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24 Nov 2020
Collaboration key to unlocking digital transformation, BHP’s Bourke says
BHP has already made great strides in digitalising its processes at mine site and operations...
24 Nov 2020
LKAB plots carbon-free pathway with direct reduced iron switch
LKAB has presented its new strategy for the future, setting out a path to achieve...
24 Nov 2020
Polymathian finds funding for automation work at OZ Minerals’ Carrapateena
Polymathian will be spearheading a A$2 million ($1.5 million) industrial mathematics project funded by industry...
23 Nov 2020
Epiroc ‘new generation’ Boomer drill rig to launch in 2021
Epiroc is planning a “new generation” Boomer face drilling launch in 2021 as it looks...
23 Nov 2020
Epiroc and Orica announce world first semi-automated explosives delivery system
Orica and Epiroc Rock Drills say they have successfully co-developed a prototype of the world’s...
22 Nov 2020
Anglo American commits to Aquila coal development with >A$240 million of contracts
Anglo American has invested more than A$240 million ($175 million) with suppliers for its 70%-owned...
20 Nov 2020
Ferreyros reports successful commissioning of Cat 798 AC fleet at Antamina copper/zinc mine in Peru
Ferreyros, the Caterpillar dealer in Peru and a major supplier of mining machinery, recently successfully...
20 Nov 2020
BMA, Whitehaven pour funds into research on human aspects of mine automation
Researchers from The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) have secured funding from the...
19 Nov 2020
Imperial Oil has now converted 22 Cat 797 trucks at Kearl to autonomous operation
In its Investor Day 2020 presentation delivered on November 19, Simon Younger, Imperial Oil Upstream...
19 Nov 2020
Eaton launches SIMAS integrated automation system for underground Ex applications
Power management company Eaton has launched SIMAS, which it claims is "the world’s first fully...
19 Nov 2020
MSHA looks to accelerate tech uptake in underground ‘gassy’ mines
The US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has proposed revisions to its standards that...
19 Nov 2020
OceanaGold to set GHG emission targets on its way to ‘net zero’ goal
OceanaGold has become the latest miner to make a climate change pledge, releasing a position...