Electric Vehicle Systems and Technology says it has developed a breakthrough technology with its patented ultra-low voltage (ULV) electric drive system that can drive light and heavy mobile mining equipment. At voltages as low as 3 V, the equivalent power of an internal combustion engine can be electrically generated to drive machinery, it said. The[…]
Gekko Systems says the benefits of accessing real-time on-stream gold data has been proven with the trial installation of the CSIRO-Gekko OLGA analyser at Evolution’s Mt Carlton operation, in Queensland, Australia. This trial has since been converted into a sale and permanent installation, Gekko said. OLGA is an X-ray fluorescence-based technology capable of detecting gold[…]
MacLean Engineering’s secondary breakers have been proving their worth in Africa, with a number of machines safely and effectively eliminating ore flow blockages and releasing trapped reserves above the draw point. Built for the tough underground mining environment, these machines provide the solution to attacking high boulder hang-ups without endangering mine workers, according to MacLean. One[…]
Queensland, Australia-based technology startup GlassTerra says it is collaborating with a global satellite connectivity company to conduct a proof of concept project to monitor a key embankment in real-time at the former-operating Mount Morgan mine. Mount Morgan, which was a copper, gold and silver mine that operated up to 1981, is now abandoned and managed by[…]
MST Global has announced the upcoming release of its new smartphone and network solution, Cortex. The phone and network will be used as the primary communication solution for harsh underground environments. The Cortex solution has push-to-talk, VoIP, a voice and messaging server, tracking capability and emergency broadcast functionality. The company states: “These features allow personnel[…]
Newcrest Mining has deployed Microsoft cloud, AI and IoT technologies at Australia’s largest underground, block cave mine to monitor and manage crushed ore bin levels. The soft sensor delivered a return in investment within the first three months of operation. The technology, developed by Newcrest in association with Microsoft and its partner Insight Enterprises, has[…]
FLSmidth recently announced two important flotation innovations – its mixedROW™ Flotation System, which “combines the best attributes of two technologies to create next-level results” and the Froth Recovery Upgrade Package which finds solutions to flaws found in original froth recovery technology. Ahead of the Flotation Technology report in the November ’19 edition of International Mining,[…]
What Master Drilling is demonstrating on a patch of land some 15 minutes’ drive outside of its Fochville, South Africa, headquarters has the potential to change the hard-rock shaft sinking industry. That is not an exaggeration. Interested parties – major mining companies included – are being shown how the main cutting mechanism of what could[…]
Vale says its joint venture Samarco Mineração SA division has been given clearance to restart operating activities at its Germano Complex, in Minas Gerais, Brazil, some four years after a dam collapse shuttered the operation. Vale said the division, owned 50:50 by it and BHP, had received the Corrective Operation License (LOC) for its operating[…]
RCT and Northern Star Resources have recently completed an autonomous technology trial in Western Australia’s Goldfields region that bodes well for the future of underground remote operations centres in the state. In early October, RCT set up a ControlMaster® Automation Centre at the Western Australian School of Mines (WASM) in Kalgoorlie with a network connection[…]