- 1. Cat releases Durilock shroud system
- (Latest)
- Caterpillar has released its newest development for underground loader buckets, the Durilock lip shroud system. The bucket system, which is fully integrated, can be installed without a hammer ...
- Created on 08 October 2020
- 2. Water savings with IMDEX
- (Latest)
- ... by 80%. The Perth, Australia-based company said it has designed its SRUs to demand less from dams, underground aquifers, rivers and other water sources, and they can also reduce water transport to ...
- Created on 01 October 2020
- 3. RPMGlobal updates Parametric Design suite with SDO
- (Latest)
- Australian supplier RPMGlobal has released its Strategic Design Optimizer, an update to its Parametric Design suite of software specifically for underground metal mines. The SDO system combines its ...
- Created on 01 October 2020
- 4. RPMGlobal introduces longwall support software product
- (Latest)
- Australian-based RPMGlobal has released a new element to its Underground Coal Solutions (UGCS) software: longwall support. The UGCS scheduling suite is already purpose-built for underground use, including ...
- Created on 24 September 2020
- 5. Hermann Paus Maschinenfabrik to launch MinCa 5.1 E passenger vehicle
- (Product News)
- The German underground vehicle specialist, Hermann Paus Maschinenfabrik GmbH, has had a very busy 12 months. Managing Director Franz-Josef Paus, who manages the family business together with his brother ...
- Created on 19 September 2020
- 6. Dos Santos Sandwich Belt high-angle conveyors: Mine to prep plant and beyond
- (Product News)
- ... high-angle conveyor installations including vertical continuous haulage from underground mining and direct haulage from open pit mines, yard handling and prep plant feed, coal prep refuse disposal, and ...
- Created on 16 September 2020
- 7. COVID-19 Update
- (Features)
- ... deep level underground mines of Southern Africa is going to present a distinct challenge. These mines are typically labour intensive operations with significantly lower levels of automation when compared ...
- Created on 16 September 2020
- 8. Made in Mongolia
- (Around the Region)
- ... known mineralized deposits. The first of those (the Oyut deposit) was put into production as an open-pit operation in 2013. A second deposit, Hugo North (Lift One), is under development as an underground ...
- Created on 16 September 2020
- 9. Australia launches exploration data portal
- (Leading Developments)
- ... the Exploring for the Future program uses cutting-edge techniques to collect new data and information about potential mineral, energy and groundwater resource systems on the surface and deep underground. ...
- Created on 16 September 2020
- 10. Rio Tinto confirms Oyu Tolgoi delay, increased costs
- (Leading Developments)
- Oyu Tolgoi LLC has completed an updated feasibility study, which includes a redesign of Panel 0 of the Hugo Dummett North underground mine at the Mongolia site. The new design confirms an increase of $1.3 ...
- Created on 16 September 2020
- 11. Looking behind to look ahead
- (From the Editor)
- ... operations have a lot to think about. The trend regarding “Work, workers and the workplace” is especially important. Entire workplaces have to re-assessed to gauge worker exposure, whether that is underground ...
- Created on 16 September 2020
- 12. Techenomics partners on DeepIoT project
- (Latest)
- Techenomics is one of seven companies participating in an Australian government-funded Cooperative Research Centres Project (CRC-P) aimed at developing a new hybrid wireless IoT platform for underground ...
- Created on 10 September 2020
- 13. SciDev chemistry to be trialled at BHP’s Olympic Dam
- (Latest)
- ... and will continue to keep the market updated on developments.” Olympic Dam – one of the world's most significant deposits of copper, gold, silver and uranium – consists of underground and surface operation ...
- Created on 25 August 2020
- 14. Sandvik, Exyn partner to explore new horizons of mine autonomy
- (Latest)
- ... mining solutions and Exyn’s deep knowledge of autonomous aerial robot systems. “We are committed to empowering a transformation to autonomy in underground mining,” said Patrick Murphy, president ...
- Created on 23 July 2020
- 15. Silvercorp Metals strikes gold at DCG Mine
- (Latest)
- Silvercorp Metals Inc. has reported that its first underground drill hole at the DCG Mine in the Ying Mining District, Henan Province, China intercepted a 1.90-m interval grading 15.0 g/t gold. In ...
- Created on 22 July 2020
- 16. Australia launches exploration data portal
- (Latest)
- ... the Exploring for the Future program uses cutting-edge techniques to collect new data and information about potential mineral, energy and groundwater resource systems on the surface and deep underground. ...
- Created on 09 July 2020
- 17. Rio Tinto confirms Oyu Tolgoi delay, increased costs
- (Latest)
- Oyu Tolgoi LLC has completed an updated feasibility study, which includes a redesign of Panel 0 of the Hugo Dummett North underground mine at the Mongolia site. The new design confirms an increase of $1.3 ...
- Created on 09 July 2020
- 18. Safety net tightens for Queensland resources workers
- (Latest)
- ... in the past two years and just in May this year five miners were seriously injured at an underground coal mine,” Mines Minister Dr Anthony Lynham said. “In the 21st century this is unacceptable.” “I ...
- Created on 02 July 2020
- 19. OZ Minerals releases 2019 sustainability report
- (Sustainability)
- ... mining activities were underground-only having successfully completed the transition from the open pit. An expansion study to increase production post-2023 and extend the life at Prominent Hill is currently ...
- Created on 30 June 2020
- 20. Sandvik launches automated ITH longhole drill with V-30 head
- (Product News)
- Sandvik’s DU412i is suited for mechanized pipe handling in V-30 slot raising applications. The highly versatile DU412i is the company’s first fully automated underground ITH longhole drill. The unit ...
- Created on 30 June 2020