Archives: Mining people

Caterpillar’s series of Trials are films designed to put its products, services and technology to the test in innovative, imaginative and often lighthearted ways; and as such they uniquely bring the capabilities of the equipment to a much wider audience outside of just construction and mining. Trial 1 back in 2014 saw Cat® attachments fitted[…]

The Earth Moving Equipment Safety Round Table (EMESRT) is the well known global ‘safety by design’ initiative established in 2006 by mining companies to fill the functional performance expectations gap between earth moving equipment users and equipment designers. In its just released 2021 Activity Report, EMESRT provides in-depth updates on its four current industry projects[…]

Chilean copper mining group Codelco says that its Ministro Hales copper mine is making steady progress with autonomous haulage implementation that will see four autonomous 363 t 797F trucks in production starting in May 2022. The Command for hauling system has been implemented at the mine through collaboration between Codelco, Caterpillar and Chilean Cat dealer[…]

RPMGlobal has released the latest version of its industry-leading planning and task management software, ShiftManager. ShiftManager is one of RPM’s fastest-growing products and it says this latest release provides a raft of new functions, including ShiftManager Mobile which has been upgraded to take full advantage of the functional and architectural changes within this new release.[…]

ThoroughTec Simulation says it is collaborating with Hitachi Construction Machinery “to ensure that Hitachi mining equipment owners have access to the world’s most advanced and effective operator training technology.” Through this collaboration, ThoroughTec Simulation utilises confidential Hitachi Construction Machinery technical information as well as specialist operational and engineering expertise, to shape and improve the design,[…]

Mine closure has become a hot topic in recent years as stakeholder engagement and investor concerns over mining’s sustainability credentials have risen up the company agenda. With Gecamin’s 4th International Congress on Planning for Mine Closure only a month away (May 10-13, online), IM touched base with Kim Ferguson, Global Practice Leader of Closure at[…]

Epiroc Southern Africa, which includes South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe, has joined the list of Epiroc entities around the world in collaborating with SafeStart International, a global organisation that leads the way in human error reduction techniques training, injury reduction up to the average of 50%, and 24/7 safety behaviour ownership by providing[…]

SNC-Lavalin, a fully integrated professional services and project management company with offices around the world, has welcomed Michelle Tracey as Senior Project Director for its Mining & Metallurgy business. Tracey has more than 30 years of experience in the engineering field, with a track record of delivering operational excellence and leading the execution and delivery[…]

A new app is helping Sandvik field service engineers solve even the most complex problems, no matter where in the world they are. Technology is great, but at some point, a technician needs to do actual work on a machine. But what if technology and practicality could work together? That’s exactly what is happening at[…]

Following Industry 4.0 trends, Poland’s mining equipment and technology major FAMUR says it is systematically developing training tools using virtual reality, remote diagnostics and field service smart glasses technology to operate equipment for various industry sectors. As part of this activity, it developed and implemented a concept to create an innovative SIGMA (Service in Grid[…]