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What’s new in automated drilling and blasting?

Heidi Vella — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 08:00:00 +0000

Autonomous drilling has seen notable uptake, driven by safety and productivity gains and ongoing innovation from OEMs, while blasting is much earlier in its automation journey.

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Bibiani Gold Project, Ghana

Praveen — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 15:05:00 +0000

The Bibiani gold project located in Ghana is being developed by Asante Gold, a gold exploration, development and operating company based in Canada.

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Metarock to sell underground metals business to Thiess

Archana Rani — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 10:15:12 +0000

Metarock to divest its underground metals business PYBAR business to Thiess for a consideration of A$65m ($42.65m).

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Canada’s Lundin Mining reports one death at its Neves-Corvo mine in Portugal

Smruthi Nadig — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 16:21:59 +0000

The company has informed the authorities on 12 February of the incident, and an investigation is underway.

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Sandvik launches AutoMine for Underground Drills teleremote system

Archana Rani — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 10:30:56 +0000

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has launches AutoMine for Underground Drills, a tele-remote solution designed for mining operations.

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Unusual undergrounds: opal mining and unique living in Coober Pedy

Smruthi Nadig — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 08:00:00 +0000

In Coober Pedy, Southern Australia, opal mining and its underground habitats serve as a unique attraction to tourists.

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Cave mining expert warns against “copy and paste” approach to deep mines

Florence Jones — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 11:38:33 +0000

Research from the University of Queensland warns that replicating shallow cave mine design in deeper mines could cause significant dangers.

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Drones, decarbonisation and the future of mining technology

Kit Million Ross — Thu, 04 May 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Innovations in remote operations technology are pushing the mining industry to a brighter future. Kit Million Ross investigates.

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The mining vehicles mining… vehicles?

Giles Crosse — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 07:00:00 +0000

We speak to Hard-Line about its work on a collaborative mining vehicle retrieval project, that could deliver safety benefits and big savings.

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How high-purity graphite could change Greenland mining

Nnamdi Anyadike — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 07:00:00 +0000

GreenRoc has delivered a graphite product of a purity of 99.97%, giving big hopes for the future of mining in Greenland.

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