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SAFETY: Newcrest tests secondary drilling and blasting technology from MacLean, Orica
AUSTRALIA – Newcrest Mining’s Cadia Valley underground mine in New South Wales has successfully tested new technology from MacLean Engineering and Orica in a 30-day trial. The site used remote drilling, loading and wireless blasting to remove the workers from…
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SAFETY: Hexagon introduces hazard alert feature, announces Proudfoot partnership
ARIZONA – Hexagon’s Mining division, together with IDS GeoRadar, also a Hexagon company, has launched an industry-first platform, which integrates safety systems with radar-based slope stability hazards. This platform is part of the newly released HxGN MineProtect Collision Avoidance System (CAS)…
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SAFETY: Fatigue Science launches ReadiAnalytics for insights into worker fatigue
VANCOUVER – Fatigue Science, a global provider of predictive human performance data, has launched ReadiAnalytics, a first-of-its-kind analytics platform. ReadiAnalytics delivers real-time, validated, and objective insights into workforce fatigue levels and its root causes. Fatigue management has emerged as a…
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SAFETY: IDS GeoRadar and Worldsensing launch mine monitoring system
EUROPE – Worldsensing and IDS GeoRadar, both in the monitoring technology space, cooperated to launch a comprehensive mine safety monitoring system. The integrated system will be the first in the world to offer surface, sub-surface and geospatial monitoring in a single…
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A mine rescue vehicle for the 21st century
A new mine rescue vehicle, the MRV 9000 is now in use at three mines in Canada
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AWARD: Cementation wins safety gold
TORONTO – Cementation Canada of North Bay, Ont. has been recognized as one of Canada’s safest employers for 2019. The gold award in the Mining and Natural Resources category was presented to Cementation during the Canada’s Safest Employers Awards gala…
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RESCUE: Victor mine team saves stranded balloonists
ONTARIO – Last week a crew from De Beers Group’s Victor mine site near Attawapiskat responded to an emergency call to aid downed balloonists 100 km west of the now closed mine. The balloonists, from the United States and Poland,…
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GOLD: Pit wall fails at Avesoro’s New Liberty gold mine
LIBERIA – Avesoro Resources has suspended mining activities in the Kinjor-East pit at its New Liberty gold mine, following the failure of a pit wall and ramp in the north side of the pit on Oct. 1. There are no reports of…
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SAFETY: New app from Fatigue Science tracks impact of sleep
VANCOUVER – Canadian software company Fatigue Science is launching Readi, a new scientifically validated mobile app that enables users to discover the true impact of sleep on their waking hours. Readi analyzes sleep data in order to predict the effects…
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GOLD: Semafo revises 2019 guidance after Mana pit wall failure
BURKINA FASO – Semafo has cut 2019 production guidance for its Mana mine in Burkina Faso by 40,000 to 50,000 oz. of gold, following a wall failure in the northern part of the Wona pit on Aug. 2. The intermediate gold…
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Metso targets next level sustainability with VPX filter
Dry-stack tailings solution recovers up to 90% of water
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LIGHTING: Power use down, brightness up for LED lights
INDIANA – Hazard and warning lights are essential to ensure the visibility and safety of vehicles used in mining such as earth movers, bulldozers, excavators, off road trucks, etc. Whether it’s directional lighting, strobes or clearance markers, these lights…
