Providing mines with a modernized shift planning and deployment option is at the core of a new partnership between Datamine and Ordo. The two companies said in a joint announcement that they intend to offer a supervisor-centric software that offers a next-generation experience by taking the traditional planning process and creating a digital shift plan that incorporates the often-complex interplay…
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Erie, Pa.-based Eriez is celebrating 80 years in business this year. The company’s story began in 1942 when founder O.F. Merwin installed a permanent magnet in a grain mill. Today, Eriez consists of a workforce of more than 900 individuals located throughout 12 wholly owned international subsidiaries on six continents and is a world leader in magnetic separation, flotation, metal…
Read MoreSandvik confirmed April 4 that it had completed its takeover of mine planning software group Deswik, a transaction it first announced in December 2021. The OEM said Deswik will be part of its newly formed division, Digital Mining Technologies, under its Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions business umbrella. Last year, Sandvik said Deswik would fill a value chain gap in…
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Weir Miners has partnered with digital twin platform XMPro, pairing it to enhance its Synertrex digital ecosystem for real-time insights and decision making. The partnership, it said, will enable intelligent equipment and services for its customers, and also support miners in their missions for higher performance and reducing their operational environmental footprints. The XMPro platform can identify critical events by…
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FLSmidth said that it’s takeover of thyssenkrupp’s mining business, which it first announced last July, has now gained the regulatory clearances of the authorities in Australia, South Africa, Peru and Chile.
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Weir Minerals has combined its efforts with industrial software maker AVEVA to form a strategic cooperation for digital services to mining clients. Under the newly inked agreement, the companies will digitally enable the industry by simplifying data access and data sharing on-site or via cloud integration between Weir Minerals and its customers. A data foundation such as artificial intelligence will…
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Newcrest has selected Microsoft’s Azure as its preferred cloud globally, and the two will collaborate on programs of work that include digital twins to boost operational performance for its portfolio – beginning with a priority project at the Cadia mine in New South Wales. See full article from The Asia Miner.
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Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) has agreed to a three-year contract with K2fly for the implementation of the company’s cloud-based mineral resource governance platform, RCubed. K2fly, based in Australia, will roll out the solution for all 12 of FCX’s operations in North America, South America, and Indonesia. According to K2fly, the RCubed platform is the only commercially available, of-the-shelf (COTS) solution for mineral resources…
Read MoreEngineering and consulting firm Thiess has introduced a standalone business, Thiess Rehabilitation, to offer the full lifecycle of mine rehabilitative services to the industry. A full spectrum from design to development to delivery will be included in its services, as well as end-use results with positive environmental, social and governance (ESG) outcomes. Thiess Rehabilitation’s comprehensive and tailored services will be…
Read MoreCaterpillar has said it is suspending operations at its Russian manufacturing facilities as it has become increasingly challenging to operate with supply chain disruptions and sanctions following the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
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