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Emerson and AspenTech announced today they have teamed up to deliver asset optimisation software solutions along with global automation technologies and operational consulting services. Together, the two industry leaders will help customers optimise production and drive operational excellence. AspenTech’s broad suite of asset optimisation software creates value across all phases of the asset lifecycle –[…]

At 10.0 m in diameter and 1,284 m deep, The Redpath Group along with Hasu Megawatt, through their joint venture company, Dayan Contract Mining, has reached the bottom of the Number 2 shaft at the massive Oyu Tolgoi mine in the south Gobi Desert. Dayan Contract Mining (DCM) blasted the last bench January 13, 2018[…]

Emergent Technology Holdings LP is pleased to announce its first industry partnership with Yamana Gold Inc. Yamana, a global precious metals mining company, is the first to license Emergent’s blockchain technology supply chain solution, which traces the provenance of Conflict-Free Gold from mines to refineries, and through to vaults. The solution uses blockchain technology to[…]

Namdeb Holdings, a 50/50 joint venture between the Government of the Republic of Namibia and De Beers Group, today announced it is to seek a buyer for its Elizabeth Bay mine to secure its long-term future. The mine was commissioned in 1991 and is located along the south-western coast of Namibia near the town Lüderitz.[…]

Collahuasi copper mine has welcomed South America’s first Liebherr T 284 to complement its existing fleet of seven T 282 C mining trucks at what is now the world’s second largest copper operation. The company’s industrial installations and the Rosario, Ujina and Huinquintipa deposits located in the Pica municipal district of Chile’s Tarapaca Region, form[…]

SMT Scharf AG has indirectly acquired an interest in 100% of the shares in RDH Mining Equipment, based in Alban, Canada, through its wholly-owned subsidiary SMT Scharf Corporation, also based in Alban, Canada. With this acquisition, SMT Scharf AG is further pursuing its corporate strategy and strengthening its market position as an integrated system provider[…]

One of the points of contention between mining companies and mining ministers attending this week’s Mining Indaba in Cape Town was, as it has been at other times when commodity prices have risen, increased government charges. Ivanhoe Mines founder Robert Friedland said he is ready to pay higher royalties and taxes as proposed by a[…]

The digital age holds out great opportunities for mining companies to reduce risk and improve safety and profitability; SRK Consulting (SA) Chairman William Joughin gave delegates at the Investing in African Mining Indaba a taste of what is already being achieved. Speaking as part of the Indaba’s Mining 2050 (Technology & Innovation) stream, Joughin highlighted[…]

The very essence of exploration drilling is to find out more about the ground below us or above us. With the new drilling and operational analysing tool, Exploration Manager, this task becomes much easier. Recording of Measure While Drilling (MWD) data has been around for a while, but with an upgraded software on a Diamec[…]

Dassault Systèmes recently announced that it has officially launched the 3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace, its online ecosystem where today’s business innovators in mining and other industries will be able to collaborate and transact with other industrials and service providers. The cloud-based marketplace is a new trading platform for digital design, engineering and manufacturing transactions, with ambition to[…]