Category: Operating Strategies

SignalFire Wireless Telemetry expanded its wireless IoT product offering with Ranger, a cellular transmitter that utilizes the latest LTE CAT M1 technology to connect industrial sensors to the cloud for remote monitoring,...

Correct tension within critical bolted connections is linked to safety, performance and maximum uptime. Valley Forge & Bolt said it is shifting the paradigm with SPC4 Load-Indicating Technology that makes it possible to...

Monaflex, a Guernsey, Channel Islands, company that specializes in vulcanized repair solutions for the industry, recently offered a checklist that can be used by tire-service teams to ensure that OTR tire repairs are done in the...

Exyn Technologies, which develops autonomous aerial robot systems for complex, GPS-denied industrial environments, participated in a successful underground mapping mission in partnership with Rupert Resources, a Canadian gold...

Ok Tedi Mining Ltd. operates the longest-running open-pit copper, gold and silver mine in Papua New Guinea. From the start of operations in 1984 to the end of 2018, Ok Tedi produced 4.83 million metric tons (mt) of copper, 14.8...

With more than a dozen renewable energy projects announced over the past year or so, it’s clear that rising energy costs and potential savings from renewable-energy technologies are on the mining industry’s mind. As Mark...

Located in the Moquegua region in the south of Peru, Quellaveco is one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper deposits. Scheduled by owner Anglo American to begin production in 2022, the mine’s overall plan includes eventual...

By Gary Conway There is a big shift happening in mining around digital automation. Miners have always used machines to boost their productivity, but until recently, digital technologies have played a more limited role....

In a recent case history provided by RCT, the Australia-based automation and control specialist company explained how one of its customers, Canadian mining company Mandalay Resources, benefited from implementation of remotely...

BehrTech and MAJiK Systems have formed a strategic partnership to bring wireless connectivity to legacy Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs). Based on BehrTech’s MYTHINGS wireless connectivity platform and MAJiK’s PLC data...

It seems mining companies are always under pressure to cut costs and raise productivity. Not knowing future prices for their products, they need to extract each ton at the best possible cost. How can mining companies manage real...

Gunnar Zergiebel, head of Tenova TAKRAF’s Electrical & Control Systems group, sketched out the company’s strategy to advance Industry 4.0 concepts and benefits for its mining clients: In recent years, Industry 4.0 has...