Archives: Communications in mining

The concept of ‘the digital mine’ has been around for several years, however a recent survey conducted by Nerospec SK indicates the underground mining sector is much closer to the beginning of its digitalisation journey than the end. The ‘How Digital Is Your Mine?’ survey from Nerospec SK, a company focused on a suite of[…]

Perenti’s Barminco, Newtrax and Sandvik are partnering to develop what they say is a new technology-led solution that improves the safety of pedestrians working near heavy vehicles (HVs) underground. Between 2008 and 2018, there were 12 fatalities involving HVs in the underground mining industry in Western Australia. Seven of those deaths were pedestrians. “This statistic[…]

Eldorado Gold’s Lamaque mine in Quebec, Canada, is set to implement ARES PRISM project controls software to help manage the underground operation. The mine was seeking a project management tool to provide earned value management, process optimisation and accurate reporting, according to ARES PRISM. Mehdi Bouanani, Projects and Construction Manager at Eldorado Gold Québec, said:[…]

Chilean state-owned copper mining giant Codelco has inaugurated its modern Integrated Strategic Operations Centre (CIO-E) in Santiago, which  acts as the central “brain” of the company’s tactical mining control centres, located in Calama, Los Andes and Rancagua respectively. Codelco stated: “As of today, the company is at the forefront in the adoption of advanced technology[…]

Snowden Optiro, a premier mining advisory firm, has been created following the acquisition of Optiro, a market leading advisory and mining consultancy, by Datamine. The Optiro business has been merged with the Snowden business, which was acquired by Datamine in 2020. Datamine stated: “Together, this team offers our customers one of the most experienced and[…]

IMDEX personnel are using assisted reality devices from RealWear to, the company says, guide Australian and international clients isolated by COVID-19 as they install and use its latest products. Using RealWear’s flagship HMT-1 devices delivered to its mining clients, IMDEX hardware and software engineers and product developers can assist on-site workers from thousands of kilometres[…]

The reach of Deswik’s mine planning and design solutions is set to extend deeper underground with Deswik.Apps, a suite of apps that will enable operators to access critical, task-specific data on a tablet or mobile device while offline working in underground operations, the software provider says. The apps, the vision of MineOps Director, Joanna Martyr,[…]

Tata Consultancy Services, a global IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation, has been selected as a strategic partner by South32 to enhance its IT operating model and provide application and infrastructure services critical to its global operations, strengthening its operational resilience and business agility, TCS says. The multi-year managed services partnership builds on the[…]

Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC (Yahsat), listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange and the UAE’s flagship satellite solutions provider, has announced a group-wide partnership with Ericsson to provide private network, data and internet connectivity services across the oil and gas, mining and ports industries. The integrated solution provides secure, reliable and low-latency local[…]

Burgex Inc Mining Consultants has announced newly acquired in-house capabilities to provide high accuracy mapping of surface and underground mine workings with the addition of the ExynPak from Exyn Technologies to its fleet of mining and mineral exploration solutions. With a gimballed Velodyne LiDAR sensor and the ability to provide real-time 3D mapping with survey-grade[…]