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Any stockpile within reason (not very large ones) can now be quantified by pointing your iPhone at it and walking around using the Stockpile Reports Lite iPhone app. This app allows anyone to measure piled material themselves, right away, for a small fraction of the typical cost, getting measurement results before the time it would[…]

Endeavour Mining’s greenfield Houndé Gold Operation (HGO) in Burkina Faso has recently gone into development and with quick timelines to get equipment to site and operators trained. Endeavour Mining has selected operator training solutions from Immersive Technologies. “In the short time the site has been operational the simulator training program has already produced significant improvement[…]

Multotec’s use of 3D printing over the past two years has proved this technology’s ability to produce prototypes for customers quickly and cost effectively, according to Multotec Manufacturing Technology Manager, Chris Oldewage. “Our 3D printing facilities bring designs to life, and allow for physical and visual interaction during concept development,” he says. “We can now produce[…]

Greg Shapland, CRC ORE IES – Utilisation Manager, explains that CRC ORE’s Integrated Extraction Simulator (IES) is being used to help identify the throughput boost from Grade Engineering® for the San Cristobal mine. Sumitomo is using IES to help determine the most valuable strategy for the operation. Grade Engineering is focussed on improving the quality[…]

Automation and digitalization are the future of the industry. But automation is not just about remotely controlled machines. Atlas Copco offers smart connected products and with the new concept 6thSense takes a leap in getting all systems connected. “We are now taking a big step on the digital path for systems integration in mining, quarrying[…]

Modular Mining Systems, a global leader in real-time mine management solutions, has announced its fourth-generation Collision Awareness System (CAS) to feature key technologies from DENSO. The system combines DENSO’s industry-leading, standards-based vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) connected vehicle technologies with Modular’s own software and hardware, enabling the CAS to help increase situational awareness and mitigate collision risk in[…]

After several years of R&D, Atlas Copco is formally launching the new generation Mobile Miner product line. The Mobile Miner product line “offers a continuous hard rock mining system which enables faster advance rates, easier scheduling and safer work environment than traditional methods.” The new generation Mobile Miner product line currently comprises three different product[…]

Bluejay Mining plc, the AIM and FSE listed company with projects in Greenland and Finland, is pleased to announce that its 2017 exploration programmes at its Pituffik Titanium Project and Disko-Nuussuaq Magmatic Massive Sulphide Nickel-Copper-Platinum Project in Greenland have been approved by the Mineral Licence and Safety Authority (MLSA) in Greenland. At Pituffik, drilling is[…]

According to a recent report in The West Australian, BHP’s Jimblebar mine will be the first operation in the mining giant’s Pilbara iron ore portfolio to move completely to driverless trucks. In an email to staff, WA iron ore boss Edgar Basto and Jimblebar General Manager Elsabe Muller said Jimblebar’s existing fleet of 25 Caterpillar[…]

Five new IZ-KARTEX shovels started working at the mining enterprises of Russia in the spring of 2017. On March 4, EKG-10 №538 was launched in operation at the gold mining pit of AO Polyus Gold in Krasnoyarsk kray. The installation was performed by the regional service company OMZ-Gortekhmash-Service. On March 31 at JSC Stoilensky GOK,[…]