Archives: Communications in mining

A Western Australia-based company has developed what it says is world-first geolocation technology for mining that could improve safety underground and potentially save companies millions of dollars each year. GeoMoby – the name of the company and product – uses wireless, cable-free and reusable beacons to geofence sites, track assets and check on workforces, providing[…]

Strata Worldwide has announced a new strategic partnership with technology expert Nerospec SK. “Together the companies will offer a range of intelligent machine controllers and data loggers that interface with machinery and vehicles to provide health and maintenance data, real-time monitoring and productivity analytics.” The connected machine technology works to improve the safety, monitoring, maintenance[…]

Through proactive monitoring and preventative maintenance, Volvo ACTIVE CARE is supporting Indonesian gold miner, Indo Muro Kencana (IMK), in achieving greater uptime and, therefore, greater productivity and profitability from its fleet of haulers and excavators. IMK now has Indonesia’s largest fleet of machines connected to Volvo ACTIVE CARE, including 52 A40G articulated haulers and seven[…]

Veris Limited’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Aqura Technologies, has been selected to support Roy Hill in the design, install and commissioning of an expansion of its advanced Private 4G LTE network at its Pilbara iron ore mining operations in Western Australia. The new project builds upon Aqura’s first phase delivery of Roy Hill’s new Private 4G LTE[…]

Animmersion says it is continuing its long-standing relationship with Anglo American and the Woodsmith Project following delivery of a new 3D interactive experience designed to highlight the sustainable design and innovative engineering involved in the construction of the UK’s first deep mine in 40 years. Visitors to the Anglo-American UK website can now take an[…]

NLT Digital Solutions – which describes itself as a “turnkey partner in the design, deployment and support of scalable ruggedised networks that revolutionise underground communications, collaboration and operations” and talpasolutions, the technology company which develops AI platforms for heavy industries including mining, have recently signed a co-operation agreement. The agreement will see NLT and talpa[…]

Paul Moore sat down with Hitachi Construction Machinery at MINExpo 2021 earlier this year to talk everything from the electric transition to open autonomy. Interviewed were Brian Wells, Division Sales Manager, Hitachi Construction & Mining Division and John Schellenberg, Mining Product Manager, Trucks – Global Mining Group Q Everyone seems to have their own slightly[…]

Matrix Design Group has introduced its new OmniPro® collision avoidance system for surface mines, which uses Visual Artificial Intelligence (Visual AI) and machine learning to enable line-of travel, crosswalk and blind-spot pedestrian and vehicle alerting for mobile equipment. Consisting of up-to-three 120° field-of-view cameras, the OmniPro system works without personal wearable devices or tags. OmniPro[…]

Mastermyne’s contract mining growth ambitions became very clear in September when it proposed a buyout of contractor PYBAR Mining Services in a deal valuing PYBAR equity at A$47 million ($35 million). The deal, which has just completed, sees Mastermyne, up until this point a company focused on the Australian coal sector, expand into the domestic[…]

Normet has decided to implement Ignize’s Ignizer predictive analytics tool as it looks to increase visibility around customer financial health, the performance of installed products, and commodity price development and other macroeconomic conditions. Based on advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence technology, Ignizer is a predictive analytics tool that uses historical business data from a[…]