Scientists involved in CSIRO's Minerals Down Under Flagship are transferring technologies developed for space exploration and mining on the Moon and Mars, into new applications for the Australian mining industry.
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FEN to launch annual industrial buyers guide
Factory Equipment News (FEN) will release an industrial product buyers guide in early 2010 showcasing new manufacturing products.
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Innovative Mining Solutions
MINING DAILY profiles each of the finalists in the 12 categories of the 6th annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards.
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Excellence in Mine Occupational Health and Safety
MINING DAILY profiles each of the finalists in the 12 categories of the 6th annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards.
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Coal Mine of the Year
MINING DAILY profiles each of the finalists in the 12 categories of the 6th annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards.
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Machine-mounted sensors for smart mining operations
The Minerals Down Under Flagship aims to integrate individual sensors into a machine-mounted instrumentation system capable of controlling surface mining and processing operations. Gio Braidotti writes.
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Greener pastures for fieldbus
Fieldbus technology could make a huge difference to the way mines are operated, but the industry is still resistant to change. Michael Mills writes.
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Nothing grim about minesite execution
Manufacturing execution systems can now be used to link the various aspects of mining operations.
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2009 Prospect Awards finalists announced
Australian Mining has announced the finalists of the 6th annual Prospect Awards.
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Newlands breaks longwall records
Xstrata Coal's Newlands Northern underground mine has broken Beltana's record for weekly and monthly production from longwall operations.
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Miners release frozen budgets
The second quarterly Australian Mining Business Sentiment Survey has revealed that Australian mining professionals are starting to release budgets previously frozen as a result of the global financial crisis.
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License agreement for longwall automation
Bucyrus and the CSIRO have announced a worldwide license agreement for the Longwall Automation Steering Committee technology.
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Inventor recognised with international award
Alcoa electrical engineering specialist Vince Dooley has been awarded the prestigious UOP Technology Award by the US-based International Society of Automation.
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Light at the end of the tunnel
Survey results show positive industry outlook.
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CSIRO develops new automation technology
The CSIRO has developed a series of automation technologies that can locate and guide coal cutting equipment in longwall mines
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Olympic sized analyser
Outotec is currently commissioning an automated mineral processing sampling and analysing system at BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam.
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Smart technology filters through
Remote control combined with adaptive technology is helping bring mining screens into the 21st century. Jessica Darnbrough writes for Australian Mining.
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Mining technology addresses crisis
The Australian mining technology sector could be the saviour of global miners struggling in a depressed marketplace, an industry expert has said.
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Innovative Mining Solution Finalist: Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation has joined forces with Manta Controls to achieve operational stability on a closed-loop single-stage SAG mill at Western Australia's Gold Fields St Ives gold mine and as such, is a finalist in the 5th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards.
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Boddington project full steam ahead
The Boddington Gold Project’s process control system will soon mobilise to a site-based phase.
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