Archives: IoT

Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh® wireless networks, and ESG Solutions say they have completed another round of successful underground mine testing at Sudbury, Canada’s NORCAT health and safety centre. With Precision Time Protocol (PTP) put in place by ESG, Rajant can enhance client’s technologies and programs – from communications and productivity to privacy[…]

While the ability to remotely monitor the performance and condition of mining equipment is not new, Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has taken great strides in applying data analytics and dedicated algorithms to give mines even greater value from their machine data. This has been witnessed in the company’s remote monitoring service (RMS), which has[…]

OndoSense is expanding its sensor portfolio with the addition of a compact radar sensor for collision avoidance, vehicle detection and object positioning. With its wide detection range, the OndoSense reach WA (Wide Angle) is particularly suited for detecting obstacles such as vehicles, people or objects. It detects static and moving objects, even at close range[…]

The global market for quartz has been growing steadily and this trend is set to continue, demanding increasingly high purity levels. This demand comes from different industries, which have varying requirements, so that the most precise mineral sorting is needed. This can be achieved with sensor-based colour and laser sorting technologies – applied individually or[…]

ORBCOMM has announced the enrichment of its managed network offering with the launch of its next-generation satellite IoT service, OGx, featuring innovative network capabilities that, it says, will bring powerful, more affordable IoT solutions to market across low-, medium- and high-data usage applications in industries such as mining. Today’s release initiates the network’s rollout, featuring[…]

Sandvik and MacLean have completed the first phase of a collaboration to provide mining companies with more options for expanding automation in the underground environment, they say. MacLean and Sandvik are working together to improve automation zone interoperability of production and support fleets, with the installation of the Sandvik AutoMine® system at the MacLean Research[…]

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has introduced AutoMine® Lifecycle Support Solutions, a scalable service designed to, the company says, ensure comprehensive aftermarket technology support for existing and new AutoMine customers, improving uptime and providing continuous process optimisation. AutoMine Lifecycle Support Solutions is backed by Sandvik’s global network of service centres, offering flexible, scalable and customised[…]

Seequent, The Bentley Subsurface Company, has launched Visible Geology, a free web application to teach earth science students how the earth works – in 3D. Visible Geology, Seequent says, offers an immersive, intuitive gaming experience that is set to transform the way earth science students are taught the key concepts of geology – a foundational[…]

Just prior to the recent Electric Mine 2024 conference in Perth, Western Australia, we caught up with Arnaldo Bertazzi, VP Industry Network Leader – Industries, at Hitachi Energy. He says that the key to electrification in mining is to start small and think big. Electricity will be the backbone of the entire mine energy system, and[…]

Global information management software company, acQuire Technology Solutions says it is enabling geologists to manage their geoscientific data more efficiently with the latest GIM Suite 5.3 software release. GIM Suite has been built for the future of data management, with the aim to improve the way geologists and miners manage their data. The latest GIM[…]