Archives: Communications in mining

Noida, India-based HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global technology company, has announced a five-year, global agreement to provide digital transformation and managed services to The Mosaic Company, a Fortune 500 company and major miner of phosphate and potash. As part of the agreement, HCL will “manage and transform Mosaic’s global application and infrastructure environments to[…]

Ericsson recently launched its latest Private 5G solution which offers secure and simple 4G LTE and 5G Standalone connectivity to mining and other industries. IM Editorial Director Paul Moore spoke to Filip Mestanov – Industry and Ecosystem Manager, Mining and Jeff Travers, Dedicated Networks Sales Manager, about Ericsson’s breadth of experience in mining and why[…]

South Africa-based proximity detection system (PDS) specialist Booyco Electronics has further extended its global reach with a recent contract at a surface gold mine in Chile. According to Anton Lourens, CEO of Booyco Electronics, over 50 of its market-leading Booyco CXS systems have been installed on vehicles and other machinery on the mine. The installations[…]

Former BHP Global Data Strategy Lead, Coert Du Plessis, has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of mining technology business MaxMine. Du Plessis commenced in the role of Chief Operating Officer of MaxMine on May 1, 2020, working with MaxMine’s management team behind the scenes over the past 12 months to successfully configure and[…]

Two Rivers Platinum, a large underground platinum mine located in Steelpoort, Limpopo, says it has made great strides in setting up a reliable underground WiFi network, providing wireless services to the rock face and full wireless coverage from the face to the tipping area. This marks the first time in 15 years that the organisation[…]

Germany’s i.safe MOBILE, one of the world’s most innovative developers of mobile communication devices and solutions for use in hazardous areas, has continued its global expansion course by founding the Russian subsidiary i.safe MOBILE CIS LLC. After the company established a branch office in Singapore for the Asia-Pacific region in the previous year, i.safe MOBILE[…]

Strata Worldwide has announced the opening of a Perth office located within the Core Innovation Hub on St Georges Terrace, Western Australia. Trent Jackson has been appointed as Manager of Hard Rock Mining (APAC) and Dan Couch has joined as the Technical Sales Manager (APAC). The company stated: “This team brings decades of Mining and[…]

The Hytera 4G LTE Intelligent Communications Solution for Mining it says offers “an integrated platform capable of supporting a wide range of audio, video, data and M2M/IoT applications suitable for surface, strip, open-pit and underground mining…greater investment in automation, robotics, in-pit mobility solutions, data-centric analytics and the creation of a digitally enabled workforce is key.[…]

BHP has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft as long-term cloud providers to help improve safety, productivity, and reliability across its globally-operated assets. The collaborations with AWS and Microsoft will support two distinct parts of BHP’s operations, it said. AWS will power BHP’s digital transformation by providing capabilities in data analytics and machine learning[…]

As a part of its approach to help in the development of the mining industry of the future, Sweden’s Jama has launched the brand-new mobile underground mining rescue chamber MRC 2 for increased comfort and safety. The stainless-steel chamber seats up to eight people comfortable at room temperature and has access to clean, fresh air[…]