Why quarries should consider surface miners for aggregate mining
Surface miners can help alleviate the common issues quarries encounter when aggregate mining.
Looking to find a mining alternative to drill and blast? Learn how continuous surface mining can help your crew work efficiently!
Continuous surface mining is a methodology that is making African mines secure, environmentally sustainable and productive. Learn how.
Mines and urban areas are neighbors, requiring a drill and blast alternative. Learn the benefits of continuous surface mining and how it can help you become a better neighbor in your operations.
Here’s a look at how Vermeer is building toward equipment autonomy at mine sites.
Relatively new to the industry compared to drill and blast and ripping, machines like the Vermeer T1255 Terrain Leveler® SEM turn a normally vertical process horizontal. Read how it works.
Mining plays a vital role in everyone’s daily lives. Today, surface excavation machines (SEMs) are working at mines ranging from precious minerals and stones to quarry operations around the world.
You have two main options when it comes to mining: You can drill and blast with explosives and size the rock with a primary crusher, or you can use a continuous surface mining (CSM) method. But there are certain mining sites that require the capabilities of both methods. Here are examples of how and when to consider using both continuous surface mining and drill and blast on the same mining site.
It’s probably not how many Europeans or North Americans imagine a diamond mine. But Oranjemund, Namibia, is an important site for extraction of the precious stones. However, retrieving the gems is far from straightforward for Namdeb, the public-private partnership that operates the mine.
Technological advances have allowed the Vermeer surface miner to incorporate features including real-time machine data, GPS technology and a full-function remote control. Here’s a breakdown of the three features.