Editor's Desk
Engineering supplier increases Illawarra apprentice uptake
In what ranks as a complete antithesis to the generally gloomy forecast for manufacturing in the NSW industrial region of Illawarra, one of its most progressive engineering firms that facilitates the mining sector nationally is actually increasing in 2012 the quota on its annual uptake of apprentices.
Geology Talk
iPhone to convey more information
<div>Superior Industries, a US company and makers of conveying equipment, has launched an iPhone app called ConveyCalc ? and it?s free.</div><div><br></div>
Editor's Desk
HYFLEX 11-800 GLOVES
A new pair of gloves designed to reduce hand fatigue has been introduced by Ansell.
Geology Talk
Drive options on mobile crushers: mechanical or hydraulic?
What are the best drive options for a mobile crushing plant? What separates the mechanical and hydraulic methods? And is one more effective than the other?
Editor's Desk
The Odd Rock: New concrete sound
Idiosyncratic Israeli designer Shmuel Linski has come up with another crazy but functional project: a pair of 56kg concrete-encased music speakers.
Geology, Geology Talk
G is for Gnome
They may be garden mascots today but, as Bill Langer explains, gnomes’ origins are in the Mineral Kingdom and they were once thought to hold the secrets to treasures and ores.
Editor's Desk
Radial Travel Tracks
Superior Industries, a leading manufacturer of conveyor systems and components, introduces a new conveyor mobility option - Radial Travel Tracks.
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Rubber Cutting Edges
These rubber cutting edges are engineered using an abrasion and chunk resistant mining rubber compound for extended wear.
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Site safety: Everyone?s concern
As technology advances and equipment becomes safer, why do accidents continue to happen?
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