Archives: Careers in mining

PT. Putra Perkasa Abadi (PT. PPA) has became the first company in Indonesia to incorporate Immersive Technologies’ PRO5 Advanced Equipment Simulator technology, with the first two of four units commissioned in the PPA office at the PT Multi Harapan Utama mine site. Launched at MINExpo 2021, the PRO5 Advanced Equipment Simulator set a new benchmark[…]

With 16 years of delivering advanced Liebherr equipment simulators for mining customers to its name, Immersive Technologies and Liebherr have chosen to renew their technical information agreement for a further five years (20 years in total), Immersive says. Immersive Technologies has a long history of providing quantifiable return on investment to Liebherr fleet owners, it says.[…]

The Earth Moving Equipment Safety Round Table (EMESRT) is the well known global ‘safety by design’ initiative established in 2006 by mining companies to fill the functional performance expectations gap between earth moving equipment users and equipment designers. In its just released 2021 Activity Report, EMESRT provides in-depth updates on its four current industry projects[…]

Tapojärvi Oy has agreed with Outokumpu on two significant contracts at the Kemi underground chromite mine. The agreements were signed on April 28, 2022 in Tornio, Finland. The agreements are a continuation of Outokumpu’s and Tapojärvi’s long-term cooperation at the Kemi mine regarding equipment and excavation work. The contracts took effect on May 1, 2022.[…]

Tata Steel’s Noamundi Iron Mine in Jharkhand, India recently achieved significant load and haul efficiencies from a continuous improvement project supported by Immersive Technologies and Vareli Tecnac (VTPL).  The project objectives stemmed from analysis of Wenco Fleet Management System (FMS) data which identified operational trends linked to specific operator behaviours.  The analysis also showed variability[…]

China’s remote control excavator specialist BuilderX recently shipped an installation kit from Beijing to Osaka in Japan where it says the client has experienced a seamless remote installation without on-site BuilderX staff; with the remote-control technology allowing an operator to run a Japan-based excavator from China. The project is also important for the mining sector[…]

Sleipner Finland Oy says it has taken the need for improving working safety and remote training to a new level with its E-series simulator products. The company has launched both portable and static simulators to train excavator operators at mine and quarry sites, it said. The two new simulators have been created for different solutions.[…]

Chilean copper mining group Codelco says that its Ministro Hales copper mine is making steady progress with autonomous haulage implementation that will see four autonomous 363 t 797F trucks in production starting in May 2022. The Command for hauling system has been implemented at the mine through collaboration between Codelco, Caterpillar and Chilean Cat dealer[…]

The Mandela Mining Precinct (MMP), through the CSIR and Minerals Council South Africa, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) to establish a test mine at its Maseve Mine. The test mine situated 50 km north of Rustenburg, in the North West province, will be developed as an industry site for[…]

Epiroc Southern Africa, which includes South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe, has joined the list of Epiroc entities around the world in collaborating with SafeStart International, a global organisation that leads the way in human error reduction techniques training, injury reduction up to the average of 50%, and 24/7 safety behaviour ownership by providing[…]