Category: Operating Strategies

When it comes to heavy mining equipment, around-the-clock mission-critical operation and harsh conditions will inevitably cause damage and considerable wear to some common components. Some of these components pose particular...

Repairing and refurbishing large, high-value or hard-to-replace components is a key concern for the mining industry. According to a leading wear-protection service and technology company, localizing the application of engineered...

Bechtel has opened the Bechtel Mining & Metals Innovation Center in Santiago, Chile, to lead the development of new technologies that boost productivity, promote environmental sustainability and improve worker safety for the...

Australia-based guidance automation specialist RCT recently announced that underground mining equipment supplier Getman Corp. selected RCT to provide a mobile, teleremote control solution for a Getman A64HD water cannon ordered...

Komatsu America Corp. announced that its FrontRunner Autonomous Haulage System (AHS) has qualified to operate on private Long-term Evolution (LTE) mobile broadband technology. This, according to the company, is the mining...

Seequent and IMDEX have formed an ongoing partnership to deliver a real-time 3D visualization solution for mining and exploration that the two companies claim dramatically improves the speed and accuracy of decision-making for...

Digital twins are among the newest members of mining’s extended family, part of an industry-wide adoption process aimed at maximizing the value of its big-data collection efforts and improving the performance of physical assets....

Minnovare, a Perth, Australia-based drilling technology company, recently released a white paper in cooperation with Evolution Mining detailing a comparative study undertaken at Evolution’s Cracow gold mine in which stopes...

When red-lined maintenance-cost items start jumping out with alarming regularity from gray columns of spreadsheet and budget report figures, most maintenance managers look for ways to regain control. Two recent data-analysis...

Cranes and other types of lifting gear are essential for constructing and maintaining mining facilities and equipment, and it’s almost impossible to visit a mine without seeing at least one at work, whether it’s on a service...

By Paul McRoberts If higher commodity prices are making companies explore opportunities to reinvest in their operations, there’s perhaps no better area for improvement than energy management. Today, many mining operations are...

Looking down the bore of a multi-barreled threat to the future of mining in the region, European industry stakeholders plan on firing a few preemptive shots of their own to clear the way for ongoing mineral exploration and...