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05 Nov 2018
CSIRO drone autonomy spin-out Emesent finds financial backing
Emesent, a drone autonomy spin-out from Australia’s CSIRO, has raised A$3.5 million ($2.5 million) in...
05 Nov 2018
Dassault makes major mining drone move with Delair collaboration agreement
Dassault Systèmes and Delair, a leading supplier of commercial drone solutions have signed a collaboration...
01 Nov 2018
Terra Drone opens branch in South Africa to provide cutting edge mining drone solutions
Following its acquisition of a significant stake in Inkonova AB, which was one of the...
31 Oct 2018
Kimberley Ekapa Mining chooses Epiroc MMI solution to go down digitalisation route
Kimberley Ekapa Mining has agreed to use Epiroc’s Mobilaris Mining Intelligence (MMI) solution as it...
30 Oct 2018
Airobotics raises more funds as it looks for further autonomous drone growth
One month on from launching its North American headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona, automated drone startup...
30 Oct 2018
Drone specialists Kespry and DJI combine forces to improve stockpile monitoring
Kespry and DJI are pooling resources to offer the DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone as...
30 Oct 2018
SRK shares mineral valuation insights with Chinese delegation
An important Chinese mining sector delegation visiting South Africa was this week able to gain...
30 Oct 2018
Loadscan launches new conveyor volume scanner solution
Loadscan has announced the launch of its conveyor volume scanner (CVS) – a tool to...
25 Oct 2018
Geobrugg develops world’s first dimensionable rockfall attenuator
Geobrugg has developed together with international experts an attenuator protection solution which can be efficiently...
23 Oct 2018
Chile’s Corfo opens mining technology testing centre
According to a report by Chile-based Business News Americas, Chilean development agency Corfo has opened...
23 Oct 2018
Australia georesources sector set for further consolidation with QTEQ/WSG merger
Australia-based Qteq and Wireline Services Group (WSG) have agreed to join forces as they look...
11 Oct 2018
Drones go to sea at BHP’s ocean freight operations
BHP was an early adopter of drones across its mine sites, employing the aerial technology...