New life for Canadian mine - Atlas Copco

EditorialContents383FeaturesA new road network takes shape inArgentina in the home of the dinosaurs.12Looking through this issue ofM&C you will be interestedto see how we are investing inapplication know-how (page 14). Thissignifies one of the strongest trendsin the market today and confirms myown beliefs about the importance ofvalue added solutions.It is gratifying to note that moremining and construction companies arenow engaging us in conversations aboutTCO – Total Cost of Ownership – ratherthan the cost of equipment. At the sametime, it is understandable that somebecome blinded by price, especially inthese tough economic times.There is certainly no lack of lowcostproducers in the market today, alleager to sell products far below what itcosts for us to make them. And that’sfine, as long as buyers are aware thatthese low-cost producers might notpossess the necessary service andlogistics networks, technical supportor application knowledge and have nopossibility to invest in the future.Atlas Copco has been in businesssince 1873. We think long term. Wework together as a long term partnerwith our customers and constantlystrive to generate opportunities forthem. At the end of the day, we canhelp our customers to save or makefortunes.Application know-how creates valueadded solutions. It’s about safety, availabilityand utilization. It’s about howmuch it will cost to put a tonne of rockon the ground, or how much more canbe achieved by using the same equipmentfor different tasks.We also talk about “applicationintegrity”. It means focusing on whatis needed, not on what is requested.Don KingVice President, MarketingUnderground Rock Excavation812182213161721251426Environmental operations a priorityat Canadian Malartic gold mine.Raiseborer gets a refit ahead of newshaft project at Italy’s Sedrina mine.Spanish tunnelers find the solutionclose at hand to stabilizing poor ground.Nordic drillers give their opinionson the new SmartROC surface drill rig.Products & progressAutomation on show at AIMEX. Newpedestal boom system launched.Introducing T-WiZ threads for tough environments.New drill rig concept for China.Boomer M1 L is the ideal rig for low seamroom and pillar mining.The complete package for pipe roofingapplications.Improved silencer kit for SmartROC.Rollover boom offers new opportunities.Technically SpeakingAtlas Copco strengthens ApplicationsTeam with four new specialists.Marketplace & in briefNews from around the world.Mining & Construction is pub lished by AtlasCopco. The magazine fo cus es on the company’sknow-how, prod ucts and meth ods used for drill ing,bor ing, rock re in force ment and load ing world wide.Published by Atlas Copco Rock Drills AB,SE-701 91 Örebro, Sweden. www.atlascopco.comTel: +46 (0)19 670 70 00.Publisher Ulf Linder,e-mail: ulf.linder@us.atlascopco.comEditor Terry Greenwood, e-mail: terry@greenwood.seAdvisory Board Ulf Linder, Mikael Wester, P-G Larén,Lars Bergkvist, Gunnar Nord, Anna Dahlman Herrgård.Editorial Production & DesignGreenwood Com munications AB, Box 50,SE-121 25 Stockholm, Swe den.Tel: +46 (0)8 411 85 11. www.greenwood.sePrinted by Alloffset AB, Bandhagen, Sweden 2010.ISSN 0284-8201.WEBSITE www.miningandconstruction.com1822TRADEMARKS AND reproduction of articlesAll Atlas Copco product names (including but not limitedto Pit Viper, ROC, Boomer, Elemex, Symmetrix, Smart-Rig, SmartROC, COP and Secoroc) are registered trademarksof one or more Atlas Copco Group companies.For questions regarding free reproduction of articles,photos or artwork in this magazine, please contact theEditor or the Publisher.Safety firstAtlas Copco is committed to comply with or exceed allglobal or local safety rules and regulations for personalsafety. However, some photographs in this magazinemay show circumstances that are beyond our control.All users of Atlas Copco equipment are urged to thinksafet y first and alwaysuse proper ear, eye,head and other protectionas required t ominimize the risk ofpersonal injury.