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Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology has introduced an operator training simulator to provide a compact and flexible solution to safely train operators and maintenance teams on its DD422i, DD422iE and DT922i drill rigs. This latest development provides a low weight safe training tool that is highly portable, enabling it to be used where it is[…]

Epiroc automation and digital solutions can be used to connect work sites in many surface and underground applications, and the company will continue to add to its suite. For example, the automation-ready Epiroc Pit Viper PV-231 surface blasthole drills will become available in Spring 2019. The Pit Viper series of surface blasthole drills offers Rig[…]

Epiroc, a leading productivity partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, highlighted its suite of innovative automation and digital solutions at the 2019 Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) Annual Conference & Expo in Denver, Colorado. Epiroc automation and digital solutions create a connected worksite to make mining operations safer, more productive and more[…]

Diversified mining services company Ausdrill Ltd announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, African Mining Services (AMS), has been awarded a contract extension with Ghana Manganese Company. GMC owns and operates the Nsuta manganese mine in the western region of Ghana, where AMS has been providing equipment hire for two years. The contract extension is for[…]

Aachen-based AiNT develops measurement systems based on Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA). It recently developed the drill core analyser CorA for integral elemental analysis of drill cores extracted during exploration of mineral deposits. The neutron activation analysis allows fast determination of integral elements in the core. The system can be used in drill core, drill cuttings[…]

Production capacity in the SAG mill is more often than not the constraining factor for an entire processing plant. Improving the throughput of a mill by even a few percentage points can thus have a significant impact on the bottom line. Replacing steel cast liners with improved composite liners is doing just that, says FLSmidth.[…]

Aramine has looked to extend the continuous working time of its battery-powered miniLoader® L140B by providing a system that, it says, will “totally change the way you can use a battery machine underground”. The standard L140B, launched in 2017, offers four hours of continuous operation. This allows for the mucking of three to four faces[…]

In a wide-ranging talk on digitisation at the 2019 SME Annual Conference & Expo in Denver, Colorado, Mikael Lindholm, Chief Digital Officer of FLSmidth, said the use of remote operations centres was providing returns to those mining companies employing them. Lindholm said FLSmidth had seen an influx of remote operations centres “popping up” across the[…]

By the time Anglo American produces its first copper from the Quellaveco mine in Peru, the company will have owned the orebody for nearly 30 years, spent more than 15 years laying the groundwork, invested millions of dollars, and made thousands of decisions necessary to get the mine up and running. Company leaders believe that[…]

Goldcorp has announced the three finalists selected to pitch to a panel of judges at the #DisruptMining 2019 live finale taking place around the PDAC event in Toronto, next month. The trio includes companies looking at a new drilling approach that can unlock the value in narrow vein deposits; a unique way of training artificial[…]