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Christine Gibbs Stewart, CEO, Austmine, has highlighted a relatively new company Vayeron that has developed “an intelligent conveyor roller monitoring system which predicts and reports potential failures, significantly reducing downtime and maintenance costs, whilst improving safety.” Vayeron’s Smart-Idler™ is built from the ground up on innovative state-of-the-art technology. It directly monitor’s the key characteristics of[…]

The Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP) has been warning of the dangers of the illegal gold mining invasion of Tambopata National Reserve, an important protected area in the southern Peruvian Amazon (department of Madre de Dios), for some months now. The latest MAAP #33 seen here, shows that illegal gold mining is also[…]

Peru’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 4.4% in the first quarter of this year, somewhat higher than the 3.3% achieved for the whole of last year. The main factor behind this performance is the sharp increase in mining output (copper in particular) following the start-up of new operations like Toromocho (in Junín) and Las[…]

Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, has announced the launch of PlantStruxure PES V4.2, integrating new hardware with capabilities from the company’s award-winning Modicon M580 ePAC family “to strengthen the company’s automation portfolio” in the mining, minerals and metals and other industries. Built for Industrial Internet of Things applications, the addition[…]

Safescape Laddertube is a state-of-the-art escapeway system designed specifically for use in underground mines. Well over 300 ladderways have now been installed at more than 63 mines worldwide. A fully-enclosed, durable polyethylene product, Safescape is not impacted by water, salt or other mineral deposits. It requires minimal upkeep, fits comfortably within a 1m diameter raise[…]

To coincide with ‘Chile Day’ and Chilean President Bachelet’s visit to the UK as a guest of the government, the Newton/Prosperity Science and Innovation Program held a showcase of its innovative projects with their partners at the University College London on Friday, May 13. This flagship event was attended by Chilean government ministers including the[…]

Despite sluggish global commodity prices that continue to cause an ongoing slump in the mining industry – skills transfer and job creation have been empowering local employees at the Mopani copper mine in Zambia, thanks to a joint venture between Redpath Mining SA and Rig Resources Zambia. Since officially entering into the three-year joint venture[…]

In October 2015, E3G, independent experts on climate diplomacy and energy policy, published a G7 Coal Scorecard to provide a baseline assessment of how the G7 countries were addressing the challenge of reducing coal-fired power generation. It analysed the market and policy contexts of their domestic use of coal and their international influence. This G7[…]

This month in 1921 a legend was born. The name Komatsu would become synonymous with success, vision and quality. The story begins long before the company was called Komatsu. The founder of the company Meitaro Takeuchi had inherited his father’s philosophy that education and mechanisation were key to Japan’s future. He set out on a[…]

ITRI reports that at a press conference in Jakarta last week the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources announced results of audits of tin smelters in Bangka Belitung and Riau islands carried out since March. It concluded that capacity utilisation had been only 21% in 2015 and that there has been poor supervision of mines[…]