High-tech and global engineering group Sandvik is helping greenfield mining projects in Africa to power ahead through automation and digitalisation aimed at making mining safer and more efficient and sustainable. “If you look at the global automation…
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Miqrotech and Seglico, winners of the Acciona I’MNOVATION competition, have been chosen to pilot their technologies at operating mine sites. On Nov. 28, the final round of the Acciona I’MNOVATION program took place in Chile. This competition is aimed a…
INNOVATION: Startups from Uruguay and the US to provide solutions for mining industry Read More »
Before it started creating 3D visualizations of mine sites, Victoria-based LlamaZoo Interactive was helping veterinarian students virtually dissect dogs. Using technologies such as virtual reality…
LlamaZoo’s virtual reality technology trims costs and carbon footprint Read More »
During the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) in Egypt in November, thousands of delegates from more than 100 countries adopted a treaty that moves the world…
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SWEDEN – Sandvik has introduced the mining industry’s first interoperability platform for autonomous underground loaders and trucks: The AutoMine Access API. The AutoMine Access API gives mines the power to connect non-Sandvik equipment to AutoMine. “A…
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While structural transformation has been lacking and deindustrialisation has been occurring in South Africa, research and development (R&D) and innovation have been found increasingly inadequate, speakers said at a University of Johannesburg- (UJ-)…
UJ colloquium delves into the current state of 4IR adoption Read More »
CHRISTCHURCH, NZ – Target for ArcGIS Pro is now available from Seequent to bring advanced understanding of mining and exploration data to the powerful next generation Esri ArcGIS Pro environment. The industry first, intuitive Esri-integrated solution s…
Mobile satellite communications company Inmarsat has joined the Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG), which encourages collaboration and innovation across the mining sector. GMG brings together representatives from mining companies, regulators and rese…
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NEBRASKA – Reduce the cost and complexity of installing your silo inventory management system using BinMaster’s wireless communication solutions. Easily programmable, compact devices replace wires with over-the-air technology. A simple point-to-point c…
SENSORS: Wireless systems from BinMaster cut installation costs Read More »
In a small shack overlooking muddy pits hewn out of eastern Congo’s rolling green hills, a government official puts a barcoded tag on a sack of ore rich in tantalum, a rare metal widely used in smartphones. With a handheld device linked to a server in …
Congo mine deploys digital weapons in fight against conflict minerals Read More »
