Archives: Mining safety

Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG) and Volvo Autonomous Solutions (a part of the Volvo Group) have announced that Volvo has joined GMG as a new member. “Volvo Autonomous Solutions wants to contribute to the development of innovations, guidance, and common practices that can be operationalised to the benefit of customers in different markets,” says Christian[…]

On August 13, 2021, one of the United States’ largest underground room and pillar limestone mining operations suffered a significant pillar and roof collapse. The mine is inside a mountain and accessed by horizontal adits, with the collapsed area deep inside the mine. There were no injuries as the mine was evacuated well before the[…]

Zinkgruvan Mining is feeling the effects of teleremote drilling using a 4G LTE network and Epiroc’s Simba E7 rig at its underground base metal mine, according to a case study from the Sweden-based OEM*. In early spring 2021, Zinkgruvan Mining, working in conjunction with Epiroc and IT, and telecom operator Telia, first connected its Simba[…]

Chile’s Codelco, the largest copper producer in the world, says it promotes collaborative work with suppliers and as part of this framework it has signed a collaboration agreement with Orica, the global leader in mining explosives and blasting technology as well as being a major supplier of mining chemicals and a global player in slope[…]

Hexagon’s Mining division has announced completion of a significant safety installation with Gold Fields Ghana. Some 35 mine vehicles were equipped with Hexagon’s Operator Alertness System Heavy Vehicle (OAS-HV) at the Damang Mine in Ghana’s Western Region. After a successful pilot project completed in late 2020-early 2021, full deployment of OAS-HV proceeded smoothly despite ongoing[…]

Less than a year after first ore was produced at South Flank, BHP has now approved moving the US$3.6 billion mine to autonomous haulage. Autonomous haulage will be phased in across five Autonomous Operation Zones (AOZs), beginning in June 2022. By September 2023, the entire fleet of 41 Komatsu 930E-5 haul trucks at South Flank[…]

Further extending its global reach, Booyco has entered into an agreement with Wenco International Mining Systems where the Booyco CXS will become their Level 9 open pit CXS solution. The development comes after both companies were selected by Gold Fields Salares Norte mine after an extensive evaluation process; Booyco for CAS and Wenco for its[…]

Mobius for Drills is an innovative new digital hub that empowers leadership and operators to plan and optimise drilling in the mine but also ties the entire value chain together including drilling, blasting, haulage and dozing, with a single tool. It was developed jointly by ASI Mining and Epiroc and represents the first major collaborative[…]

Boart Longyear has announced the launch of a new LM Deephole underground drilling rig that, it says, builds off the LM110 and Nitro-Chuck™ platforms with the addition of a new PQ drill head. The drill will allow for a 50% increase in drilling depth for NQ size. As with all LM drills, the rig can[…]

The first mobile power complex for mining shovels “Peregon-1800” was recently put into operation at the Bachatsky coal mine of JSC MC Kuzbassrazrezugol (KRU, an enterprise of the UMMC raw materials complex). The complex was created by ObninskEnergoTech specialists according to the technical assignment of the Kuzbassrazrezugol Management Company. The new equipment is capable of[…]