Category: Operating Strategies

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...

A surface mine in BHP’s Queensland, Australia, coal-mining operations has succeeded in cutting by two-thirds the time needed to carry out regularly scheduled service for its 250-ton haulers. BHP’s Prospect blog reported that as...

Consider the past 50 years and all the ways people communicate. New technology, systems and methodologies have changed the course of history. However, one factor has remained the same and has been the overarching key to success...

Chinsay, a provider of contract digitalization solutions in the commodity and freight markets, recently announced completion of what it claims is the first fully digitalized iron ore trade, through a trial achieved in...

Operational excellence in the mining industry is of critical importance because everyone operates in a similar way. The mining company that has complete end-to-end visibility of its natural resource extraction and marketing...

By Andrew Attrill Maintenance shutdowns, in many respects, prove the rigor of a business’ management systems. While offline maintenance activities are generally planned, scheduled and executed as per business-as-usual...