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Don of a new era

A rare photo of Mintec’s resident ironman, Don Guglielmin, stationary. Forget Chuck Norris. Meet Don Guglielmin. Mintec’s resident iron man has yet to take a sick day after more than 21 years. He’d...

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Tales of the unexpected

Tapping the gauge – never a good sign at 18,000 feet. Air travel is a little more laid back in British Columbia, Canada. That’s why we all had a good view of our pilot tapping one of his many gauges....

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Talking Turkey

The Romans were mining at Efemcukuru about 2,000 years ago. University of British Columbia mine engineering graduates arrived a little later – May 7, 2012, to be exact. The Canadian students’ mining...

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Back from the booth

Jockeys start young in Mongolia. Soon after learning to walk, in fact. MineSight Australia regional business director, Mark Gabbitus, reports back from Mongolia. I’m just on my way home from Mongolia...

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Four-year itch

During its 42-year history, Mintec has seen many MINExpos come and go, but the 2012 edition will be the most important yet for exposure of its MineSight mine planning and modeling software. President...

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Bienvenido a Hermosillo!

Mintec expects to open its Hermosillo branch later next month. Add Hermosillo to the growing list of Mintec branch offices worldwide. The company expects to open its Mexico base next month. With mining...

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MineSight the movie!

  Mintec lets its clients do the talking in “MineSight Products for Productivity,” a new series of videos unveiled today. In seven chapters, the videos convey some of the urgency of working mines, the...

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Previewing MineSight’s Fab Four

  Mintec is offering a glimpse of tomorrow’s software today via video. Four major MineSight product releases are previewed by Mintec president John Davies in “The Future,” the concluding chapter to a...

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Demystifying complex coal

  Complex coal is simply that … complex. The varying dips and thicknesses of seams and partings between seams, as well as faulting and folding require careful thought for geology and mine planning....

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Script for success

  In southeastern British Columbia, Canada, Teck Coal faced the challenge of building a combined model for two of its mining areas that had been surveyed in different coordinate systems. Geologist,...

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Abra su mente en MineQuest

  MineQuest es una búsqueda por la productividad, un esfuerzo compartido entre Mintec y los usuarios de MineSight por sacar mayor provecho de MineSight. La serie internacional de seminarios de Mintec...

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First for Coal

  Watch the video and see why mines are turning to MineSight for their coal needs. MineSight products offer numerous advantages for mining coal, particularly structurally complex coal. MineSight...

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