October 2024
Welcome to the October issue of Global Mining Review, featuring Intelsat on the front cover. Dive into a regional report on the mining industry in Asia, brought to you by BMI, a Fitch Solutions company. Key topics include the latest advancements in satellites, drones, monitoring systems, grinding technologies, and surface miners. Industry leaders such as ABB, Weir, Scantech, Stratom, and Vermeer provide expert insights into these innovations.
This month's front cover is brought to you by Intelsat.
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Contents
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The Future Of Mining In Asia
Olga Savina of BMI, a Fitch Solutions company, provides an outlook for the mining industry in Asia and evaluates the future opportunities and obstacles it may face.
Transforming Mining Operations With Multi-Orbit Satellites
Todd Cotts, Intelsat, outlines how multi-orbit satellite connectivity can accelerate digitalisation and optimise performance in the mining industry.
The Future Of Optimised Performance
Petro-Canada Lubricants explores the benefits of ultra-low zinc additives in transmission drivetrain oils.
Embrace Change Welcome Progress
Jevons Robotics, Australia, presents insights into the development process and benefits of a new battery electric, payload agnostic, autonomous vehicle for the mining industry.
Mind The Gap Part 2: Looking For Innovation In All The Right Places
Zach Savit, Stratom, USA, in the second of two articles, considers how sometimes innovation grows in the open, and sometimes you have to look for it.
Bringing Drones To Underground Surveying
Eloise McMinn Mitchell, Flyability, Switzerland, describes how the use of drones in underground surveys can improve safety protocols and the efficiency of data collection.
The Ongoing Journey To Minimise Unscheduled GMD Downtime
Maarten van de Vijfeijken, ABB, considers the benefits of remote monitoring platforms in decreasing the unscheduled downtime of gearless mill drives.
Rethinking Conventional Comminution
Bjorn Dierx, Weir, highlights the importance of adapting new, energy-efficient grinding technologies in order to improve the sustainability and cost-effectiveness of mining operations.
Real Time Quality Control
Henry Kurth, Scantech International Pty Ltd, addresses the rise of online analysers over traditional sampling in bulk material handling.
Tried And Tested
Philippe Cyr, Eddyfi Technologies, Canada, evaluates the advancements in non-destructive testing for mining applications.
Human Rights And Emerging Legal Risk In The Critical Minerals Sector
Peter Hood, King & Spalding, examines how new EU sustainability rules create unseen legal risk for non-EU companies in the mining sector.
From Drill And Blast To Surface Miners
Maggie Moller, Vermeer Corp., USA, and Alseny Conte, Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée, Republic of Guinea, discuss how the implementation of surface miners can help mining operations become more efficient and less disruptive to neighbouring communities.
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