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  Airborne dust remains one of the mining industry’s most significant health, compliance and operational risks. With increasing regulatory scrutiny and stricter exposure standards, operators are under growing pressure to ensure their dust-control systems are effective, maintained and capable of protecting workers. Effective dust management is more than a compliance requirement. Well-designed ventilation and filtration […]

  CMP Engineers’ manufacturing arm, Loadquip, has successfully completed the factory acceptance testing (FAT) for a 1,500 tonnes-per-hour (TPH) salt harvester supplied to BCI Minerals’ Mardie Salt Operation on the Pilbara coast of Western Australia. Following the completion of works on the tractor unit, the fully assembled salt harvester will be ready for transport to the site, marking

Mining machinery such as draglines, electric shovels, and haul trucks are massively expensive pieces of equipment, and the costs associated with downtime are even more significant. When cracks are detected, the immediate question from production is, ‘Can we keep operating?’ That’s where our team at CMP Engineers can help. We have been analysing and solving

BACKGROUND In heavy industry, lifting lugs are deceptively simple, yet critical components. These robust metal fixtures, often a reinforced hole, plate, or part of the main structure, provide the connection point for cranes and rigging equipment to lift massive machinery, such as dump truck bodies, transport frames, or entire sub-assemblies. While small, their failure can

Important mechanical components on rear dump mining trucks are most easily accessed by raising the dump body. To allow safe work under the raised body, holdback slings are installed between the tail of the body and the rear axle. The strength requirements for this sling are dictated by the Australian Standard AS ISO 13333:2021, entitled

CMP Engineers were delighted to be involved recently in VAST Solar’s concentrated solar power project for Mt Isa which is designed to deliver 50 MW of baseload power. The system uses an extensive array of mirrors (known as heliostats) to focus sunlight on to receivers which generate and store power via an innovative molten salt

A client approached us as they were considering modifications to a fleet of off-road trucks, including softening the rear suspension. They asked us to look at the safety implications of doing this; in particular, whether there would be an increased risk of vehicle rollover. One method which has gained recent popularity for assessing the risk

In our consulting work, we come across many instances of “TLAR engineering”, ie using “that looks about right” principles to make simple engineering decisions in the field. And a particularly common TLAR practice when faced with structural failures is “if it’s broke, add more metal”. With a little bit of engineering common sense, this often