News Archive

February 2014
12 Feb 2014
Mine Site Technologies enhances production monitoring
Mine Site Technologies (MST) states that "while providing location details for all your people and...
12 Feb 2014
Erzberg iron ore mine selects Hyster tyre handler
To help change the mining tyres on haul mining trucks at the VA Erzberg iron ore mine in Austria,...
12 Feb 2014
Enigma Telematics launches tablet version of Skyline mobile tracking platform
Enigma Telematics has announced the release of an Android version of its Skyline Asset Tracking app,...
12 Feb 2014
Electric underground machines with "limitless autonomy"
Italy's Paolo Cadeddu has designed and built a number of battery powered underground electric mining...
11 Feb 2014
Rio Tinto partners with CRCMining, Newcrest and Elexon on Cave Tracker project
Rio Tinto has partnered with CRCMining, Newcrest Mining and Elexon Electronics in the development of...
11 Feb 2014
Huawei introduces its mining solution in Africa for the first time
Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider unveiled what it describes...
11 Feb 2014
RIEGL develops first unmanned air system LiDAR sensor
RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems has been developing the world’s first survey-grade Unmanned Air System (UAS)...
11 Feb 2014
Profit versus purpose – a mining industry in a state of flux
Shareholders and stakeholders need to come to the party to identify solutions to ensure the...
10 Feb 2014
New Minemax Planner set for release at SME in Salt Lake City
Minemax has announced the forthcoming release of a new solution for rapid, high-level project evaluation....
10 Feb 2014
Advanced simulation boosts Murray & Roberts Cementration training
The Murray & Roberts Cementation Training Academy near Carletonville in South Africa has taken the use...
10 Feb 2014
allmineral raises bar in WHIMS with gaustec-GHX
The innovative gaustec® technology from allmineral has been widely used with success in ore processing...
10 Feb 2014
Record used South Africa dragline sale sees Glencore acquire "Bigger Digger" from Anglo Coal
A 3,298 t Bucyrus 1570W used dragline, valued at over ZAR1billion new, has been sold in...