Archives: Mining safety

Tribe Technology PLC has given an update in relation to the company’s first generation autonomous TTDS 700 GC reverse circulation drill rig. It says it continues to move forward in relation to the construction of its drill rig and recently successfully switched on the engine of the drill rig for the first time at the[…]

Copper and gold mine Oyu Tolgoi recently marked the beginning of its C2S underground conveyor belt commissioning in Mongolia with the posting on February 24 of an informational video on the project to coincide with the first belt pull. Delgerdalai Lkhamsuren, Senior Manager Construction at MCS Property LLC, which has been carrying out underground facilities[…]

Two global shaft sinking leaders recently announced the completion of major projects in the Americas. In Canada, Cementation Americas in late February said that its Onaping Depth Project team had completed the final shaft blast in the 7.2 m production winze for Glencore Canada at the Craig nickel mine, northwest of Sudbury, Ontario. The new internal[…]

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd (HCM) has developed an Operator Assist System aimed at supporting the digging and loading operations of ultra-large hydraulic excavators for improved operational performance and says it will conduct a verification test at one of Rio Tinto’s mine sites in Australia from late March 2024. Through the application of the Operator[…]

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has officially approved the patent for Ambra Solutions’ iPS (intelligence positioning system) marking, what it says, is a great milestone for not only the company, but for the whole mining industry. “We are very excited to receive this patent for the leading-edge tracking system we worked so hard on and[…]

Newtrax says it has collaborated with Kamoto Copper Company SA (KCC), deploying its state-of-the-art Proximity Detection Technology (PDT) at their KTO underground copper and cobalt mine near Kolwezi in DRC. Newtrax stated: “We implemented and commissioned the system flawlessly, with no lost time incidents and on schedule, paving the way for advanced proximity detection and[…]

At the SME MINEXCHANGE conference and expo this week in Phoenix, Arizona, IM caught up with Curtis Stacy, Senior Product Manager – Autonomous Drills at Hexagon Mining. He gave a much anticipated presentation updating attendees on Hexagon Drill Assist. While many drill automation solutions have been developed over the last 20 years, including a variety of[…]

With safety no longer being a box-ticking exercise but a true measure of employee engagement, Caterpillar Safety Services says it helps build a strong culture where safety practices are embedded across an organisation. To aid this, the company has launched two updates to its programs contributing to resilient safety cultures. The updated Safety Perception Survey[…]

Hexagon recently successfully deployed a fatigue management implementation project with Grange Resources at the Savage River iron ore mine in Tasmania, Australia. The Hexagon Operator Alertness System (OAS) is addressing operator fatigue and significantly improving safety measures at Savage River, further enhancing operator well-being and productivity at the mine. Matthew Anderson, Mine Manager, Grange Resources, underlined[…]

MacLean Australasia is launching the latest addition to its Elevated Work Platform product suite – the ML5 Multi-Lift – at an ‘Open Day’ event at its Perth branch in Wangara on Thursday, March 7. This launch event will allow Australian miners and contractors to see firsthand, the first battery electric mining vehicle (BEV) MacLean ML5[…]