News Wrap: BHP to double autonomous trucks at Jimblebar; Maseve mine to undergo restructure; Atlas Copco launches Mobile Miner range

Web version | Update preferences   Web version Update preferences SUBSCRIBE EQUIPMENT DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY News Wrap BHP to double autonomous trucks at Jimblebar BHP plans to double its autonomous fleet at Jimblebar in Western Australia's Pilbara region to 50 Caterpillar 793F autonomous trucks Noel Dyson | July 10, 2017 Maseve mine to undergo restructure PRESS RELEASE: Platinum Group Metals is taking steps to restructure its mining operations at the Maseve mine in South Africa, which involves a change in primary mining method and cost reductions to create a sustainable future for the mine Staff reporter | July 10, 2017 Atlas Copco launches Mobile Miner range PRESS RELEASE: Atlas Copco is launching the new-generation Mobile Miner product line, which offers a continuous hard-rock mining system that promises faster advance rates, easier scheduling and safer work environments than traditional methods Staff reporter | July 10, 2017 SPONSORED MESSAGE In case you missed it, click here to visit Strata Worldwide's Product Showcase featuring HazardAvert® proximity detection and collision avoidance systems. A large number of accidents and fatalities in mining environments today are machinery related. HazardAvert works to prevent these accidents by helping to reduce and mitigate human error and limitations by detecting danger early and providing warning alerts or autonomous equipment stopping to increase miner safety. Blastboss launches Holeguard PRESS RELEASE: Holeguard, a new multi-function blasthole pre-treatment combating poor collaring, hole decay and wall instability, has been launched to the international market by Australian blasting technology company Blastboss Staff reporter | July 10, 2017 Sandvik adds two new automated trucks Sandvik is introducing new intelligent mining trucks for automated haulage. The company said that, when paired with AutoMine Trucking (its automation system for underground haulage), mines can increase haulage production by as much as 30% Carly Leonida | July 07, 2017 IDS launches stability monitoring radar PRESS RELEASE: IDS GeoRadar, a provider of interferometric technology solutions and multi-frequency, multi-channel ground penetrating radar (GPR) worldwide, has introduced HYDRA-U, a radar-based technology solution specifically designed and developed to support geotechnical engineers in the underground mining industry Staff reporter | July 07, 2017 SPONSORED MESSAGE NETZSCH as manufacturer of various positive displacement pump technologies, with an extensive network of subsidiaries covering the globe, makes every effort to visit a plant, no matter how remote, to discuss the best way to reduce the spares stock changing the equipment step by step, and to train the maintenance personnel. Italmatch Chemicals acquires Magpie Polymers PRESS RELEASE: Chemical group Italmatch Chemicals has acquired Magpie Polymers, a French start-up that has developed an advanced, patented precious metals separation technology with extreme selectivity in difficult-to-treat waste or process water Staff reporter | July 07, 2017 MSHA launches coal safety programme PRESS RELEASE: Improvements in roof control technology in underground coal mines have significantly reduced accidents involving roof and rib falls or coal bursts, but such accidents remain a leading cause of injuries, reports the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration Staff reporter | July 07, 2017 Metso scoops new lifecycle contracts PRESS RELEASE: During the first quarter of 2017, Metso signed three new long-term maintenance contracts with major mining companies in the Pacific Rim region Staff reporter | July 06, 2017 The future of load and haul is electric Where the commercial sector goes, industrial ones will follow; if the past is anything to go by anyway Life of Ni Horizonte Minerals' Araguaia nickel saprolite project in the Pará state of Brazil A brand new Resolution Carly Leonida talks community engagement, new technologies and renewable energy with the team at Resolution Copper view more "Digitisation without vision is little more than blind ambition" Rick Howes, CEO of Dundee Precious Metals and president of Terrative Digital Solutions, on mine digitisation Rick Howes | July 10, 2017 Miners take safety into their own hands Sharing is caring. Carly Leonida looks at how the open innovation culture at the Mining Safety Round Table is generating results for its member companies Carly Leonida | July 06, 2017 Why preconcentrate, and how? Walter Valery and Kristy-Ann Duffy explore some of the technologies and benefits available to miners Walter Valery & Kristy-Ann Duffy | July 05, 2017 A view to a drill Modern technology such as automation is being used to increase the accuracy and productivity of underground drilling in the mining industry. 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