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As a global player in mining technology, Komatsu says it is also at the forefront of helping its customers as they strive to achieve interim and final emissions targets. That work starts with partnerships that guide development efforts related to process optimisation, interoperability and common sustainability goals. Dan Funcannon, VP North America Engineering and Development,[…]

Mining automation enables key processes on mine sites such as controlling a machine remotely, automating multiple types of equipment across a fleet or implementing a completely autonomous fleet of haul trucks that can operate around the clock. To share its latest automation advancements, Komatsu recently hosted customers and distributors for an Automation Global User Forum[…]

The intelligent mine solution powered by 5G and the industrial internet that was jointly developed by Huawei and Shaanxi Coal Industry Co Ltd hit its one-year milestone on April 26, 2023, marking a full year of continuous operations and significantly improving production efficiency and operational safety at the two mines of Shaanxi Coal Company. This[…]

Fatigue Science recently announced that Minera Panama SA, a subsidiary of First Quantum Minerals Ltd, has chosen to utilise Readi, the predictive fatigue management technology, in a site-wide implementation at the Cobre Panama mine. “We are excited to implement Readi to protect all of our operators at Cobre Panama from the risks of fatigue,” said[…]

Sandvik Mining & Rock Solutions says to strengthen its position as ‘underground mining’s leading battery-electric innovator,’ the OEM is further expanding its battery center of excellence in Camarillo, California. Sandvik opened the state-of-the-art battery system facility in February 2021 to grow its production and testing capabilities for batteries and battery-electric loaders and trucks. The company[…]

Kansanshi Mining, a First Quantum-owned company located in Zambia, is leveraging Accelovant’s fibre-optic sensors to solve its arcing and electronics failure and signaling issues at the major copper mine. Kansanshi operates one of the world’s largest and most productive copper mining and smelting sites. The smelting operations use wet electrostatic precipitators (ESP) to clean sulphur[…]

Orexplore Technologies Limited, a mineral scanning technology company focused on the global mining and metals sector, says it has entered the South American market with a commercial field deployment for Gold Fields at its’ Salares Norte project in Chile. Salares Norte is a high-grade, epithermal gold-silver, open-pit deposit in the High Andes, Atacama Region, of[…]

Orica, one of the world’s leading mining and infrastructure solutions providers says it continues to reinforce its commitment to innovation and value delivery with its growing Digital Solutions business. Established in 2019 “to seamlessly connect customers’ physical and digital worlds for improved decision-making and enhanced predictability of outcomes,” Orica Digital Solutions includes solutions categories spanning[…]

Draslovka a.s., a global leader in cyanide-based chemical specialties and agricultural chemicals, has acquired Blue Cube Systems (Pty) Ltd, a South-Africa-based firm that develops, builds and sells real-time mineral analysers for application in mineral beneficiation processes. Blue Cube has installed more than 100 analysers across mines worldwide and has a strong growth profile, especially in[…]

Komatsu Ltd and Toyota Motor Corporation have launched a joint project to develop an Autonomous Light Vehicle (ALV) that will run on Komatsu’s FrontRunner Autonomous Haulage System (AHS). The partners stated: “To realise further safety and productivity improvements in mines by running autonomous haul trucks and automated ALV controlled by AHS, Komatsu and Toyota are[…]