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How to reduce dust exposure, improve compliance, and lower ventilation costs in mining operations

Airborne dust remains one of the mining industry’s most significant health, compliance and operational risks. With increasing regulatory scrutiny and stricter ...

CMP manufacturing arm, Loadquip, supplies 1,500 TPH salt harvester to BCI Minerals’ Mardie Salt Operation

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 ...

The consequences of finding a crack in your equipment: How we keep heavy industry running

Mining machinery such as draglines, electric shovels, and haul trucks are massively expensive pieces of equipment, and the costs associated with downtime ...

Lifting lugs under stress: How to prevent high-risk failures

BACKGROUND In heavy industry, lifting lugs are deceptively simple, yet critical components. These robust metal fixtures, often a reinforced hole, plate, or ...

Factors of safety on holdback slings not well understood

Important mechanical components on rear dump mining trucks are most easily accessed by raising the dump body. To allow safe work under ...

Modal testing of VAST Solar’s Heliostats

CMP Engineers were delighted to be involved recently in VAST Solar’s concentrated solar power project for Mt Isa which is designed to ...