Archives: Mine surveying

Benefitting from 46 years of experience accumulated since the inaugural event, the organisers say “Electra Mining Africa has a proven track record for driving sales, sales leads and building brand awareness. For many exhibitors, Electra Mining Africa is seen as a gateway into Africa for further business expansion. Such is the positive industry support for[…]

Rio Tinto Kennecott, located 56 km southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA is one of the world’s most innovative mining operations, according to the NMA. It comprises the Bingham Canyon mine, Copperton concentrator, Garfield smelter, refinery and power plant. The business produces copper, molybdenum, gold, silver and sulphuric acid. It is an open pit[…]

As a global technology leader that provides advanced hardware and software solutions to the mining industry, GroundProbe says it is “excited to announce the release of our first solution developed specifically for underground geotechnical convergence monitoring, the GML-Underground.” GroundProbe officially launched the Geotech Monitoring LiDAR (GML-Underground) at their exhibition booth at the inaugural International Conference[…]

For terrestrial laser scanning, RIEGL introduced the new RIEGL VZ-2000i 3D Laser Scanner. This long range, very high-speed 3D laser scanner captures up to 1.2 million measurements per second, and covers ranges up to 2,500 m, with 5 mm accuracy and 3 mm precision. RIEGL’s unique Waveform-LiDAR technology enables high speed, long range, high accuracy[…]

Leading fully-managed commercial drone provider Identified Technologies’ Boomerang UAV solution is now available with integrated Post-Processing Kinematic (PPK) for clients in mining. PPK dramatically reduces the need for laying of Ground Control Points (GCPs). It also, the company says, “saves companies thousands of man hours and drastically increases the ease, accuracy, and profitability of using[…]

Pre-production mining has commenced on schedule at Hummingbird Resources’ Yanfolila gold project in Mali which is on track for its first gold pour by the end of 2017. Highlights: Pre-production mining by contract fleet, African Mining Services (AMS) has commenced on schedule Ore to be stockpiled in advance of its introduction to the process plant[…]

New research from UCR Ventures, the developers of the Stockpile Reports Lite application, has found that when it comes to measuring stockpiles of material, its iPhone app could potentially save construction firms thousands of pounds’ worth of delays and disputes. Fights over the amount of material bought, sold, produced, or delivered have been a long-standing[…]

Dando Drilling is pleased to announce the latest version of its Multitec 4000 is now available. The Mk3 has more power, a highly efficient Bosch-Rexroth hydraulic system, revised layout of deck components and an improved, lower and more central centre of mass for the ultimate stability in uneven and sloping terrain. After its launch in[…]

Any stockpile within reason (not very large ones) can now be quantified by pointing your iPhone at it and walking around using the Stockpile Reports Lite iPhone app. This app allows anyone to measure piled material themselves, right away, for a small fraction of the typical cost, getting measurement results before the time it would[…]

Oxford Instruments’ Industrial Analysis division recently became part of Hitachi High-Technologies Group. A new company, Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science, brings together Hitachi High-Technologies’ extensive scientific instrumentation portfolio with Oxford Instruments’ rich 40-year heritage of innovative analytical instruments and services developed in close partnership with industry customers. “The collaboration will offer the companies a wider ranging[…]