Archives: Communications in mining

BHP is backing Austmine’s next mining innovation conference, to be held in Perth, Western Australia, from May 25-27, 2021. Austmine CEO, Christine Gibbs Stewart (pictured at the 2019 event), said the conference theme, ‘Harnessing Intelligence’, will explore the importance of optimising the interaction between people, processes and technology, further positioning Australia as the global hub[…]

Axora, an innovation hub providing a global marketplace of proven digital solutions has launched an online Smart Mining resource centre “to help mining companies rebound from and thrive” after the global COVID-19 pandemic. The centre it says provides the latest industry insights and access to digital solutions and technologies which mining companies can adopt to[…]

Epiroc is to deliver underground loaders, face drill rigs, rock bolting rigs and mine trucks to the Chuquicamata underground mine in northern Chile following an order from Codelco. The large equipment order, which comes on top of the signing of a large contract for services at Codelco’s Andina mine and a large order for equipment[…]

RCT has signed a technology partnership with Haein Corp to supply autonomous solutions to heavy industries in South Korea. Under the terms of the agreement, RCT, a leading autonomous solutions specialist, will manufacture and supply Haein Corp with its suite of technology solutions including ControlMaster® automation and control products and its Muirhead® protection systems range.[…]

Worldsensing’s Loadsensing digital nodes are set for a boost following a new firmware release from the Barcelona-based technology provider. The new release is part of Worldsensing’s growing partnership with the geotechnical instrumentation manufacturer Sisgeo, the company said, with Sisgeo customers now able to enjoy automated readings when using Sisgeo’s version 3 digital protocol sensors in[…]

In its 2019 annual report, Poland’s copper and silver mining major KGHM Polska Miedz said that technology activities for the year had included “robotisation of production and auxilliary processes” including construction of a CuXRF robot for scanning for copper content at the working faces in the mines. KGHM told IM that the goal of the[…]

China like in other mining equipment and technology areas is a complex actor in the world of underground rail. It has its own domestic players in locomotive supply, including XEMC and Hunan Yutong which can both supply diesel, battery, battery-trolley and trolley solutions of more or less any kind and any size that would be[…]

InSig Technologies says it and its partner company, RUC Cementation Mining, have successfully installed and commissioned its Smart Gas monitoring solution at the Mount Morgans underground operation in Western Australia. This solution incorporates several fixed gas monitoring stations situated strategically throughout the underground mine, with these stations providing real-time gas level readouts to the control[…]

IMDEX is seeing light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, with some restrictions affecting its international operations to be eased during May and June, prompting mining operations to resume and drilling contractors to return to work. With 20 offices internationally, sales in 102 countries, and a presence in 70% of mineral drilling projects globally,[…]

In a blog post this week, Tech Analyst Michele Nati from IOTA Foundation, which offers the first open-source distributed ledger that is being built to power the future of the Internet of Things in industry, says in the past couple of years, IOTA has started to proactively participate in collaborative research and development efforts that[…]