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February 8, 2017
Mark Cutifani, Chief Executive of Anglo American, highlighted innovation as an imperative to secure mining’s future at the Indaba in South Africa. “Successful innovation is a foundation for resilience – being able to weather the bad times, create change rather than react to it, improve productivity, access the hitherto inaccessible orebodies and actively develop new […]
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December 8, 2016
Mining3 is pleased to announce the successful startup of its new spin-off company, V2H International (V2HI). Based in Brisbane, V2HI brings together Mining3’s breakthrough tight radius drilling technology and world-leading expertise in high pressure water jet drilling, and US-based Zero Radius Laterals (ZRL) through-casing water jet drilling system for the oil and gas and mining industries. […]
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October 19, 2016
How the evolution of technology and asset management will change the training and role of the modern maintainer In the last two decades, we have seen significant changes in how assets are operated due to advances in process control, remote operations systems, and the development of autonomous assets. In contrast, the nature of maintainers’ day‐to‐day […]
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September 15, 2016
Newcrest Mining orders Cave Tracker System for its Cadia East Mine Newcrest Mining will install a large-scale Cave Tracker System at its Cadia East mine in New South Wales. Developed and manufactured by Brisbane-based Elexon Mining, the Cave Tracker System was conceived in collaboration with Newcrest, CRCMining and Rio Tinto. Newcrest hosted the earliest trials […]
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August 29, 2016
Open dialogue about fatigue risk is just one piece of the risk management puzzle; education is another. Working whilst our bodies are biologically wired to be sleeping can wreak havoc on our fatigue levels, leaving us prone to excessive tiredness, poor decision making, reduced coordination and slowed reaction times. Fatigue can also negatively affect our […]
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July 21, 2016
A new on-the-spot tool for analysing elements underground has saved a major mining company millions of dollars on drilling and assay costs. TIM TREADGOLD reports on how the industry can take advantage of this new development. Time is money in any business and one reason why the mining industry has embraced a technology that eliminates […]
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July 7, 2016
AMC Consultants Principle Peter McCarthy shares his view on the evolution of the mining industry – from 2oth century large-scale mining toward a low-impact, data-driven future in selective underground mining. What’s your take on the evolution of mining around the globe – where has the industry come from and where is it going? Last century, […]
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June 7, 2016
Mining3, the leader in mining research, is behind the development of a commercialised Cave Tracker system. The partnership between Newcrest, Rio Tinto, CRCMining and technology developer and manufacturer Elexon Mining, has enabled its creation. The testing was undertaken at Newcrest’s Ridgeway copper mine in NSW and Rio Tinto’s Argyle diamond mine in WA. The cave monitoring system will measure the movement of fragmented […]
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April 13, 2016
Better detection of the top of coal seam prior to blasting Accurately detecting the approaching top of a coal seam prior to blasting is fundamental to efficient coal recovery. Previous investigations by member mining companies reported a reduction in coal dilution through disciplined and detailed overburden drilling and blasting practices. With support from the Australian […]
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