Archives: Communications in mining

A new agreement between leading Russian telecomms company MTS and precious metals major Polymetal International PLC provides for Russia’s first commercial 5G-ready private network — based on Ericsson’s Dedicated Networks solution — which is to be deployed at the Nezhdaninskoye gold mine in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), often referred to just as Nezhda. Yuzhno[…]

Percepto has announced a strategic investment of $45 million in funding to, it says, launch a transformative solution for remote, fully autonomous, asset monitoring, inspection and compliance of industrial sites. The financing, led by Koch Disruptive Technologies, with contributions from new investors State of Mind Ventures, Atento Capital, Summit Peak Investments and Delek-US, plus existing[…]

Polymathian will be spearheading a A$2 million ($1.5 million) industrial mathematics project funded by industry partners and METS Ignited, and focused on OZ Minerals’ Carrapateena mine in South Australia. This project will form part of the Industry Growth Centre’s latest Tranche 4 Collaborative Project funds totalling a combined investment of A$6 million, METS Ignited said.[…]

The Innovation for Cleaner, Safer Vehicles (ICSV) initiative – a supply chain collaboration between the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) – has made significant progress towards understanding what is needed to transform today’s fleet of mining vehicles into tomorrow’s new generation of cleaner, safer vehicles, members of its[…]

Anglo American has invested more than A$240 million ($175 million) with suppliers for its 70%-owned Aquila metallurgical coal project in Central Queensland, Australia, which, the company says, will be one the world’s most technologically advanced underground mines. Aquila will extend the life of Anglo American’s existing Capcoal underground operations near Middlemount by six years and[…]

Researchers from The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) have secured funding from the mining industry to undertake research that aims to ensure increased system automation is accompanied by improvements to safety and health. The funding will support several projects as part of the Human Aspects of Mining Automation research program developed by SMI’s[…]

The US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has proposed revisions to its standards that could speed up the testing of electric motor-driven mine equipment and accessories in underground “gassy” mines in the country. Under the proposed rule, during a one-year transition period, mine operators could use equipment and accessories that meet either 14 voluntary[…]

Epiroc South Africa has announce the launch of its state-of-the-art Control Tower, a collaborative space specially developed to enhance remote customer support capabilities and to further explore and optimise the company’s digital and automation technologies and information management solutions. “When customers invest in Epiroc machines and technologies, they want to know that we are a[…]

Exyn Technologies, a pioneer in autonomous aerial robot systems for complex, GPS-denied industrial environments, has announced Australia company C.R. Kennedy as its first international distributor. C.R Kennedy is one of the largest providers of survey equipment for mining and government needs in Australia, Exyn says. The ExynAero (formerly the Exyn A3R), an autonomous and self-piloting aerial[…]

Telia in Sweden says it will build and manage a dedicated local 5G-ready mobile network for mining company Boliden at Aitik, one of the world’s most efficient open-pit copper mines, located in the north of Sweden. Over time, the new mobile network will be used to monitor and control machines in mining operations. The goal[…]