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BLASTHOLE DRILLING: Safety, productivity improved on Bucyrus 49R drills

infomine - mining equipment and supplier news | May 6, 2009 | 5:13 pm

WISCONSIN — Bucyrus International has made what it says are both safety and productivity improvements to its 49 series of rotary blasthole drills. It has introduced a new bit change carousel and a forked pipe wrench for the machines….more at Canadian Mining Journal