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• SEE & TOUCH | Norcat presents Mining Transformed

MINING TRANSFORMED, the world’s first tech exhibition in an underground, operating mine is taking place next month in Sudbury, Ont. From Sept. 26-29, the Norcat Underground Centre will host over 40 trailblazing technology companies giving you the opportunity to see, touch and feel the future of global mining industry.

Attendees of Mining Transformed will find solutions to challenges currently facing mining companies in the face of the digital transformation of the mining industry, including ground breaking answers to the biggest questions surrounding how to improve safety, efficiency and sustainability.

Additionally, attendees will join an exclusive community of 150+ fellow mining industry movers and shakers looking for the next great innovation. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect.

As the mining industry continues to transform, it requires new levels of openness, the innovation and collaboration. Mining Transformed is a unique, unprecedented opportunity to uncover new ideas and different points of view to ultimately become more modern, agile and resilient.

Mining Transformed tickets are limited and available BY INVITATION ONLY at the following link www.Eventbrite. ca/e/Mining-Transformed-2022-tickets-272307467967. Please use the promo-code MININGTECH2022 at checkout to complete your purchase.

The $325 ticket price includes full access to the technology exhibition, catered meals from a local restaurant and free high-speed WiFi while on site at the Norcat Underground Centre and free transportation to and from our designated pickup spots. Plus, you’ll receive admission to a number of social events and networking opportunities including the official Mining Transformed After Party at Dynamic Earth. CMJ

• TRADE FAIR | bauma equipment show set for October

THE WORLD’S LEADING construction and mining equipment trade fair – bauma 2022 – will run in Munich, Germany from Oct. 24 to 30, 2022. The newest in low-carbon, state-of-the-art machinery and vehicles will be seen in 614,000 m2 of space at the Trade Fair Centre Messe Munich.

Already there are several bauma talks online at www.bauma.de covering topics such as tomorrow’s construction methods and materials, how mining can be sustainable, the way to zero emissions efficient and reliable, autonomous machines, and the digital construction site. The talks began in March and run to mid-September.

One-day and three-day tickets are priced from €29 to €80 and may be bought online. CMJ

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CEMENTATION AMERICAS announced the completion of the full faced raise bored raise at Solvay Chemicals #5 shaft in Green River, Wyoming. Project requirements were to complete a 6.7-metre diameter shaft, complete with concrete liner, from surface to a depth of 459 metres. Concrete liner thickness increased as the depth of the shaft increased, so the initial concept was to complete a pilot slash raise with a raise bore drill and then slash from the top down to achieve the differing diameters to accommodate concrete liner thickness.

Cementation instead proposed a full face raise bored shaft solution with variable diameters for each section. Cementation worked closely with Sandvik to design, engineer and manufacture a reaming head that could be diminished in diameter rather than manufacturing different diameters of outside wings. Final design allowed for five diameter options; maximum of 8.1 metres, down to 7.5 metres, in increments of approximately 15 cm. The 8.1-metre diameter reamer consisted of 12 individual sec-

The Solvay reaming head at the Sandvik workshop in Sudbury, Ont.

CREDIT: CEMENTATION AMERICAS

tions, 46 cutters and weighed 136,000 lb.

Following completion of 20.7-metre deep collar excavation and lining, Cementation’s Strata 950 raise drill was set up over the collar and a 40-cm diameter pilot hole was drilled with Micon’s rotary vertical drilling system (RVDS). When the completed pilot hole was surveyed, the total deviation from vertical was found to be less than 10 cm over entire length of pilot hole.

Based on the pilot hole survey, it was determined that the first leg of the shaft would be reamed to 9-metre diameter for 179.2 metres of shaft, followed by 7.6-metre diameter for the next 86.9 metres of shaft and 7.5-metre diameter for the final 163.1 metres of shaft to surface.

Reaming of the shaft was completed on April 24, 2022, and the Cementation shaft crews are now in the process of completing the shaft lining. This raise was one of the largest ever pulled in the America’s and was completed without incident. Its success was the result of a collaborative effort by all parties involved by providing the best technical solution for the Solvay Chemicals #5 shaft.

For more information on Cementation, visit www.cementation.com. CMJ

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