Atlas Copco's Monthly Online Construction & Mining Newsletter | DECEMBER 2008
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Stronger, for longer

A highlight of Atlas Copco's large display at the recent MINExpo 2008 mining show in Las Vegas was the new Pit Viper PV235, due to make an appearance in Australia around the middle of 2009.
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History... a good guide to what lies ahead says Rosengren

Treat the boom times as an anomaly and “trough” periods as more the norm, is what veteran mining analysts are reminding people about investing in mineral commodity cycles.
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Contractor takes D7 to the Phillipines

Leading Australian engineering and construction contractor McConnell Dowell will put its new Atlas Copco ROC D7 crawler drill to work at a new hydro power project in the Philippines in January.
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Collaboration wins Innovation Award

It’s off to the nationals for OZ Minerals, Barminco and Atlas Copco after their joint submission won the annual Tasmanian Minerals Council (TMC) award for innovation in mine occupational health and safety. The Minerals Council of Australia’s national safety innovation awards, that is.
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Repeating sins of the past
Richard Roberts

Respected coal industry advisor and analyst Dr Don Barnett said at the recent Australia Mining Congress in Sydney that an English researcher came up with the startling conclusion that history repeated itself 50% of the time.
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Deep hole success sounds like a broken record

Results are in for a 2000m diamond hole completed with an Atlas Copco Diamec U8 APC computerised drill at Charters Towers in north Queensland. It’s a record achievement by the rig, no doubt.
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Swick rig recognised for safe design

A significant build-up in deep exploration drilling activity in Australia, which has increased demand for Atlas Copco’s powerful Craelius diamond drill rigs, has also put the spotlight back on diamond bit performance.
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Support works both ways

Longstanding product support has influenced a decision by the Australian company supplying equipment being used to rehabilitate old phosphate mining areas on South Pacific island republic Nauru to add an Atlas Copco CM350 air track drill to its fleet.
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ACM adds new prong to mining service offering

Adapting to meet changing demands in the market is something Australian Contract Mining (ACM) has done extremely well in its first seven years of life.
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