Archives: Automation

Caterpillar has a busy few months lined up on the conference circuit, with major product releases, service options and technologies to be highlighted at the SME MINEXCHANGE 2023 event in Denver, Colorado, and CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Focusing beyond the iron, the Caterpillar MINEXCHANGE 2023 exhibit will highlight the company’s innovation, technological advancements,[…]

Howden says it has secured a contract for its Ventsim™ CONTROL system at Gold Fields’ South Deep gold mine in South Africa. The mine is a world-class bulk mechanised mining operation reaching depths between 2,800-3,300 m below surface and is located in the Witwatersrand Basin. South Deep has invested in key infrastructure to ensure that[…]

Sandvik is launching xCell Cyclops™, a convergence system for ground support in underground mining that, it says, provides wireless, continuous, remote and real-time measurement of ground movements. xCell Cyclops features built-in notifications and alarms to support a safer and more sustainable work environment, the company says. Underground mining is generally trending deeper, which leads to more[…]

A well-known mine in New South Wales, Australia, is now operating an autonomous dozer fleet safely and efficiently thanks to the deployment of RCT’s latest solutions, the METS company says. The technology empowers equipment operators to stand at a safe vantage point overlooking the work zone and direct the dozer fleet to maintain a tailings[…]

Caterpillar’s 994 wheel loader has been a leader in its size class since it was first introduced in 1990. Now the company is set to enhance its offering with a step up to the all new Cat® 995 Wheel Loader which it says will deliver more payload, more power and more performance while using less[…]

A MacLean EV Series™ carrier fitted with a third-party emulsion charging plant is part of the company’s expanded presence at this year’s edition of the Mining Indaba in Cape Town, South Africa. MacLean Africa will be showcasing this latest battery-electric mining vehicle (BEV) offering outside the CTICC in front of the Cullinan Hotel during the[…]

Sandvik has completed the previously announced acquisition of Polymathian Industrial Mathematics, in the process becoming a part of its Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions’ Business Unit Deswik. Polymathian’s solutions for automated decision making and optimisation complements Deswik’s suite of mine planning software and consulting services while remaining OEM agnostic, the OEM said. Deswik, a leading[…]

Minnovare, part of Hexagon’s mining division, has built of the success of its Production Optimiser™ underground offering for production drilling with the launch off Development Optimiser™, another advanced hardware and software combination aimed this time at delivering more accurate and consistent drilling in underground development drilling projects. The “low cost of implementation, low maintenance” system[…]

Strata Worldwide is celebrating 30 years in business. Founded in 1992, the company says it has spent decades “developing and supplying products and technologies that are designed and built for the rugged, highly mobile working environments found in mining, tunnelling, and maritime ports.” From the global headquarters in Georgia, USA, to offices and manufacturing facilities[…]

Underground limestone miner Seongshin Minefield (SSMF) is now operating an automated Sandvik Mining & Rock Solutions 45 t class Toro™ TH545i, which is also the first underground autonomous dump truck in South Korea and one of the relatively few worldwide when compared to the number of autonomous LHDs. It has also gained a lot of[…]