Archives: Automation

Vale, one of the world’s largest global mining companies, has selected Mobilaris Mining & Civil Engineering and Epiroc as partners to take digitalisation to the next level in their Canadian mines by enabling situational awareness for its workforce, equipment and consumables, with the goal of increased safety and operational excellence. With a mission to transform[…]

In mid-2017 Barrick Gold in partnership with Premier Gold Mines contracted Autonomous Solutions Incorporated (ASI) to complete an autonomous operation Proof-of Concept (POC) at Nevada Gold Mines (NGM), Goldstrike – Arturo Operation. The POC directed ASI to supply a successful retrofit of five Komatsu 930E-2 haul trucks for fully autonomous operation, and to provide and[…]

One of the most autonomous underground mines in the world, Barrick Gold’s Kibali operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) recently hit another annual production record. The mine soared past its 2019 production guidance of 750,000 oz of gold, with 814,027 oz being delivered. This topped the previous 2018 record of 807,251 oz.[…]

Newmont’s Boddington operation, in Australia, is to become the world’s first open-pit gold mine with an autonomous haul truck fleet after the miner’s Board of Directors unanimously approved investment in an Autonomous Haulage System (AHS) from Caterpillar. The move, which will enhance safety and productivity and is expected to be fully operational in 2021, will[…]

RCT says it has finalised an automation project with port, logistics and infrastructure specialist Qube Bulk at the Whyalla Port in South Australia. In 2019 RCT installed and commissioned its ControlMaster® Line of Sight automation solution as well as a single camera teleremote solution onto a Liebherr R920 excavator working at the port. RCT says[…]

Having previously said it was weighing up a project to automate around 500 haul trucks across its Western Australia Iron Ore and Queensland Coal sites, BHP has shed more light on its autonomous haulage plans. The company made the ambitious admission in May 2019. It has since said it will introduce autonomous haulage at the[…]

Outokumpu, a global leader in stainless steel manufacturing, has selected mining automation and digitalisation major, Sandvik, to deliver the OptiMine® digital platform as an underground operations management system to improve productivity at the Kemi chromite mine in Finland. “One of the key elements of digitalisation at Kemi Mine is improving the situational picture. By visualising[…]

Epiroc has signed a contract with Roy Hill to deliver a fully automated haul truck solution for the iron ore mining operation in Western Australia. In partnership with automation specialist ASI Mining – which Epiroc owns 34% of – Epiroc is to convert Roy Hill’s haul trucks from manned to autonomous use. The two will[…]

Scott Technology says it has been awarded a significant contract by Rio Tinto to design and build the automated mine site laboratory for the Koodaideri iron ore project, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The automation and robotics solutions provider’s contract involves the building construction and equipment supply for the robotic sample preparation and[…]

FLSmidth will supply a new gold processing plant to JSC Pavlik in the Magadan region in the east of Russia. The order, valued at around DKK 290 million, has become effective and will be booked in Q1 of 2020. The planned 7 Mt/y plant will operate alongside the highly successful processing plant supplied by FLSmidth[…]