Archives: Mining software

GroundProbe has opened the doors of its second manufacturing and assembly facility in Tucson, Arizona. The opening marks an important milestone in GroundProbe’s growth and signifies the company’s continued commitment to customers across the Americas. It comes just five months after announcing their plans to build the facility at last year’s Slope Stability Symposium in[…]

Established leader in mining and exploration technology, Micromine, has announced the addition of reserving functionality to its best-in-class soft-rock mine scheduling and haulage modelling software, Micromine Spry. The company states: “Accurate coal reserve estimates are essential for maximising production, ensuring longevity, and achieving profitability in coal mining operations. Although, constantly updating estimates for scheduling is[…]

RPMGlobal has released the newest addition to its growing suite of solutions to tackle decarbonisation and pollution with EnviroDataVault (EDV). EDV is a unique SaaS (Software as a Service) solution that builds on the 2022 acquisition of Splashback. It is used to capture, store, manage and share environmental data in mining. EnviroDataVault provides mining organisations[…]

TALPA Solutions, a leading IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things), analytics and intelligence solution provider for heavy industry, has raised €15 million in Series B funding led by Bosch Ventures and MIG Capital. The round included participation from new investors Hannover Digital Investments (corporate venture capital investor of HDI Group) and Prospect Mining Studio/newlab Ventures, as[…]

South Africa’s Murray & Roberts, through its wholly owned subsidiary Murray & Roberts United Kingdom Ltd (MRUK), has agreed to sell its 65% shareholding in Insig Technologies Pty Ltd to the AvidSys Group (AVID). Insig is a Perth based Australian mining technology company, focused on developing mine automation services, providing sensor, software, and autonomous solutions by using equipment and personnel[…]

Following a successful implementation at its Loulo-Gounkoto underground complex in Mali, West Africa, mining giant Barrick Gold Corporation is adopting Sandvik’s Remote Monitoring Service (RMS) for its entire global underground fleet of more than 200 connected Sandvik trucks, loaders and drills. RMS rollout has started at Barrick sites in Canada, Central Africa, West Africa and[…]

STRACON Group, the leading mining services group focused on North and South America, majority owned by global asset manager Ashmore Group, has announced that it has acquired OMT SpA, a Chilean engineering and technology company specialised in the implementation of communication technologies for the mining sector. The acquisition further strengthens STRACON’s digital technology capabilities and,[…]

Shaanxi Tonly Heavy Industries Co Ltd, one of the leading Chinese OEM players in wide body mining dump trucks, has begun a strategic cooperation with Whittier, California-based Ecotron to develop unmanned driving technology for mining trucks. The Ecotron statement said: “With the increasing promotion of smart mining construction, unmanned mining trucks have become a new[…]

Epiroc says it has won a large order from JCHX Mining and Construction Ltd for equipment to be used at the Kipushi underground project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kipushi is an underground mine that is reopening under the leadership of Kipushi Corporation, a joint venture between Ivanhoe Mines of Canada and Gécamines,[…]

Leading mining firms worldwide recognise the value of predictive fatigue management technology in protecting workers and improving productivity. Fatigue Science, a pioneer and leader in predictive fatigue management technology, has now announced that its Readi platform has been adopted by 20 mine sites worldwide. It says this significant milestone demonstrates the growing trend in the[…]