Archives: Communications in mining

Four years after commencing extensive testing, global ADT specialist, Bell Equipment, reports that autonomous technology is now at the adoption stage with more customers in the United Kingdom, South America and Australia set to introduce autonomous Bell ADTs on their work sites during 2023. “We’re extremely excited to have reached the adoption stage,” Bell Equipment[…]

When Sandfire Resources produces the first ore from its new Motheo copper mine in Botswana, southern Africa, later this year, the company will officially be on its way to developing a long-life copper production hub in the central portion of the Kalahari Copper Belt of Botswana and Namibia. That first ore from Motheo is just[…]

TALPA Solutions is a software platform provider that aims to democratise the data dynamic in mining, building platforms that, it says, integrate data, decisions and operations effectively, making it easier for mining companies to bring together multiple datasets into one interface with actionable insights. The ability to do this can set solution providers apart in[…]

Symboticware and Swarm, since 2021 part of SpaceX, recently announced the integration of their technologies to create an asset performance management platform accessible from anywhere on planet Earth. The platform is based on 4-Sight.ai, Symboticware’s asset performance management platform, which is able to transmit over Swarm’s global constellation of Low Earth Orbit microsatellites. Swarm provides[…]

Schneider Electric and Alliance partner, 4Sight say they have seen their partnership go from strength to strength as the companies’ roll out various high-level projects “that are testament to the adage strength in numbers.” Schneider Electric and 4Sight “offer a winning formula with globally acknowledged products and entrenched skills.” 4Sight’s Operational Technology team of nearly 100[…]

Hexagon’s Mining division has announced the grand reopening of its Lima office, following several months of renovations to modernise the facility. The office at Centro Empresarial Polo Hunt, Av. La Encalada 1388, Oficinas 501 – 502. Santiago de Surco, Lima, Perú, was reopened on March 3, 2023. The facility has been completely modernised to provide[…]

Ericsson has signed a reseller agreement with Comsol at Mobile World Congress 2023, Barcelona, Spain to provide the Ericsson Private 5G solution that will enable Comsol to expand its enterprise business within South Africa’s mining industry. With Ericsson’s high-end connectivity solution and Comsol’s expertise in mining and systems integration, this collaboration is set to help[…]

Gold Fields’ Granny Smith operators are now benefitting from the availability of RCT’s Remote Operations Centre (ROC) to manage some of its mobile equipment fleet from its Perth head office, some 740 km away from site. This major advancement will revolutionise the way they do mining by allowing operators to control or supervise semi-autonomous fleet[…]

Newcrest Mining will trial advanced 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and 5G mobile technologies underground at its Cadia mine, in New South Wales, Australia, to assess the potential of cellular delivery of data and video to support a smarter, safer and more sustainable mine, it says. In partnership with Ericsson and Telstra Purple, Newcrest will deploy[…]

In conjunction with the recent announcement from Roy Hill on its planned expansion of autonomous haul trucks using ASI Mining’s Mobius based autonomous haulage system (AHS) combined with Epiroc support, ASI Mining is announcing full commercialisation of its AHS program. The Product Verification Phase at Roy Hill included the operation of a mixed fleet of[…]