Open pit mining

MINING

Sandvik and Rio Tinto advance autonomous open-pit drilling

Companies to co‑develop interoperability and autonomous capability

01 June 2026

MINING

OptimalSlope secures £400,000 to cut mining waste

Digital Catapult funds digital start-up looking to transform open-pit mining

22 October 2025

MINING

Underground gains popularity as African reserves deplete

As open-pit mines in Southern Africa reach maturity, underground mining is gaining traction

06 February 2025

GROUND CONTROL

Innovative solutions for slope instability and rockfall hazards

What can be done to ensure that open pit mines and quarries are free from geological hazards

06 September 2024

MINING

Giving mining a dusting down: How radar sees through the problem

As automation increases, radar is coming to the fore as an option to avoid vehicle collisions

01 December 2023

MINING

Gold Fields deploying ABB digital tech to improve mining operations

Gold Fields has deployed ABB's Ability Operations Management System at its Granny Smith Mine

18 September 2023

MINING

New Acland Mine Stage 3 extracts first coal

First coal extracted from the Queensland government-approved New Hope Group Stage 3 site

18 September 2023

MINING

MACA partners with Sandvik to replace surface fleet

Sandvik selected to replace MACA's entire drill rig fleet at Gruyere open pit gold mine

07 September 2023

PARTNER CONTENT

From variability to control, Molycop's OreVia platform

How Molycop's OreVia works in practice and the operational value it is delivering

PARTNER CONTENT

Full flowsheet, full lifecycle: FLS sharpens its performance focus

Qasim Abrahams explains how FLS helps miners improve performance across full processing

PARTNER CONTENT

The Mineral Processing Report 2026 is here!

Unlock the Future of Mineral Processing