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  • 5G cell tower built at Detour Lake Mine in Ontario, Canada.

    Smart mining advances with 5G networks

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Aug 20, 2024

    Ericsson's networks and Epiroc's tech drive smart mining's future of safety and efficiency. As mining companies seek to improve safety, efficiency, and sustainability, connectivity is proving to be the cornerstone that these advancements hinge upon. Through their ongoing partnership, Ericsson and Epiroc are pushing the boundaries of automation and monitoring in the mining industry by leveraging private 4G and 5G networks, transforming mining operations into more connected and...

  • Aerial view of Newmont’s Cadia mine in New South Wales, Australia, at dusk.

    Newmont installing 5G at global mines

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Aug 13, 2024

    Following a successful trial run, world's largest gold mining company sees 5G as the future of connectivity at modern mines. Newmont Corp. is set to revolutionize underground mining safety and efficiency following successful 5G trials at its Cadia copper-gold mine in New South Wales, Australia, where next-generation wireless technology delivered unprecedented improvements in network reliability and speed, paving the way for broader deployment across its global operations. As...

  • Exyn Technologies autonomous drone Alaska British Columbia GPS-denied mapping

    Exyn drones map Alaska, BC gold mines

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Feb 10, 2024

    Whether exploring and mapping a historical underground mine for the first time since it was shuttered during World War II or generating more detailed maps of a modern operation, drones that navigate the labyrinth of ramps, declines, stopes, and other underground environs without reliance on the global positioning system or human guidance can make subterranean mine surveying safer, faster, and more accurate. Ascot Resources Ltd. and Northern Star Resources Ltd. are amongst the...

  • Technicians monitor autonomous mining equipment on large computer displays.

    OEMs offer solutions to mining challenges

    K. Warner, Metal Tech News|Updated Jan 2, 2024

    Alongside the industries they complement, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have been tasked with staying ahead of the curve, assessing emerging market trends and technology, and developing best practices and solutions for the future. Their supportive services and specialized equipment have played an integral role in bringing mining operations into the future. Tomorrow's mines and their backers bank on three pillars – efficiency, safety, and sustainability. This primaril...

  • An operator runs Sandvik mining equipment from computer in an office setting.

    Sandvik's AutoMine Core mining solution

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Nov 6, 2023

    Company unveils new automation platform that is tailor made for underground mass mining. Staying on the cutting edge of autonomous underground mining technologies, Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has introduced AutoMine Core, a comprehensive platform to support customers ramping up from manual operation to fully autonomous production. The Swedish underground mining equipment and technologies company says AutoMine Core is tailor-made to bolster the safety, productivity, and...

  • Three battery-electric heavy equipment vehicles by Epiroc.

    Epiroc seeks to elevate mining autonomy

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Oct 3, 2023

    Collabs with academia, tech firm, with funding from government for future safe, smart vehicles. With 150 years of experience in all things mining, Sweden-based Epiroc has unveiled its next generation in mineral extraction, which will leverage the power of artificial intelligence to make its mining vehicles more autonomous through a new collaborative project called the Realistic Navigation Assistance and Machine Control, or ReNAM. Funded by Swedish government innovation agency...

  • A technician with electronic equipment surveys a gold mine in Nevada.

    Newmont CEO delivers powerful message

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Sep 8, 2023

    Urges the mining industry to build goodwill and trust to survive societal, geopolitical, and new technology megatrends in a changing world. Newmont President and CEO Tom Palmer did not waste his keynote address at the Minerals Week 2023 gathering in Australia to tout the many achievements of the world's largest gold mining company he leads. Instead, he delivered a powerful and sometimes foreboding message to the mining leaders in the room and around the world about the...

  • Two Cat 793 trucks haul equipped with BreadCrumbs haul ore at Fort Knox Mine.

    Rajant offers connectivity for every mine

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jun 27, 2023

    Kinetic Mesh tech delivers reliable, fast, and scalable network solutions to modern digital mines of all sizes. From giant equipment autonomously digging ore at global-scale copper mines to industrial internet of things sensors monitoring the health of man and machine at a local gravel quarry, mines are increasingly relying on digital technologies to improve efficiency, productivity, and safety. This digitization of the modern mine makes a rugged and reliable communications...

  • Ericsson Private 5G Industry 4.0 digital transformation telecommunications

    Smart mines have a private 5G connection

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Jun 8, 2023

    Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company Ericsson has launched Ericsson Private 5G, a next-generation private cellular 4G and 5G network tailored to drive the Industry 4.0 digital transformation. The latest network features secure and simple 4G LTE and 5G standalone connectivity primarily targeting manufacturing, mining and process industry, offshore and power utilities, as well as ports and airports. "With Ericsson Private 5G, we take the best of...

  • Artist rendering of a spacecraft exploring the metal-rich 16 Psyche asteroid.

    Space mining visionaries play long game

    K. Warner, For Metal Tech News|Updated Jun 8, 2023

    Like flying cars and jet packs, space travel, colonization and resource mining are all lagging behind the imaginations of Hollywood, scientists, and billionaire CEOs. This is partly because NASA and its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (and any other nation's government-supported agencies) have a problem – the project ambitions of the U.S. Congress-funded space agency is hedged by the variable length of a presidential term and the resulting appointments. Therefore, it is up to the p...

  • An underground miner checks an electronic tablet at Hecla’s Greens Creek Mine.

    New mining tech enhances safety, ESG

    K. Warner, For Metal Tech News|Updated Jun 8, 2023

    The last few years have seen big industries' social accountability come to the fore, with growing pressure to engage more holistically with the workforce, local communities, and environmental concerns. Evolving from this, a new business model of corporate performance has arrived in boardrooms, comprising a trifecta of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) responsibilities. Keeping pace is the mining industry's collective push to be more sustainable and accountable,...

  • A fully printed engine by ExOne's X1 160PRO metal 3D printer.

    Metal 3D printing the next Industrial Age

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Apr 16, 2023

    COVID-19 may have served as an inflection point for metal 3D printing. After suffering a short-term downturn in the wake of the pandemic, the global metal additive manufacturing market is expected to grow to US$18.5 billion by 2032, according to business research firm IDTechEx. The United Kingdom-based market analyst says several factors have come into play to push this burgeoning technology to the foreground, most notably the supply chain disruption caused by the pandemic its...

  • Graphic of potential geothermal uses for power generation, heating, and cooling.

    Geothermal promises increased potential

    K. Warner, For Metal Tech News|Updated Mar 13, 2023

    Geothermal power has generally represented region-specific and niche clean energy in the public consciousness for over a century. Today, thanks to a profusion of social outreach and government incentives, investors and leaders across both public and private sectors are exploring lesser-known applications and exciting advancements in the field. Just a few feet below the surface, the earth maintains a near-constant temperature that belies the seasonal extremes of aboveground...

  • A mineshaft being outlined with a digital rendering.

    Ericsson and Becker partner on mining 5G

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Nov 1, 2022

    Seeking to unearth the future of smart mining, Swedish telecom giant Ericsson has partnered with Becker Mining Systems AG to distribute private 5G networks at global operations. According to a recent report by Ericsson, the successful implementation of digitalization into the mining sector could potentially triple productivity growth in the industry by 2025 – shining a light on the value of creating data-driven mines. With the apparent necessity mining will play in the o...

  • Rocket engine nozzles use tungsten for its durability, high melting point.

    Strongest metal shows US supply weakness

    A.J. Roan, Data Mine North|Updated Sep 12, 2022

    Tungsten could be held ransom unless domestic mines open Tungsten, or wolfram, is the 74th element on the periodic table of elements and, like many other metals that have found their way onto critical mineral lists in Canada, Europe, and the United States, this sturdy metal is vulnerable to supply disruption. Tungsten has been known since prehistoric times, and as far back as 350 years ago, Chinese porcelain makers were using this element as a pigment to incorporate a unique...

  • Underground miners and equipment with position and proximity sensors.

    Komatsu to acquire Mine Site Technologies

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 12, 2022

    As its mining clients increasingly go underground to provide the minerals and metals needed for a technology-driven clean energy future, global heavy equipment manufacturer Komatsu Ltd. continues to position itself to offer the low-emissions, digital, and automation solutions to help bring these essential raw materials to the surface. In the latest move to achieve this strategy, Komatsu has agreed to acquire Mine Site Technologies, an Australian firm better known as MST...

  • A photo of a Sandvik underground haul truck deep inside a tunnel.

    Oyu Tolgoi goes underground, autonomous

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 12, 2022

    Rio Tinto is leveraging the safety and productivity advantages of Sandvik's autonomous mining equipment as it heads underground at the enormous Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in the South Gobi Desert region of Mongolia. Oyu Tolgoi, which began operations as an open pit mine in 2013, produced 359.4 million pounds of copper, 468,000 ounces of gold, and 977,000 oz of silver last year. Turquoise Hill Resources, a company that is majority-owned by Rio Tinto that operates Oyu Tolgoi,...

  • University of Sydney Wifi wireless technology underground mining long range

    Australia reinvents wireless fidelity systems

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 12, 2022

    Researchers at the University of Sydney have been working toward a new method of telecommunications with a safe and cost-effective technology that could be a wireless internet game-changer for connecting mines, with an industrial long-range Wi-Fi system that transmits signals to hard-to-reach places while maintaining high data rates. Supported by an AUD$800,000 grant from the NSW Physical Sciences Fund, this Wi-Fi system that can send signals several kilometers underground is...

  • MINExpo Las Vegas Cat Caterpillar heavy equipment electric bulldozer low carbon

    Caterpillar committed to better mining

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 12, 2022

    LAS VEGAS – From heavy equipment training simulators to the largest and most powerful electric drive dozer on Earth, Caterpillar's 55,000-square-foot mecca in the Central Hall of MINExpo 2021 in Las Vegas is showcasing how the global equipment manufacturer is helping its customers to mine more efficiently, effectively, safely, and sustainably. "After waiting an extra year, the mining industry is ready to reconnect at MINExpo. We are excited to show our customers and the indust...

  • Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions Automine Concept autonomous underground

    Secret Sandvik Automine loader unveiled

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 12, 2022

    In the depths of its test mine and lab in Tampere, Finland, Sandvik has secretly been carrying out underground tests on a cabinless, electrified, and automated concept loader that showcases the Swedish company's vision for the future of mining equipment. Clandestinely developed in a facility dubbed Area 52, this concept loader is equipped with Sandvik's Automine, an automation solution that allows the cutting-edge mining machine to navigate through the rough and changing...

  • Epiroc Ericsson AT&T Ambra Solutions telecommunications digitalization mining

    Connecting mines to the digital world

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    In a recent webinar hosted by Ericsson, industry leaders from AT&T, Epiroc, and Ambra Solutions met to discuss the global impact and direction of connectivity for the mining industry. This fireside chat, titled Mining in a Connected World Digital Event – 5G Things Dialogues, included an introduction of Ericsson's Smart Mining Value Calculator intended to share the brunt of determining risk toward the fast-growing technology sector and a hesitant mining sector in adopting n...

  • NASA COSM Advanced Manufacturing Systems 3D metal printing Richard Comunale

    Metal 3D printing systems for space bots

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    COSM Advanced Manufacturing Systems is in the final stages of developing and building electron beam 3D metal printing systems that will allow space robots to print parts in the vacuum of space, as well as future lunar and Martian outposts. "Producing large metal parts autonomously to verifiable specifications and quality in-space will be an enabling part of man's permanent presence on the Moon and further missions to Mars," said COSM Advanced Manufacturing Systems President...

  • Komatsu autonomous bulldozer remote control operated Minas-Rio ProVision

    Komatsu tests remote control bulldozer

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Apr 5, 2022

    Bulldozer operators at mining operations may soon be trading in the loud and jarring cabs of these large earthmoving machines for remote-control consoles in air-conditioned offices. Komatsu Ltd. is testing such remote-control dozer technology at Anglo American's Minas-Rio iron ore mine in Brazil. Under an agreement between Brazilian subsidiaries of the two companies, a tele-remote Komatsu D375Ai-8 dozer that weighs in at 72.9 metric tons and is able to push 22 cubic meters...

  • Rajant Kinetic Mesh BreadCrumb InstaMesh wireless network mining underground

    Rajant wireless to connect above and below

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Sep 14, 2021

    Provider of Kinetic Mesh wireless networks, Rajant Corp., recently announced its participation at MINExpo to showcase its collaborative solutions for fully mobile, underground and open-pit connectivity that could redefine the digital revolution. "With the mining industry deploying more autonomous and semi-autonomous equipment and applications every day, they require mission-critical, high bandwidth, secure, machine-to-machine communications systems," said Rajant EVP of Sales...

  • Critical Minerals Alliances tungsten Bear Mountain Alaska SpaceX Canada Gilmore

    Tough tungsten vulnerable to China control

    Shane Lasley, Data Mine North|Updated Sep 8, 2021

    Extremely hard and with the highest melting point of all the metals, tungsten's toughness is legendary. Like many of the other metals that have found their way onto critical mineral lists in Canada, Europe, and the United States, this durable metal is vulnerable to Chinese control. "World tungsten supply was dominated by production in China and exports from China," the U.S. Geological Survey inked in its 2021 mineral commodities report. It is estimated that mines in China...

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