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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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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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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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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