Mining blogs about: equipment

Komatsu drums CIM mining into business: report from Edomonton

Written by Jack Caldwell on May 4th, 2008

The CIM conference in Edmonton was opened this evening by Komatsu and the past, present, and next president of the CIM.  The Loyal Edmonton Regiment marched in with red, white, and black bedecked drummers; the loud & aggressive drummers lead the dignitaries to the podium; a few short speeches and a ribbon cutting followed.
We repaired [...]

Bellavisa mine heap leach pad et al. moves again

Written by Jack Caldwell on April 25th, 2008

Bellavista is a common name for beaches, condominium complexes, and estates in Costa Rica.  It is also the name of a mine. 
Above is a picture of a beach by the name of Bellavista.  For lots of pictures of the mine and its story go to this link. 
In Spanish here is a report on removal of [...]

Hogs n Boars, Logs n Cores

Written by Michele Murray on March 13th, 2008

 
Core Logging, Sinaloa, Mexico, not saying where:
 
There has been a big black and white pig waiting for me I think every morning. It waits by a gate at the house next to our “compound” – (the drillers live in a row of rooms in a little house next to the house I live in and [...]

And finally the healing can begin

Written by Glenn Finlay on January 16th, 2008

Brain meltdowns are always rather embarrassing. Thankfully nobody else was home. But now it’s time to move on. I am very excited to have a job with Syncrude for the summer as a heavy equipment operator. This will be the most important educational experience of my life to this point. Also, I’ll make going there [...]