Archives: Mine surveying

LKAB says it is using drones equipped with scanners to survey much of the area recently affected by seismic activity at its Kiruna iron ore mine in Sweden. On May 18, a major tremor measuring 3.3 magnitude caused extensive and widespread damage to the mine. Since then, the company has been trying to secure the[…]

Doosan Infracore has launched XiteCloud, its new smart construction solution, in South Korea. XiteCloud is the first step towards the commercialisation of Concept-X, the company’s integrated unmanned and automated control solution, first demonstrated to the world in 2019. It has relevance for mining too including mines in the construction phase. XiteCloud maximises productivity by incorporating[…]

Hexagon’s Mining division and IDS GeoRadar, a Hexagon company, have jointly announced what they say is the mining industry’s first straightforward integration of systems for safety and radar-based slope stability hazards. The single platform is part of the newly released HxGN MineProtect Collision Avoidance System (CAS) 4.6. It means mines can now receive real-time equipment[…]

Hudbay, the Canadian mining company with more than 90 years in the American continent, and a presence in Peru since 2011 with the Mining Constancia Unit (with the new mine operational from 2014), is directing its efforts towards the digitisation and modernisation of its operations. For this reason, in Peru it has been implementing a[…]

Global technology company Emesent has announced the release of the Colourisation functionality for its Hovermap LiDAR scanner. The 3D point clouds from Hovermap can now be augmented with true colour, providing additional context for visualisation and analysis. “We’re excited to announce this significant new feature for Emesent,” said Emesent’s CEO and Co-Founder Stefan Hrabar. “Colourisation[…]

Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has announced the launch of Tailings Insight, a new Internet of Things (IoT) solution for monitoring mining tailings storage facilities (TSFs). The solution builds on and upgrades its award-winning Tailings Dam Monitoring Solution and is available in two new propositions: Tailings Insight – Cloud and Tailings[…]

As part of its 2019 Sustainability Report Beyond the Mine that has just been released, Newmont says it has further strengthened its management of tailings, whilst enhancing transparency through a new tailings website (https://www.newmont.com/sustainability/environmental-responsibility/tailings-management/default.aspx) with details on all 104 tailings dam facilities at Newmont’s operating sites, joint ventures, subsidiaries and legacy sites. To further improve[…]

Draganfly Inc, a leading manufacturer within the commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), and unmanned vehicle sector (UVS), has announced a Preferred Flight Services agreement with Windfall Geotek Inc on a fee for service basis. Windfall Geotek is a mining technology services company and user of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and advanced[…]

In underground mining, the scaling process takes place after blasting where loose rock hanging from the roof is removed in a controlled manner aimed at creating a safe working environment. The scaling process can be performed by either manual (using a scaling bar) or mechanised (using a scaler) means. For an effective scaling process, loose[…]

Worldsensing’s Loadsensing digital nodes are set for a boost following a new firmware release from the Barcelona-based technology provider. The new release is part of Worldsensing’s growing partnership with the geotechnical instrumentation manufacturer Sisgeo, the company said, with Sisgeo customers now able to enjoy automated readings when using Sisgeo’s version 3 digital protocol sensors in[…]