Archives: Communications in mining

Nordgold says it will develop a safety improvement roadmap for its mining operations with DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS). The gold miner has invited DSS, an operations management consulting firm, to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the safety culture of the company’s operations, it said. The project is a part of Nordgold’s global Technical Excellence program,[…]

Chilean copper miner Codelco’s Integrated Strategic Operations Center (CIO-E), whose second phase will be inaugurated during September at the Codelco Headquarters in Santiago, is part of a massive digital transformation process being carried out by the company. The main function of the CIO-E will be to increase the value of the corporate business, through the[…]

Aqura Technologies has been awarded several work packages by BHP Western Australian Iron Ore (WAIO), which will see the Veris Ltd subsidiary pocket circa-A$3.7 million ($2.7 million). The initial phase of work commenced late in the June quarter, with expected completion in November. The contract awards will see Aqura upgrade and extend the technology and[…]

Siemens has launched its SIDRIVE IQ industrial IoT monitoring solution for drive systems at its Virtual Smart Mining Forum, seeking to showcase how the solution can increase drive uptime to improve mine site productivity. The SIDRIVE IQ Suite has a powerful dashboard to minimise unplanned downtime with automated failure notifications, improve data transparency with easy[…]

Mobile satellite communications company, Inmarsat has joined with global growth equity firm Atlantic Bridge and US-based “born in the cloud” software developer Civic Connect to launch Insight Terra, an entity established to respond to the risk management and environmental monitoring needs of mining organisations worldwide. The new entity builds on Tailings Insight – an integrated[…]

Anglo American has launched the first Epiroc Pit Vipers operating at its Los Bronces copper mine in Chile to be remotely controlled from its Integrated Remote Operation Center (IROC) in Santiago. These five drills are the first in Chile and Latin America to be operated from outside the designated mine site, with the company planning[…]

Exyn Technologies has continued to build its network of distributors, announcing a partnership with Mexico-based World Class Mining to bring autonomous drones to the Mexican mining market. World Class Mining offers representation to foreign companies, introducing their products and services into the local mining sector. In the last year, alone, Exyn has signed agreements with[…]

acQuire has advanced its flagship GIM Suite product with a new release that, it says, includes a raft of brand-new features plus a transition to a new cloud-based licence model. GIM Suite 5 has been built for the future of data management, with the aim to improve the way geologists and miners manage their geological[…]

Septentrio has launched the AsteRx SB3, a family of next generation GNSS receivers that, it says, is ideal for mining applications. This receiver offers superior availability of RTK high-accuracy positioning due to its ability to track a wide variety of signals from all currently operating Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), including not only GPS and[…]

IM Editorial Director, Paul Moore, talked to SafeAI’s Brenton Welford, VP Business Development, and David Prusinski, Chief Revenue Officer about its autonomous mining solutions – the journey so far, and what makes its system and strategy stand out  California-based SafeAI is evolving fast from a young start-up founded in Silicon Valley in 2017 to an[…]