Technology & digitalisation

Vale is set to become the first mining company, among the big players in the industry, to test 100% electric 72 t trucks.

Amaroq Minerals signs MOU with ABD Solutions to investigate the potential for the introduction of vehicle autonomy systems at the Nalunaq site in Greenland.

U.S. Gold Corp. has reported that it has updated the 3D model of its CK Gold Project from VRIFY Technology Inc.

RPMGlobal has announced an increase in funding for its optimisation software development programme after receiving industry funding to support the further ongoing development of their decision support software for underground mining.

Rajant Corp. has reported the first deployment of its fourth-generation BreadCrumb Peregrine in South Africa with Anglo American.

Micromine has entered into a three-year software agreement with AngloGold Ashanti, to deliver its mine control and fleet management solution: Micromine Pitram.

AspenTech has expanded its software portfolio to include an end-to-end mining software suite with an agreement to acquire Micromine.

Rajant Corp. and Komatsu have achieved Rajant certification for Komatsu’s FrontRunner Autonomous Haulage Solution (AHS).

Foran Mining has selected Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions to supply a fleet of 20 battery-electric vehicles for its McIlvenna Bay project in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Bradda Head Lithium has announced that a drill rig has been mobilised to site to commence immediate drilling at the company’s San Domingo lithium pegmatite project in Arizona.

Bedeschi has provided an update on the stacker manufactured for a Peruvian iron ore mining company.

Horizonte Minerals Plc has awarded all of the major and long-lead-time process plant equipment contracts for its flagship Araguaia Nickel Project.

Rajant Corporation and Epiroc have announced successful validation for both semi-autonomous and autonomous drilling.

Caterpillar has launched its new Cat MineStar Reporting platform for MineStar Solutions, a powerful reporting and analytics product that can consolidate information from MineStar products.

Professor Jon Crowcroft, iKVA, considers how the mining industry’s adoption of new software promises to deliver significant benefits for every stage of its process.