Archives: Energy minerals

Caterpillar has announced more details on the two new ultra-class mining trucks to join its portfolio, the Cat 798 AC and Cat 796 AC. IM was on site in Tinaja Hills, Arizona, to witness the grand unveiling and saw the 798 AC in action. The company said the decision to add the new models was[…]

Dr Magdi Habib, Director General of CanmetMINING and Francis Fournier, President and CEO of COREM have announced the signing of a cooperation agreement. “Innovation is a must to solve the mining sector’s challenges. By working together with innovators across Canada, we can reduce the risk of adoption for new innovations to support the sustainability and[…]

On 17 October 2018, Mining Indaba in collaboration with the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) hosted a meeting to discuss the increasing role of communities in shaping the development of Africa’s mining sector. The meeting took place in Geneva, Switzerland at the IGF’s Annual General Meeting that brings together industry[…]

After 25 years of supporting Russian clients from its global offices, AMC Consultants (AMC) is pleased to announce the opening of its ninth office, this time in Moscow. To be led by Mark Chesher, a mining engineer with more than 35 years experience, the office “will provide a gateway for clients in Russia to access[…]

Increased demand from the mining sector is leading Caterpillar to use some of its R&D testing capacity to cope with customer orders. On site at the R&D facility at the Technical Development Centre in Peoria, Illinois, IM learned the company has recently been using the flexibility of its R&D lines to carry out end-of-line customer[…]

On the 24 October the ¡VAMOS! partners together with Advisory Board members and interested external parties – such as geologists and researchers from companies and institutions, local people etc – were present at the ¡VAMOS! technology Demonstration Day, at the Magcobar flooded mine pit, in Silvermines, Ireland. In total 85 visitors participated in the field[…]

Emesent, a drone autonomy spin-out from Australia’s CSIRO, has raised A$3.5 million ($2.5 million) in venture capital to commercialise its first product, Hovermap. Main Sequence Ventures, which manages the CSIRO Innovation Fund, led the funding round along with long-time Bechtel mining executive Andy Greig. Developed by former researchers from CSIRO’s Data61, Emesent’s Hovermap technology automates[…]

Dassault Systèmes and Delair, a leading supplier of commercial drone solutions have signed a collaboration agreement confirming with the intention to combine Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE platform, GEOVIA solutions and relevant drone-based technologies developed by Delair, and cooperatively promote these solutions for the mining and construction industries. “In just a few years, companies of all sized[…]

TNG has signed up SMS Group to carry out the front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase of its Mount Peake vanadium-titanium-iron project in the Northern Territory of Australia. The mandate for the contract encompasses the Mount Peake concentrator, the TIVAN® processing plant and all associated plant and equipment. The two companies have been working together[…]

RPMGlobal has focused on mobility for the latest release of its fast-growing asset management solution, AMT. In this release of AMT – version 8.16 – RPM has streamlined the inspection work process in the AMT mobile app making it far easier to manage in the field. With a mobile device, users can access, edit and[…]