Technology & digitalisation

Clariant has opened the Competence Center for Tailings Treatment, a new technical facility exclusively dedicated to developing solutions for tailings management.

ABB will provide six electrical rooms plus an integrated digital system solution distributed control system to Gold Fields’ Salares Norte mining project in a remote region of northern Chile.

Enter Engineering and thyssenkrupp AG have announced the signing of an Agreement of Intent.

Nokia and AngloGold Ashanti Colombia, in collaboration with Epiroc, Sandvik, Tigo and OSC Top solutions, have conducted the first underground 5G mining trial in Jerico, Colombia.

Bentley Systems, Incorporated has announced that its Seequent business unit has acquired Canadian software company Minalytix.

New Inmarsat research reveals rapid increase in levels of Industrial IoT maturity in 2021, with mining businesses accelerating IoT adoption in response to COVID-19.

Underground operations worldwide are increasingly digitalising their operations for various benefits, and so is Vedanta Zinc International's Black Mountain Mining Ltd underground operations, Swartberg.

Liebherr Mining and ABB have announced their collaboration to explore the development of state-of-the-art technology and equipment for the overall electrification of mine sites.

Rolls-Royce and Flanders Electric plan to develop hybrid retrofit solution for mining trucks.

Rio Tinto and Caterpillar have signed an MoU for the development of zero-emissions autonomous haul trucks to be used at one of Rio Tinto’s Western Australian mining operations.

Hexagon has signed an agreement with Volvo Construction Equipment to provide autonomous safety systems for the mining industry.

Weir Minerals and Andritz have signed an agreement at MINExpo 2021 expanding their shared commitment to supply equipment for processing tailings in the mining industry.

Eurasian Resources Group has upgraded its fleet with Hitachi equipment in one of the largest mining equipment acquisition deals in Kazakhstan’s history.

With a growing demand for critical minerals, the mining industry is looking for possible solutions that can access additional sources, notwithstanding a limited workforce.

Epiroc has agreed to acquire the business and assets of FVT Research Inc., a Canadian company with expertise in converting diesel-powered mining machines to battery-electric vehicles.