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Freeport McMoRan (FMI) in Indonesia is using training simulators from Immersive Technologies to prepare operators for Caterpillar’s semi-autonomous LHD operations with Cat Command for underground. Command for underground automates the tramming and dumping component of an underground loader’s load-haul-dump cycle. The operator has the ability to control the machine from an office or remote location[…]

A high-speed 4G network from China Mobile has been installed in an iron ore mine at 500 m deep in central China’s Hubei Province to improve mining safety and production efficiency, according to state news agency Xinhua. “Miners are able to send photos, videos and voice messages from underground via [the] 4G network, so that[…]

Ivanhoe Mines’ Executive Chairman Robert Friedland will be a featured speaker at the prestigious China Development Forum’s first fall summit in Beijing on September 16 this year. The conference’s theme is A New Chapter for China’s Reform and Opening-up. The China Development Forum, focusing on China’s continuing opening up to the world, is organized by[…]

The CENGN – Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks, has put out a call for expressions of interest in its new Smart Mining Initiative. Under the Next Generation Network Program, CENGN is looking to fund “innovative projects across Ontario that demonstrate flexible, cost-effective, enhanced communications systems for mining.” The expressions of interest will be[…]

Prof Michael Milford, Mining3 Technology Leader – Automation reports “2018 has been a productive year for the Automation-Enabling Positioning for Underground Mining project, a joint initiative between the Queensland University of Technology, Caterpillar, Mining3 and the Queensland Government’s Advance Queensland Innovation Partnerships scheme. “The project is developing a suite of positioning technologies for underground mine[…]

Goldcorp has announced the third annual #DisruptMining innovation challenge and live finale event will be presented on Sunday, March 3, 2019 during the annual Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference in Toronto, Canada. Highlights: Goldcorp and presenting sponsor KPMG will co-host the 2019 #DisruptMining innovation expo and “shark-tank” style live event at the Rebel[…]

Volvo Construction Equipment has moved into its new headquarters on the same site as other Volvo business areas at Campus Lundby in Gothenburg. To mark the move, an inauguration ceremony was held on September 3, which was attended by senior company leaders and around 500 employees. The company is now sharing a building with Volvo[…]

Vedanta Resources looks to be only a month away from leaving the London market after the revised conditions for Volcan Investments takeover of the company were met. Volcan Investments, the majority owner of Vedanta with a 66.5% stake, has now made its £8.25/share ($10.65/share) bid unconditional after it received acceptances for its offer from shareholders[…]

Both Birimian Ltd, lithium in Mali (see map), and Battery Minerals, a second graphite mine in Mozambique, are hoping to bring their respective projects online in 2020. Speaking on the third and final day of the three day Paydirt 2018 Africa Down Under mining conference in Perth, ASX-listed and Perth-based Birimian CEO, Greg Walker, said[…]

The team behind MEGATEM is inducted in the Exploration category of the International Mining Technology Hall of Fame. Ken Witherly (BHP) and John Gingrich (Noranda) were users of the equipment that recognized the potential of the system and drove the development of the system from the demand perspective.  This demand was not just in their[…]