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 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

 Rio is investigating the option of adding underground mining at its Kennecott, US open-pit copper mine
MINING

Rio Tinto studies potential for underground mining at Kennecott copper

Rio Tinto looks to expand open-pit Kennecott copper mine to underground operation

30 July 2021

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Geothermal Game Changer

Customer-inspired engineering leads to fieldwork simplified

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A Sneak Peek at the Future of Drilling Data

Drilling is the first step in an optimised mine value chain, so it is crucial to

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Gain Ground on the Competition

Rigs, tooling designed for direct push propel profits, production across industries

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Simplify your geotechnical Jobs

Multi-application drill rigs and enhanced tools boost productivity and profits.