Archives: Mineral exploration

Diane Jurgens, BHP’s Chief Technology Officer, used her time on stage at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch SmartMine conference, in London, to highlight the company’s plan to introduce full or partial automation across its entire value chain. The miner has already introduced automation across many of its operations – from haul trucks at Jimblebar[…]

MICROMINE’s geological data management system, Geobank, has extended its presence in Australia’s coal mining sector by securing a contract with Whitehaven Coal, according to the mining software solutions provider. One of Australia’s largest independent coal producers, Whitehaven Coal, has implemented Geobank across all of its projects in New South Wales and Queensland, MICROMINE said. The[…]

VRIFY Technology says it has entered into an agreement with Kirkland Lake Gold to launch the KL Gold Deal Room, a new online corporate development initiative that “enhances the process of identifying and evaluating potential investment opportunities”. The initiative uses the VRIFY Deal Room platform, a cloud-based 3D presentation and collaboration technology that helps strategic[…]

Kespry, the drone-based aerial intelligence solution provider, has announced the results of what it says is the industry’s first mining and aggregates customer survey. Kespry surveyed its 220 mining and aggregates customers that use its platform across 3,311 worksites across North America, with 22,987 missions in 2018 alone. These companies typically use Kespry for inventory management,[…]

On June 17, Bauer Maschinen GmbH, together with a joint venture partner, successfully completed the first 228 m cutter bulk sample on the Rio Tinto- and Star Diamond-owned FalCon project in Canada, marking a new global depth record. “This depth has never been reached by a trench cutter in any commercial application worldwide before and[…]

The way we consume products is changing and MICROMINE is offering customers a new way to license its industry-leading software solutions – via subscription. Offering flexibility and convenience, customers can now purchase a subscription-based license for two of MICROMINE’s leading software bundles and pay-by-the-day. “At MICROMINE we are always looking for ways to help our[…]

Technology company Southern Innovation says it has entered into a multi-year collaboration agreement with BHP to further research applications of the METS company’s radiation-based minerals analysis technology. Under the agreement Southern Innovation will provide BHP with technical expertise to uncover solutions to specific challenges BHP faces in mineral exploration and extraction, the company said. Southern[…]

Anaconda Mining’s goal of finding a technology to economically extract gold from the Romeo & Juliet deposit at its Point Rousse operation in the Baie Verte region of Newfoundland, Canada, has gained a global audience since it was named a finalist at the Goldcorp-backed #DisruptMining event earlier this year. The company’s technology-focused subsidiary thinks a[…]

Saturn Metals is heralding the first pass results of a laser ore sorting test at its Apollo Hill gold project, near Leonora in the Western Australia goldfields, saying there is potential for using this type of mineral processing upgrade on a future mining operation. Testing using a STEINERT Fines KSS L machine showed mineralised quartz[…]

North Arrow Minerals says it has engaged Imilingo Mineral Processing of Pretoria, South Africa, TOMRA, and Microlithics Laboratories of Thunder Bay, Ontario, to investigate modular diamond recovery design options incorporating TOMRA’s X-Ray Transmission (XRT) sorting technology at its 100% owned Naujaat diamond project in Nunavut, Canada. The engagement is with a view to recovering diamonds[…]