Archives: Mine surveying

Ambarella is as semiconductor and image processing company and develops low-power high-definition video products. Ambarella made waves at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show when it announced the H22 chip for cameras in drones. It films 4K HD video that comes equipped with electronic image stabilization, cutting out the need for the gimbals that are often[…]

HILLHEAD, the UK’s working quarry exhibition, will welcome more exhibitors than ever before with both outdoor and indoor space set to expand significantly in 2018. Major industry players including Terex Group, SMT (Volvo), JCB, Komatsu, Finning, Case, Sandvik, Hyundai, Bell, Liebherr, Doosan, Atlas Copco, Bomag, Wirtgen, McCloskey, Telestack, Hitachi, Metso, Parker Plant and CDE will all[…]

DroneDeploy shares lessons learned from helping companies large and small get their drone programs off the ground. “2017 was a banner year for drones. It probably seems like every time you turn around, a new company in your industry has gotten into the UAV game. And for good reason. Drone mapping delivers an average of[…]

Mining3 is commercialising a 3D-based software platform that can create and simulate a virtual mine. By positioning precisely where things are underground, it opens up opportunities such as controlling robots and tracking movement of ore of different grades. “Imagine being able to control a vehicle or drone inside a mineshaft from anywhere in the world[…]

Underground environments are very dynamic by nature, with the effectiveness of ground support always changing. Through monitoring, areas of high risk can be identified and rehabilitated in a targeted way. At a large, well-known, hard rock mine in Queensland, Australia, visual inspections on the rear wall of this shaft showed cracking in the shotcrete. On-site[…]

A gold mine located in Sessa, Switzerland, was operated from 1858 until 1952. During the last years of its activity (1950-52) up to 500 kg of gold were extracted, which translates into revenues of 2 million Swiss Francs. However, despite the high concentration of gold and silver, the total cost of extraction by traditional excavation techniques, did not offer[…]

“Es Tu Llave de regreso a casa” literally translated means “Your key to return home.” This is the central message of Group Penoles Tizapa silver mine in Mexico to encourage their workforce to embrace the new high-precision tracking system designed and supplied by Becker’s subsidiary Lasec Telecommunications. The promotional video created by the mine to[…]

SAP SE has announced the opening of a new SAP Co-Innovation Lab at its North America headquarters in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. SAP Co-Innovation Lab locations provide infrastructure and space for SAP and its partners and customers to co-innovate new solutions to the most pressing challenges organisations face in the digital economy. This new lab, SAP’s[…]

The German engineering and consulting firm DMT is one of the companies at the forefront of innovation in the raw materials sector and in doing so receives funding from EIT RawMaterials. In the coming years DMT says it will engage in several projects to develop innovative technologies and services for the European natural resources sector[…]

David Byers, Interim Chief Executive, Minerals Council of Australia, reports that the MCA is launching a research project to identify opportunities for Australia to boost mining and mining services exports and outward mining investment in Asia. The New Frontiers project will examine the fast-growing countries of South and East Asia – from India to the[…]