Rio Tinto has announced that it will be working with a leading global venture studio and start-up investor to...
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A virtual mining world
Mining Journalist Features, Industrial Automation, Safety and Training, Smart mining 0Various Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies have the potential to significantly enhance worker training, safety, and...
Future opportunities for automation and AI in mining
Mining Journalist Asset Management, Big Data, Features, Industrial Automation, Instrumentation, Control & Monitoring, Projects, Smart mining 0It is hard to believe that less than 20 years ago there was very little automation on even the...
Securing powerful partnerships
Mining Journalist Instrumentation, Control & Monitoring, Projects, Smart mining, Sponsored Editorial 0A key characteristic of a strong, successful and reliable business is its ability to secure and establish strong industry...
Mining and metals sector remains critical to the green energy transition
Mining Journalist Commodities, Critical minerals, Exploration, Features, Projects, Smart mining, Sustainability 0By Nicki Ivory, Deloitte’s National Lead Partner for Mining & Metals Entering 2024, the mining and metals industry finds...
A flow switch for many applications
Mining Journalist News, Pumps, Smart mining, Sponsored Editorial 0There are many different kinds of flow switches/monitors on the market, and not all are made equal, with devices...
The future of mining: sustainable energy and asset management
Kody Cook Asset Management, Condition Assessment, Instrumentation, Control & Monitoring, IOT, Maintenance, Sponsored Editorial 0Mining is essential to many international industries and ongoing global economic development. However, it also significantly contributes to climate...
The overland conveyor that’s the first of its kind
Rebecca Todesco Projects, Smart mining, Sponsored Editorial 0If you head out to the west of Sydney, over the Blue Mountains and past Lithgow, you’ll find an...
Tech partnership to minimise ore loss and dilution
Kody Cook Company news, IOT, News, Smart mining, Spotlight 0Western Australian digital technology solutions provider, Augment Technologies, has announced a new partnership with global tech company, Hexagon, to...
Milestone for autonomous road train fleet project
Kody Cook Company news, Industrial Automation, News, Projects, Smart mining, Spotlight 0As part of its project to develop a fully autonomous road train fleet, Mineral Resources has handed the keys...
Thiess celebrates semi-autonomous dozer milestone
Kody Cook Company news, Industrial Automation, News, Smart mining, Spotlight 0Thiess has announced the safe moving of ten million banked cubic metres using its fleet of six semi-autonomous dozers...
The role of drone-based magnetometry in advancing mineral exploration
Mining Journalist Commodities, Condition Assessment, Critical minerals, Exploration, Features, Instrumentation, Control & Monitoring, Smart mining 0By the team at SPH Engineering, with input from Dr Janis Karuss, Lead Geophysicist at SPH Engineering, and Trevor...
21 autonomous trucks for QLD coal mine
Kody Cook Coal, Industrial Automation, News, Projects, Smart mining, Spotlight, Sustainability 0Thiess has commenced fully autonomous hauling and drilling operations at Pembroke Resources’s Olive Downs Complex from a purpose-built facility...
Australia develops world-first heavy minerals map
Kody Cook Critical minerals, Exploration, News, Smart mining, Spotlight 0Geoscience Australia, in collaboration with Curtin University, has developed the Heavy Mineral Map of Australia, a new tool to...
Digitalisation in Mining Australia Conference returns for fourth year
Rebecca Todesco Commodities, Critical minerals, Events, Smart mining 0Mining Innovation Network is pleased to bring its fourth annual Digitalisation in Mining Australia Conference to the Pan Pacific...
Optimal battery innovation for enhanced performance
Mining Journalist Investment, Maintenance, Smart mining, Sponsored Editorial 0When it comes to operating large-scale, heavy duty mining equipment, having a high power, high performance battery is the...
Mining beyond the visible: optimising the industry with hyperspectral imaging and drones
Mining Journalist Exploration, Features, Instrumentation, Control & Monitoring, Smart mining 0By Steven Micklethwaite, Sustainable Minerals Institute, and Friederike Körting, HySpex by Norsk Elektro Optikk. Drones have been firmly embedded...
Autonomous mining transforming the labour force
Mining Journalist Features, Industrial Automation, Smart mining 0By Professor Fiona Haslam McKenzie, Co-operative Research Centre for Transformation in Mining Economies (CRC TiME), University of Western Australia...