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08 Jan 2018
Imminent 5G in South Africa in 2018 will help boost mining digitalisation
Ericsson and MTN recently announced that the first 5G trial in South Africa is to...
08 Jan 2018
GEOVIA POWER’BY Social Collaboration soon to be launched
In a November 2017 GEOVIA blog post, Raoul Jacquand, GEOVIA CEO at Dassault Systèmes stated:...
05 Jan 2018
Collision avoidance now embedded in Hexagon Mining’s fleet management system
Mine vehicle operators face numerous distractions. Busy pit traffic, blind spots, poor visiblity because of...
02 Jan 2018
NMA’s CORESafety® participating companies complete 2017 with zero fatalities
The National Mining Association (NMA) reports that companies participating in its CORESafety system closed 2017...
21 Dec 2017
Reality Check officially launches Virtual Reality platform for mine project asset tours
Reality Check has announced the launch of its Virtual Reality platform “bringing secure, curated, immersive...
20 Dec 2017
Orica to acquire radar pit monitoring major GroundProbe
Orica has entered into an agreement to acquire GP Holdco Pty Ltd (GroundProbe) from Crescent...
19 Dec 2017
Tackling the missing miner problem with wireless sensor networks
A matchbox-sized circuit board with a short aerial could save lives by transmitting the vital...
19 Dec 2017
Judges announced for #DisruptMining 2018 event
Industry leaders in mining, technology, venture capital aim to select next big idea eligible for...
17 Dec 2017
Caterpillar to retrofit autonomy on 19 793F trucks at Rio Tinto’s Marandoo iron ore mine
Caterpillar and Rio Tinto have signed an agreement for retrofitting 19 Cat® 793F mining trucks...
14 Dec 2017
IntelliSense Lab for mining and metallurgy digitalisation in Kazakhstan
IntelliSense Lab was officially launched at the “annual Kazakhstan Industrialization Day address”, by President Nursultan...
14 Dec 2017
Mining3 is commercialising its VoxelNET 3D-based software platform that can create and simulate a virtual mine
Mining3 is commercialising a 3D-based software platform that can create and simulate a virtual mine....
08 Dec 2017
Sustainable development agreement between ICMM and China’s CCCMC
The International Council of Mining and Metals (ICMM) and the China Chamber of Commerce of...