Mining technology - Copperbelt Katanga Mining

How reliable wireless communication is driving autonomous mining 1

Jaime Laguna, global practice segment leader for oil & gas and mining at Nokia, considers the role of autonomous technology in mining. Although slow to embrace digitalisation, mining is racing ahead of many other industries in its adoption of autonomous technology. Harnessing industrial IoT sensors, cameras, edge computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, mining operators are developing increasingly powerful algorithms using data from cameras and sensors to drive autonomous vehicles in their various operations. One of the key technologies making this possible is private wireless – based, today, on 4G/LTE… Read More Here

Mining technology Covid-19

Pandemic pushes mining industry to adopt IoT

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 admin

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a rapid increase in deployment of industrial Internet of Things (IoT) technology, with 82% of mining companies looking to upgrade at least one area of their business, according to mobile satellite communications company Inmarsat. The company’s ‘Industrial IoT in the Time of Covid-19′ study shows that 37% of the 82% reported that they had adopted an IoT project since the second quarter of 2020 and that the 18% who said they had not done plan to do so in the next two years. Additionally, 81% of mining… Read More Here

Equipment & Technology Mining technology

Metso Outotec to deliver material treatment plant to Middle Eastern gold project

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 admin

Company to boost water processes at undisclosed hub. Finnish mining engineering company Metso Outotec will deliver a raw material treatment plant to a gold plant project in the Middle East. The company said the new plant will maintain the undisclosed gold plant’s process performance and efficiency. Worth approximately $11.7 million (€10 million), the new plant is part of Metso Outotec’s Planet Positive technology initiatives, the objective of which is to make operations more environmentally friendly. The plant’s system removes harmful elements, such as suspended solids, colloidal particles, dissolved compounds and… Read More Here

Equipment & Technology International Mining technology

Metso Outotec integrates fine-grinding solutions into plant unit

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 admin

Metso Outotec has announced it will consolidate and integrate its fine grinding solutions. Finnish mining engineering company Metso Outotec has announced it will consolidate and integrate its fine grinding solutions into a new stirred mill plant unit. The units integrate Metso Outotec’s existing stirred mills products with other proprietary technology products including hydrocyclones, samplers, analysers, and slurry pumps By integrating existing products, Metso Outotec said it can offer a process performance guarantee based on testing of representative samples and a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculation co-created with its customers. Existing… Read More Here

Equipment & Technology Mining technology

Sandvik: The majority of our mining vehicles will be electric by 2030

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 admin

Electrification will pick up pace significantly in the coming years, says the company. Sweden-based mining solutions provider Sandvik has predicted that more than half of its underground mining equipment sales will be electric by 2030, and that it expects to have an electric offering covering all applications by 2022. Henrik Ager, president, Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions explained that electrification will be one of the biggest technological shifts the mining industry has seen for years, and that it will “significantly” pick up pace in the coming years. The company launched… Read More Here

Mining technology

ALROSA’s Nano-Marking Technology Can Trace Diamonds

September 21, 2021September 21, 2021 Chilombo MahambaTechnology

ALROSA introduced a ground-breaking diamond-tracing technology using non-invasive laser marking. Unlike traditional laser engraving, this laser marking cannot be destroyed or polished off. It distinguishes ALROSA’s diamonds from other ones, including lab-grown, and allows them to be uniquely identified, providing detailed information about the diamonds’ origins. Consumer surveys in the key diamond markets of the United States and China indicate that diamond tracing is an important factor when making purchases. Tracing involves registering all stages of a diamond’s life from the mine to the jewellery store to guarantee its origin.… Read More Here

Equipment & Technology International Mining technology

Australia’s big miners race to deploy emissions-free trucks

September 17, 2021September 17, 2021 admin

As pressure builds on the carbon-intensive mining industry to slash emissions, leading Australian players are rushing to decarbonize their truck fleet using a range of options from hydrogen to battery-powered vehicles. Fortescue Metals Group in June designed and built a hydrogen-powered haul truck — “the first of its kind in the world,” said Julie Shuttleworth, CEO of green technology unit Fortescue Future Industries. Site tests are scheduled to begin by June 2023. “All you could see was slight puffs of pure steam,” Fortescue Metals Chairman Andrew Forrest said of his experience driving the truck during an August earnings call.… Read More Here

Events & Expos International Mining technology

Komatsu emphasises automation at MINExpo

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 admin

On the first day of MINExpo International, Komatsu Mining held a press conference with some of its senior executives that showcased the company’s strong automation focus. Shingo Hori, senior vice president, mining technology solutions at Komatsu, discussed the company’s automation strategic driver, noting that Komatsu’s FrontRunner autonomous haulage system (AHS) plays a key role in its roadmap to autonomy. The FrontRunner AHS is designed to support the transition to autonomy by enabling manually operated equipment, such as loaders, dozers, graders and light vehicles, to seamlessly interact in an autonomous truck… Read More Here

Equipment & Technology International Mining in Zambia Mining technology

First Quantum plans ‘world’s largest’ truck trolley fleet of Liebherr T 284s

September 16, 2021 admin

First Quantum has ordered three trucks for Sentinel copper mine in Zambia and eight for Cobre Panama. Liebherr has confirmed that First Quantum recently confirmed an order for 11 trolley-capable T 284 trucks to add to its fleets at mines in Panama and Zambia. First Quantum has ordered three trucks for Sentinel copper mine in Zambia and eight trucks for Cobre Panama copper mine. The deal comes after two Liebherr T 284 trucks with the Trolley Assist System were commissioned at Sentinel copper mine in 2016 and testing of the… Read More Here

Mining technology Equipment & Technology International Mining Supply Tenders

Metso Outotec wins $23M copper solvent extraction contract

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 admin

Finnish mining engineering firm Metso Outotec has secured a € 20 million (US$23.6 million) contract to supply Florence Copper with copper solvent extraction and electrowinning technology. The technology will be delivered to a plant the Taseko Mines subsidiary will build in Arizona. The Metso Outotec delivery includes the modular VSFX solvent extraction plant and the main process equipment for the electrowinning plant. “We are very excited to have purchased the key SX/EW process equipment from Metso Outotec, a world leader in mineral processing and hydrometallurgical technologies. The VSF®X technology is… Read More Here