Archives: Mine surveying

Murray & Roberts recently received correspondence from ATON GmbH regarding ATON’s intention to make a firm offer to Murray & Roberts’ shareholders to acquire all the issued and to be issued ordinary shares of Murray & Roberts, not currently owned by ATON at a cash offer price of ZAR15.00 per Murray & Roberts’ ordinary share.[…]

Four years ago, Leigh Ann Booysen worked grueling shifts at Kumba’s Kolomela iron ore mine as a drill operator. That meant sitting on a truck-sized drilling machine in an iron ore pit for eight hours, drilling holes for explosives before blasting. Today, she proudly boasts to her family that she works an office job –[…]

Airware, a leading provider of end-to-end solutions that turn aerial data into actionable business intelligence, has recently announced the launch of enhancements to the Airware Mining and Quarrying solution. Airware’s solution is built on the secure and scalable cloud-based Airware platform. This solution leverages machine learning and artificial intelligence to help mines and quarries digitise[…]

The Canada Mining Innovation Council (CMIC) along with partners from across Canada, submitted a proposal to the Government of Canada’s Innovation Supercluster Initiative in 2017. The objective was to transform the mining sector’s productivity, performance, and competitiveness by tackling the shared global challenges of water, energy, and environmental footprint, with bold targets of a 50%[…]

Whether for general underground survey or detailed geological face mapping, Maptek argues that it understands the mine survey challenge more than most. “Which is why the new Maptek I-Site SR3 600 m range laser scanner is destined to become the mine measurement standard for underground operations.” The SR3 follows the extra long range XR3 and[…]

Barrick Gold Corporation uses Maptek Vulcan at various stages of the Cortez Hills underground operations in north-central Nevada. Cortez District Operations comprises open pit mining of the Pipeline and South Pipeline deposits, and both open pit and underground mining of the Cortez Hills deposit. Cortez is Barrick’s and Nevada’s largest gold producer. Mined continuously since[…]

Freeport-McMoRan was recently recognized with an award from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for its innovative approach to monitoring mine operations using drones. Rather than send workers into hazardous areas to survey mine sites, Freeport-McMoRan uses a drone to capture a bird’s eye view of the mine environment. The military-grade drone[…]

Maptek I-Site has helped Codelco Chile’s El Salvador Division with efficient survey processes to improve the metallurgical balance for their operations. El Salvador develops open pit mine processes and underground mining, and operates a hydro-metallurgy and concentrator plant, smelter, refinery and port. The operation is located in the Atacama Region of Chile, nearly 2,600 m[…]

International Mining is very proud and excited to announce our new Insight Series of video interviews conducted in collaboration with the major suppliers of mining technologies and innovations in our industry. IM Editor, Paul Moore, in each case has interviewed a key manager or executive in person in numerous different locations worldwide, covering the latest[…]

The University of Newcastle has launched its first Doctoral Training Centre focused on the Mining Equipment, Technology and Services (METS) sector. The Advanced METS Doctoral Training Centre, its aim is to deliver innovation. Doctoral Training Centres are platforms to connect industry with researchers to accelerate the commercialisation of innovation. PhD candidates focus on industry problems[…]