44th Annual Conference

William Hissem




William Hissem is the Senior Mining Engineer for Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology in North America. After earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mining Engineering at Colorado School of Mines in 1979, he worked for ASARCO, Amax Metals, and Eisenman Chemical at mine operations in the western US. His work included a full spectrum of engineering staff and field production assignments in both open pit and underground operations. He then joined Tamrock in 1983 where his work initially focused on hydraulic top-hammer drilling and its practical applications in the US market. Since that time, Mr. Hissem has developed and implemented proprietary time-study and cost analysis software specific to drilling applications in the course of serving clients throughout North America, South America, and Western Europe. When Tamrock was acquired by Sandvik in 1998, a full range of quarry and mining production machinery spanning the full range of equipment applications was put into play giving both the need and opportunity to consider front to back equipment selection and application suitability. Currently he is responsible for assisting Sandvik’s customers and clients in the mining, quarrying, and construction sectors of the industry with process and optimization solutions. He is an active member in ISEE, and member of the NSSGA.

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