Archives: Diamond mining

Late last year, leading autonomous drilling technology provider FLANDERS embarked on a project to begin automation of the blasthole drilling fleet at Debswana’s Orapa diamond mining operation in Botswana, situated 240 km west of Francistown. The conversion of the first drill to autonomous operation, an Epiroc Pit Viper PV-271, has now been completed, which will[…]

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is introducing AutoMine® Core, “a comprehensive automation platform for mass mining applications to support customers ramping up from manual operation to fully autonomous production.” Built on Sandvik’s proven AutoMine Fleet and Manual Production Monitoring (MPM) solutions, AutoMine Core also provides users with multiple levels of interoperability for Sandvik and third-party[…]

Established in 2016, Tage Idriver (踏歌智行) is without question one of the original pioneers in the development of autonomous haulage in open-pit mines in China. It modified the first domestic large mining truck for autonomous operation at the Bayan Obo iron ore and rare earths mine, plus it designed China’s first autonomous haulage solution for[…]

Making the transition from an open pit mine that has been operating successfully for 30 years to an underground operation that could become one of the most mechanised and automated in the world is not something that happens overnight. De Beers Group embarked on the $2.3 billion underground expansion of its Venetia asset in Limpopo[…]

Rio Tinto’s Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories of Canada will build the largest solar power plant across Canada’s territories, featuring over 6,600 solar panels that will generate approximately 4,200 MWh/y of carbon-free electricity for the mine. The solar power plant will provide up to 25% of Diavik’s electricity during closure work that will[…]

Gemfields’ 75%-owned Montepuez Ruby Mining Limitada (MRM) has entered into a legally binding contract with Consulmet Limited to construct an additional processing plant at MRM’s ruby mine in Mozambique. The addition of the second plant will triple MRM’s processing capacity from the existing 200 t/h to 600 t/h, allowing MRM to process its sizeable stockpile,[…]

De Beers Group has celebrated a key milestone with the delivery of first production from underground operations at its Venetia Mine in Limpopo, South Africa. The overall construction of the underground mine is now 70% complete, with construction and production ramp-up continuing over the next few years. Venetia Mine, South Africa’s leading diamond mine, ceased[…]

Ivanhoe Mines Executive Co-Chair Robert Friedland and President Marna Cloete recently announced that an agreement has been reached to replace the outstanding convertible loan balance owed to Ivanhoe Mines by High Power Exploration (HPX) into an equity investment in I-Pulse Inc (I-Pulse), HPX’s parent company. Founded by Robert Friedland and Laurent Frescaline in 2005, I-Pulse[…]

The priority at the top of the list of every diamond producer is to maximise diamond recovery, while optimising costs as well as acting on the growing pressure to address corporate social responsibility and environmental issues. This is where TOMRA Mining says it can help. TOMRA’s holistic approach and cutting-edge technologies have proven to deliver[…]

Multotec, an industry leader in metallurgy and process engineering, is commemorating its 50th anniversary this year and says it is marking this milestone by reaffirming its position as a proudly South African company that can compete with top global competitors. The company was established in 1973, starting with an imported screening product from Germany intended[…]