Archives: HOF

J.V.N. Dorr’s first development was  the Dorr classifier.  John Dorr was one of the great inventors of methods to process solid particles and he was quick to take these methods from ideas to operating practice. Wet ball mills were being tested on the gold ores in South Africa and copper ores in Arizona and the[…]

Jack Holmes, formerly Technical Director of Anglo American Corp (AAC), is inducted into the International Mining Technology Hall of Fame for his massive contribution to the large-scale commercialisation of solvent extraction of copper, in Zambia and worldwide. In 1970, Holmes persuaded the understandably apprehensive Board of Anglo American Central Africa Ltd to abandon convention and[…]

In the Bulk Handling category of the awards, it  has been a close-call judgement for the panel of judges between Dick Stahura Sr. of Martin Engineering and his quest to control “Durt” and improve belt conveying, and Werner Baller, Founder and CEO of South-African based WEBA Chute Systems. Werner Baller is the 2018 inductee, a man[…]

In a close-run contest with Alun Phillips, RPM’s Product Manager – Scheduling Solutions, the team behind Caterpillar’s truly revolutionary MineStar technology has been chosen by the panel of judges around the world. Craig Koehrsen, Michael Murphy, Chuck Sahm, Carl Hendricks, Claude Aboujaoude, Jason Gough, Josh Bynon and Chuck Boen have developed a system for mines[…]

Aleksandr Egorov has devoted more than 40 years of his life to work at Belaz, with more than a half of this period being involved into research, development and implementation of many ambitious engineering projects including, but not limited to, development of the 240-t and 360-t trucks, development of the autonomous truck, development of the[…]

Dr Malcolm Scoble a Professor at the University of British Columbia specialising in surface and underground mine design and planning: mine-mill integration: occupational health and safety: sustainable mining and mining with communities, is the first person to be inducted into the IM Technology Hall of Fame in 2018, in the Outstanding Innovator category. Jonathan Peck,[…]

As the Head of the Ecological Engineering and Phytotechnology Program in the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Science, at the University of the Witwatersrand, Isabel Weiersbye has spent 22 years conducting applied research on issues ranging from pollution control and remediation using plants, to vegetation-based approaches for resource exploration and mine site closure. Her[…]

Anaconda Mining’s Allan Cramm is Vice President, Innovation and Development focusing on key strategic projects to maximize the company’s assets. He also is part of the development team for new mines and operations. He has a high regard for environmental protection with some associated projects having been recognized provincially and nationally for their attention to[…]

Michael Wortley, (Global Manager – PRO Products, Australia), Kai Riihioja (Senior Software Engineer, Australia), Jose Luis Bravo (Senior Instrument Engineer, Chile) and Rodrigo Sales (Senior Product Engineer, Brazil), all of Metso, are nominated for the SmartTag. The SmartTag is nominated in the Underground Production category because of its great potential in tracking ore in caving[…]

GroundProbe has been recognised as the most innovative company in Australia and New Zealand, taking out the number 1 spot on the Australian Financial Review’s List of Most Innovative Companies for 2018. The honour was announced last night at the 2018 AFR Most Innovative Companies List Awards Night. The list was comprised of the Top[…]