Underground mining has become more scientific, controlled and automated, requiring fewer people underground, improving safety ...

Underground development at diamond producer Lucara Diamond’s Botswana-based Karowe mine is expected to extend its operational ...

By: Murray Macnab - Group Executive Technical Director at UMS Group Almost everything humans consume is grown or mined. As far back as 40,000 years ago, people excavated the earth for its minerals, ...

Underground mining has become more scientific, controlled and automated ... particularly for repetitive work that does not require specialised input. For example, in shaft sinking, removing people ...