Axora, an innovation hub providing a global marketplace of proven digital solutions has launched an online Smart Mining resource centre “to help mining companies rebound from and thrive” after the global COVID-19 pandemic. The centre it says provides the latest industry insights and access to digital solutions and technologies which mining companies can adopt to[…]
Epiroc is to deliver underground loaders, face drill rigs, rock bolting rigs and mine trucks to the Chuquicamata underground mine in northern Chile following an order from Codelco. The large equipment order, which comes on top of the signing of a large contract for services at Codelco’s Andina mine and a large order for equipment[…]
Mincor Resources has awarded underground mining services and equipment hire group Pit N Portal with the underground mining contract for its 100%-owned Kambalda nickel operations in Western Australia. The contract encompasses a five-year pact for the new Cassini nickel mine, where early surface works were recently completed, and a three-year contract (plus one two-year option)[…]
SANY, the China-headquartered global manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, has announced an expanded product portfolio in what it calls its “ultra-large excavator” range – the new models being the SY870H at 78.6 t, SY980H at 95.8 t and SY1250H at 125 t. The models are produced at Sany Kunshan Industrial Park, China. The company[…]
Minbos Resources Ltd has announced that the definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the Cabinda Phosphate Project in the Angolan exclave of Cabinda (surrounded by Republic of Congo and DRC) is underway, with the appointment of Orelogy Consulting Pty Ltd. Completion of a JORC 2012 Ore Reserve Estimate for the Cácata Phosphate Deposit is anticipated to[…]
REMA TIP TOP Australia says it has been contracted by Monadelphous to install a further 24 km of conveyor belting and provide expert splicing services for the “outflows infrastructure” at BHP’s South Flank iron ore project, in the Pilbara of Western Australia. It follows a contract to install more than 50 km of conveyor belting[…]
Deswik, noting a growing industry focus on road audit and compliance, is highlighting the use of an application that, it says, semi-automates the road auditing process and reduces reporting turnaround times while increasing consistency. The company says: “In a large open-cut mine, you will often find 300-plus tonne trucks running in multiple directions on haul[…]
A new joint venture in Australia and New Zealand could see thousands of tonnes of large off-the-road (OTR) tyres used in the two country’s mining sectors recycled thanks to the use of two “revolutionary” technologies. The Energy Estate and InfraCo partnership, REVYRE, has been established to develop and build innovative tyre recycling plants in Australia[…]
Newmont has confirmed it is working with Titeline Drilling on the deployment of autonomous underground diamond drilling technology at its Tanami gold mine, in the Northern Territory of Australia. In the miner’s March quarter results investor call, Chief Operating Officer, Rob Atkinson, highlighted the use of “industry-leading robotic technology for diamond rig drilling” at the[…]
Draganfly Inc, a leading manufacturer within the commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), and unmanned vehicle sector (UVS), has announced a Preferred Flight Services agreement with Windfall Geotek Inc on a fee for service basis. Windfall Geotek is a mining technology services company and user of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and advanced[…]