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Doppelmayr has turned its RopeCon® system on its head, designing a new vertical material transport concept for the underground mining space called the Vertical Shaft Conveyor. Unveiling the concept at the AIMEX 2019 event in Sydney, Australia, the company said the Vertical Shaft Conveyor “opens up new material transport options for underground mining and gives[…]

RCT says it has entered into a project with Chinova Resources to install and commission autonomous technology at its Osborne copper-gold underground mine in Queensland, Australia. The project involves RCT installing its ControlMaster® Guidance Automation packages on two CAT 2900 LHDs at the operation, which comprises mining, processing facilities and exploration tenements. RCT will also[…]

The Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG), following its inaugural mining interoperability alignment roundtable two weeks ago in Perth, Australia, has come together with industry participants to launch an interoperability organisations taskforce. This group will work toward fleshing out a detailed roadmap and develop a way of illustrating how all the pieces fit together, the GMG[…]

McLanahan Corporation has welcomed Engecampo as its newest partner. Engecampo will sell and distribute McLanahan’s line of mineral processing solutions, including feeding, crushing, dewatering, sampling and scrubbing equipment throughout Brazil. “We are delighted to be partnered with such a highly respected local organisation and we know that Engecampo shares our passion for customer service and[…]

Denison Mines Corp has announced positive initial test results from Test Area 1, as part of the ongoing In-Situ Recovery (ISR) field test program at the company’s 90% owned Wheeler River Uranium Project in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. As outlined within the Company’s Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) for Wheeler River, which was completed in late 2018, additional[…]

Rajant Corporation, the exclusive provider of Kinetic Mesh wireless networks, has launched its latest BreadCrumb node, the ES1. This mid-tier BreadCrumb is a cost-effective option to use in conjunction with all other Rajant nodes to form or expand coverage of a resilient, autonomously adaptable Kinetic Mesh® network. Like all Rajant offerings, the ES1 is powered[…]

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions is developing and building a new 5,500 t materials handling system for one of the most remote and challenging locations in the world: an iron ore port in northern Canada. Recently, the first plants were shipped completely pre-assembled from Bremerhaven, Germany, to Baffin Island. Baffinland Iron Ore Mines Corporation’s (Baffinland’s) Mary River[…]

The University of Adelaide says it will lead a new national mining research and training centre using advanced technologies that will “help to shape the future of Australia’s mining operations”. The Australian Government today announced A$3.7 million funding for the new Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Integrated Operations for Complex Resources. Funded[…]

GroundProbe says it has launched a new data aggregation software for geotechnical sensor monitoring, MonitorIQ. MonitorIQ is, according to the Orica-owned company, feature-rich allowing users to collate and compare data from more than 120 sensor types on one platform including the suite of radar, laser and vibration monitors provided by GroundProbe. It also allows users[…]

Day one of AIMEX 2019 in Sydney, Australia, was as varied as mining events come. Against an exhibition backdrop that organisers say included more than 500 suppliers, leaders in the industry took to the conference stage to debate some of the industry hottest topics. The morning sessions started off with discussions on the relationship between[…]