Archives: Mining industry recognition

Boliden and Luleå University of Technology have entered into a long-term strategic collaboration agreement that could help deepen the work the two have been pursuing in the fields of mine automation and optimal resource utilisation within the smelting process. The new agreement means collaboration will be enhanced “in terms of competence provision and competence development,[…]

Vale, in 2021, is due to embark on a major hard-rock cutting project at its Garson mine, in Sudbury, Canada. Part of the mechanical cutting demonstration within the CMIC (Canada Mining Innovation Council) Continuous Underground Mining project, it will see the company test out a Komatsu hard-rock cutting machine equipped with Komatsu DynaCut Technology at[…]

BHP has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with leading steel producer, China Baowu, with the intention, it says, to invest up to $35 million and share technical knowledge to help address the challenge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions facing the global steel industry. The five-year partnership will focus on the development of low carbon[…]

With Ausdrill having recently added a Boart Longyear LF160 drill rig and FL262 FREEDOM™ LOADER combination to its diamond drilling fleet in Australia, IM caught up with Eric Gobbert, Senior Operations Manager, Exploration, to find out more about the company’s ‘hands-off-steel’ initiatives. The newest coring rig – capable of pulling a 4.5 m sample –[…]

After 37 years of operations and having exhausted its economic reserves, the iconic Argyle mine in the remote east Kimberley region of Western Australia has celebrated its final day of mining. The Argyle orebody, a single pipe known as AK1, was discovered in October 1979. Alluvial operations began in 1983, open-pit mining began in 1985[…]

METS Ignited has announced four ambitious companies to take part in a 12-month program to evaluate new cost-effective sensor technologies. “With more data available, in shorter timeframes, on an expanding number of devices – IoT sensors and data collection are changing the nature of the mining industry and providing METS companies with significant opportunity to[…]

BHP has issued a Letter of Commitment to the Copper Mark Responsible Production Framework that will see its Escondida and Spence operations in Chile, plus its Olympic Dam mine in Australia, fall in line with the voluntary program. The Copper Mark is a credible assurance framework to demonstrate the copper industry’s responsible production practices and[…]

With favourable movements in most commodity prices against a backdrop of uncertainty from COVID-19, the minimum viable project model is appealing for small and large miners alike, according to Alan Langridge, Technology and Expert Solutions Regional Director, APAC at Worley. “Large-scale complex ventures can take many years to develop, even longer to achieve payback and[…]

Decipher, a Perth-based cloud monitoring platform for tailings storage facilities (TSFs), has been working with industry leaders in the tech space to create an integrated TSF cloud solution to help mining companies improve governance, monitoring, reporting and disclosure of tailings data. TSFs are integral to almost any mining activity but, due to their “toxic nature”[…]

BHP is driving a procurement overhaul using SAP Ariba, giving it executive visibility and an elevated role in helping execute BHP’s business strategy, outlined in a recent article by Ry Crozier from iTnews. The global miner is looking deeper into its A$20 billion annual procurement spend with the aid of SAP Ariba software under an[…]