Mining operations can reap huge benefits from automating their drill and blast operations, but Drilledge says workforces must have the right amount of expertise to take full advantage of the technology.
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Scott Technology commences automation building works at Rio Tinto project
Scott Technology has started constructing an automated mine site laboratory at Rio Tinto's Koodaideri Iron Ore project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
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Mounting tech ability lives up to the hype
What’s the deal with automation and augmented reality? OSIsoft and Rockwell Automation debunk high technology myths with Vanessa Zhou.
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Fortescue reaches automation milestone
Fortescue has rolled out its 100th autonomous haul truck conversion at its Chichester Hub in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
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Mining Dares to dream about remote operations
Removing miners from dangerous or monotonous tasks by using automation and remote operating technology helps companies to work safer and more productively. Dares Technology has another method that helps monitor conditions from afar.
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Inside Fortescue’s mission control
Fortescue Metals Group’s Integrated Operations Centre allows workers to operate a mine, rail and port network that is 1200 kilometres away. And during COVID-19, it sets a blueprint for what the industry can do to safeguard operations in the future. Nickolas Zakharia writes.
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Infrastructure SA calls for holistic water management to grow mining sector
Infrastructure SA has released a 20-year infrastructure strategy for South Australia that includes short- and long-term strategies to grow the state's resources sector.
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The real value of digital transformation for mining and metals companies
Mining, metals and materials companies have increased their investment in automation and technological innovation, embracing new opportunities to improve productivity.
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Fully autonomous excavators ‘key to building a new era’: MPC Kinetic
MPC Kinetic has launched its first fully autonomous excavators in Queensland, with more to come as the company aims to usher in a new era of excavation machinery.
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Remote control mining in a time of need
With an influx of automation technology entering the mining industry, companies continue to look for ways to take advantage of the latest gadgets. And as the coronavirus causes ripple-effects across the country’s workforce, automation could prove to be a saving grace.
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Whitehaven strengthens workforce ahead of AHS deployment
Whitehaven Coal has commenced its operation of autonomous haulage system (AHS) at the Maules Creek mine in New South Wales.
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Sandvik AutoMine for Trucks surfaces in underground mining
The Swedish original equipment manufacturer has released AutoMine for Trucks, a first for autonomous ramp haulage applications in underground mining. How will the system benefit the industry in Australia?
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RPMGlobal key in extending automation standard
RPMGlobal has been pivotal in developing the International Society of Automation (ISA-95) committee’s information exchange profile, essential for the ISA-95’s development of mining sector integration scenarios.
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Sandvik releases AutoMine for Trucks
Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology has launched AutoMine for Trucks, an industry first for autonomous ramp haulage in underground mines.
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Autonomous processing emerges as Metso joins forces with Outotec
Metso and Outotec are on the verge of combining into a minerals processing powerhouse. Ben Creagh explores what this, along with Metso’s vision for autonomous mineral processing, means for mining.
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Newmont to automate Boddington trucks in world first
Newmont has approved a $US150 million ($227 million) investment in a Caterpillar autonomous haulage system (AHS) at the Boddington gold mine in Western Australia.
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Rio Tinto contracts Scott Technology for Koodaideri automation lab
Rio Tinto has awarded Scott Technology a contract to design and build an automated mine laboratory for the Koodaideri iron ore project in the Pilbara, Western Australia.
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Automation pays off for Northparkes
Northparkes copper mine took its first steps towards underground loader automation back in the 1990s. More than 20 years on, it has become a global showcase for the enormous safety, maintenance and productivity benefits that automation can provide.
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Automation key to unlocking $74bn boost to the economy
The Australian technology industry will only realise the full benefit of automation in the resources sector if vendors become ‘brand agnostic’ and open to collaboration with competitors, according to researchers and industry experts.
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Mark Ackroyd weighs in on an ever-changing mining industry
National Group’s managing director Mark Ackroyd looks at mining industry trends – past, present and future, renting versus buying machinery and the rise of automation.
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