Technology & digitalisation

Caterpillar, Thiess, and WesTrac have celebrated autonomously drilling 1 million m using three Cat drills at the Mt. Arthur South mine in Australia.

Debashis Ghosh, Global Head of Energy, Resources, and Utilities at Tata Consultancy Services, explores how AI is decarbonising and de-risking mining operations.

SSR Mining has selected ISNetworld, operated by ISN, as its contractor information management system for its Seabee Operations in Canada.

Sandvik has introduced AutoMine Interoperable Access Control System for autonomous mining operations.

Draganfly has been selected by First Atlantic Nickel Corp to utilise its survey technologies to help explore a nickel project in Newfoundland, Canada.

Micromine has announced the implementation of the full Micromine Pitram suite at the Fruta del Norte mine, owned and operated by Lundin Gold.

Fleet Space and Inflection Resources have partnered to advance copper exploration with space technology and AI in Australia’s Macquarie Arc.

Seequent, The Bentley Subsurface Company, has launched Visible Geology, a free web application to teach earth science students how the earth works – in 3D.

Taylor McKertich, Endress+Hauser, explores the transformative role advanced instrumentation can play in the mines of the future.

Epiroc has agreed to acquire the remaining share of ASI Mining, a US-based autonomous mining solutions company.

Reijo Pold, Founder of Value.Space, discusses how satellite-based risk assessments can support the better monitoring of ageing mining infrastructure to support early detection of structural risks and prevent catastrophic failures.

Andrada Mining has purchased TOMRA XRT sensor-based sorters for its Uis Mine in Namibia.

Metaspectral is introducing its Ore Resource Evaluation System, which uses AI to automate the sampling process.

Matt Shea, Epiroc, Sweden, reports on the company’s move into autonomous technologies and the multitude of benefits that these solutions can bring.

Sophie Clayton, Orica Digital Solutions, celebrates the 35th anniversary of Orica’s key blasting application, providing insight into innovative advancements in blasting technology.