- 1. Tomorrow’s Technology
- (Features)
- ... allow for automation and remote or autonomous operation of drilling and blasting, loading and hauling by trucks and trains. It will also allow mines to connect all the digital aspects of their operations ...
- Created on 15 April 2021
- 2. Newcrest Mining Turns Data Into Business Gold
- (Features)
- ... huge amounts of ore to be extracted efficiently with minimal drilling and blasting. Under the right conditions, block caving is a highly productive and cost-effective process. Solving the problem of ...
- Created on 14 April 2021
- 3. Macmahon appointed to mine Gwalia
- (Leading Developments)
- ... The deal, effective 1 May, has the option to be extended by an additional three years. The contract scope includes development, ground support, production drilling and blasting, loading and trucking, ...
- Created on 14 April 2021
- 4. Macmahon appointed to mine Gwalia
- (Latest)
- ... The deal, effective 1 May, has the option to be extended by an additional three years. The contract scope includes development, ground support, production drilling and blasting, loading and ...
- Created on 06 March 2021
- 5. Explosives storage, use blamed for deadly China blast
- (Latest)
- ... were brought out of the mine via a parallel shaft that had just been drilled. One person remains missing, according to investigators, and 45 people are now facing punishments. The Associated Press ...
- Created on 03 March 2021
- 6. Fortescue celebrates latest VTEC graduates
- (Supplier News)
- ... and Christmas Creek mine sites in roles spanning drill and blast, dewatering and fixed plant operations. VTEC was established in 2006 to drive economic and generational change in the regions where ...
- Created on 23 December 2020
- 7. Blasting tech takes mines into the future
- (Supplier News)
- ... loop. To do this, BME integrates its blast design, blast recording and blast delivery systems. “Integration of blast data allows for easier interrogation of results, which guides the drilling and blasting ...
- Created on 23 December 2020
- 8. C4’s first blast
- (Latest)
- ... the region’s newest active iron ore producer. The blast at the operation in Wiluna was recorded on 2 December, undertaken by partner Dynamic Drill and Blast. An alliance partner Pilbara Resources ...
- Created on 09 December 2020
- 9. Varel Mining and Industrial now Terelion
- (Latest)
- Drill bit supplier Varel Mining and Industrial, on the heels of a sale of its oil and gas division, has changed its name to Terelion. Terelion, which divested the division so that it could focus solely ...
- Created on 29 October 2020
- 10. Fortescue celebrates latest VTEC graduates
- (Latest)
- ... and Christmas Creek mine sites in roles spanning drill and blast, dewatering and fixed plant operations. VTEC was established in 2006 to drive economic and generational change in the regions where ...
- Created on 15 October 2020
- 11. Thiess awarded Australian mining contract
- (Latest)
- ... provide mine planning, along with drill and blast services, design and execution, overburden removal and mining services. It is an extension to the presence the company already has at the mine, ...
- Created on 01 October 2020
- 12. Sandvik drills in with new simulator model
- (Latest)
- Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology has released a new version of its Digital Driller operator training simulator, designed to allow the training of underground drill operators and maintenance personnel ...
- Created on 17 September 2020
- 13. Blasting During COVID-19
- (Features)
- ... for coarser fragmentation to realise better economy on drill and blast input costs. This approach sometimes means the excavation fleet needs to manage a greater percentage of oversize or allows the crusher ...
- Created on 16 September 2020
- 14. BHP reports strong 2020 results
- (Latest)
- ... company continues to advance its exploration programs in petroleum, copper and nickel, with results of the third phase of the drilling program completed at the Oak Dam copper discovery in South Australia ...
- Created on 01 September 2020
- 15. IMDEX champions R&D investment as key to future success
- (Latest)
- ... offices internationally, sales in 102 countries and a presence on 70 per cent of mineral drilling projects globally, IMDEX regards its annual $20 million spend on R&D as a key strategy. “You don’t ...
- Created on 29 July 2020
- 16. Saracen Mineral awards A$70 million D&B contract to SRG Global
- (Supplier News)
- Western Australia-based Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd awarded a new five-year, A$70 million drill and blast contract to SRG Global Ltd. Scope of services include production drilling, explosives supply and ...
- Created on 30 June 2020
- 17. Real-Time Geotechnical Characterisation In Underground Mines Improving Safety
- (Features)
- ... and instabilities, but there is still room for improvement using the measurement while drilling (MWD) concept for characterising the coal mine roof. Operational experience has shown geotechnical variability ...
- Created on 30 June 2020
- 18. Orica and Epiroc partner to deliver blast automation
- (Product News)
- Orica and Epiroc Rock Drills AB will jointly develop a semi-automated explosives delivery system, enabling safer and more productive blasting operations in underground mines. As mines go deeper and ...
- Created on 12 May 2020
- 19. Safe explosive technologies for the mining industry
- (Product News)
- ... proficiency within our customers’ operations. Its list includes the widely respected optimal drill and blast techniques course for both surface and underground mining. Research and technology services ...
- Created on 12 May 2020
- 20. Saracen Mineral awards A$70 million D&B contract to SRG Global
- (Latest)
- Western Australia-based Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd awarded a new five-year, A$70 million drill and blast contract to SRG Global Ltd. Scope of services include production drilling, explosives supply and ...
- Created on 27 March 2020