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<br /> WorldMining<br /> Frontiers<br /> £38/€59/$78 · VOLUME 2 2019<br /> Flip the switch<br /> How electrification is transforming the industry<br /> The future is now Strike gold<br /> Innovations in automation Fortescue's exploration strategy<br /> Illinois coal · Holistic sustainability · US trends · Communicating safety<br /> <br /> On the web...<br /> Find recent editions, white<br /> papers and market analysis at<br /> www.nsenergybusiness.com<br /> World Mining Frontiers<br /> Volume 2 2019<br /> Editorial<br /> Editor Grace Allen<br /> grace.allen@ns-mediagroup.com<br /> Chief sub-editor Thom Atkinson<br /> Sub-editors Barney Horner, Jason Riley<br /> Senior feature writer Greg Noone<br /> Feature writers Tim Gunn, Will Moffitt<br /> Production controller Steve Buchanan<br /> Group art director Henrik Wil<a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=1"> WorldMining Frontiers </a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=2"> </a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=3"> On the web... Find recent editions, white papers </a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=4"> </a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=5"> Contents In this issue Cover story 32 23 32 </a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=6"> News & numbers “Mining as an industry has a low </a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=7"> News & numbers Trends in US coal mining US c</a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=8"> Regional focus Black market The Illinois coal ba</a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=9"> in 2012, and later the election of Donald Trump, </a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=10"> Regional focus 120 The amount of jobs lost du</a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=11"> Health & safety Listen and learn A team</a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=12"> Health & safety Working for NIOSH at its H</a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=13"> to engineering controls on-site,” says Haas. “We </a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=14"> THE ART OF TRANSPORTING FRESH AIR</a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=15"> Company insight Breathe easy In 1949, Protan</a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=16"> </a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=17"> Company insight Green open pit mining: make i</a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=18"> Company insight Safe and sustainable future </a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=19"> Company insight ■Normet Utimec MF 500 Transmix</a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=20"> Motor Driven Reels </a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=21"> Company insight Successful replacement of shi</a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=22"> Company insight Mining for the industrial int</a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=23"> Technology & equipment Electric dreams </a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=24"> Technology & equipment Yet the situation </a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=25"> NORMET.COM INNOVATING FOR PERFORMANCE Normet </a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=26"> Technology & equipment cemented rockfill to s</a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=27"> Sustainability Answer the inconvenient truth </a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=28"> Sustainability T he good news: in 2018</a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=29"> approach to tracking and reviewing its performanc</a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=30"> </a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=31"> Company insight A new approach With over 40 </a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=32"> Automation & robotics Mind over matter Over the </a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=33"> Resolute Mining J ust under 7,000 peop</a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=34"> Automation & robotics 30% Expected gain in o</a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=35"> Company insight Critical mining equipment: im</a> <a title="WMF Volume 2 2019 page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/201e21a7?page=36"> BEATING INDUSTRY STANDARDS FOR OVER 80 YEARS. 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