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POWER: Ballard to supply fuel cells for Anglo’s trucks
VANCOUVER – Canadian company Ballard Power Systems has received a purchase order for fuel cell modules from Anglo American. The miner has ordered nine FCveloCity-HD 100-kW modules. Ballard says eight of the modules will power a retrofitted ultra-heavy duty haul…
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EXPLOSIVES: Epiroc and Orica together tackle automated loading system
STOCKHOLM – Epiroc, a leading productivity partner for the mining industry, has entered a partnership with world-leading commercial explosives provider Orica to jointly develop a semi-automated explosives delivery system, enabling safer and more productive blasting operations in underground mines. As…
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HAULAGE: Cat moves a billion tonnes autonomously at Fortescue Metals
AUSTRALIA – Caterpillar and its flagship autonomous operation, the Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) iron ore mine in Western Australia, continue to set records. FMG recently announced an impressive milestone – 1 billion tonnes of material moved with the help of…
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OILSANDS: Suncor speeds digital transformation with Microsoft alliance
ALBERTA – Suncor Energy of Calgary has announced a multi-year strategic alliance with Microsoft Canada as the energy company accelerates its digital transformation. Microsoft will be Suncor’s cloud provider, allowing the company to tap into the full range of Microsoft’s…
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SURVEYING: SafeSight celebrates 100 drone flights underground at Hoyle Pond
ONTARIO – On the one year anniversary of the launch of the underground drone flight program at Newmont Goldcorp’s Porcupine operation, SafeSight Exploration is excited to celebrate over 100 underground drone flights without incident at the Hoyle Pond gold mine.…
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Fireside chat with Kirkland Lake Gold’s Tony Makuch
The Northern Miner hosted its third annual Progressive Mine Forum in October. During the event, Tony Makuch, president and CEO of Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL; NYSE: KL), sat down with Northern Miner publisher Anthony Vaccaro for an in-depth fireside chat in front…
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TAILINGS: Inmarsat, Glass Terra team up on monitoring solution
LONDON, U.K. – Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, will collaborate with geo-spatial internet of things (IoT) specialist Glass Terra to integrate Inmarsat’s tailings dam monitoring solution with Glass Terra’s IoT light detection and ranging (Lidar) capabilities. The combined…
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AI: Vale chooses GoldSpot to define targets at Coleman
ONTARIO – GoldSpot Discoveries Corp. is sending its team of expert geologists and data scientists has been engaged by Vale Canada to use machine learning (artificial intelligence) to identify new drilling targets at the Coleman nickel-copper mine, part of its…
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SOFTWARE: RPMGlobal delivers intelligent underground mine design
AUSTRALIA – RPMGlobal has delivered on its commitment to release an innovative design solution to the market before the end of the year, unveiling its Underground Metals Solution (UGMS) Optimiser edition for mine planning customers. UGMS Optimiser marks the first edition…
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GOLD: Machine learning yields positive results for Gran Colombia
COLOMBIA – After several months of work, Gran Colombia Gold confirmed the exploration targets identified by the machine learning system installed at its Segovia operation by GoldSpot Discoveries. Teams from GoldSpot and Gran Colombia collaborated to leverage machine learning capabilities…
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GOLD: Golden Predator testing cyanide-free option at 3 Aces project
YUKON – Vancouver-based Golden Predator Mining has teamed up with EnviroLeach Technologies to use EnviroLeach’s proprietary cyanide-free hydrometallurgical process at the company’s 3 Aces gold project. The technology will be used to extract gold from gravity concentrate at the mine.…
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DIGITIZATION: BDT2020 to shine light on industry’s unsung heroes
SUDBURY, Ont. – Partners in Achieving Change Excellence (PACE) and NORCAT are hosting the third annual Beyond Digital Transformation (BDT) conference in this city on Feb. 5-6, 2020. For the past two years BDT has striven to help the mining sector shape the…
