Archives: Automation

More specifics on one of the major miners set to get Caterpillar’s highly anticipated early learner battery electric haul trucks. In its just published 2023 Sustainability Report, Freeport McMoRan says that it is “planning a trial with Caterpillar of an electric prototype truck at Sierrita in late 2024.” This will be among a group of early[…]

At the MINEXCHANGE SME conference in February 2024 in Phoenix, Wenco International Mining Systems’ President and CEO, Andrew Pyne, presented on open autonomy. He began by suggesting that it may not be business as usual for AHS in the medium to long term. “What we’ve seen in mining, is that the adoption of autonomy in[…]

Innovation in drivetrain technology is important to help increase mining efficiency and productivity. While the mechanical concept has been tuned to excellence over many years, Flender says it is helping pioneer symbiosis of mechanics and digitalisation to open a long awaited next chapter in mechanical drive solutions. It says digitalisation promises a significant reduction in[…]

Intramotev, the technology company building autonomous zero-emissions rail solutions, has announced a partnership with mining company, Carmeuse Americas, to deploy its TugVolt technology at a mining site in Cedarville, Michigan. “We couldn’t have asked for a better partner to deploy our technology in Michigan than Carmeuse,” Tim Luchini, Intramotev’s CEO, said. “For over 160 years,[…]

It has been a busy few months for mining services provider, Thiess, having announced a planned acquisition of Australia-based underground metals business PYBAR Holdings Limited and its 100% subsidiary Pybar Mining Services Pty Ltd, plus released a comprehensive sustainability report detailing its progress towards its 2025 decarbonisation target. The company also celebrated its 90th anniversary[…]

South32’s Hermosa project has announced that it would construct its remote operations centre (ROC) in Nogales, Arizona, USA, with the facility set to be named Centro. Hermosa is, South32 says, currently the only advanced mining project in the US capable of producing two federally designated critical minerals – zinc and manganese. The ROC location decision[…]

Datamine has announced an expansion of its asset management solution offering through parent company Vela’s acquisition of Samtech. Based in Santiago, Chile, Samtech has more than 600 customers and is a leading supplier of fleet management, machine performance and telematics software and hardware. Samtech’s fleet management solution enables comprehensive monitoring and traceability of heavy, light and[…]

Boliden has entered into an agreement with Radtonics, regarding the creation of a private industrial 5G network at its Garpenberg mine, in Sweden. Among other things, the private 5G network will play an important role as a communication channel in a project for autonomous transport initiated at the mine. Boliden is working strategically to use[…]

In its 2023 Sustainability Report just out, gold mining giant Newmont says that its commitment to operational excellence, safety and sustainability is driven by cutting-edge technology and innovation. “Our cross-functional efforts evaluate a wide range of technological solutions and systems that improve safety, reduce emissions, mitigate impacts and enhance productivity.” Highlights include its efforts to achieve[…]

Innomotics, a Siemens Business, has partnered with Anglo American, one of the world’s leading mining companies, to develop a digital mining solution for Quellaveco copper mine, in Peru. In this context, Innomotics has provided a suite of Siemens technologies, to help Anglo American engineer, monitor, manage and run the mining operations from the earliest stages[…]