Archives: Mine surveying

Luck Stone, the construction aggregate division of Richmond-based (US) Luck Companies, plans to accelerate its growth in Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle (UAV) technology through a new partnership with Airware, a leading global provider of commercial enterprise solutions for capturing and analyzing aerial data. Airware’s aerial technology is to be used to improve efficiency, impact business decisions.[…]

MineWare, a spin-off company of Mining3 (formerly CRCMining), and global leader in advanced dragline and shovel monitoring technologies has been acquired by Komatsu. MineWare was established in 2005 out of the Mining3 research program which produced the Universal Dig and Dump (UDD) technology. Developed in conjunction with the University of Queensland’s Mining and Mechanical Engineering[…]

IDS GeoRadar, the global provider of slope monitoring radar systems (IBIS), and TRE ALTAMIRA, the worldwide leader in ground monitoring services using satellite InSAR, have announced a new integrated monitoring service for mining companies, capitalising on their expertise in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technologies. “The integrated use of satellite and ground-based SAR enables mining professionals[…]

Pioneer Aerial Surveys, a drone flying wholly owned subsidiary of Alta Vista Ventures Ltd has successfully completed its first three contracts. Pioneer Aerial completed these three aeromagnetic surveys using its proprietary UAV-MAGTM system. In excess of 900 line km were flown. “This is an excellent start for Pioneer Aerial Surveys”, stated Jason Springett, President of[…]

DJI, which claims to be “the world’s leading maker of unmanned aerial vehicles,” has released a white paper concluding the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) set its weight standard far too low for determining which drones pose the lowest risk to people. While the FAA’s 2015 Registration Task Force (RTF) said drones weighing up to[…]

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Fastec Imaging’s new TS5 handheld high-speed camera enables users to record all of their mining and blasting operations. Using slow motion replay, miners can analyse and troubleshoot events they have been missing with normal speed video. High-speed imaging is used to determine the effects of blasts or the actual firing times of blast holes and[…]

With the new product release engineers can now process all scan data with the Amberg Tunnelscan module. Beside the main release the company has also implemented some important features for efficient daily work with Amberg Tunnel 2.0. Amberg Tunnelscan Plus completes the tunnel portfolio of Amberg Tunnel. It is now possible to analyse point clouds generated from Amberg[…]

Taking their mining research partnership to the next level, the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and the China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT) have established the Joint International Research Laboratory of China-Africa Mining Geospatial Informatics at a ceremony in Xuzhou, China recently. The collaboration, underway since January 2013, researches underground communication systems, risk measurement[…]

Trimble concluded its 8th International User Conference with more than 4,400 registered attendees representing over 80 countries. Trimble Dimensions was held November 7-9 at The Venetian in Las Vegas and provided insight into how information technology can transform the way professionals work to achieve success. “Each year, Trimble Dimensions has set new records for attendance—and this year we have done[…]