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25 Sep 2018
Obituary: J. Burgess Winter, past President and CEO, Magma Copper
We are sad to record the death, on Monday 17 September 2018, of J. Burgess...
20 Sep 2018
RCT helps Cat LHDs go digital at Gold Fields Granny Smith mine
RCT is helping Gold Fields’ Granny Smith mine in Western Australia achieve further efficiencies with...
18 Sep 2018
Immersive simulators helping Freeport LHD operators train for semi-auto
Freeport McMoRan (FMI) in Indonesia is using training simulators from Immersive Technologies to prepare operators...
17 Sep 2018
Wuhan Iron and Steel underground iron ore mine installs China Mobile 4G network
A high-speed 4G network from China Mobile has been installed in an iron ore mine...
14 Sep 2018
WEG Motor Scan to remotely monitor electric motors on mining equipment
Leveraging digital technology is said to be key to participating in the next wave of...
13 Sep 2018
Fluor and IBM Watson to deliver predictive analytics capability for megaprojects
Fluor is driving digital transformation with an artificial intelligence (AI) solution to monitor the status of...
13 Sep 2018
Mining struggling to exploit mission critical data created by Industrial IoT applications
Inmarsat research finds only 6% of organisations are able to use Industrial IoT data effectively...
13 Sep 2018
First Asia Pacific workshop on fibre-optic sensing
With the recent proliferation of fibre-optic cables, an interest has emerged in their use as...
12 Sep 2018
Robert Friedland to present at prestigious China Development Forum’s fall summit
Ivanhoe Mines’ Executive Chairman Robert Friedland will be a featured speaker at the prestigious China...
12 Sep 2018
CENGN to fund mining comms tech in new initiative for trialling at NORCAT
The CENGN - Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks, has put out a call...
12 Sep 2018
Automation-enabling positioning for underground mining
Prof Michael Milford, Mining3 Technology Leader – Automation reports “2018 has been a productive year...
12 Sep 2018
Sustainable business and the business of sustainability
Prof Anna Littleboy, Mining3 Technology Leader - Sustainability through Technology  writes: “Adaptability is a core...