Archives: Automation

The modest size of Zimbabwe’s mining sector has not prevented Sandvik’s operation in the country from rolling out world class partnerships – including the pioneering deployment of autonomous trucks in a room-and-pillar mining environment. “The automation project has been particularly exciting for us, as this has demonstrated how we can push boundaries with Sandvik’s leading[…]

Aspen Technology Inc, a global leader in industrial software, has introduced the AspenTech Microgrid Management System™ (MMS), a solution for customers with heavy electrical power requirements in mining and other asset-intensive industries that manage their own on-site conventional and renewable power generation in orchestration with active load management and energy storage. Based on the company’s[…]

Thiess and leading autonomous haulage solutions firm EACON Mining during MINExpo 2024 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deliver OEM-agnostic autonomous technology and advance decarbonisation in the mining industry. The companies said that the MoU paves the way for us to offer more sustainable, efficient, and safer mining solutions to Thiess clients globally through[…]

Epiroc says it has won a large order for surface mining equipment from Newmont in Australia, with a fleet of Epiroc Pit Viper 231 and SmartROC D65 drill rigs set to be used at the Boddington gold and copper mine in Western Australia. The rigs, which will be operated tele-remotely, will replace an older fleet[…]

Caterpillar® dealer WesTrac has announced that construction of new facilities at the WesTrac Technology Training Centre in Collie, Western Australia, will be complete by November, offering further training opportunities. Speaking during a visit to the facility by the Premier of Western Australia, WesTrac CEO, Jarvas Croome, said the State Government supported the project by providing[…]

Caterpillar Inc has announced a new alliance with IMA Engineering to enhance Caterpillar’s innovative Cat® Precision Mining initiative. This collaboration aims to use cutting-edge technology to provide real-time, detailed information about ore, enabling sites to improve the efficiency and accuracy of mining operations. Cat Precision Mining is Caterpillar’s advanced vision to improve every step of[…]

Scania and Australia-based services provider Regroup say they will launch the world’s first fleet of Scania autonomous in-pit mining trucks in the Pilbara in 2025 with a rollout planned at Element 25’s Butcherbird mine. Building on the recent announcement of the start of sales for commercially-available autonomous trucks, Scania today announces it will supply its[…]

Freeport-McMoRan is to start using robots from US-based Gecko Robotics to generate the required data to feed machine-learning algorithms, attendees of the Financial Times’ Mining Summit 2024, in London, heard last month. Freeport is looking to bolster copper production from its existing assets in expectation of the world requiring more of the red metal, and[…]

It was hard to keep up with Fortescue at MINExpo 2024, in Las Vegas, last week – IM did its best – with the mining company having on-booth presentations throughout the three days and four press events on four other stands during the show. The company’s presence was felt far beyond this, with the headline[…]

Ahead of Epiroc’s Capital Markets Day (CMD) and MINExpo 2024 at a hotel just outside of Las Vegas, Helena Hedblom, Epiroc President and CEO, was happy to tackle the industry’s big three: automation, digitalisation and electrification. Hedblom, like the heads of her fellow OEMs, has big ambitions for these three technology pillars, but the way[…]