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Written by Administrator | 29 September 2010

  • Novatek Launches Africa’s (First?) Shunicycle
    03.12.10 Main >> news
    The most bizarre and most impractical product we have ever made is a SHUNICYCLE. You won’t find it in a dictionary and Google doesn’t know the term… yet.

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  • MEDIUM PRESSURE DRILLS OPERATE AT VERY LOW PRESSURE AS WELL!
    27.08.10 Main >> news
    Medium pressure (MP) drills normally used on powerpack systems operate at a specified pressure range of 12 to 16 MPa. In practice, drillers often connect too many drills to a system; this can cause operating pressures to fall to 8 MPa or lower. Another favourite is where waterjets are used for cleaning concurrent with drilling, with the same effect.

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  • NEW MINES LOOK TO HYDROPOWER TO MEET POWER SUPPLY LIMITATIONS
    26.08.10 Main >> news
    New mining projects are finding their powering-technology choices limited by electrical power constraints. Eskom will supply up to a maximum of say 5 MVA; at higher consumptions increasingly punitive rates start to apply. It often makes it impossible to mine an economic tonnage with the industry fallback system – pneumatic systems to power drilling.

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  • MODDER E MINE
    25.08.10 Main >> news
    Gold1’s Modder E and Sub Nigel mines are steadily ramping up towards full production. Modder E is a new decline shaft, officially opened in 2009 and equipped with micro hydropower using pumpstations to power working areas. Hydropower was the natural choice due to limited power available from Eskom.

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  • DWARSRIVIER CHROME – APPROPRIATE MECHANISATION WITH STOPE RIGS
    25.07.10 Main >> news
    Novatek pneumatic drilling systems are being used to drill in bord and pillar mining – in place of large mechanised drill rigs.

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