Archives: Mine surveying

In its 2019 annual report, Poland’s copper and silver mining major KGHM Polska Miedz said that technology activities for the year had included “robotisation of production and auxilliary processes” including construction of a CuXRF robot for scanning for copper content at the working faces in the mines. KGHM told IM that the goal of the[…]

Worldsensing and Vista Data Vision, a leading software company in the field of monitoring, publishing and managing sensor data, have announced a plan to collaborate. While the VDV software is used across six continents by professionals that rely on data intelligence for their instrumentation data, VDV customers already use Loadsensing by Worldsensing in diverse projects[…]

Innova & PyMEs or “innovate more SMEs” is a new pioneering initiative of Chile’s Integrated Mining Technologies Piloting Center (CIPTEMIN) and the Network of Technological Managers of Chile (RedGT), which seeks to generate capacities and develop innovation skills in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the country that supply or could supply equipment, technology and[…]

SUEK says it has purchased six unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with various modifications intended for aerial photography during surveying operations of its Kuzbass facilities, in the Kemerovo region of Russia. The decision to develop the company’s fleet of UAVs was made after a test of aerial photography at SUEK’s open-pit mines in the Krasnoyarsk region[…]

Russia’s MMC Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest refined nickel and palladium producer, has released its annual Sustainable Development report for 2019. Digitalisation and innovation are a big focus, the company stating that R&D and innovation play a major role in taking forward Nornickel’s strategic priorities, from expanding its production to improving efficiency and reducing environmental[…]

The combination of BEUMER Group’s sophisticated modelling techniques and use of drones has enabled Knight Hawk Coal’s Prairie Eagle mine, in the Illinois Basin of USA, to reduce its long-term environmental impact. Drone technology is being used more frequently during project planning, implementation and documentation to optimise the design phase, according to BEUMER. The recorded[…]

Australia’s CSIRO believes the use of apps and drones could make surveying even the most isolated areas more efficient, easier, cheaper and safer. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation has been working with industry and universities to explore how these two digital tools could transform mineral exploration in Australia and around the world. One[…]

Mining technology services company, Windfall Geotek, says it has launched a new drone-based solution for artificial intelligence (AI) driven digital exploration in mining. A services company using AI with a portfolio of gold, copper and zinc properties in Quebec, Canada, Windfall Geotek has been using AI and advanced knowledge-extraction techniques since 2005 in the mining[…]

Two of the leading players in monitoring technology, Worldsensing and IDS GeoRadar, a Hexagon company, have cooperated to launch what they say is the most comprehensive mine safety monitoring system to date. The integrated system will be the first in the world to offer surface, sub-surface and geospatial monitoring in a single package, greatly simplifying[…]

The mining industry – both globally and in Africa – has entered a new era in which automation technologies are increasing at a rapid rate. This means there is an increased need for this sector to embrace 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies and become innovative in the the production processes. To assist mining companies to[…]