Engineering & Mining Journal

SEP 2017

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SEPTEMBER 2017 • E&MJ; 1 www.e-mj.com SEPTEMBER 2017 • VOL 218 • NUMBER 9 FEATURES Is the Ultra-class Truck Dream Dead? Two mining engineers review lessons from a manufacturing 'leap of faith' and see different futures for the world's biggest haulers ............................... 32 Modern V-Cut Design .................................................................................... 40 Russian Miners Invest in Additional Capacity Despite currency fluctuations and sanctions, Russian miners plan to supply more diamonds and minerals to export markets ................................. 44 Screening the Options A look at what's new in products and services designed to improve vibrating screen value and performance ........................................................ 48 EcoTails: A New Approach to Large Scale Tailings Disposal Co-mingling coarse material with wetter filtered tails could enable the cost-effective construction of safer TSFs ................................................. 52 Diamond Miners Respond Suffering from lower jewelry demand over much of the past 10 years, the world's diamond industry picked up last year, at least in volume terms ....58 Special Report: Mining in Western Australia Green shoots of recovery visible in the Outback ............................................. 67 LEADING DEVELOPMENTS Fluor's Phosphate Megaproject in Saudi Arabia Begins Production ...................4 BHP Reports Strong Results ..............................................................................4 Freeport, Indonesia Agree on Plan for Operating Rights ....................................5 New MSHA Assistant Secretary is Named ..........................................................5 Rio Tinto Opens Silvergrass Iron Ore Mine in Western Australia ........................5 Near-mine Drilling Pays Off for 3 Australian Gold Miners ..................................6 MMG: Net Profit Up Thanks to Production at Las Bambas .................................6 AROUND THE WORLD U.S. & Canada: Newrange Starts Geophysical Surveys at Pamlico in Nevada .... 8 Latin America: BHP Approves Investment to Expand Life of Spence Copper Mine ................................................................................................... 14 Australia/Oceania: Red 5 Planning Western Australia Gold Production Hub ....20 Africa: DFS Supports Development of Ivanhoe's Platreef Project .................... 22 Asia: Thai Government Lifts Suspension of Chatree Mine .............................. 24 Exploration Roundup: Osisko Drilling 400,000 m at Windfall Lake................ 26 This month, E&MJ; turns its attention to diamond miners. The cover photo provides an inside look at the diamond processing plant at the Gahcho Kué mine in Canada, which is the world's largest new diamond mine. (Photo: Mountain Province Diamonds) DEPARTMENTS Calendar ...................................................... 30 Classifi ed Advertisements ............................ 94 Equipment Gallery ........................................ 91 From the Editor................................................2 Markets ........................................................ 96 Operating Strategies .................................... 80 People .......................................................... 12 Processing Solutions .................................... 88 Suppliers Report........................................... 84 This Month in Coal ....................................... 28

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