Archives: IoT

Epiroc is already the global leader in blasthole drill autonomy with its full autonomous layer for its line of Pit Viper drills, enhanced now also by the Mobius for Drills fleet management, drilling process and value chain optimisation platform. Now it has added to this line up – announcing on June 1 that testing of[…]

Danfoss Power Solutions has partnered with Swift Navigation, Bonsai Robotics and HARD-LINE to expand the offerings in its autonomous machine development platform. Danfoss will integrate the companies’ solutions into its PLUS+1 Autonomy software, enabling users to enhance their autonomous machines with Swift Navigation’s high-precision positioning service, Bonsai Robotics’ camera-based vision systems and HARD-LINE’s tele-remote operations[…]

Hexagon’s Mining division says it has deployed a fleet management and safety implementation project with Minera San Cristóbal S.A. for the mining company’s open-pit operations in Bolivia. As part of this project, Hexagon deployed 65 HxGN MineOperate OP Pro systems, nearly 40 HxGN MineProtect Collision Avoidance Systems (CAS) and 30 HxGN MineProtect Operator Alertness Systems[…]

Edzcom, a Cellnex affiliate company, and Callio Pyhäjärvi say they have joined hands “to boost the automation and digitalisation of the entire mining industry in Finland and internationally” through a state-of-the-art 5G Private Wireless Network. Pyhäjärvi Callio’s project, known as ‘FutureMINE– the future digital test mine project’ is located in Pyhäsalmi, which is one of the[…]

IM sat down with MMD at The Electric Mine 2023 for an exclusive update on its Fully Mobile Surge Loader or FMSL – its innovative in-pit solution that acts as a mobile storage bunker between the shovel and a continuous flow of trucks. It has been proven capable of an average fill rate of less[…]

Nokia and Sedna Industrial IT Solutions have built on the LTE private wireless partnership Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed last year, with a pledge to expand further into southern Africa. In November of last year Sedna strengthened its partnership with Nokia to become its main value-added reseller (VAR) and systems integrator for Africa in the[…]

IDS GeoRadar, part of Hexagon, has announced the new SMV algorithm for Guardian, its software for slope monitoring. Developed by IDS GeoRadar’s R&D team together with major players of the mining and monitoring industry, SMV is the result of a two-year collaboration and development, it says. “Guardian SMV provides a revolutionary approach to radar monitoring[…]

South Flank’s fifth Autonomous Operating Zone (AOZ) has gone live, marking the completion of the original project scope for implementation of autonomous haulage at the major miner’s newest iron ore mine, BHP says. The project has been safely delivered ahead of schedule and under budget, testament to the hard work and dedication of the embedded[…]

U&M Mineração e Construção S/A, as the largest native open-pit mining contractor in the Americas and one increasingly focused on sustainability, is about to embark on a major autonomous haulage project that could prove transformational for all sizes of mine sites across the globe. The company has been busily working on an in-house Autonomous Haulage[…]

Hexagon at HxGN LIVE Global 2023, in Las Vegas, has announced that its Mining and Autonomy & Positoning divisions have joined forces to enable more automation at scale, and ease and speed of application. The announcement, coming at the Intelligent Mining Summit, was made by Nick Hare, President, Hexagon’s Mining division, and Maria Luthström, President,[…]