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23 Jan 2019
Bridgestone enhances mining tyre telematics capabilities acquiring TomTom digital fleet business
Bridgestone Corporation has announced that its subsidiary Bridgestone Europe NV/SA, has entered into an agreement...
23 Jan 2019
Mining and metals processor Nyrstar hit by cyber attack
Nyrstar has been subject to a cyber attack, which has led to certain IT systems,...
23 Jan 2019
Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology’s Lars Engström to leave in 2019
Sandvik has announced that Lars Engström, President of Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology, will leave...
23 Jan 2019
Airobotics automated drones permitted to go beyond line of sight in Australia
Airobotics has made Australia aviation history by obtaining the nation’s first and only Civil Aviation...
21 Jan 2019
ERG trials IBM Blockchain Platform to support Clean Cobalt Framework
Eurasian Resources Group says it will pilot a blockchain-based solution built on the IBM Blockchain...
21 Jan 2019
Komatsu’s FrontRunner autonomous haulage system and Nokia make mining LTE history
Komatsu America Corp’s FrontRunner autonomous haulage system (AHS) has achieved a mining industry first, after...
19 Jan 2019
X-Mine: more efficient mining with innovative multisensor technology
A new sensor fusion technique based on X-ray and 3D imaging promises improvements to the...
18 Jan 2019
New research looks to AI for exploration indicators in Canada’s North
A Natural Resources Canada-backed research project is looking to devise remote predictive mapping (RPM) methods...
18 Jan 2019
VIST Robotics on mine automation present and future
Anton Potapov, CTO, VIST Robotics (now a subsidary of ZYFRA Group) recently gave his take...
17 Jan 2019
NORCAT and Glencore launch technology innovation programme
NORCAT and Glencore’s Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations have launched a technology and innovation programme to...
17 Jan 2019
IntelliSense.io creates AI algorithm to predict thickener performance
A UK-based startup says it has devised a machine learning-algorithm that can help mining companies...
16 Jan 2019
Hexagon launches industrial computers for ‘toughest’ mine sites
Hexagon‘s Mining division has released new rugged industrial computers designed for the toughest mining environments...