As a dredge moves farther away from its discharge point, production can decrease while the cost-per-ton increases. Adding a booster pump provides benefits of greater production and less equipment wear and tear. Booster pumps may be land- or water-based. As a dredge moves farther away from the discharge point, the pump speed is increased to maintain a proper slurry velocity…
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Boart Longyear TruCore Designed For Drillers, By Drillers
Boart Longyear introduced TruCore, an integrated core orientation system that enables drillers to increase productivity and decrease spending on consumables, according to the company. Core Orientation is essential to the mining and resources sector as it marks and determines the precise orientation and position of core while in the ground. This information helps determine faults, cleavages, joints, mineral lineation and…
Read MoreAggregates Poster, Calendar Part of Earth Science Week Toolkit
The Minerals Education Coalition (MEC) of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Foundation (SMEF) is partnering with the American Geosciences Institute (AGI) to support Earth Science Week 2014. MEC’s new poster “Hard Rock and the Rolling Stones: Aggregates” and the “Aggregates Matter” activity calendar page are part of AGI’s Earth Science Week Toolkit. The back of MEC’s aggregates poster has four…
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