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Tata Consultancy Services, a global IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation, has been selected as a strategic partner by South32 to enhance its IT operating model and provide application and infrastructure services critical to its global operations, strengthening its operational resilience and business agility, TCS says. The multi-year managed services partnership builds on the[…]

Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC (Yahsat), listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange and the UAE’s flagship satellite solutions provider, has announced a group-wide partnership with Ericsson to provide private network, data and internet connectivity services across the oil and gas, mining and ports industries. The integrated solution provides secure, reliable and low-latency local[…]

Burgex Inc Mining Consultants has announced newly acquired in-house capabilities to provide high accuracy mapping of surface and underground mine workings with the addition of the ExynPak from Exyn Technologies to its fleet of mining and mineral exploration solutions. With a gimballed Velodyne LiDAR sensor and the ability to provide real-time 3D mapping with survey-grade[…]

IDS GeoRadar, part of Hexagon, recently announced the release of slope-monitoring radar IBIS-FM EVO. With a maximum scan range of up to 5 km, IBIS-FM EVO is designed to measure submillimetre displacements in real time with the highest data quality. The company states: “It advances semi-permanent safety-critical radar monitoring, leveraging and improving upon the IBIS-FM,[…]

A Western Australia-based company has developed what it says is world-first geolocation technology for mining that could improve safety underground and potentially save companies millions of dollars each year. GeoMoby – the name of the company and product – uses wireless, cable-free and reusable beacons to geofence sites, track assets and check on workforces, providing[…]

As part of its constant innovation in its production processes, Peruvian copper-zinc miner Compania Minera Antamina (Teck 22.5%, BHP 33.75%, Glencore 33.75%, Mitsubishi 10%) has implemented the use of Machine Learning technology with which it seeks to increase the production of copper equivalent in the concentrator plant. The statement said: “Advanced data analytics is increasingly[…]

Strata Worldwide has announced a new strategic partnership with technology expert Nerospec SK. “Together the companies will offer a range of intelligent machine controllers and data loggers that interface with machinery and vehicles to provide health and maintenance data, real-time monitoring and productivity analytics.” The connected machine technology works to improve the safety, monitoring, maintenance[…]

Through proactive monitoring and preventative maintenance, Volvo ACTIVE CARE is supporting Indonesian gold miner, Indo Muro Kencana (IMK), in achieving greater uptime and, therefore, greater productivity and profitability from its fleet of haulers and excavators. IMK now has Indonesia’s largest fleet of machines connected to Volvo ACTIVE CARE, including 52 A40G articulated haulers and seven[…]

Veris Limited’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Aqura Technologies, has been selected to support Roy Hill in the design, install and commissioning of an expansion of its advanced Private 4G LTE network at its Pilbara iron ore mining operations in Western Australia. The new project builds upon Aqura’s first phase delivery of Roy Hill’s new Private 4G LTE[…]

IMDEX has announced what it says is a “major milestone” for its BLASTDOG™ drill and blast technology. IMDEX BLASTDOG is a semi-autonomously deployed system for logging material properties and blasthole characteristics at high spatial density across the bench and mine and is commodity agnostic, according to the company. It has been developed in collaboration with[…]