MINING PROCESSING: SEPARATING METALS FROM MUD

October 12, 2017

Mining operations are bent on releasing piles of precious metal from walls of dirt, but a liquid ally is settling in for the long haul. That’s right, water and dirt mix, then they form a sea of mud. Like a living thing, the red and brown sludge sucks at worker legs. It also coats the […]

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DO MINING COMPANIES NEED WASHING EQUIPMENT?

September 27, 2017

Primary crushers are breaking down boulder-sized rocks. Further down the same processing line, dry screening decks are segregating minerals. Curiously, there’s a different process operating further along the equipment train. This is the wet screening gear, the washing equipment that uses water to wash away fine grains and aggregate waste. Do mining companies need washing […]

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HOW AUSTRALIAN MINING EQUIPMENT HAS EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS

September 26, 2017

The Australian mining industry has evolved at a brisk pace. In the beginning, a phrase that precedes all truly prodigious tales, a borrowed tin dish was all that it took to wash grains of gold free from the river sand. Industrial scalability could hardly rely on river sieving, though, so harnessed pit ponies and strong […]

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MINING EQUIPMENT MACHINERY AND HAZARDS THAT MINERS MUST KNOW

August 31, 2017

Mining equipment is like no other machinery known to man. In a machine shop, a press is at work, stamping out metal sheets. In an iron foundry, heavy materials are being processed. Absolutely, with no hint of contention, these are hazardous work places. A mine, however, is top-heavy with machine hazards, the likes of which […]

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HOW DOES A STONE CRUSHING PLANT WORK?

July 26, 2017

Dictionary definitions don’t give stone crushing plants the credit they deserve. Sure, the crushing jaws break boulders into smaller rocky chunks, but they do so with a measure of raw destructive power that defies description. Just how does the heavy-duty equipment employ these compressive forces? How does a stone crushing plant work? Well, before going […]

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