Mining Magazine April 2015 | Page 33

GREEN INITIATIVES IN MINING

Mining simulators not only have the potential to improve operator training but they also have the ability to benefit the environment . Instead of utilizing real machinery , which requires more fuel usage as well as producing more emissions , companies can take advantage of simulators and improve employee productivity as well as enjoy less downtime and costs .

In recent years , mining companies around the world have steered production towards the sole use of durable goods that can be easily reusable , remanufactured , or recycled . Scrap mining , for example , utilizes ever-reusable resources for other mining initiatives . Recycled metal is fundamentally cheaper and more sustainable than mined metal .

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