digitalisation

Founded by a computer scientist who started working with miners 20 years ago, TI Mining has grown into a company that helps digitalise mines around the world. Australian Mining speaks with chief executive Nicolas Jubera.

Join our virtual event on June 3 to learn how Nokia, Sandvik and ACMA are responding to the COVID-19 crisis and how digital technologies, industrial-grade private wireless networks and innovative new use cases will help the Australian mining industry to reinvent itself.

Attracting the millennial talent pool is crucial for mining companies to retain their social licence to operate, according to BDO’s global head of natural resources Sherif Andrawes.

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?

RPMGlobal regional general manager Michael Baldwin zooms in on problems that come with digital uptake, and whether the promises of digitalisation are real.

The ABB Ability Operations Management System enables miners to get greater visibility and control of their mining operations.

In a sector where automation requires different ways of working, collaborating and engaging, leaders must also change to retain and attract talent. BHP vice president Rag Udd explains how the mining giant achieves this.

Fitzroy Australia Resources is introducing scheduling software to help improve the productivity and safety of its Carborough Downs coal mine in Bowen Basin, Queensland.

Downer Group plans to upgrade the technology on its mining fleet across four Australian mine sites with Carlson machine guidance solutions supplied by Position Partners.

Rapid technological change is affecting what we mine, especially as many developing economies can now skip some of the stages of modernisation that advanced economies have been through.

Downer has made the largest single purchase in MineWare’s history by ordering 23 Argus hydraulic monitoring systems for its operations.

ABB provides the platform to connect all electrification, automation and digital offerings to optimise all stages in the mine lifecycle.

Anglo American is making significant strides toward digitalisation with the launch of an electronic tablet device at its Moranbah North operation in Queensland.

BHP will potentially introduce up to 500 autonomous trucks at its open cut operations, a tenfold increase on the company’s existing fleet at the Jimblebar mine in the Pilbara, Western Australia.

BHP will fully integrate and highly automate its value chain, from pit to port, by replicating the operations of the aerospace and automotive industries.

Orica releases automated rock sizing measurement technology, FRAGTrack as part of its BlastIQ digital blast optimisation platform suite.