News Archive

March 2022
16 Mar 2022
Maptek & Minviro collaborate to combine optimised scheduling with full life cycle environmental footprint analysis for mines
Maptek in its most recent Forge newsletter outlined how optimised scheduling can be combined with...
16 Mar 2022
Caterpillar autonomously hauls more than 1 billion tonnes of material with Cat® Command for hauling in less than a year
For the first time in mining history, trucks equipped with Cat® MineStar™ Command for hauling...
16 Mar 2022
Teck’s Highland Valley Copper achieves Canada’s first Copper Mark verification
Teck Resources Ltd today announced that it’s Highland Valley Copper Operations (HVC) have been awarded...
16 Mar 2022
University of Chile’s AMTC progresses autonomy for medium-sized underground mines with award of final patent for its auto LHD system
The National Institute of Industrial Property has granted the University of Chile the third and...
16 Mar 2022
New Sandvik digital tools helping on-site mining equipment technicians tap into global expertise remotely
A new app is helping Sandvik field service engineers solve even the most complex problems,...
16 Mar 2022
Wärtsilä’s increasing footprint in Canada shows with another mining company order from Argonaut Gold
The technology group Wärtsilä will supply a natural gas fuelled 22 MW engine power plant...
16 Mar 2022
TOMRA Mining’s ore sorting technology unlocks value from contaminated material at Mt Cattlin hard rock lithium mine
The Mt Cattlin mine, owned by Galaxy Resources Ltd (part of the Allkem group of...
16 Mar 2022
Anglo American completes first sea trial using blend of biofuel and very low sulphur fuel oil to reduce emissions from ocean freight
Anglo American says it has successfully completed a sea trial using biofuel blended with very...
16 Mar 2022
OPTEL assists Glencore to reduce its GHG Emissions with traceability
OPTEL, a leading global provider of supply chain traceability systems, has received a funding commitment...
16 Mar 2022
Freeport deploys world-first autonomous rockbreaker fleet at GBC and DMLZ
In what it says is a world-first technology project, global mining company PT Freeport Indonesia...
15 Mar 2022
Ericsson private LTE network playing a key role in Komatsu AHS deployment at Boliden Aitik
In a recent blog post, Ericsson's Filip Mestanov, Industry & Ecosystem Manager, Mining and Kirstin...
15 Mar 2022
XCMG builds “world’s largest” 400 t XDE440 mining truck for Zijin Mining and China Minmetals
Rolling off its production line today was the 400 t (metric) class diesel-electric AC drive...