Siemens is again sponsoring the Most Outstanding Contribution to Mining category in the 5th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards.
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‘Big picture’ conference in July
A major mining conference will be held alongside the Queensland Mining and Engineering Exhibition in Mackay in late July.
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Mining events for 2008
A LIST of mining conferences, seminars and workshops.
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Mine on track with real-time feedback
DAWSON mine in Queensland Australia is a shining example of how a real-time machine production monitoring and integrated fleet management solution can be implemented successfully across a 117km mine site, assisting decision-making and productivity.
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A vision of the future is here
THERE’S a buzz in the air at Rio Tinto with talk of remotely controlled mines, intelligent drills and driverless trains and trucks.
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Site-to-ship, and not a soul in sight
RIO Tinto Iron Ore (RTIO) and Komatsu are making the mine of the future a reality.
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John’s Law of 10
JOHN'S Law states, 'In any greenfields process plant project the value of the measuring instrumentation equals 10% of 10% of 10% of the capital value of the project'.
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Latest research looks at interoperability
THE newly released November/December edition of earthmatters, the magazine of CSIRO Exploration & Mining, takes a close look at a fast-developing new data dimension - interoperability and open source software.
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Science fact, not science fiction
THE sky is the limit for automation in the Australian mining industry
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Out of harms way
COLLISION avoidance technology is the next best thing to keep miners out of harms way.
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Stabilising the SAG at St Ives
AN automation platform joins forces with advanced process control algorithm, 'Manta Cube', to achieve operational stability on a closed-loop single-stage SAG mill at Western Australia's Gold Fields St Ives gold mine. *Allan Alderson writes
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Smart automated safety control
Automated safety PLC achieves integrated global and local control at the Hunter Valley’s 6.5 km Antiene Coal unloader
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Variable speed drives
AN AUTOMATION technology supplier has released a new range of variable-speed drives
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Motor management system
AN ELECTRONICS manufacturer has released a new motor management system
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Metal and rock detection system
THE Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) has received an order from RWE Power to install a metal and rock detection system on bucket-wheel excavators for open-casting mining.
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New technology – crystal gazing
THE need to manage smaller, more highly skilled and more mobile workforces whose abilities are in great demand will require different industrial relations strategies. From the State (Western Australia) Mining Engineer Martin Knee
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Plow system sets record
A FULLY automated plow system supplied by Bucyrus DBT and commissioned at Jinhuagong Mine in China in 2005 is setting production records.
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Automation breakthrough
RIDGEWAY copper-gold mine’s mechanised bit changing system is a breakthrough for drilling automation in underground operations
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Small mine wins big
Awaba Colliery has won the Coal Mine of the Year Award sponsored by NLT Australia
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Outokumpu now Outotec
OUTOKUMPU Technology’s global business name has changed to Outotec.
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