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10 May 2020
Ferrexpo operating three Epiroc PV-275 drills via teleremote from control room as first automation phase completed
Ferrexpo working with Epiroc recently successfully completed the first phase of its autonomy drill rig...
10 May 2020
Sandvik automation-ready DR412i blasthole rig breaking records at South Africa’s Mafube coal mine
As outlined in a recent online Solid Ground article by Sandvik, the Mafube opencast coal...
08 May 2020
Orica reports successful teleremote charging trials with Newcrest at Cadia East on MacLean Blockholer
In its just released HY2020 results presentation, Orica says it is progressing with its underground...
07 May 2020
acQuire optimises blasthole sampling with new app
Global software company acQuire has introduced mobile blasthole sampling in its latest release of GIM...
06 May 2020
Foran Mining planning BEV haulage to surface evolving to an underground vertical conveyor at McIlvenna Bay
Foran Mining Corporation recently filed an independent NI 43-101 technical report for the Pre-feasibility Study...
06 May 2020
ABB’s autonomous remote charger robot shows potential in its SIMS demo at Boliden Garpenberg
A successful test of what ABB believes is game-changing remote charging robotic technology has taken...
05 May 2020
Frontier-Kemper gets contract for shaft, hoists & slope at Warrior Met Coal’s new Blue Creek longwall mine
Tutor Perini Corporation, a leading civil, building and specialty construction company, announced today that its...
04 May 2020
CEA-Leti & Davey Bickford Enaex build wireless detonation system to increase mine productivity & safety
Leti, a research institute of the CEA, and Davey Bickford Enaex, part of Chile-based global...
04 May 2020
BME to capture blasting efficiencies and cost savings with AXXIS TITANIUM
BME says its advanced electronic blast initiation system is undergoing final trials in South Africa,...
04 May 2020
Eldorado Gold lays the foundations for Lamaque mine tech testbed
When Eldorado Gold acquired the Lamaque project, near Val-d’Or, Quebec, from Integra Resources back in...
01 May 2020
Altyn boosts Sekisovskoye gold mine production in Kazakhstan with new Cat underground fleet
Kazakhstan focussed and UK-listed mining junior Altyn PLC has announced its results for the year...
01 May 2020
Orica moves a step closer to Exsa explosives takeover
Orica says it has completed the acquisition of 83.5% of shares in Peru’s Exsa, moving...