Archives: Communications in mining

Thiess, in partnership with its client Glencore, has come up with a proactive approach to environmental management to ensure dust, noise and blasting emission impacts are minimised on local communities at the Mt Owen coal mine in New South Wales, Australia. Working together with Glencore, the team has developed a range of controls including leadership[…]

Volvo Construction Equipment says it is building the world’s first test and demonstration area for electric, autonomous transport solutions at its Customer Center in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Construction has already begun on the brand-new area, which will be dedicated to testing and demonstrating the latest innovations in sustainable power, connectivity and autonomous solutions. This 66,000 m²[…]

When reviewing the rapid growth of interest in remote control operation of surface mining equipment, it’s worth looking back over eight years ago to when HARD-LINE’s TeleOp control systems were deployed on several heavy-duty machines at Codelco’s Mina Sur copper mine in Chile. Codelco’s innovation strategy involves transferring and adapting existing technologies and developing new[…]

Mining drive solutions supplier WEG has announced Nokia’s entry into its Open Lab WEG/V2COM project which is aimed at accelerating and enabling the development of Industry 4.0 solutions in Brazil, with the Nokia Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) platform. Open Lab WEG/V2COM has a partnership with the Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development (ABDI) and Anatel, and[…]

Faced with the challenge of boosting productivity and lowering costs, Chile-based copper miner Pucobre has teamed up with Epiroc to implement the first Rapid Mine Development (RMD) project in the country. Combining technology and changes in mindset to build high-quality mine infrastructure, the company is now on a path to become a 4.0 mine, Epiroc[…]

A focus on improving ease of operation to provide more efficient and safer Articulated Dump Trucks (ADTs) has consistently kept Bell Equipment at the forefront of innovation, the company says. The global ADT specialist says it is now achieving success with autonomous vehicle operation where its forward-thinking approach is enabling interoperability between different control systems[…]

Swift Media Ltd says it has secured two new technology, entertainment and support contracts with Atlas Iron and a contract extension from AngloGold Ashanti, both in Western Australia. The specialist technology company which delivers entertainment, communications and advertising to remote locations such as mine sites, has booked A$2 million ($1.56 million) in total contract value[…]

One of the leading global producers of potash, Russia-based Uralkali has five mines and seven ore treatment plants in the towns of Berezniki and Solikamsk, in the Perm Region, to its name. As IM discovered from an exchange with Eduard Smirnov, the company’s Technical Director, many of these operations are leveraging new innovations for safety,[…]

Rajant Corp, the provider of Kinetic Mesh® wireless networks, is expanding further into Eastern Europe and the CIS with a strategic distribution agreement with Russia’s CompTek. The Russia-based reseller of network and telecommunication equipment will help support machine-to-machine connectivity and mobility in markets like open-pit mining, underground mining, indoor warehousing, ports, and other industrial markets,[…]

Gold Fields has implemented both Mobilaris Onboard and Mobilaris Situational Awareness at its Granny Smith underground mine in Western Australia as part of an ongoing modernisation program. In 2018, Gold Fields launched a five-year modernisation program for the site. The first phase’s ambition is to ensure cost efficiency, productivity and a safe work environment by[…]