Archives: Mine surveying

Robert Friedland, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of High Power Exploration Inc. (HPX), and Eric Finlayson, President have announced that the company has entered into lease and technical assistance agreements with Shandong Yantai Xintai Gold Mining Co Ltd (Xintai), a subsidiary of China National Gold Group Co Ltd, one of China’s largest gold producers. Under[…]

Drilling inclined holes, underground, can be one of the more demanding applications for a drill rod string as frictional drag in thrust and torque adds to the weight of the rod string, the fluid column, and the weight on bit. As part of an extensive global test program, employing nearly 10,000 rods at 30 different[…]

Kespry, the drone-based aerial intelligence solution provider, today announced its new Site Planning Toolkit designed to increase site profitability, productivity, and safety. The new toolkit it says “enables site owners, engineers, and operators to drive decisions faster than ever. Previous processes often relied on expensive engineering teams and complex software to analyse survey data.” With[…]

Australian tech start-up Emesent has announced the commercial availability of their revolutionary Hovermap drone payload, which it says dramatically improves the value of drone-based asset inspection and mapping. Hovermap is a self-contained plug-and-play payload which is easily integrated into a range of drones to provide them with advanced capabilities. It includes omni-directional LiDAR-based collision avoidance and[…]

Broadway Gold Mining has announced that it has completed a Maptek Vulcan 3D model of its Madison Project in the Butte-Anaconda region of Montana. Based on the positive results generated, Broadway is planning a new multi-phased underground diamond drilling program. The Phase II and III programs will target the expansion of known high-grade gold and[…]

Airobotics has introduced LiDAR capabilities to its lineup of automated drone solutions, significantly reducing the time it takes for aerial data to be collected. The announcement came at the same time as it declared record growth in 2018 and an expansion of its executive team in its new Scottsdale, Arizona headquarters. Until a few years[…]

A new sensor fusion technique based on X-ray and 3D imaging promises improvements to the 3D modelling of mineral resources and more efficient sorting of precious metals. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd (VTT) is coordinating the sensor development process through an EU project called X-Mine in collaboration with businesses, international research institutions and[…]

NORCAT and Glencore’s Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations have launched a technology and innovation programme to facilitate and enhance the mining company’s capabilities to bring new, state-of-the-art technologies into its operations and accelerate the rate of technology adoption across the industry, NORCAT has reported. NORCAT, which calls itself a global leader in the development and provision[…]

Capital Drilling Ltd, a leading drilling solutions company focused on the African markets, has provided its Q4 2018 trading update for the period ended 31 December 2018, ahead of announcing its full year results on 14 March 2019. Jamie Boyton, Executive Chairman, said: “Capital Drilling’s trading performance in 2018 was strong, particularly in the second[…]

Ainstein, a leader in intelligent radar systems, has announced the launch and availability of the K-79 autonomous automotive imaging radar sensor, the first commercially available sensor that is optimised and validated for autonomous operation of vehicles in hazardous conditions, such as low-light and extreme dust. It is designed for use in self-driving industrial trucks, tractors[…]