Archives: Automation

Caterpillar’s advanced mining vision, Cat Precision Mining, is designed to improve and streamline every step of the mining process, from extraction to processing, bringing mine-to-mill theory into reality, the company says. The initiative will bring everything together as a fully integrated, end-to-end solution that is customised to the mining operation’s specific requirements and unique orebody[…]

SafeAI, the global player in autonomous solutions for heavy equipment, has announced a new partnership with Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the infrastructure software company for smart-world systems. This collaboration aims to integrate RTI’s connectivity framework into SafeAI’s autonomous systems, further advancing the capabilities and reliability of autonomous operations in the heavy equipment industry and beyond. RTI[…]

ABB has launched a new suite of service offerings designed to simplify maintenance and improve the operational health of crucial mining assets. This extends ABB’s comprehensive ABB Care program to Mining Automation and Hoisting, unifying the organisation’s mining and technology expertise to help customers continuously evolve their approach to maintenance. Today, the mining industry is[…]

Telecomms major Bell and MacLean, the world’s largest Canadian-based manufacturer of underground mining equipment, today announced a technology collaboration to better support the evolving needs of mining customers. The innovations being introduced will improve equipment interoperability – the way in which machines exchange and make use of information – enhancing safety for workers and driving[…]

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has officially opened its newest facility, in the Campbell Heights business park area of Surrey, British Columbia. This strategic addition to Sandvik’s Canadian network comes as part of the company’s commitment to enhance customer service and support amid evolving industry demands. The Surrey facility, spanning nearly 40,000 square feet, will[…]

With the mining industry’s growing understanding and openness to the benefits of digitalisation and artificial intelligence (AI), it was only a matter of time before some of the big OEMs ventured further into the software development space. That time is now with Metso having, today, opened a Digital Design and Development Studio in Krakow, Poland,[…]

Tribe Technology PLC, the disruptive technology-first developer and manufacturer of world-class autonomous mining equipment, has announced the arrival of its first autonomous reverse circulation (RC) TTDS GC 700 drill rig from the manufacturing site in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to the Australian Automation & Robotics Precinct (AARP) in Neerabup, Western Australia. This is a major milestone[…]

BEUMER Group says it will outline the considerable advantages in efficiency, safety, and sustainability of digitalisation in mining at the MINExpo exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada, from 24 to 26 September 2024. Visitors to the event can find out how digitalisation can be a catalyst for change. Digitalisation in mining enables organisations to collect and[…]

MEDATech Borterra is set to showcase a new ITH-raise drill that is built for four underground drilling applications at next week’s MINExpo INTERNATIONAL 2024 event in Las Vegas, USA. The Borterra RaisePro-48T sets a new standard in efficiency, versatility and innovation, according to the company. The track-mounted, in-the-hole (ITH) drill is capable of drilling 3.5[…]

Maptek will soon release BlastMCF for automated blast design in a move that, it says, will lighten the engineering load for customers. BlastMCF revolutionises blast design for surface operations, generating scenarios that consider competing objectives while engineers retain fine control, according to the company. Balancing the interrelated factors to optimise competing blast objectives is an[…]