Archives: Explosives and blasting

Sandvik, following the acquisition of ground support and reinforcement specialist, DSI Underground, has taken the opportunity to acquire the joint venture partners’ share of the Rocbolt Technologies JVs DSI was previously engaged in within China, South Africa and Mongolia. While the company now holds 100% of Rocbolt Technologies in these regions following the transactions with[…]

Minnovare and LiveMine have entered a collaboration that, they say, will enable their mine production clients to share data across the business’ software platforms. The data integration will enable production drilling information logged via Minnovare’s CORE (Client Online Reporting Engine) to seamlessly sync with the LiveMine data management system. The combination of both technologies streamlines[…]

Anglo American has launched the first Epiroc Pit Vipers operating at its Los Bronces copper mine in Chile to be remotely controlled from its Integrated Remote Operation Center (IROC) in Santiago. These five drills are the first in Chile and Latin America to be operated from outside the designated mine site, with the company planning[…]

In a pioneering move to decarbonise Indian mining, Hindustan Zinc today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Finnish technology firm Normet Group Oy to introduce battery-powered service equipment and utility vehicles in its underground mines. Taking a step closer to achieving carbon neutrality, Hindustan Zinc is set to introduce Normet SmartDrive Vehicles (NSDVs)[…]

In northwest Romania, CASE Construction Equipment says it is forming the backbone of operations all year round at the Salina Ocna Dej mine, where dozens of wheel loaders and crawler excavators are boosting efficiency and improving safety at the salt mine – both underground and at the surface level. Located in Cluj County, Salina Ocna[…]

Olitek Mining Robotics (Olitek), Australia and the Canada Mining Innovation Council (CMIC) are pleased to announce their partnership on the Remote Charge-up Unit (RCU) project. Globally, mines are getting deeper, and this forces a re-think of the manual mining practices that are common across our industry. Ground falls, stress-induced failure and rock bursting mean the[…]

Orica’s FRAGTrack™ technology is enabling Newmont’s Akyem Gold Mine to make timely decisions based on automated fragmentation data, to improve the productivity of the mine. The Akyem Gold Mine is a large open-pit project located in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Owned and operated by Newmont Golden Ridge Ltd, the mine employs over 450 people[…]

Omnia Group company, BME, says it is now providing technical blasting services online, giving the industry access to experienced specialists through virtual consultations and solutions. The service is an important part of BME’s recently upgraded website, according to the company’s Global Manager for Blasting Science, D Scott Scovira. “Our online technical blasting service is provided[…]

The Government of Canada is supporting the continued success of the sector by investing in innovative solutions that will strengthen Canada’s international leadership in sustainable, efficient and safe mining. Today, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced an investment of C$40 million in a C$112.4 million project of the Centre for[…]

Global underground contract mining major Barminco and mining company IGO Ltd have recently finished a three-month trial of Normet Group’s SmartDrive MC 605 VE Charmec BEV emulsion charging machine at IGO Ltd’s Nova nickel-copper-cobalt mine in Western Australia. Feedback on this new technology has been positive, with operators and maintenance “all agreeing that the driving[…]