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As outlined in the March 2020 edition of Murray & Roberts Group magazine Robust, InSig Technologies (InSig) recently installed reliable underground WiFi networks at the Mount Morgans and Edna May underground gold mines in Western Australia. RUC Cementation Mining (RUC) is currently providing full underground services to both mines. Access to fibre optic networks and[…]

The first large components of two double drum production winders for Slavkaliy’s Nezhinsky potash mining complex in Belarus were recently completed by Thyssen Schachtbau subsidiary OLKO-Maschinentechnik GmbH. The first two halves of the double-drum Blair machines, which each has a diameter of 7 m and a width of 4.2 m, are now being packed for[…]

Australia-based Plotlogic and its artificial intelligence-based ore-characterisation technology has won admirers from both venture capital funds and the world’s biggest miner by market capitalisation. The company announced this week that four of the world’s top artificial intelligence (AI) focused venture capital funds – Baidu Ventures, DCVC, 8VC, and Grids Capital – had invested in an[…]

As the digitalisation of processes in mines progresses, machines linked into the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) gain in importance, according to Bernd Küsel of CBG Conveyor Belt Gateway. An important part of predictive maintenance and accident prevention is the continuous examination and diagnosis of steel cord conveyor belts, which are mainly used in the[…]

Innova & PyMEs or “innovate more SMEs” is a new pioneering initiative of Chile’s Integrated Mining Technologies Piloting Center (CIPTEMIN) and the Network of Technological Managers of Chile (RedGT), which seeks to generate capacities and develop innovation skills in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the country that supply or could supply equipment, technology and[…]

After receiving all the official approvals, Voith has successfully completed the acquisition of ELIN Motoren GmbH on April 30, 2020. ELIN Motoren, headquartered in Austria, is a high-tech company in the field of electric motors and generators that is active worldwide and supplies individualised solutions for industrial applications. As an example, ELIN’s water cooled motors[…]

DRA Global says it has been awarded an engineering procurement and construction management contract to expand Anglo American Platinum’s Unki platinum group metals concentrator, in Zimbabwe. The engineering company was previously enlisted to carry out a feasibility study on the expansion, referred to as the “debottlenecking” project by Anglo American Platinum, and will now help[…]

Strandline Resources has announced that it has taken another key step towards development of its Coburn mineral sands project in Western Australia by selecting Macmahon Holdings as the preferred contractor to provide mining services for the project. The parties have signed an early contractor involvement agreement (ECI Agreement) for early works associated with contract mining[…]

RCT says it is the first independent technology provider to successfully automate CAT’s recently released R1700K underground LHD. The “K” Series represents the latest iteration of CAT’s heavy equipment product range and boasts several advanced featured not previously accessible on the manufacturer’s machinery. The company states: “Recently, RCT successfully installed and commissioned its ControlMaster® Guidance[…]

Caterpillar has again hit a significant milestone in autonomous haulage – achieving 2 billion tonnes hauled using Cat® MineStar™ Command for hauling. The mining OEM’s autonomous haulage system (AHS) has doubled the amount hauled in the 16 months since reaching 1 billon tonnes hauled in November 2018, it said. “In just a bit over six[…]