Archives: Communications in mining

Rajant Corporation, the Kinetic Mesh® wireless network provider, has collaborated with FTP Solutions, a leading network management system (NMS) supplier to top mining OEMs, to bring Rajant’s network technology into its Integrated Management System (IMS) platform. According to Scott Mills, FTP Technical Director and the person who built IMS: “FTP partnered with Rajant to incorporate[…]

Epiroc says it recently launched an offering that aims to support safety in underground mining environments with the RCS based Collision Avoidance System (CAS) interface. Proximity Detection System (PDS) suppliers, compliant to the ISO 21815-2 Draft (March 2018), are able to interface with Epiroc RCS Materials Handling TMM (Trackless Mobile Machinery) to enable functionality for[…]

Back in February 2018, Caterpillar and Codan Ltd-owned Minetec, announced an agreement for the development and delivery of technologies targeting underground hard rock mining challenges with the integrated solutions to be offered as part of Cat® MineStar™. The third party collaboration brought Cat greater underground positioning capabilities and an underground tracking network with a high[…]

Ericsson has launched Ericsson Private 5G which it says offers secure and simple 4G LTE and 5G Standalone (SA) connectivity primarily targeting – but not limited to – manufacturing, mining and process industry, offshore and power utilities, as well as ports and airports. Ericsson Private 5G “optimises and simplifies business operations with cloud-based network management,[…]

Chilean copper mining major Codelco has signed an agreement with Microsoft that it says will promote better conditions for the accelerated adoption of technologies, a priority for the company, which includes, among other innovations, a Digital Academy to optimise the digital skills necessary for the future. Codelco says the objective of this agreement is to[…]

There are not many truly global coal longwall technology companies but Poland’s FAMUR SA, headquartered in Katowice, is certainly one of them and has been making progress on two fronts recently. Firstly it has developed a FAMUR automated longwall system in response to increasing geological and human constraints during underground operations. Secondly, it managed to[…]

MaxMine has announced that specialist-industrial investor, Viburnum Funds, has made a significant investment in the business to accelerate the market penetration of its namesake flagship product. Viburnum will acquire 25% of the business, for an undisclosed sum. It says this marks “a crucial step in the continued evolution of MaxMine,” also known by the holding[…]

A new partnership is in place between Chilean copper producer, Pucobre and Canada-based HARD-LINE, the global technology company. After signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in September 2019, Pucobre is testing HARD-LINE’s TeleOp Auto at an underground mine in Copiapó, Chile. TeleOp Auto is a system that allows autonomous control of LHDs and trucks from[…]

Veris Ltd subsidiary Aqura Technologies has been awarded project works to support iron ore mining major Roy Hill to design, install and commission the first phase of a new high–performance private LTE network for its operations in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Whilst the majority of the new contracted works will be performed in[…]

In a unique IoT ecosystem partnership with Ericsson and Sigma Connectivity, Mobilaris says it is advancing the next generation workforce safety by introducing the new safety device Mobilaris Companion combining IoT technologies, such as 5G and UWB, to increase workforce safety for Industry 4.0. To address and improve workforce safety at industrial sites such as[…]