a 50 per cent shareholding in Samarco Mineracao SA, which operates the Samarco iron ore operation in Brazil. Samarco comprises a mine and three concentrators located in the state of Minas Gerais, and four pellet plants and a port located in Anchieta in the state of Espirito Santo. Three 400-kilometre pipelines connect the mine site to the pelletising facilities. As a result of the tragic dam failure in November 2015, operations at Samarco are currently suspended.

In November this year BHP Billiton approved further financial support for Samarco. The amount of US$181 million has been approved to fund the remediation and compensation programs identified under the Framework Agreement which the Renova Foundation governs and oversees. This amount will be offset against the Group’s provision of US$1.2 billion, recognised as at 30 June 2016.

In addition, a short-term facility of up to US$115 million will be made available to Samarco to carry out remediation and stabilisation work and to support Samarco’s operations. Funds will be released to Samarco only as required and subject to the achievement of key milestones. The short-term facility allows BHP Billiton Brasil to preserve the value of its investment as options for restart continue to be assessed.

A restart of Samarco operations is important for Samarco, BHP Billiton Brasil, Vale, the local communities and for the Brazilian economy. Restart will occur only if it is safe and World Mining Magazine www.ogsmag.com

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Our experienced engineering teams work closely with clients worldwide to deliver comprehensive solutions that maximise efficiency, safety and compliance, and reduce life-time operational costs.

Global projects: • Thales Mulwala project, $1.2m — Magnetic drive pumps for pumping nitro-cellulose (explosives) • Newcrest Telfer Mine, $1.5m — Thickener underflow pumps in place of traditional slurry pumps • Oxiana (OZ Minerals) Prominent Hill, $3.8m — Bore pumps complete with headworks and telemetry, camp infrastructure, process water pumps, solution and reagent pumps.

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economic to do so and the necessary approvals have been obtained from Brazilian authorities. BHP Billiton Brasil continues to work through options for restart with Vale and Samarco.

COAL ASSETS New Mexico Coal (United States)

New Mexico Coal consists of the Navajo mine, which is located on Navajo Nation land in the US state of New Mexico. Full ownership of the Navajo Coal Company was transferred to the Navajo Transitional Energy Company (NTEC), an entity of the Navajo Nation, at the end of 2013.

New Mexico Coal and NTEC entered into a mine management agreement whereby New Mexico Coal will continue as mine operator. The sale of the Navajo mine was completed in July 2016; however, BHP Billiton has continued to manage and operate the mine and will do so until the mine management agreement ends on 31 December 2016.

Cerrejón (Colombia)

BHP Billiton has a one-third interest in Cerrejón, which owns, operates and markets one of the world’s largest open-cut export energy coal mines, located in the La Guajira province of Colombia.

Cerrejón also owns and operates integrated rail and port facilities, through which the majority of production is exported to customers

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In June this year BHP Billiton outlined the plan for its coal business to improve returns by unlocking productivity, reducing costs and releasing latent capacity. President Operations Minerals Australia, Mike Henry, told investors at a coal briefing that the company saw significant opportunity to further increase the competitiveness of its coal operations – both in terms of costs and volumes. “Rather than waiting for higher prices, we have been deliberate in shaping a quality, focused portfolio that allows us to deliver value in challenging market conditions and positions us well for an expected longer-term improvement in coal market fundamentals,” said Henry.

BHP Billiton’s coal business has delivered over US$3 billion of productivity gains since 2012 and is targeting another US$600 million by the end of the 2017 financial year. “While cost compression has been evident across the industry, we continue to work hard under our new operating model to improve our performance,” said Henry. “Even in today’s difficult environment, all of our operations remain cash positive.” BHP Billiton can also grow its coal business by releasing low-cost, latent capacity as well as by exercising high quality growth options if market conditions call for it.

The Group’s strong position in coal will be further supported by improving market dynamics. “The developing world needs steel, steel needs coking coal, and we have the strongest resource position in the seaborne market,” said Henry.

“Against the backdrop of greater uncertainty in the outlook for thermal coal, we are confident that base demand in emerging economies will remain resilient for decades to come and our higher quality coals position us well in an increasingly carbon constrained world.”

Jansen Potash Project (Canada)

“We see attractive potential in Trion and the Perdido trend, and we are pleased to have the opportunity to further appraise and potentially develop this prospective frontier area of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico”

BHP Billiton’s potash activities are aimed at potash project development. Its interest in potash is via development projects largely within the Canadian province of Saskatchewan and BHP Billiton has exploration rights to over 14,500 square kilometres of highly prospective ground in the Saskatchewan potash basin. The Jansen Project, located 140 kilometres east of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is its most advanced project and is in feasibility study stage.

OTHER ACTIVITIES Petroleum

BHP Billiton Petroleum has exploration, development, production and marketing activities in more than a dozen countries around the globe, with a significant position in the deep water Gulf of Mexico, onshore US and Australia.

Petroleum also operates assets in the United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago and Pakistan. Its oil and gas strategy is to focus on material opportunities, at high working interest with a bias for operatorship. It also holds interests in exploration blocks, exploring for significant upstream opportunities in proven basins and promising prospects around the world using the latest seismic and geophysical technology to locate new resources.

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bhp billiton diversity with integrity the winning bid to acquire a 60 per cent participating interest in and operatorship of blocks AE-0092 and AE0093 containing the Trion discovery, located in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. PEMEX Exploration & Production Mexico will retain a 40 per cent interest in the blocks. Pemex estimates the gross recoverable resource to be 485 MMboe.

Subject to satisfaction of conditions (including the obtaining of government approvals), it is anticipated that the relevant agreements would be finalised and signed within 90 days.

“We see attractive potential in Trion and the Perdido trend, and we are pleased to have the opportunity to further appraise and potentially develop this prospective frontier area of the deep-water Gulf of Mexico,” said Steve Pastor, BHP Billiton President Operations Petroleum. “This opportunity aligns with our strategy of owning and operating Tier-1 assets and provides an opportunity for BHP Billiton to leverage its industry leading deep-water drilling, development and operational expertise to create value in Mexico.”

Aluminium

BHP Billiton’s’ aluminium business has a portfolio of assets in three stages of the primary aluminium value chain: mining bauxite, refining bauxite into alumina and smelting alumina into aluminium metal. It is one of the world’s largest integrated producers with operations in South America, Southern Africa and Australia.

HISTORY Billiton’s roots trace back to 1851 and a tin mine on a little known island in Indonesia, Billiton (Belitung) island. Billiton became a global leader in the metals and mining sector and a major producer of aluminium and alumina, chrome and manganese ores and alloys, steaming coal, nickel and titanium minerals. Billiton also developed a substantial and growing copper portfolio.

Separately, Broken Hill Proprietary’s rich history began in a silver, lead and zinc mine in Broken Hill, Australia.

Incorporated in 1885, BHP engaged in the discovery, development, production and marketing of iron ore, copper, oil and gas, diamonds, silver, lead, zinc and a range of other natural resources. BHP was also a market leader in valueadded flat steel products.

BHP and Billiton merged in June 2001, becoming one of the world’s largest diversified resources businesses that is today among the world’s largest producers of major commodities, including aluminium, coal, copper, iron ore, manganese, nickel, silver and uranium, and with substantial interests in oil and gas. In 2010, BHP Billiton celebrated its 150th anniversary and three significant milestones: Billiton’s establishment on 28 October 1860, BHP’s incorporation on 13 August 1885 and BHP Billiton’s listing on the Australian and London Stock Exchanges on 29 June 2001.

Today, an unrivalled portfolio of high quality growth opportunities will ensure BHP Billiton continues to meet the changing needs of its customers and the resources demand of emerging economies at every stage of their growth. The diversification of the BHP Billiton portfolio continues to be its World Mining defining attribute.

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Leonard A Eros, Global Mining Manager of ABB’s RM Division, tells Martin Ashcroft about the current challenges and trends in the industry

“The RM Division is responsible for motors and generators, mechanical equipment and what we call drives, which are motor control devices, controlling the speed and power of motors,” explains Len Eros (pictured above). Such is the diversity of these product groups that his team is scattered all over the world, depending on where ABB’s various factories are located. There’s a large motors group in Italy, for instance, a low voltage centre in Finland, and a mechanical centre in the US. There’s no doubt that mining has had a few tough years recently, yet the number one priority in the industry remains the same as it has always been—safety. “That comes before World Mining Magazine www.ogsmag.com

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anything else,” says Eros, “and it’s becoming more important all the time because society in general is recognising that if you work in the mining industry you don’t need to jeopardise your safety or your health. I think in the past there was an acceptance that if you worked in mining you would be exposed to the risk of injury or accident, but people don’t accept it any more. And they shouldn’t. We have enough technology now so it can be as safe as we choose to make it.”

It’s becoming more evident as time goes by that safety and efficiency go hand in hand. Apart from the human cost, accidents disrupt the flow of work. Even taking time to prevent a safety issue affects productivity, so by definition, efficient processes will be safe processes.

How does ABB contribute to this trend? “One of the things that modern operations are focusing on is removing people from hazardous situations,” says Eros. “One way of doing that is through the increased mechanisation of mining processes.

That takes different forms but one is to move people away from machines. People may still be in proximity to the machine but they may not be in such a hazardous area.”

They may begin by using remote controls instead of sitting in a cab. With more advanced systems the operators may not even be at the mine location. Once you have a high level of mechanisation like this, you then require a high level of automation, and ABB plays a big role in fulfilling that need.

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“As you get more automated,” Eros points out, “when people are no longer in close proximity to the machines, you lose that sensory perception that people have when they can feel the vibrations and hear the tone of the engine, so you have to have data to replace what they would have been sensing themselves if they had been there.”

This is part of what is called ‘big data’, and what’s driving it, whether it be a huge haul truck or a tiny motor, is that the machines are all collecting data about their operational performance and the conditions they’re operating in; they then transmit the data so it can be processed. “That requires a huge amount of processing capability,” says Eros. “So mechanisation is leading to automation and it’s being driven by the need to have a safer mining operation, and by trying to become more efficient at what we’re doing.”

While the global economy has been in the doldrums, the mining sector has suffered along with it. Reduced demand for metals and minerals has brought down prices, and these factors are beyond miners’ control. “They can’t control demand and they can’t control prices,” says Eros, “but they can control the cost of production, so what we’re seeing today is a huge focus on cost reduction through improved efficiency.”

Data plays a huge role in the pursuit of efficiency, and is becoming ever more sophisticated in its contribution. It started simply with pieces of equipment monitoring themselves; a

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“When people are no longer in close proximity to the machines, you lose that sensory perception that people have when they can feel the vibrations and hear the tone of the engine, so you have to have data to replace what they would have been sensing themselves if they had been there”

motor that monitors bearing temperature or vibration level, for instance. Data being collected now, however, enables whole systems to be monitored to optimise the performance of the complete process.

This is where ABB’s innovation comes into its own. “We recently launched a product called a Smart sensor,” says Eros.

“It’s a device which can attach to any manufacturer’s brand of motor and it collects data and transmits it into a cloud storage environment so that data can be compared with literally thousands of other motors operating in similar environments.

We’ve always focused before on medium voltage motors on big expensive machines, but when you look at mining operations there are far more small low voltage motors than there are large motors, and these tended to be ignored. Now we can take all kinds of parameters and analyse them together, even on small low cost motors, to detect when problems may be occurring. That is on a component level but it’s critical because all components have to work for the system to work.”

Another trend that Eros identifies is one towards greater customization. “We are increasingly designing products specifically for the customer’s particular application,” he says.

“Motors that are specifically configured for mining industry requirements. What we need in a motor for an underground coal mine is different from a motor we would use in a surface iron ore mine. Our customers are wanting equipment that is more specifically designed to their application as opposed to a one size fits all.” All the best manufacturers build highly efficient motors, he says, “so we are also looking at how we can improve system efficiency through a higher level of controls. A motor may not need to be running at full load,” for instance, “if it’s exceeding the capacity of the system it’s working in.”

One new product that is really helping to improve efficiencies in mining is the HES880 Mobile Drive, which has been developed in close co-operation with mining OEMs. It is a modular drive unit that is designed specifically for fullyelectric or hybrid-electric vehicles, such as trucks, front loaders, drill rigs and excavators. The main efficiency benefits come from storing and reusing energy while machine is operating and reducing ventilation in underground mines.

With cost saving in mind, customers are also looking for equipment that offers longer life and less maintenance. They want to see their machinery running, not in the shop being maintained. Equipment designed specifically for a particular application tends to run longer with less maintenance, and that lowers the customer’s total cost of ownership.

Another aspect of that is how maintenance is planned. “As part of the drive for high efficiency, people want to move from preventive maintenance to predictive maintenance,” says Eros.

“Instead of changing the oil every six months, for instance, they want to know how many hours the engine has been running, and under what conditions. In order to make that decision you need better data coming in.

“So when we’re doing any kind of system, be it a conveyor system or a crusher, a material handling system or any similar system, people don’t want to be told to do maintenance after so many hours, they want to be told when maintenance is really needed.”

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“They can’t control demand and they can’t control prices, but they can control the cost of production, so what we’re seeing today is a huge focus on cost reduction through improved efficiency”

increasing role, too. “Mining operations need to maintain a social licence to operate,” says Eros. “That’s come into focus now more than ever because communities have a lot more information than they are used to, no matter how remote they are. They know that it’s possible to have a mining operation that doesn’t adversely affect their water supply, and doesn’t contaminate the environment, so the mines have to maintain good relationships and be good neighbours.

“Noise reduction is another important issue which can impact the mines relationship with the community so we’re also designing machines with quieter motors and drives with a lower noise output than ever before. And, of course, recognizing the need to reduce our impact on the environment drives our efforts to design products and provide solutions with reduced energy consumption, lower emissions and a reduced carbon footprint.”

So some of the top priorities of ABB are to answer the challenge for safer operations through the use of mechanization and automation that allows people to be removed from hazardous environments. Developing the expertise to handle the big data required with that process is also fundamental to its success. And answering the industry’s need to run more efficient operations, take advantage of predictive maintenance and reduce their carbon footprint goes into the design of all its new products and solutions.

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otal’s mining specialists are always looking for ways to help customers reduce their controllable costs. Here are six practical tips for mining companies to make savings on mine sites. It is simple and it’s worked for many of our mining clients, we hope it helps you as well!

1. Rationalize your oil

A core fundamental of oil management is to rationalize the number of lubricants and lubricant packaging. The Total mining team has observed that this can result in savings up to 17% of your total oil cost! This is done through savings in physical inventories, costs associated with handling, spoilage, theft, storage space and stock obsolescence.

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applications, with slightly different specifications or pack sizes. One way in which Total can help is to go through your oil range at site and select the most appropriate product to cover as many applications as possible. For example, Total has developed the TP Star Max lubricant which is suitable for engine, hydraulic and transmission systems, thus reducing the need to store three different oils on site, while still meeting the required OEM specifications.

2. Standardize your oil packaging

Another way is to standardize your oil packaging wherever possible: Do you really need the same product in pails, drums, intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) and bulk? Too many options can result in increased costs and duplication of effort.

A thorough look at where and how each pack size is being used and dispensed will allow you to reduce the number of disposable packs. Not only will you simplify your ordering processes, but you will also free up valuable storage space and reduce your cost of working capital.

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SIX WAYS TO DECREASE THE OIL COST ON A MINE SITE 3. Avoid contamination

Contamination control is often overlooked when considering why premature failure occurred or why oil life has been diminished. The two primary contaminants in oil are dirt (environmental dust) and moisture.

When oil is contaminated, it accelerates wear which can result in early breakdown, thus leading to significant increases in operating costs. Thus, maintaining clean oil is a key investment initiative for mining companies.

Total suggests using contamination control techniques such as desiccant breathers on bulk and intermediate containers as well as filtration on bulk fluid dispensing. The use of filtration on fluid dispensing on IBC and drums can also be applied. The benefits of sound contamination control in lubricants will extend the life of lubricated equipment and reduce overall maintenance costs.

4. Get your used oil analysed

The aim of oil analysis is to get a “snap shot” of the condition of both the lubricant and the equipment at a point in time. Over a period of time, used oil analysis allows predictive maintenance which helps you to know when to plan your maintenance operations at the optimal moment. It also allows you to optimize your oil change frequency, to avoid costly emergency repairs, and to increase lifespan of your machines.

For example, TOTAL ANAC Laboratories perform over 200,000 diagnostics each year for mining companies and other automotive and industrial customers. All that is required is to collect the oil sample at regular intervals (without having to stop the machine!) and send it to Total’s oil analysis laboratory using the ANAC analysis kit. ANAC automatically sends a full comprehensive report via email with the analysis of the sample. This report can also be viewed over the internet.

Contact Total to find if there is an ANAC lab in your region.

5. Get a FIFO approach with the storage of your oils

When a 205 litre container or a 1000 litre container (IBC) has reached the end of its product shelf life, its use can have detrimental effects on your equipment. The product should be discarded, which adds to cost. This is called “obsolescence cost” and it occurs when proper storage practices are not in place.

Total suggests a First-In-First-Out (FIFO) approach to storage of oils on mining sites. Improving overall warehouse management of stored products as well as a FIFO approach to product storage will help reduce these obsolescence costs.

Total’s site facility audit can help identify areas of improvement.

6. Get the lube supplier to audit the mine

Total employs oil specialists to assist its clients in identifying areas of improvement that contribute to cost saving initiatives. For example, replacing just one lubricant with another can contribute to the reduction of many different types of costs. These may include: Purchasing cost, Maintenance cost Energy cost Fuel cost Waste oil cost

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barrick gold the 21st century miner The largest producer of gold in the world, Barrick Gold has long set the standard for sustainability.

Further growth in the 21st century is planned through partnerships of real depth and trust with host governments, local communities, NGOs, indigenous people, and its supply chain.

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hirty years ago Barrick Gold was already one of North America’s top gold producers. Then in 1986, the purchase of the Goldstrike Mine in Nevada set the company on a trajectory to international expansion, with the acquisition of mines in South America, Africa and the Australia Pacific seeing it become the largest gold producer in the world. Today, Barrick pursues a vision to be the world’s best gold mining company by operating in a safe, profitable and responsible manner.

Barrick operates five cornerstone mines — Cortez and Goldstrike in Nevada, Pueblo Viejo in the Dominican Republic, Lagunas Norte in Peru and Veladero in Argentina.

Recognized for its strong corporate responsibility culture, Barrick Gold been listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for seven consecutive years, ranked most recently as the top performer in the mining industry category.

GLOBAL OPERATIONS Barrick Gold’s breadth of operations spans the globe. Its key sites include Pueblo Viejo in Dominican Republic, Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, The Cortez District in Nevada, Jabal Sayid in Saudi Arabia, Pascua-Lama on the Chile/Argentina border, Goldstrike in Nevada and Kabanga in Tanzania.

Gold: Americas

Pueblo Viejo is located in the Dominican Republic, approximately 100 kilometres northwest of the capital city of Santo Domingo, and is operated by the Pueblo Viejo Dominicana Corporation (PVDC), a joint venture between Barrick (60%) and Goldcorp (40%). The mine achieved first gold production in 2012 and completed its ramp up in 2014. It is now the only mine in the world with annual production of more than one million ounces of gold.

Barrick’s share of gold production in 2015 was 572,000 ounces and is forecast to be 670,000-700,000 ounces in 2016. Barrick’s technical experts have identified multiple opportunities to further optimize operations and increase cash flow at Pueblo Viejo. These include: increasing plant throughput by optimizing ore blending and autoclave ability; and reducing costs by optimizing maintenance programs. Long-term, Pueblo Viejo has significant reserves and resources with potential to expand the life of the mine.

As of December 31, 2015, Barrick’s share of proven and probable gold reserves at Pueblo Viejo was 8.96 million ounces.

The Cortez mine is located 100 kilometres southwest of Elko, Nevada, on one of the world’s most highly-prospective mineral trends. The Pipeline and Cortez Hills deposits are mined by conventional open-pit methods, and the Cortez Hills underground is an underhand cut and fill operation.

With a 382-square-mile land package, Cortez remains a highly prospective district for Barrick.

Goldstrike is located on the Carlin Trend, the most prolific gold mining district in the western hemisphere, about 60 kilometres northwest of Elko, Nevada. The operation includes the Betze-Post open pit mine — a truck and shovel operation — and the Meikle and Rodeo underground mines. Goldstrike

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“Barrick Gold been listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for seven consecutive years, ranked most recently as the top performer in the mining industry category”

produced 1.05 million ounces of gold in 2015.

The Turquoise Ridge property is located in the Potosi Mining District, about 70 kilometres northeast of Winnemucca, Nevada. Barrick is the operator and 75% owner of the mine with Newmont owning the remaining 25 per cent. Turquoise Ridge uses underhand cut-and-fill mining methods and ore is transported to Newmont’s Twin Creeks mill for processing. The refractory gold ore is treated by pressure oxidation technology and gold is recovered using conventional carbon-in-leach technology. Barrick’s share of gold production in 2015 was 217,000 ounces of gold, and the mine is expected to produce 255,000-275,000 ounces of gold in 2016.

The Golden Sunlight mine is located in Jefferson County in southwestern Montana in the United States, 55 kilometres east of Butte and eight kilometres northeast of Whitehall. The property lies on the eastern flank of a fault-bounded mountain range known as Bull Mountain. Golden Sunlight is mined by conventional open-pit methods. The ore treatment plant uses conventional carbon-in-pulp technology as well as sand tailing retreatment (STR), designed to recover gold that would otherwise be lost in the process. Golden Sunlight produced 68,000 ounces of gold in 2015.

Lagunas Norte is located on the Alto Chicama property in north-central Peru, 140 kilometres east of the coastal city of Trujillo. The property lies on the western flank of the Peruvian Andes at an elevation of 4,000 to 4,260 meters above sea level.

It’s an open-pit, crush, valley-fill heap leach operation.

Lagunas Norte produced 560,000 ounces of gold in 2015 and total production in 2016 is anticipated to be 425,000-450,000 ounces of gold.

The Veladero mine is located in the San Juan Province of Argentina in the highly prospective Frontera District. The property is located at elevations of 4,000 to 4,850 meters above sea level, approximately 374 kilometres northwest of the city of San Juan. Veladero is a conventional open-pit operation where ore is crushed by a two-stage crushing process and transported via overland conveyor and trucks to the leach pad area. Runof-mine ore is trucked directly to the valley-fill leach pad.

Veladero produced 602,000 ounces of gold in 2015.

The Hemlo property consists of Williams, an underground and open pit mine, located approximately 350 kilometres east of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Ore from the mine is fed to a standard grind, leach and carbon-in-pulp extraction mill.

Hemlo produced 219,000 ounces of gold in 2015. In 2016, gold production is expected to be 215,000-230,000 ounces.

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The Kalgoorlie operation consists primarily of the Super Pit open-pit mine, located along the Golden Mile ore bodies which were previously mined from underground. The mine is located adjacent to the town of Kalgoorlie approximately 550 kilometres east of Perth, Western Australia. Barrick holds a 50% interest with Newmont Mining Corporation holding the remaining 50% interest. The Super Pit is the biggest open pit gold mine in the country and the company’s operations ensure Australia holds its place, behind South Africa and the USA, as the third biggest gold producer in the world. Kalgoorlie is an open-pit, truck-and-loader operation. Barrick’s share of gold production in 2015 was 320,000 ounces and Barrick’s share of World Mining Magazine www.ogsmag.com

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barrick gold the 21st century miner proven and probable mineral reserves as of December 31, 2015, was 4.2 million ounces of gold.

The Porgera Joint Venture is an open pit and underground gold mine located at an altitude of 2,200-2,700 meters in the Enga Province of Papua New Guinea. The operation is roughly 130 kilometres west of Mount Hagen and 600 kilometres northwest of the capital Port Moresby.

Barrick (Niugini) Ltd. is the 95% owner of the Porgera Joint Venture and is the manager of the operation. Barrick Gold Corporation and Zijin Mining Group each own 50% of Barrick (Niugini) Ltd. The remaining 5% interest in the Porgera Joint Venture is held by Mineral Resources Enga and is divided between the Enga Provincial government (2.5%) and local landowners (2.5%).

Copper

“The Super Pit in Kalgoorlie is the biggest open pit gold mine in Australia. Barrick and Newmont Mining Corporation each owns a 50 per cent share”

The Jabal Sayid copper project, a 50-50 joint venture with Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden), commenced commercial production on July 1, 2016. Barrick’s share of 2016 copper production from Jabal Sayid is expected to be 10-20 million pounds, at a cost of sales of $2.10-$2.90 per pound, and all-in sustaining costs of $2.80-$3.10 per pound. The mine is expected to ramp up to a production rate of about 100 million pounds per year in the second half of 2017, as additional underground development is completed. As of December 31, 2015, Barrick’s share of reserves at Jabal Sayid was 698 million pounds of copper.

The Lumwana copper mine is located in Zambia, in one of the most prospective copper regions in the world. Lumwana ore, which is predominantly sulfide, is treated through a conventional sulfide flotation plant, producing copper concentrate for smelting. Lumwana produced 287 million pounds of copper in 2015.

Zaldívar is a 50/50 joint venture operation with Antofagasta Plc, overseen by a joint board of directors with three Barrick nominees and three Antofagasta nominees. Antofagasta is the operator of the mine. The mine is located in the Andean Precordillera in Region II of northern Chile, approximately 1,400 kilometres north of Santiago and 175 kilometres southeast of the port city of Antofagasta. An open-pit, heapleach copper mine, it lies at an average elevation of 3,000 meters. Pure cathode copper is produced by three stages of crushing and stacking, followed by heap leaching and bacterial activity to remove the copper from the ore. Run-of-mine dump leach material is placed on the old sulphide ore pad and leached. Zaldívar produced 218 million pounds of copper in 2015.

FUTURE GROWTH Barrick’s project portfolio is unsurpassed in the gold industry and represents a source of huge value. As of December 31, 2015, it had proven and probable gold reserves of 91.9 million ounces, and 79.1 million ounces of measured and indicated gold resources. Around existing mines, Barrick is advancing organic growth opportunities at Cortez, Goldrush, Lagunas Norte, and Turquoise Ridge. Scaleable projects that provide future optionality include Donlin Gold, Cerro Casale, and Pascua-Lama.

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The Cortez Underground Expansion project looks to expand underground mining into the Deep South zone below currently permitted levels. The estimated initial capital expenditure will be $153 million, with an estimated construction start date of 2019-2020. Estimated first production will be 2022-2023.

Barrick’s Goldrush and Fourmile project in Nevada involves the development of an underground mine at Goldrush and has an estimated initial capital expenditure of $1 billion. Average annual production is expected to be 440,000 ounces and Barrick plans for construction to commence in 2020, with first production in 2021.

Laguna Norte extension of life project is estimated to commence in 2020, with first production late 2021. It will involve the installation of a refractory ore processing circuit to extend life of mine by nine years.

Barrick is also looking to expand its Turquoise Ridge underground mine through the construction of an additional production shaft. The investment cost will be $325 million and the additional shaft will boost production from approximately 280,000 ounces to 500,000 ounces per year.

So, a huge amount of investment is planned and to manage the current operational base and growth of the business Barrick has put together a business plan that involves the pursuit of three strategic goals over the next five years.

The first is a profound understanding of and commitment to the idea that in the twenty-first century, its core business

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barrick gold the 21st century miner is building partnerships of real depth and trust with host governments, local communities, NGOs, indigenous people, and others. By taking their minerals out of the ground with their support, Barrick is able to create wealth for all.

The second goal is to produce industry-leading margins by operating in a way that is gold-price agnostic. Whatever the gold price, Barrick is constantly pushing to reduce its costs by being the best for productivity and efficiency. That means a continuous, relentless cycle of improvement and innovation, so that it can weather gold price volatility, while remaining focused on its ultimate objective of growing free cash flow per share.

The third goal is superior portfolio management and measuring success in terms of quality, not quantity. While Barrick may produce fewer ounces than in recent years, it generates significantly more free cash flow per share. In 2015 Barrick produced free cash flow for the first time in four years, through its strategy of prioritising growing free cash flow over growing ounces.

Also key to Barrick’s ongoing success is its relationship with its supply chain. Barrick recognizes that the conduct and behaviour of its suppliers, vendors and contractors can affect — both positively and negatively — the quality of its workplace and the environment, the lives of people in local communities, as well as its reputation and ability to operate effectively. For these reasons Barrick chooses its vendors with great care; it demands that its supply chain partners uphold Barrick’s principles of ethical business conduct and respect for human rights. That way both Barrick and its suppliers enjoy close partnerships that are mutually beneficial.

Vision

“Barrick follows a continuous, relentless cycle of improvement and innovation, so that it can weather gold price volatility while remaining focused on its ultimate objective of growing free cash flow per share”

Barrick Gold has a vision, stated thus: “We will, over time, transform Barrick into a mining company for this century by reconceptualising the essence of how one succeeds in this industry. We have intentionally chosen a model that is distinct from our peers. We are mindful of John Templeton’s admonition, ‘If you want superior performance, you must be different.’ We agree. It is who we are today and it was always Barrick’s original DNA. We will embody that DNA in a way that is all the more relevant by making the best use of technology and data, embedding it into our every fibre. It will make us better, it will make us faster—and it will make us safer. We will do this carefully, deliberately, and with an uncompromising eye on return on invested capital. But we will do it. In the end, we want to be among the very best twentyfirst century companies, not just in our industry, but in any industry.

In the fullness of time, we believe Barrick will be both the lowest-risk investment of its kind, and the one creating the most value.

The gold mining sector is ripe for disruption, and at Barrick we are restless. We will be a twenty-first century mining company—generating wealth for our owners, our people, and the countries and communities with which we partner—with conviction and the courage to be different.”

The industry will be watching keenly over the next few years for the transformation of a business, and perhaps an entire industry.

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bullseye distributors ltd MINING MEAL SOLUTIONS DELIVERED AT OYU TOLGOI Of all the logistical tasks in managing a modern mining operation, getting a constant supply of quality nutritious food to fuel the appetites of thousands of miners isn’t the first problem which normally springs to mind. But no mining company should ever underestimate the importance in morale and performance of getting good food - on time, day after day - to those who do one of the toughest jobs on the planet.

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MINING MEAL SOLUTIONS DELIVERED AT OYU TOLGOI

aced with the fact that meal delivery to mining teams was at best a low-tech part of an otherwise meticulously planned high-tech operation, one British company saw an opportunity to put the experience it gained in the UK social care sector to the test by offering mining operations the chance to switch to a simple but highly effective meal delivery system.

And now the system has been proven across the globe at giant operations such as Oyu Tolgoi in Mongolia and Ambatovy in Madagascar.

Bullseye Distributors works closely alongside mining management and their contracted catering operations to provide tailored meal delivery solutions based on its sustainable sealed tray system. It not only gives protection and sealed-in nutrition for meals delivered to remote operations but it also reduces food wastage and eradicates spillage along the way. But the company goes further by including kitchen team training on how to get the best out of their system as well as advising and implementing every part of the process - and even resolving packaging and food waste issues in some of the most ecologically sensitive areas of the world.

Ambatovy

“Regular, nutritious food delivery is essential. We believe our system will significantly contribute to the mine’s efficiency and productivity”

At its first mining site operation, Bullseye’s close working relationships resulted in a revolution in food quality and service on the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar at the Ambatovy mining project. It came about because the operation demanded that there was minimal down time around the lunch break, which meant that pack meals were essential.

However, the workforce was very dissatisfied with the existing system. In addition, those behind Ambatovy were committed to contributing to sustainable development in Madagascar – a unique eco system - far into the future and long after they have left. This commitment dovetailed perfectly with Bullseye’s philosophy even down to the smallest detail in adopting ecofriendly meal trays for the 1,700 workers there who need a healthy, nutritional meal three times a day. And now the same proven approach has taken off at the Oyu Tolgoi mine in the remote Gobi Desert in Mongolia.

Bullseye meal trays are made from eco-friendly paper pulp and the separate compartments are sealed with film lids by purpose-designed Bullseye machines. This means that food such as a typical three course lunch of meat with rice, vegetables and salad and dessert or fruit can be delivered to even the remotest parts of the mine without affecting quality and presentation.

Before these new trays were introduced it was not possible to include sauces or juices with the meals as these would run into other foods in transit. Now the meals, which are freshly made and packed under clinical conditions in a central kitchen, can be sealed, stacked and shipped to workers without the problems of the past and with the big advantage of reducing the need to transport workers to central feeding points. The system also brings flexibility of scaling up food delivery at times of workforce expansion or during the construction of new facilities at the mine.

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even to the remotest parts of the mine. And at the end of the process, the used paper pulp trays and food residues can be collected and separated afterwards for recycling or beneficial recovery.

As Peter Prior of Bullseye, which developed the packed meal system for social care meal deliveries, explains: “When we were first approached to resolve a meal delivery problem in the mining sector, we identified a number of issues preventing not just a sustainable meal delivery but also affecting the quality of food and presentation. The old-fashioned polystyrene food boxes they were using not only meant meals got cold quickly but were also difficult to transport and food quickly became messy and mixed together, losing its appeal. The polystyrene was also not environmentally friendly and so contributed to waste disposal problems. Throughout the day, miners work hard and deserve good food and our system allows this. At Oyu Tolgoi by 2021, around 6,000 workers will extract nearly half a million tonnes of copper and 425,000 ounces of gold every year. For them, regular, nutritious food delivery is essential. We believe our system will significantly contribute to the mine’s efficiency and productivity.”

The Bullseye trays also allow the full range of cooking and storage options as they can be frozen to minus 40°C and heated to 205°C in conventional or microwave ovens. But the new thinking in food packaging and delivery also brought other advantages. It allowed the site catering team the freedom to reconsider the possibilities of new ingredients and sauces. On this basis, they were able to create a new range of menus with greater choice and appeal.

Since he launched his range of food trays and associated

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bullseye distributors ltd MINING MEAL SOLUTIONS DELIVERED AT OYU TOLGOI equipment in the UK in 2009, Peter Prior has captured markets in sectors ranging from care homes and meals-on-wheels to prison cells and the production sites of environmentally conscious ready-meal makers. But the global reach of his simple web site is what led to the enquiry for a solution in Madagascar and, more recently the Bullseye reputation spread to Oyu Tolgoi.

Now the interest goes even further as Bullseye took the big step to exhibit at MINExpo 2016 in Las Vegas Nevada, USA. As Peter says, “The interest in what we offer was phenomenal with many saying that food delivery is an area that is one of their biggest headaches. Because mining in remote and highly sensitive areas attracts attention in the media and elsewhere, being at MINExpo convinced us that even the giant corporate operations have to pay attention to the finest detail in every aspect of the impact they make. Now it is clear from our discussions that they are seeking the greenest route to feeding their employees and helping improve food quality into the bargain. Just as importantly, by using our eco tray system, we can help ensure there is no residual food and packaging waste problem left behind as a nasty taste in years to come.”

Bullseye can be contacted on + 44 1525 863911 or in the UK on 0800 011 2311. The email address is info@ bullseyedistributors.co.uk and the web site is www.bullseyedistributors.co.uk

“Even the giant corporate operations have to pay attention to the finest detail in every aspect of the impact they make”

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TOTAL RUBIA WORKS 1000 The best mining companies understand that the true cost of lubrication extends far beyond its purchase price. Bernard Lamy and Jonathan Montales of TOTAL tell Martin Ashcroft how choosing engine oil specially designed for the mining industry can reduce the overall cost of ownership on a mine site.

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iven that many oil companies produce a range of diesel engine oils that they claim can equally be used in both on- and off-road applications, mining companies often purchase engine lubricants that are more suitable for on-road engines such as buses or trucks. The truth is, however, that a truck driving comfortably at a constant speed on the open road is hardly comparable to a piece of mining equipment working in a static position in a hot, dusty environment, with hot air ventilation, lifting heavy loads all day, every day. That kind of treatment puts an entirely different level of stress on an engine, and although an ‘ordinary’ oil will still do the job, there are many gains to be made from choosing a specifically designed lubricant solution.

“After feedback from the industry and OEMs, we began to understand that the specific demands of the application were such that a special kind of engine oil was needed to satisfy mining requirements,” says Bernard Lamy, currently manager of lubricant development for Total’s Automotive Off-Road segment.

The result is Rubia Works 1000, an engine oil that was launched five years ago by Total and is now used on mine sites all around the world. Specially formulated for heavy equipment without diesel particulate filters such as excavators, wheelloaders, dump trucks or dozers, etc, Rubia Works 1000 is a uniquely developed engine oil with higher viscosity and higher oxidation resistance. In other words, it’s thicker and resists ageing for a longer period than regular oils. “Mining equipment is often working in a static position, so the engines have less natural cooling than in a truck,” explains Lamy, “so the engine oil must be able to operate at a higher temperature, too.”

“The main advantage for mining customers is an extended drain interval,” says Jonathan Montales, Automotive Application engineer and Off-Road OEM Liaison Manager for the Asia Pacific region. “It is normal in the industry to change the oil every 250 to 350 working hours, but with Rubia Works 1000 this can be extended to 500 hours and more.”

The customer not only saves money on the amount of oil that has to be purchased, but also enjoys increased productivity as the machine spends less time in the maintenance shop and more time working. Extending the drain interval is the most obvious benefit but this has even more knock on effects throughout the operation: the engine oil improves the overall engine durability by reducing wear, by keeping the engine surfaces clean, by dispersing the contaminants, by neutralizing acids and by resisting oil degradation, so the engine itself performs better and requires fewer repairs.

Rubia Works 1000 can be used with all vehicle brands and has been certified in accordance with Japanese, European and American criteria. Tests carried out on the Caterpillar C13 engine showed that when Rubia Works 1000 15W-40 is used, nearly 50% less oil top-up is required compared with the benchmark lubricant—evidence of its perfect piston ring sealing and maximum engine efficiency. Further, measurements of camshaft wear, the perfect indicator for engine protection, have demonstrated the protective capabilities of this lubricant.

Rubia Works 1000 15W-40 has also passed Komatsu’s stringent independent test relating to the oil’s ability to resist oxidation and deposit formation—a critical factor given Komatsu’s 500 hours oil drain interval—and has been similarly complying with the stringent requirements of a catalogue of constructors including Caterpillar, Hitachi, Cummins, MTU, Detroit-Diesel, Volvo, Isuzu, Deutz, Daimler and many others…

But its role as an engine oil is just the starting point for this unique lubricant. “Some of our end users have been asking us if it is possible to use this oil in gearboxes as well as engines,” concludes Lamy, “so Rubia Works 1000 has now been approved

by Allison for certain types of off-road transmissions.” The advantage here is to rationalise the number of different oils that have to be purchased, stored and managed, offering mining operators another opportunity to reduce costs.

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The Elphinstone name returns to the global underground mining industry after a unique deal with Caterpillar. Zak Brakey, Sales & Marketing Manager of Elphinstone Pty Ltd, tells Martin Ashcroft about the underground movement down under.

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n agreement between Elphinstone and Caterpillar has paved the way for Elphinstone to re-establish its world-renowned brand and commence manufacturing specialised underground mining support vehicles from its home base of Burnie,Tasmania, Australia.

The Elphinstone name has been closely linked with Caterpillar since company founder Dale Elphinstone joined Victorian and Tasmanian Cat dealer William Adams as an apprentice in 1966. Using his father’s shed to modify Cat surface mining equipment for underground applications, he started Elphinstone Pty Ltd in 1975, eventually specialising in the manufacturer of load haul dump trucks (LHDs) and articulated dump trucks. All Elphinstone equipment was built using Caterpillar components and sold and supported via Cat’s global dealer network.

The company’s success led to the creation of a 50/50 joint venture with Caterpillar in 1995, known as Caterpillar Elphinstone Pty Ltd. Five years later, Caterpillar exercised its option to purchase the remaining 50% of the business, replacing the Elphinstone name to become Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd. While a return to manufacturing support equipment for underground mining had been contemplated by Elphinstone, the move was hastened by Caterpillar’s 2015 announcement that it would complete the relocation of its Burnie based manufacturing operations to Rayong, Thailand at the beginning of 2016.

So, what exactly has been agreed? “We have bought back our Elphinstone brand from Caterpillar and commenced manufacturing support vehicles for the underground mining industry,” says Zak Brakey, Sales & Marketing Manager of Elphinstone Pty Ltd. The Elphinstone manufacturing philosophy has always been to build products that are complementary to Caterpillar’s existing equipment range, he explains, using original Cat components. Caterpillar does not produce underground support vehicles, Brakey explains. “They build primary production machines; LHDs and trucks. We are designing and manufacturing Elphinstone underground support vehicles using majority Cat components and these are sold and supported via the global Caterpillar dealer network, just like our existing Haulmax and Railmax products.”

Elphinstone has been building Haulmax extended distance off highway mining trucks for over ten years, and has delivered almost 100 units across the globe. The Haulmax product range’s narrow width, low centre of gravity and dual rear axle configuration offers a genuine solution for extended distance hauls, soft and slippery underfoot conditions and as a prime mover for service and support mine site equipment.

The Elphinstone designed and built Railmax RMT14D road-rail vehicle has been developed to meet industry demand for a compliant, certified and engineered rail maintenance excavator. Based on the Cat 314D CR hydraulic excavator, Elphinstone’s Railmax road-rail vehicle provides a premium quality rail maintenance solution, incorporating unrivalled safety features and functionality that enables customers to safely and reliably achieve new levels of productivity.

Elphinstone’s new range of underground mining support vehicles is based on two platforms, the 10-14 tonne Elphinstone WR810 and the 20 tonne Elphinstone WR820.

A range of purpose built support equipment is available

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“There’s a very strong skills base on the northwest coast of Tasmania, with a lot of experience in high quality heavy equipment manufacturing and an exceptionally capable supply chain that has evolved over a 40 plus year association with the mining industry”

across these two platforms including; concrete agitators, tilt trays, personnel carriers, shotcreters, cable handlers, charge units, cassette trucks, scissor lifts, rock breakers, scalers, water and service trucks, you name it.

The manufacturing facilities Caterpillar occupied in Burnie since purchasing the original underground business were leased from Elphinstone, explained Brakey. “We negotiated to take back these facilities from Caterpillar, along with a lot of their tooling and equipment. There’s a very strong skills base on the northwest coast of Tasmania, with a lot of experience in high quality heavy equipment manufacturing and an exceptionally capable supply chain that has evolved over a 40 plus year association with the mining industry.”

The Elphinstone Group is spending over $10 million on its Ormsby Street plant, which was until recently Caterpillar’s main fabrication facility. “We’re going to combine the manufacture of our Haulmax, Railmax and Elphinstone underground support vehicles at our Ormsby Street location,” says Brakey. “We’ll have a single flow production line operating in a state-of-the-art facility.” The project is scheduled to be completed towards the end of July 2017.

While Ormsby Street is being renovated, Elphinstone’s range of underground support vehicles is currently being manufactured at the Wilson Street facility in Burnie, which was Caterpillar’s final assembly line, while the Haulmax and Railmax products are being built in the Wynyard factory.

When you talk about a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility these days, you expect to hear about the latest equipment and technology, but you also expect to hear the term ‘lean manufacturing’. Elphinstone does not disappoint.

Rubbing shoulders with Caterpillar for 20 years can be an education in itself. The Caterpillar Production System is based on Toyota’s, the original lean manufacturer, and Elphinstone has absorbed much of this philosophy. “Our workforce has developed a detailed understanding of lean techniques and practices,” says Brakey. “We’re always looking for ways to reduce waste, maximise productivity and improve quality in everything we do.”

All of Elphinstone’s senior managers and most of its manufacturing staff have undertaken certificates in lean processes and practices. “It’s very much part of our culture right throughout the organisation,” says Brakey.

“The improvement process never ends,” he explains. “It’s a continuous journey, and plays a big part in how we remain globally competitive. This is why we are consolidating our Haulmax, Railmax and Elphinstone underground support vehicle manufacturing operations to Ormsby Street, where each machine will be produced along a single flow production line. The consolidation will remove a number of duplicated processes across our facilities, which will assist us to further reduce costs and improve productivity.”

Elphinstone has been designing and manufacturing heavy equipment for the global mining industry from its birth place in Burnie, Tasmania for over four decades. Along with its existing range of Haulmax and Railmax products, the company is proud to be building underground support vehicles once again.

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newcrest mining the miner of choice Newcrest’s vision is to be the miner of choice for all stakeholders including its workforce, the communities in which it operates and its shareholders. Good reasons for choosing Newcrest include its a catalogue of low cost, long life mines, a strong portfolio of exploration projects, and enough reserves and resources for a generation of production

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ewcrest Mining Limited is today the largest gold producer listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and one of the world’s largest gold mining companies. Newcrest owns and operates a portfolio of predominantly low cost, long life mines and a strong pipeline of brownfield and greenfield exploration projects.

Its reserve and resource base is strong, with gold reserves representing more than 25 years of production at current rates.

Newcrest’s asset portfolio includes operating mines that use a variety of efficient mining methods for large ore bodies, together with selective underground mining methods to optimise high-grade epithermal deposits. Discovery of new ore bodies is an important element in Newcrest’s strategy and the company has a strong and successful exploration track record.

A key objective of Newcrest’s exploration activities is to secure large mineral districts, or provinces, in order to establish longterm mining operations, while enhancing the potential for further discoveries.

CURRENT OPERATIONS Australia

Cadia Valley Operations (CVO), located in central west New South Wales, is one of Australia’s largest gold mining operations and is 100 per cent owned by Newcrest. CVO comprises three mines - the Cadia Hill open pit mine, and the Cadia East and Ridgeway underground mines. These are all large-scale mining operations using either block and panel caving or open pit mining methods. At CVO, Newcrest produces gold doré from a gravity circuit and gold-rich copper concentrates from a flotation circuit. Gold doré from CVO is refined at the Perth Mint and concentrates are piped to a dewatering plant at nearby Blayney and sent by rail to Port Kembla in New South Wales for export mainly to Eastern Asia.

Recently, Newcrest Mining announced plans to install a largescale Cave Tracker System at its Cadia East mine. Developed and manufactured by Brisbane-based Elexon Mining, the Cave Tracker System was conceived in collaboration with Newcrest, CRCMining and Rio Tinto. Newcrest hosted the earliest trials of the prototype system at its Ridgeway Deeps mine. Cave Tracker provides a real-time insight into cave flow and cave propagation. This insight closes a feedback loop that was not previously available. Cave Tracker greatly enhances a mine operator’s ability to proactively manage risks of cave mine projects.

In the financial year ending 30 June 2016, CVO produced 668,773 ounces of gold and 64,130 tonnes of copper. Over 9 million ounces of gold have been produced from CVO since commercial production commenced in 1999. Newcrest continues to explore areas around existing mines to expand reserves that will support the development of additional production capacity in this large mineral district. CVO undertakes a range of environmental reporting and monitoring activities, to ensure that the mine maintains a safe environment for employees, operating and developing mines in line with good environmental practices and embracing a strong sense of commitment to local communities.

The Telfer gold-copper mines in the Great Sandy Desert in the East Pilbara region of Western Australia are 100 per cent owned by Newcrest. Telfer is a remote location, 400 kilometres east-south-east of Port Hedland and approximately 1,300

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newcrest mining the miner of choice kilometres by air or 1,900 kilometres by road north-east of the state’s capital, Perth; it is therefore run as a fly-in-fly-out operation.

Telfer comprises the Main Dome and West Dome open pits and the Telfer underground mine. Ore from the mining operations is processed by a large, dual train, communition circuit, followed by flotation and cyanide circuits, which produce gold doré and copper-gold concentrate. The process is complex because of the need to accommodate differing ore types. Copper-gold concentrates produced at Telfer are filtered to produce a dewatered concentrate, which is trucked to Port Hedland and exported to various smelters, primarily in the East Asia region. The gold doré produced at Telfer is refined at the Perth Mint.

The near mine environment contains a number of semito-advanced exploration targets, which have the potential to deliver new growth for Telfer. The project also contains a large regional tenement package that extends over 1,000 square kilometers. Application of a new exploration model has identified a number of regional targets.

Telfer has a strong relationship with local communities, which consist predominantly of indigenous groups, principally the Martu. All infrastructure development and services are provided through direct consultation with the Martu, their communities and their community management personnel.

Its environmental priorities include flora and fauna, land and water, air and noise, waste, rehabilitation and mine closure.

A key environmental issue at Telfer is the management of cyanide, which is used as part of the process for recovering gold in the processing plant. Newcrest is a signatory to the International Cyanide Management Code for the Manufacture, Transport and use of Cyanide in the Production of Gold, and is implementing a program to ensure code compliance at Telfer.

In the financial year ending 30 June 2016, Telfer produced 462,461 ounces of gold and 18,940 tonnes of copper.

Papua New Guinea

“Over nine million ounces of gold have been produced from CVO since commercial production commenced in 1999”

The Lihir operation on Niolam Island in the New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea, 900 kilometres northeast of Port Moresby, is 100 per cent owned and operated by Lihir Gold Limited (LGL). Newcrest acquired the Lihir operation as a result of the merger with LGL by court-approved scheme of arrangement in August 2010. The gold deposit at Lihir is within the Luise Caldera, an extinct volcanic crater that is geothermally active and is one of the largest known gold deposits in the world. Most of the ore is refractory and is treated using pressure oxidation, before the gold is recovered by a conventional leach process. Lihir produces gold doré.

Since production commenced in 1997, the site has produced more than 9 million ounces of gold.

In February 2016, the Lihir Pit optimisation prefeasibility study was approved by the board to progress to feasibility study stage. Key outcomes of the study affirmed the potential benefits of lateral mine development of the open pit and endorsed the progression to feasibility study with respect to a near shore cut-off wall in place of a coffer dam, substantially reducing expected future capital expenditure on the seepage barrier.

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landowners and the PNG Government. It also contributes to the local economy in accordance with agreements with the government and landowners, by providing public infrastructure and services, including access to health services and the provision of electrical power and water to local villages.

Côte d’Ivoire

Bonikro in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa, is owned and operated

by LGL Mines CI SA, an Ivorian company 89.89 per cent owned by Newcrest. Bonikro is a conventional truck and excavator open pit mine, producing gold doré. First gold was poured in October 2008. The predominant method of gold recovery is via carbon in leach technology, with some gold recovered via a gravity circuit.

At Bonikro the potential exists to increase the mine life by discovering additional satellite deposits that may be processed through the Bonikro facility. Mining at the Hire Deposit (12 kilometers southeast of Bonikro) commenced in late 2014 and further exploration is being undertaken to identify new deposits within a 30 kilometer radius of Bonikro. Newcrest holds three mining licences in the Bonikro near-mine area.

In addition to the Bonikro near-mine area, Newcrest has interests in some 3000 square kilometers of regional tenements and tenement applications within Cote d’Ivoire. Recent consolidation of the tenement package has resulted in focused activity on the most prospective tenements, which are all located within highly prospective Birimian greenstone terrains.

Newcrest has a committed exploration campaign in Cote d’Ivoire, aimed at discovering a major gold resource. Newcrest has also established a West African generative group, which is currently assessing a range of gold and copper opportunities across the region from greenfield projects right through to producing assets.

Newcrest aims to leave a positive legacy in Côte d’Ivoire by creating jobs and improving living standards for Ivoirians. An agreement was signed with the United Nation Development Program (UNDP) to develop and implement a sustainable community development program in the Bonikro area through a partnership that will ensure financial leverage from other donors.

Indonesia

Gosowong is owned and operated by PT Nusa Halmahera Minerals (PTNHM), an Indonesian company 75 per cent owned by Newcrest. It is located on Halmahera Island, in the North Maluku Province of the Republic of Indonesia, approximately 2,450 kilometres north east of the national capital, Jakarta. Gosowong produces gold and silver doré, which then goes to Jakarta to be refined.

The Gosowong exploration program is focused on testing a portfolio of priority exploration targets within the vicinity of present operations and advancing a number of targets within the regional contract of work. More than 98 per cent of Gosowong’s total workforce, and 75 per cent of managers, are Indonesian. PTNHM invests extensively in community initiatives through its corporate social responsibility program, committing one per cent of annual revenue to the program to share the benefits of mining, support community needs and strengthen socio-economic development in the region.

PTNHM’s commitment to the local economy is further demonstrated by implementing a policy of preferring locally based suppliers, where possible.

In the financial year ending 30 June 2016, Gosowong produced 197,463 ounces of gold. Since mine operations

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commenced in 1999, over four million ounces of gold and three million ounces of silver have been produced.

EXPLORATION

“Gosowong produces gold and silver doré, which then goes to Jakarta to be refined.

Since mine operations commenced in 1999, over four million ounces of gold and three million ounces of silver have been produced”

Newcrest’s Advanced Exploration Projects are key to its growth. Primarily they are focused on Wafi-Golpu in Papua New Guinea and Namosi in Fiji.

Wafi-Golpu is an advanced exploration project located in the Morobe Province of PNG, approximately 65 kilometres southwest of the port city of Lae, PNG’s industrial hub and second largest city. The project is owned by the Wafi-Golpu Joint Venture (WGJV). Deep drilling conducted by the WGJV since 2008 has identified a world class porphyry deposit at Wafi-Golpu (the Golpu deposit) suited to bulk underground mining techniques, similar to those being employed by Newcrest at Cadia Valley Operations. Currently, the WafiGolpu project includes the Golpu copper-gold porphyry deposit, the Nambonga copper-gold porphyry deposit and the Wafi high sulfidation epithermal gold deposit. Exploration activity to date has shown that the Wafi-Golpu tenements host one of the highest grade porphyry copper systems in southeast Asia (the Golpu deposit). The Golpu deposit is one of several porphyry ore bodies identified along the 25 kilometre long Wafi-Transfer. Newcrest and its joint venture partner are actively exploring this highly prospective terrain for additional deposits.

Two years ago Newcrest and Harmony approved a stage one feasibility study of the Golpu project. The Golpu PFS proposes a smaller, lower capital cost development for stage one of Golpu, with production expected to commence in the 2020 calendar year. The capital cost to build stage one is estimated at US$2.3 billion.

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newcrest mining the miner of choice an area of approximately 724 square kilometres. Namosi is owned by the Namosi Joint Venture (NJV), an unincorporated joint venture between Nittetsu Mining Co Ltd, Materials Investments (Fiji) Ltd and Newcrest (Fiji) Limited. The Waisoi Project is a copper and gold project in the pre-feasibility phase.

An environmental impact assessment has been undertaken, to assess the potential social and environmental impacts of a mine at Waisoi. A key component of the EIA is the social impact assessment, which will consider potential impacts, mitigations and opportunities. Following the Government’s decision, the NJV will determine if the Waisoi mine can be operated safely and economically and in an environmentally sustainable way.

Exploration activities at Namosi are currently focused on the large Waisoi copper-gold deposit, the mineralised Waivaka Corridor and a portfolio of early stage exploration targets. Waisoi consists of two deposits, Waisoi East and Waisoi West.

Further exploration opportunities

Discovery of new ore bodies is an important element in Newcrest’s business strategy. Through exploration, Newcrest seeks to identify and secure large mineral districts, or provinces, in order to establish long-term mining operations, while enhancing the potential for further discoveries.

Newcrest today has ongoing brownfield exploration programs in and around its operating mines and continues to search for and explore new greenfield regions that have the potential to deliver the next generation of discoveries. Complementing this is the investigation of exploration prospects at various stages of maturity through joint ventures with exploration juniors, together with targeted mergers and acquisitions activity.

Exploration success requires skilled and capable people supported by industry leading systems, processes and governance. Newcrest has a strong exploration team with established experience in the successful discovery of porphyry and epithermal deposits.

Technology

“Deep drilling has identified a world class porphyry deposit at Wafi-Golpu, suited to bulk underground mining techniques similar to those being employed

by Newcrest at Cadia Valley Operations”

Increasingly, gold deposits are becoming more difficult to find. They are lower grade, of challenging metallurgy, deeper underground, more difficult to develop and located in geographies that present logistical, development and operating challenges.

Nevertheless, Newcrest has a strong history of growth over the past 20 years, obtaining value from previously marginal, difficult ore bodies. It has developed mining and ore processing technology for the efficient extraction of copper as concentrate, gold as bullion and gold in copper concentrate. Examples include Cadia Hill, Ridgeway, Telfer, Cadia East and Wafi-Golpu.

An important element of Newcrest’s strategy is thus the adoption, adaption and development of innovative underground mining techniques and metallurgical processes, including: innovative geo-metallurgy knowledge approaches, adapting more continuous underground and pit systems, technology to facilitate early waste rejection to avoid high energy processing downstream, technology to lower energy required for mineral processing. Newcrest’s ‘Future mine’ vision is to utilise technology, along with continuous improvement techniques and step change methodology, to significantly reduce operating costs across its portfolio and increase production reliability.

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NEW PATENT PENDING AXLEWEIGHR IN-MOTION AXLE-SCALE - WEIGHS TRUCK AT THE JOB SITE! Rinstrum’s new In Motion Axle Scale is a fast, accurate and economical way to weigh trucks and verify your net payload. The patent pending precast concrete design is semi portable and can be moved from jobsite to jobsite. Contractors, farmers, and plant managers will find this low cost scale indispensable to their operations. At 1/3 the price of a full length scale Rinstrum’s axleWEIGHr is excellent value Payload:

Always know what payload you are carrying. Roll across the scale at 2-3 mph and the easy-to-use controller will totalize the net payload for each truck as it passes over the scale. Up to 250 different trucks can be stored in memory. A door mounted printer records all transactions and data is captured to digital memory via USB storage drive, or Ethernet connection.

Convenient: The small footprint of this scale easily

integrates into the flow of traffic. No need to stop on the scale. Simply drive across at a constant speed (2-3 mph) and the scale will automatically do the rest.

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Data Driven: The system will record total gross

vehicle weight by truck ID, commodity, time and date. Use the optional truck ID clicker system to identify the truck and select the commodity on the large remote display. Each trucks tare weight is saved in memory and then recalled when the truck crosses the scale for single pass operation.

Data can be printed or stored to a convenient USB storage drive for easy transport to the office PC.

Economical: About 1/3 of the cost of a full length

Safe:

An accident with an overloaded vehicle is serious business. Know your axle weights and your total vehicle weight before you leave the jobsite. Stay under the legal load limit and be safe.

Accurate: On average better than ±0.5% repeatability can be expected. Company testing as well as extensive field trials have shown that with flat and level concrete approaches ±0.2% or better accuracy can be achieved.

truck scale, the axle scale is great value for the user that does not have legal for trade requirements. Save time and expense by not driving to a faraway truck scale and install the axleWEIGHr at the job site.

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gold fields the sustainable miner Gold Fields’ ambition is to be the global leader in sustainable mining. This does not mean being the biggest, but simply, the best—by creating the greatest enduring value from gold mining for all its stakeholders, including its employees, its communities, its shareholders and its host governments.

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old Fields has operated in South Africa since 1887, when Cecil John Rhodes and Charles Rudd formed Gold Fields of South Africa. In 1932, the company began mining the mineral-rich West Rand, where it discovered highyielding gold deposits. A merger between Gold Fields of South Africa and Gencor in 1998 led to the formation of Gold Fields Limited.

GLOBAL OPERATIONS

Today, Gold Fields Limited is a globally diversified producer of gold with eight operating mines in Australia, South Africa, Ghana and Peru, with attributable annual gold production of approximately 2.0 million ounces. It has mineral reserves of around 46 million ounces and mineral resources of around 102 million ounces.

Australia

The Australia region currently accounts for 12 per cent of the company’s mineral resource and 7 per cent of its mineral

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gold fields the sustainable miner

“Gold Fields acquired the Darlot mine and tenement package from Barrick Gold in October 2013”

reserve base, excluding growth projects. It has four operations, all in Western Australia; Agnew, Granny Smith, Darlot and St Ives.

Agnew, a Gold Fields subsidiary, currently operates two underground mines, Waroonga and New Holland. At Waroonga, ore is sourced from the Kim, FBH and Main North lodes that are accessed via declines. New Holland mining occurs in three primary areas: Genesis 500, Cinderella and Sheba. These are also accessed via declines. There are centralised administrative offices, as well as engineering workshops at both Waroonga and New Holland and one active CIP processing plant.

Agnew has an intensified focus on defining new ore sources at New Holland and Waroonga, in conjunction with targeted exploration programmes testing an expanded area beyond current mining fronts. These include Waroonga North and the under-explored Cinderella Trend.

The objective is to increase the mineral resource and mineral reserve base to generate a new high grade backbone to sustain a robust five-year plan supported by an improved understanding of the broader regional targets to discover the next generation of mines. Development of the FBH area at Waroonga continues, with the objective of replacing production from the Kim ore body in the future.

Darlow: Gold was first discovered in the Lake Darlot region in an alluvial field in 1894. Initial exploration and production focused on readily extractable gold from the alluvial deposits.

In October 2013, Gold Fields acquired the Darlot mine and tenement package from Barrick Gold. In 2015, it focused on driving self-funded, integrated exploration programmes to replace production depletion and to extend the LoM for Darlot. This was coupled with a ramp-up in surface exploration, including detailed structural and geophysical targeting aimed at identifying hidden ore bodies at depth analogous to the underground Centenary ore body.

The 2015 exploration budget of A$9.6 million focused on both underground and surface prospective areas. Sustained growth and extensions to the underground Lords South Lower (LSL) area were achieved, while ongoing extensional and conversion drilling at the Centenary Oval target has delivered an initial inferred mineral resource.

Surface exploration expenditure was also significantly increased in 2015 to test a number of existing and new targets at depth to identify larger, hidden ore bodies analogous to the Centenary deposit. Initial diamond drilling was completed in 2015 on a number of these targets, in conjunction with approximately 55 line kilometres of IP geophysics. Drilling and follow-up on encouraging targets has continued throughout 2016. Darlot remains mine-constrained and is currently targeting production of approximately 60koz in 2016. Ongoing exploration of this high-grade nuggety ore system, which is open-ended with opportunities for extension, remains an imperative to defining and converting the lease endowment targets into mineral reserves for critical life extension.

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as a high-grade, high-margin core portfolio asset. Focus is on investment in brownfield exploration, resource conversion, infrastructure, mining and processing efficiency, and cost containment, as well as life extension. These investments are all aimed at underpinning sustainable cash generative ounces.

The Granny Smith mineral resource ounces increased by 43% in 2015 as a result of a very successful resource definition and extensional drilling campaign at the flagship Wallaby underground mine and an increase in the Granny Smith underground and open pit mineralisation. The mineral reserve also increased by 50% in 2015 following a very effective mineral resource to mineral reserve conversion programme at Wallaby. This remains a priority for Gold Fields, in order to deliver the mining mix and production flexibility needed to underpin the planned cash flow margin. Reserves, net of production depletion, have grown incrementally for the last seven years, a trend that is set to continue given the mine’s investment in discovering and developing new and extensional mineral reserves at Wallaby underground mine and at other prospective and relatively unexplored tenements.

St Ives is a well-established operation comprising a mix of ‘owner-mined’, open pit and underground operations feeding the Lefroy CIL mill with a current capacity of 4.7mtpa. The tenement holdings are located in the highly prospective Norseman-Wiluna Greenstone Belt and encompass underexplored ground that has been recently acquired or is defined as new exploration space because of innovative new models for target generation.

An intensified exploration programme continues to be a key anchor in replacing mineral reserves and growing operational flexibility going forward. The Invincible open pit, now a cornerstone of production at the mine, represented a major discovery in 2012 and in conjunction with the growing potential at Invincible underground, Invincible South and Incredible, has emphasised the high prospectivity of the Speedway corridor, which was prioritised in the 2016 exploration campaign.

South Africa

The South Deep mine is located in the Far West Rand Goldfield on the northwestern rim of the Witwatersrand Basin, approximately 45 miles from Johannesburg, and has been built to extract one of the largest undeveloped gold ore bodies in the world.

Increasing traction on production delivery, coupled with a world class, long life ore body, defines South Deep as a core asset for the future. The ore body, encompassing a 37 million oz mineral reserve, is well understood as a result of a combination of 3D seismic modelling, extensive surface drilling and effective resource modelling that has provided valuable information on the geological structure and gold distribution patterns at the mine.

Gold Fields has installed the key infrastructure to support the production ramp up and to deliver the mine as a low cost, long life mechanised mining operation. Due to its depth and full mechanisation, South Deep has no real benchmark operation in the industry and the current focus, therefore, remains on establishing the mine’s basic capability to drive productivity and leverage unit costs. In addition, a strategic review of the operation is being undertaken with the objective of positioning South Deep as a core franchise asset, that aims in the first instance to achieve self-funding status as early as possible and then to deliver consistent free cash-flow margins going forward.

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gold fields the sustainable miner A new regional pillar design and high profile de-stress mining method have been incorporated into the December 2015 LoM plan. These initiatives are aimed at improving safety, increasing mining productivities and simplifying the overall mining cycle.

West Africa

“Focus at Granny Smith is on investment in brownfield exploration, resource conversion, infrastructure, mining and processing efficiency, and cost containment, as well as life extension”

The West Africa Region currently accounts for 15 per cent of the group’s mineral resource and 16 per cent of the mineral reserve base, excluding growth projects. Its key operations are Tarkwa and Damang.

Tarkwa: From initial discovery, the Tarkwa mines were allowed to flood. In 1961, production restarted under the State Gold Mining Corporation and in 1963 the Tarkwa mines were renamed Tarkwa Goldfields Limited. The Apinto Shaft was sunk in the mid-seventies.

Gold Fields signed a management contract with the Ghanaian government to operate the mine in 1993, and in 1996 completed a feasibility study on an open pit/heap leach operation. In 1998, the initial Tarkwa Phase 1 development was completed, followed in 1999 by the Tarkwa Phase 2 expansion.

In 2000, Gold Fields Ghana acquired the northern area of Teberebie and mining production was increased. Tarkwa implemented owner mining in July 2004 and commissioned a CIL plant with a name plate capacity of 4.2mtpa in October 2004. An expanded CIL plant was commissioned in January 2009 and a design throughput of 12.3mtpa was achieved in September 2009. Conversion to owner maintenance was completed in 2010.

Today, the mine continues to deliver world-class mining and processing costs. Restructuring the mine to operate at lower total mining volumes will facilitate operational flexibility and underpin targeted head grades to deliver 520 – 560koz of gold per annum. Various alternative mining and processing options have been investigated to identify the best value option for Tarkwa. A CIL-only option proved to be the most operationally and financially viable choice, and, as a result, the throughput has been increased to 13.5mtpa, with processing of the spent south heap leach material planned at the end of the LoM production profile.

The Damang concession covers a total area of 23,666 hectares.

Abosso Goldfields holds a mining lease in respect of the Damang mine, which is due to expire in 2025 but is renewable under its terms and the provisions of the Minerals and Mining Law, by agreement between Abosso Goldfields and the Government of Ghana. The Damang plant processes mainly fresh ore with approximately 5% oxides, which is sourced from four open pit mining operations and existing surface stockpiles, located on the Damang mine lease.

The mineral reserves at Damang are based on an interim LoM plan, and have decreased from 1.2moz to 1.0moz, mostly as a result of depletion. A comprehensive assessment of strategic options to determine the prognosis for the mine and identify the best long-term plan has recently been undertaken. The mine has a good ore body at depth under the original pit that will require a push-back to expose. Options being reviewed range from ‘care and maintenance’ to a significantly expanded pit and extended LoM, including several options in-between.

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Americas

The Americas region currently accounts for 3 per cent of the gold mineral resource and mineral reserve base, excluding growth projects.

Cerro Corona is located in the highest part of the western cordillera of the Andes Mountains in northern Peru. In 1979, exploration identified porphyry-style mineralisation in the Cerro Corona area.

During the period from 1992 to 1993, sampling by the Gubbins Group identified gold mineralisation in the leached cap of the Cerro Corona deposit. Copper-gold porphyry mineralisation was discovered through the drilling of nine diamond core holes and completion of an exploration audit into the mineralised zone. Today, Cerro Corona consistently produces high-margin gold and copper from a single large open pit. Cerro Corona is great optionality for expansion and plant productivity has continued to increase year on year. The life of the mine is expected to extend to 2023.

Exploration projects

Gold Fields is extending its global reach with exploration projects currently underway in Finland, The Philippines and Chile.

In Finland, the APP project consists of three project areas named Suhanko, Narkaus and Penikat. The projects are located in southern Lapland, approximately 50km south of the city of Rovaniemi, which is the regional capital with excellent infrastructure and services. A network of well-established roads exists in the area with all-year access to the port of Kemi.

The Far Southeast Project in The Philippines, is situated in the established mining district of Mankayan in the Cordillera Region of Northern Luzon, approximately 250km north of Manila.

The Salares Norte Project is located in the Atacama Region of Northern Chile. The nearest town is Diego de Almagro, about

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190 kilometres by road to the west of the project, a remote location, but with high potential.

Supply chain

As part of its vision to be the global leader in sustainable gold mining, Gold Fields places huge importance on the development and maintenance of strong supplier relationships, built on principles of ethics, integrity and professionalism in a transparent and sustainable manner.

Adhering to internationally recognised practices, the company endeavours to ensure value added, cost effective and sustainable service delivery that enables its operations to achieve their strategic growth and productivity objectives. Gold Fields has a range of practices in place to achieve this goal:

“The Invincible open pit, now a cornerstone of production, represented a major discovery in 2012 and in conjunction with the growing potential at Invincible underground, Invincible South and Incredible, has emphasised the high prospectivity of the Speedway corridor”

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Integrating all aspects of material stewardship and supply chain management; Encouraging business partners to adopt similar practices with regards to sustainable development; Being the “customer of choice” by securing sustainable and value driven relationships with business partners; Continually optimising and improving processes to ensure on-going sustainability; To source, utilise, re-use and dispose of materials in a manner that is responsible with due regard to environmental, social, health and safety considerations; To support the economies of host countries through the local procurement of services where practicable, and Engaging with relevant stakeholders in an open manner regarding issues of material stewardship and supply chain management.

It is Gold Fields aim to create the greatest enduring value from gold – for its investors, employees, host governments and communities, but not at any cost. Prominent in its vision and values are the following commitments. “We will enhance our operating environment wherever we can and avoid or rehabilitate significant mining-related damage,” and “If we cannot mine safely, we will not mine.”

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Expander Systems Expander® System carries expansive list of standard pins in its extensive catalog

Expander’s online CADEX system allows users to input the make and model of their machines and see detailed drawings of pin positions for ease in ordering.

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(Below, main picture) Expander offers a wide range of Expander® System pivot pins for equipment owners.

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quipment owners in every industry are plagued with the problem of pivot wear. Traditionally, the repair method is a time-consuming process of welding and line boring, which must be done repeatedly during a machine’s life cycle. Expander has been servicing the market with a solution for nearly 30 years. Offering a faster, permanent and more economical solution to machine pivot applications.

“The Expander® System decreases downtime, in turn, increasing production time,” said Joakim Hedlund, COO/Business Development Manager. “Once it’s installed, the pivot is like new again and remains that way.

Equipment owners’ costs are lowered and profit increases because of reduction in maintenance.”

The Expander® System eliminates line boring and welding. It consists of an assembly that includes a pin body that is tapered at both ends, two slotted expansion sleeves, two tension washers and two fasteners. When the fasteners are torqued, the tension washers push the expansion sleeves up the tapered part of the pin, creating full-surface contact even if bores are worn. This permanently eliminates the movement that causes pivot wear and damages bores. It’s designed to be a one-time solution for the lifetime of the machine.

The Expander® System eliminates welding and line boring. It consists of an assembly that includes a pin body that’s tapered at both ends, two slotted expansion sleeves, two tension washers along with two fasteners. When the fasteners are torqued, the tension washers push the expansion sleeves up the tapered part of the pin, creating full-surface contact, even if bores are worn. This permanently eliminates the movement that causes pivot wear and damages bores. Its design is a one-time solution that lasts the lifetime of the equipment. The Expander® System comes with a 10-year/10,000-hour function warranty.

Expander maintains an extensive catalog of Expander® System assemblies that match virtually any equipment make and model. The company has designed nearly 80,000 standard Expander® System assemblies, so chances are, there is an exact match for your needs. Expander can also offer customized pins.

“Customers may call us directly or work with our sales representatives to receive information and access to our online catalog,” said Hedlund. “Once CADEX Online is opened, they can look up their specific machine brand, machine model and part number. They will find detailed drawings of that machine, and can use those drawings to identify the particular part number for the Expander® System assembly needed. The customer can then input the part number and order it online. If a new part number needs to be designed the customer can fill in the specific measurements into the online Pivot Dimension Sheet and request a quote. Once the order is received, Expander begins processing immediately to alleviate costly downtime for customers.

“Products typically ship within one to five business days, depending on specifications,” said Hedlund. “If it’s something in stock that doesn’t require additional processes, it’s on the way in about 24 hours.”

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Doran Manufacturing Lee Demis Director of Business Development 2851 Massachusetts Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45225 Ph: (513) 699-6230 Email: Demis_Lee@Doranmfg.com Web: www.doranmfg.com

Formed in 1997, Canary Systems provides integrated geo-monitoring solutions for a broad range of mining applications, including open pit, tailings, SW-EX, and underground. We help clients better manage risk, monitor performance, and increase the safety of their operations by tying together the

Established in 1953, Cincinnati, Ohio based Doran Manufacturing LLC. is a global leader in tire pressure monitoring systems and other transportation safety technology. Doran 360TM TPMS continuously monitor tire pressure and temperature data using wireless valve stem-mounted tire pressure sensors. Doran TPMS data can be integrated with telematics to communicate tire pressure and temperature data off equipment via wifi, gps and more for remote visibility of tire data.

LumAware Advanced Photoluminescent safety products include Personal Protective Equipment (PPE – Helmets, Safety Vests) Exit Signage and more that makes workers performing tasks in low light/no light conditions safer, and illuminates exits and escapeways in emergencies.

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We provide turnkey solutions – including system architecture, hardware and software development, telemetry, and instrumentation – as well as individual components customized to and augmenting existing project needs.

Canary Systems, Inc. Mining Group 4732 Oracle Road, Suite 112 Tucson, AZ 85705 USA Tel: 520.887.9800 info@canarysystems.com www.canarysystems.com

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Formed in 1997, Canary Systems provides integrated geo-monitoring solutions for a broad range of mining applications, including open pit, tailings, SW-EX, and underground. We help clients better manage risk, monitor performance, and increase the safety of their operations by tying together the loose ends: the hardware required for automatic or semi-automatic data acquisition – and the software to collect, store, and analyze data in a simple and efficient way on a single combined powerful

Dyno Nobel 2795 East Cottonwood Parkway Suite 500 Salt Lake City, UT 84121 Phone: 800-732-7534 Fax: 801-328-6452 Email: marketing@am.dynonobel.com Customers in the mining industry choose Dyno Nobel for quality products, reliable service and technical expertise. Dyno Nobel is the market leader in North America with facilities in Australia, Canada, the United States, Indonesia, Mexico, South America and Papua New Guinea.

With a customer driven focus, Dyno Nobel develops practical products that will benefit customers in real time. Customers can count on real solutions to their pain points of today, helping them to reduce costs and increase production. Renowned for excellent safety performance and innovative explosive products and services, Dyno Nobel continuously delivers groundbreaking performance through practical innovation.

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We provide turnkey solutions – including system architecture, hardware and software development, telemetry, and instrumentation – as well as individual components customized to and augmenting existing project needs.

Canary Systems, Inc. Mining Group 4732 Oracle Road, Suite 112 Tucson, AZ 85705 USA Tel: 520.887.9800 info@canarysystems.com www.canarysystems.com

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GEA Group Peter-Müller-Str. 12 40468 Düsseldorf Germany Tel +49 211 9136-0 chemical@gea.com GEA is one of the largest supplier for process technology and components for sophisticated production processes for many industries worldwide. Across a broad range of mining and mineral operations, GEA offers technologies, equipment & services in evaporation and crystallization, drying, cooling, calcining and conditioning, classification, thickening and dewatering, crud treatment and solvent extraction and wastewater management.

Salter Cyclones Salter Cyclones specialises in fine solids removal with its own Hydrocyclones and Multi-Gravity Separators. These achieve powerful and precise separations in practical, compact, reliable, operator friendly and economic systems.

Salter Cyclones Limited Tel: + 44 1242 697771 Fax: + 44 1242 690895 Email: sales@saltercyclones.com Web: www.saltercyclones.com

MINPRO

MINPRO International have subsidiary offices in 4 countries all of which have the same business, supplying mineral processing equipment and engineering for the mineral processing industry worldwide. Our main products are AKER Flotation Machines; Hydraulic Roller Mills, Semi Mobile Modular Concentrators, Hydro Cyclone Batteries as well as Polyurethane wear parts for the mineral processing industry.

We deliver complete new mineral processing installations, renovation and upgrade existing mineral processing plants, retrofitting the AKER flotation mechanisms in existing flotation machines as well as engineering services and consultancy

Tel: +48 515 368 833 Minpro International Sp. z o.o. www.minpro.com

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Adrok is a cutting edge service technology company headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, with exclusive global patents to Atomic Dielectric Resonance (ADR) imaging technology. This innovative technology has been developed for use in Oil and Gas, Mining and Civil Engineering sectors. Adrok’s technology has been used in several projects around the world to explore the sub-surface geology and locate accurately and identify precisely the fluids present at great depths providing high resolution without drilling the underground. This subsurface imaging scanner generates ‘virtual borehole’ logs of subsurface geology from the surface. It is lightweight, field rugged and portable, to enable cost-effective mobilisation.

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GEA Group Peter-Müller-Str. 12 40468 Düsseldorf Germany Tel +49 211 9136-0 chemical@gea.com GEA is one of the largest supplier for process technology and components for sophisticated production processes for many industries worldwide. Across a broad range of mining and mineral operations, GEA offers technologies, equipment & services in evaporation and crystallization, drying, cooling, calcining and conditioning, classification, thickening and dewatering, crud treatment and solvent extraction and wastewater management.

Formed in 1997, Canary Systems provides integrated geo-monitoring solutions for a broad range of mining applications, including open pit, tailings, SW-EX, and underground. We help clients better manage risk, monitor performance, and increase the safety of their operations by tying together the loose ends: the hardware required for automatic or semi-automatic data acquisition – and the software to collect, store, and analyze data in a simple and efficient way on a single combined powerful platform.

We provide turnkey solutions – including system architecture, hardware and software development, telemetry, and instrumentation – as well as individual components customized to and augmenting existing project needs.

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Salter Cyclones specialises in fine solids removal with its own Hydrocyclones and Multi-Gravity Separators. These achieve powerful and precise separations in practical, compact, reliable, operator friendly and economic systems.

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IVAC Industrial Vacuum Systems Ltd., manufactures a powerful pneumatic powered vacuum/ delivery system that allows you to pick-up and deliver your most difficult materials. The materials can be wet or dry including gravel, sand, slimes, sludge’s and water. The powerful, virtually maintenance free vacuum system is able to deliver the materials short or long distances, even up too kilometres through a pipeline or hose. Its is ideal for sump & ditch clean-up, tanks, under conveyors, around crushers and mills anywhere shovels, vacuum trucks or water hoses are being used for your clean-ups today!

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Our full range of new Sandvik and Normet products are backed with full Factory Warranty, Technical Support, OEM Parts and a global network of local and regional OEM service centres. With such a robust range of support services, renting with UMR reduces maintenance costs and guarantees availability hence improving productivity for our customers whilst also eliminating rebuild down time.

Striving to provide quality at a reasonable price, UMR offers an innovative model of flexible rental or rental/purchase options tailored to suit every kind of end user in the Tunnelling and Mining industries, allowing customers to avoid tying up capital and invest it in the future purchase of rented equipment. Our rental/purchase option offers an attractive allowance for paid rentals against pre-agreed purchase price easing upfront capital spending and is a way of investing in the ownership of the Equipment at a pre-determined date.

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Tel: +353 87 1491945 Tel: +1 647 267 8193 Email: info@unitedminingrentals.com www.unitedminingrentals.com Our philosophy at UMR is simple – Downtime costs money. This philosophy inspired our aim to provide solutions to one of the major contributors of downtime in the mining and tunnelling industries: low availability of equipment. To ensure our customers don’t experience any downtime, we offer rentals and rent to purchase plans for new Sandvik and Normet equipment on a global basis, making use of the vast network of Worldwide Service Centres provided by two of the world leaders in Mining and Tunnelling Equipment. We also offer the option of bridging units to keep our customer’s operations running smoothly until their new rental unit arrives.

We recognise that each customer has different requirements so we offer very flexible terms. Our first option is rent to purchase which allows for purchase of the equipment following a minimum one year rental period with a percentage of the rental payments deductible from the pre-agreed purchase price. Another option we offer is variable term rental from a minimum of 1 year upwards allowing the customer long term rental, consisting of 2-3 years allowing the customer to return the equipment with no commitment to purchase. We also offer a “Rolling Replacement” option, which allows the customer to return equipment to UMR following a 3 year rental and replace with new equipment for another 3 year term or pre-agreed period.

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Our business model is designed with Mining Companies & Tunnelling Contractors in mind, who often have short or long term contracts, as well as Start-up mining operations which may wish to defer spending capital on expensive equipment for use in another area until positive cash flow is realized. Fixed rental payments simplify budget planning, and can be 100% Tax deductible against business income.

By using a reliable rental provider such as UMR for a long term rental the costs of acquiring, running and maintaining the right equipment for the job can be greatly reduced, as renting equipment can generate significant savings by avoiding depreciation, the total cost of the purchase price, and unnecessary unit and component rebuild costs.

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Making that vital decision whether to buy or rent is not just a matter of budget, but of business strategy. So weigh up the numbers, and make the right decision for your business.

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