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11 Jan 2018
Australia’s innovative minerals sector promotes drone technology in new advertisement
David Byers, Interim Chief Executive, Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) notes the industry’s latest ad...
11 Jan 2018
PBE Technologies to commercialise remote UG coal mining technology
PBE Technologies has developed what it believes to be a unique, innovative, patented, highly disruptive...
10 Jan 2018
Caterpillar’s broad range at Mining Indaba 2018
Caterpillar will present its unmatched range of innovative technologies and services at Mining Indaba, February...
08 Jan 2018
Imminent 5G in South Africa in 2018 will help boost mining digitalisation
Ericsson and MTN recently announced that the first 5G trial in South Africa is to...
08 Jan 2018
GEOVIA POWER’BY Social Collaboration soon to be launched
In a November 2017 GEOVIA blog post, Raoul Jacquand, GEOVIA CEO at Dassault Systèmes stated:...
08 Jan 2018
Mining data to improve BHP’s safety and cut maintenance costs
Brandon Craig, BHP’s Vice President Maintenance, Maintenance Centre of Excellence reports: “We have over 3,000...
08 Jan 2018
Australian mining education summit to help build tomorrow’s workforce
David Byers, Interim Chief Executive, Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) says the “Australian minerals industry...
05 Jan 2018
Collision avoidance now embedded in Hexagon Mining’s fleet management system
Mine vehicle operators face numerous distractions. Busy pit traffic, blind spots, poor visiblity because of...
04 Jan 2018
Anglo sees a future with swarms of underground modular mining robots operating in deep mines
On Anglo American’s FutureSmart Mining™ radar in the longer term is the use of the...
04 Jan 2018
Sandvik PM100F flexible haulage system being prepared for production trials at Anglo American Twickenham
As precious resources become ever more difficult to access at depth, Anglo American is exploring...
03 Jan 2018
What’s new in battery-powered underground trackless equipment
In the February issue, John Chadwick looks at new Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) going into...
21 Dec 2017
Metso crushing, flotation and filtration solutions for Neves-Corvo zinc expansion
With its Zinc Expansion Project, Lundin Mining expects to expand production from the existing mining...