Archives: Communications in mining

Micromine stakeholders recently visited the Prominent Hill mine in South Australia to witness firsthand the mine control and fleet management solution, Micromine Pitram. Prominent Hill is a copper, silver, and gold mine that is part of OZ Minerals, which became part of BHP on May 3, 2023. Prominent Hill produces one of the highest grades[…]

One of the mining industry’s biggest concerns is workforce and asset safety. Leading deployer of 4G/5G private networks Ambra Solutions says that it was built on the premise that while any company prioritises employee security above anything else, in mining, the obstacle to an optimally safe and efficient mine has been the fact that in[…]

RCT says it has partnered with Northern Star Mining Services (NSMS) to implement a digital autonomous mining fleet at the Ramone gold mine in Western Australia. The Ramone mine, near Wiluna, is owned by Northern Star Resources, the parent company of NSMS. It is 35 km southeast of the Jundee Gold Mine, which Northern Star[…]

Sandvik has signed and completed the acquisition of MCB Services and Minerals, a seller of mining software and services and exclusive reseller partner to Deswik in Brazil. MCB, which had revenues of SEK 60 million in 2022, will be reported in Digital Mining Technologies, a division within business area Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions (SMR).[…]

South Africa’s Murray & Roberts, through its wholly owned subsidiary Murray & Roberts United Kingdom Ltd (MRUK), has agreed to sell its 65% shareholding in Insig Technologies Pty Ltd to the AvidSys Group (AVID). Insig is a Perth based Australian mining technology company, focused on developing mine automation services, providing sensor, software, and autonomous solutions by using equipment and personnel[…]

Following a successful implementation at its Loulo-Gounkoto underground complex in Mali, West Africa, mining giant Barrick Gold Corporation is adopting Sandvik’s Remote Monitoring Service (RMS) for its entire global underground fleet of more than 200 connected Sandvik trucks, loaders and drills. RMS rollout has started at Barrick sites in Canada, Central Africa, West Africa and[…]

STRACON Group, the leading mining services group focused on North and South America, majority owned by global asset manager Ashmore Group, has announced that it has acquired OMT SpA, a Chilean engineering and technology company specialised in the implementation of communication technologies for the mining sector. The acquisition further strengthens STRACON’s digital technology capabilities and,[…]

Bentley Systems, Incorporated has entered into a non-exclusive commercial agreement with Worldsensing to, Bentley says, strategically accelerate the adoption of Infrastructure IoT and further unlock value for infrastructure designers, constructors and owner-operators in their use of infrastructure digital twins. The transaction will see Worldsensing acquire the sensemetrics Thread connectivity business to expand its portfolio offering.[…]

At the request of Udokan Copper, MegaFon has designed and built an industrial wireless LTE (pLTE, Private LTE) network of six base stations and set up redundant communication channels at the Udokan Mining and Metallurgical Plant (MMP). The infrastructure provides coverage across the whole site with both 4G and Private LTE, according to the company.[…]

HARD-LINE, aligning with its brand-agnostic prowess, has launched Bucket Assist at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023 in Las Vegas, USA, an add-on feature to its TeleOp systems that gives the TeleOp operator a visual representation of the position of the boom and bucket in relation to the ground. The company’s current and new clients can opt for this[…]