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Rigs used for drill and blast work, such as Epiroc’s Pit Viper range of models, are increasingly being automated. Credit: Epiroc

MINING

Drill and blast basics

Richard Barrett gives an insight into the latest technological advances in the drill & blast sector

14 August 2024

The new Cat 785D Water Solutions Truck from Caterpillar infuses technology with the Cat Water Delivery System (WDS) to offer a smarter way to maintain haul roads, using less water

MINING

New Cat 785D water truck efficiently manages haul road dust by using less water

Open pit mine haul roads easily maintained with Cat's new 785D Water Solutions Truck

21 September 2023

Automation, such as this fully autonomous Epiroc SmartROC D65, is increasingly used for drilling across the mining industry to reduce personnel exposure to potentially hazardous environments and to drive down operational costs

MINING

Applications for drilling in mining and quarrying

An insight into the varying uses of drilling rigs within the mining and quarrying sectors

25 August 2023

SLOPE3D enables the evaluation of the factor of safety and failure mechanisms of the pit slope, or analysis of previous pit wall failures with complex topography, pore-water pressures, or anisotropy

MINING

Seequent unveils SLOPE3D

Advanced slope stability analysis tool released by Bentley company

10 April 2023

Hexagon’s Mining division has been awarded an eight-year fleet management project by PT Bukit Makmur Mandiri Utama (BUMA)

MINING

Hexagon and BUMA successfully deploy MineOperate OP Pro in Indonesia

An Indonesian coal mine will employ Hexagon's HxGN MineOperate OP Pro fleet management

17 February 2023

The emissions caused by the use of heavy plant in open pit mining sites is increasingly becoming a cause for concern

MINING

Drill and blast and beyond

The changing face of surface mining as environmental impacts become increasingly important

14 November 2022

What are the main challenges when automating mines today?

MINING

What is in the way of mine automation?

Max Schwerdtfeger asks what are the main challenges when automating mines today

06 May 2022

Alastri co-founders Daniel Narayan (left) and Max Bygraves with Micromine chief technical officer Ivan Zelina (centre)

MINING

Micromine announces a second acquisition

Mining scheduling software company Alastri is the second acquisition for Micromine

06 September 2021

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