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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Women in Mining UK has opened nominations for the 2022 edition of “100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining” – known as the WIM100 – as it seeks for a fifth time to spotlight inspirational women and their stories across all roles within the industry. For the 2020 edition of the WIM100, the group received a record 626 nominations from 60…
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With SME MINEXCHANGE 2022 in Salt Lake City just a few days in the rear-view mirror, the Society for Metallurgy, Mining and Exploration (SME) has confirmed the details of the 2023 event. Next year’s SME conference and expo will return to the society’s hometown of Denver, Colo., and will convene from Feb. 26 to March 1, 2023. The event will…
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Exyn Technologies announced this week that it has come together in partnership with Industrial Internet of Things (IIot) device group Maestro Digital Mine to boost safety and production with the use of the fully autonomous ExynAero drone. Specifically, according to the companies, the ExynAero can be utilized for exploring and mapping GPS-denied environments, and since it is equipped with Maestro’s…
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OEM Caterpillar has confirmed to North American Mining and Miners News that it has made a preliminary deal to exit longwall mining and divest its longwall equipment arm to Hauhinco.
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RST Solutions is assisting mine site operators to comply with tougher workplace exposure standards for airborne contaminants while maintaining product quality and preventing potential adverse chemical reaction during processing and manufacturing. With spray and foaming systems being the most common methods for suppressing mineral dust, RST Solutions is advising companies along the material supply chain against boosting the dosage levels…
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