Archives: Mine surveying

Ausdrill Ltd has completed a transaction to sell its Diamond Communications Pty Ltd business to private group Powerlines Plus Pty Ltd (PLP). “After a 19- year association, circumstances have allowed the sale of the business to a strong industry player with markets closely aligned to Diamond and is a further execution on Ausdrill’s recent strategy[…]

An Israeli leader in automated drone technology, Airobotics has announced the beginning of an exclusive distribution partnership with engineering company RockBlast to allow Chilean mining companies to use the advanced Airobotics system at mining sites. In the permanent search for new technologies, RockBlast became the first company to introduce a fully autonomous drone system into[…]

Fugro is commencing its first project supporting deep sea polymetallic nodule mining under a contract awarded by seafloor mineral exploration company Nauru Ocean Resources Inc (NORI), a subsidiary of DeepGreen Metals Inc. In the deep waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean, its specialist marine geoscience team will perform detailed site characterisation surveys. The project, which[…]

Inkonova recently demoed the Batonomous navigation system for its TILT Ranger and TILT Scout underground drones in Gällivare with LKAB. With the Batonomous System, the drone can be automated to fly and survey with a click on a screen without manual piloting or GPS and with real time mapping to help navigate constricted spaces. In[…]

GroundProbe has released its first laser-based monitoring solution to give early warning of impending collapses of open-pit mine walls, dams, mine dumps and vegetated slopes, that can begin months or years before a collapse occurs. The Geotech Monitoring Station (GMS) replaces traditional total stations that rely on mirrored prisms to be attached to the slope.[…]

Reutech Mining is introducing two new products – its Slope Vision georeferenced camera system and MSR Connect software suite – at the Slope Stability 2018 symposium and exhibition, taking place in Seville, Spain. The event hosted by the Spanish Mining Council takes place between 11 and 13 April, and is being attended by important global[…]

When Midland Quarry Products (MQP) started to look at how it could improve the running of its large Cliffe Hill quarry site in Ellistown, Leicestershire, instead of opting for a big fleet renewal it took a different and much more integrated approach to its operation. This involved a completely new multi-million-pound tailored technology and rebuild[…]

The first Maptek Sentry monitoring system implemented in Peru will be used for managing geotechnical risk at a large iron ore mine. Implementation of the first Maptek Sentry system in Peru was carried out over three days in November 2017. The Shougang Hierro Perú S.A.A. iron ore mine is in the Ica region of Peru about[…]

The Norilsk Nickel Company plans to make an unmanned aerial vehicle, which could move independently inside mines, the company’s representative Levon Kirakosyan told reporters from Russia’s TASS news agency during an IT show. “We have tried using a drone under the ground without GPS communication…we have recorded test videos, and now we understand certain aspects[…]

This week, specialists in mining, civil engineering, geomechanics, geology, hydrogeology and geophysics will come together in Seville, at Slope Stability 2018, to explore new techniques for improving open pit mine stability. Maptek has shipped the latest mobile monitoring system some 17,000 km from its Adelaide manufacturing base to showcase at Slope Stability from 10-12 April.[…]