Modern Mining July 2017

COVER STORY

Next generation jumbo for Black Mountain

Vedanta’s Black Mountain Mine in the Northern Cape will become the first local mine to adopt a new generation jumbo Sandvik DD422i with the new control system technology for tunnelling and blasting of a new decline shaft development.

T he delivery of the automated Sandvik DD422i mining jum- bo to the mine later this year once again propels it to the forefront of min- ing technology. According to Saltiel Pule, Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology’s Business Line Manager – Underground Drills Southern Africa, Black Moun-

tain has been eager to adopt new technologies for drills. The ad- dition of the automated jumbo at the mine will deliver higher development rates and increased production. “Black Mountain Mine was always going to be the right partner, the right cause and the right application. The rig will be breaking new ground in a defined

Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology’s Saltiel Pule.

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