Archives: IoT

Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh® wireless networks, and Acubis Technologies, a Kinetic Mesh Premier Partner in Australia, have delivered what they say is the first FE1 series BreadCrumbs® – Rajant Peregrine and Hawk – at Stanwell’s Meandu mine in Queensland, Australia. Stanwell was battling the ever-evolving data and application requirements of its operational[…]

Sibanye-Stillwater is to invest $17 million in OptiMine® Collision Avoidance System (CAS) technology to reduce accidents, injuries and fatalities at its Stillwater PGM underground mining operations in Montana, USA, Newtrax says. Newtrax and Sibanye-Stillwater have been working together since 2017 on various digitalisation projects to improve safety and productivity at Stillwater. OptiMine increases safety and[…]

NTT Ltd, a world-leading global technology services provider, has announced it is working with Albemarle Corp, the speciality chemicals company with leading positions in lithium, bromine, and refining catalysts, to deploy a pilot private LTE/5G and Wi-Fi network at Albemarle’s hard rock lithium mine in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. The 800 acre site sits on[…]

Sandvik Mining & Rock Solutions is offering various parts supply and management options to suit customers’ needs and help facilitate its own corporate focus on predictive maintenance through the flow of real-time data on its equipment. Among the options, according to Amith Ganasram, Business Line Manager – Parts, Commercial, at Sandvik Mining & Rock Solutions,[…]

Berco, a leader in the production and supply of undercarriage components for manufacturers of tracked earthmoving machinery, is launching new versions of its Bopis Life mobile and web applications. Bopis Life is a cloud-based platform allowing customers to monitor the rate of wear of each undercarriage component and, thus, to know the parts’ remaining service[…]

Metso Outotec has reorganised its portfolio of intelligent instruments under the Sense series; tools that are designed to solve specific process challenges and enable optimisation for minerals and hydrometallurgical processes. The market’s most comprehensive portfolio of intelligent instruments is part of Metso Outotec’s Planet Positive offering, the company said. Covering the entire flowsheet, Sense series[…]

Dwyka Mining Services, an authorised reseller of Maestro Digital Mine, has used the 2022 Investing in African Mining Indaba, in Cape Town, South Africa, to premier a new robotic solution that is fitted with Maestro’s IIoT gas sensor. Boston Dynamics Spot Enterprise robot, equipped with Maestro’s IIoT gas sensor, can be operated on mine sites[…]

Mining major Teck Resources says its RACE21™ mining innovation team has supported an on-the-ground team in designing a new system to load railcars safely, efficiently and accurately, while increasing the speed of train loading and maximising the available capacity of railcars. While observing railcars loading steelmaking coal at Teck-owned Fording River Operations, Automation Specialist and[…]

During the sixth In-Pit Crushing & Conveying Conference – IPCC 2022 in Cancun, Mexico, held 28-29 April, IM Editorial Director Paul Moore had the chance to sit down with Neville Kelly – Business Development Manager and Elia Khoury – Engineering Manager at Bunbury, Western Australia based RCR Mining Technologies, which has seen remarkable growth and[…]

Antofagasta Minerals marked a major milestone on 27 April with the official inauguration of an Integrated Remote Operations Centre (IROC) in the city of Antofagasta to manage operations at its Centinela mine in the northern Chilean Antofagasta region. The $66.2 million IROC is expected to improve safety and productivity as well as enhance the quality[…]