June 24, 2020

Experts call for plan to protect deep-sea life from mining

Mining the sea floor opens a vast source of key metals needed for clean energy, but should start after a full evaluation of likely environmental impacts, report shows.

June 23, 2020

Geoverse announces spectrum support for GeoCore platform

The solution combines low-band licenced spectrum with Citizens Broadband Radio Service to form a high-performance private LTE/5G network.

June 23, 2020

Metso to deliver pressure filters to Salares Norte project in Chile

Salares Norte is a greenfield project owned by South Africa's Gold Fields.

June 23, 2020

Fortescue Metals hits automation milestone

The iron ore major has converted its 100th truck into an autonomous one at its Western Australia operations.

June 22, 2020

Sandvik adds DR410i rotary blast hole drill to its iSeries

The DR410i can complete 152 mm to 251 mm rotary and DTH (down-the-hole) holes.

June 21, 2020

Less time underground, more autonomous tech/robots – the future of mine safety

Panellists in a webinar organized by Exyn concluded that mineworkers’ safety is linked to the adoption of autonomous, robotic technology that generates high-quality data.

June 17, 2020

Shell and IBM launch Oren platform for mining sector

Shell and IBM launch Oren digital platform for mining companies.

June 17, 2020

Micromine Effects (MFX) has an eye to the future

MICROMINE's new viewer makes sharing complex design and visualisation files a breeze.

June 16, 2020

Sandvik gives layoff notice to 429 staff

Swedish engineering group has given layoff notices to employees in its specialty steel unit.

June 16, 2020

Kinross Gold, acQuire join forces to upgrade mobile app for blasthole sampling

The Canadian miner and the software company worked together to get rid of paper logging.