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Newmont, Cat team up to electrify mining
In a deal that is expected to electrify the future of mining, Newmont Corp. plans to invest $100 million into a strategic alliance with Caterpillar Inc. to develop fully connected, automated, and... — Updated 3/21/2022
Jaguar Mining impressed with DRIVER AI
Looking to increase the speed and accuracy of establishing drill targets on its gold properties in Brazil, Jaguar Mining Inc. has signed a license for long-term use of Minerva Intelligence Inc.'s... — Updated 3/15/2022
Drones are new canaries in the mine
Maestro Digital Mine, which specializes in industrial internet of things (IIoT) devices that make mines safer and more productive, and Exyn Technologies, a pioneer of aerial drones capable of... — Updated 3/8/2022
Exyn drones map Alaska, BC gold mines
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... — Updated 3/1/2022
NASA chooses schools for Moon living
Missouri University of Science and Technology has been selected as part of a NASA project to develop lunar infrastructure technologies, with researchers from the school developing mineral... — Updated 3/1/2022
DOE funds carbon antimining at Tamarack
The United States Department of Energy is investing $2.2 million to explore the holy grail of clean energy projects – a domestic mine that helps to supply the nickel and copper needed to... — Updated 2/22/2022
500 giant driverless Cat mining trucks
A two-story-tall mining truck hauling more than half a million pounds of rock may not seem like the best choice for perfecting the science of autonomous travel. As it turns out, however, mines... — Updated 2/15/2022
EnviroMetal recovers gold from mine dust
Broadening the potential applications of its environmentally sustainable metal leaching formula, EnviroMetal Technologies Inc. reports that it has successfully extracted 221 ounces of gold from... — Updated 2/15/2022
ABB to optimize ioneer's Rhyolite Ridge
Seeking every advantage when it comes to the efficient and sustainable production of lithium and boron at its Rhyolite Ridge project in Nevada, ioneer Ltd. has turned to the expertise of ABB,... — Updated 2/14/2022
Teck to trace germanium with blockchain
Teck Resources Ltd. is piloting a project that utilizes the power of blockchain technology to trace responsibly produced germanium from its Red Dog zinc mine in Northwest Alaska all the way to fib... — Updated 2/8/2022
Copper State reveals next gen smart bolts
Copper State Bolt & Nut Co.'s revolutionary BoltSense family of services and products offers a vital piece in the cog that keeps the mining wheels turning – fasteners. Copper State Bolt... — Updated 2/8/2022
BHP orders battery electric locomotives
On the heels of Rio Tinto's order for four battery-electric locomotives to pull trains of iron ore in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, BHP has placed an order for four of its own... — Updated 2/1/2022
Teck forges an electric Cat partnership
Toward its goal of reducing carbon emissions from its operations by 33% by 2030 and being a completely carbon-neutral mining company by 2050, Teck Resources Ltd. has entered into an agreement with... — Updated 2/1/2022
GoldSpot breaks into Nevada mining fields
GoldSpot Discoveries Corp. Jan. 31 announced it has been engaged by Western Exploration Inc. to apply its proprietary machine learning and geoscience expertise at the Aura gold-silver project in... — Updated 2/1/2022
Exyn delivers 3D models in living color
Imagine a future where a geologist could slip on a virtual reality headset and descend into a full-color, highly accurate 3D model of a mine abandoned decades earlier and much too unstable to... — Updated 1/25/2022
Ericsson mine mapping partner is HERE
Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company Ericsson, one of the first and leading providers of 5G, and HERE Technologies, a leading location data and technology platform,... — Updated 1/18/2022
MIT creates groundbreaking REE separation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have devised a unique method to help curb the looming shortages of critical minerals and metals by making it easier to separate them from ore and... — Updated 1/11/2022
Ucore advances RapidSX rare earths tech
In another step toward Ucore Rare Metals Inc.'s goal of producing the first separated rare earth elements at its planned Strategic Metals Complex in Alaska in about two years, a third party has ca... — Updated 1/11/2022
Electric trains to haul Rio Tinto iron
Taking a large step toward its goal of halving the carbon emissions at its iron mines in the Pilbara region of Western Australia by 2030, Rio Tinto has placed an order with Wabtec Corp. for four... — Updated 1/11/2022
Autonomous convoys to deliver WA iron ore
The economics of mining bulk tonnage commodities such as iron ore often hinge upon the ability to economically deliver millions of tons of product per year to global markets. Typically, trains... — Updated 12/21/2021
Australia reinvents wireless fidelity systems
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 con... — Updated 12/21/2021
An EnviroMetal alternative to cyanide
In spite of its toxic and corrosive reputation, cyanide has been the go-to chemical for gold recovery since 1890 due to its unmatched ability to dissolve the precious metal into a solution. Or,... — Updated 12/7/2021
Sandvik adds Deswik software expertise
Multinational engineering company Sandvik AB Dec. 2 signed an agreement to acquire Australia-based Deswik Mining Consultants (Australia) Pty Ltd., a leading software company that will add to... — Updated 12/7/2021
Canada supergroup developing Earth X-ray
Taking inspiration from the x-ray and MRI technologies that allow medical doctors to see inside the human body, Canada's Digital Technology Supercluster has launched a project aimed at helping... — Updated 11/30/2021
Onyen honored for ESG reporting solution
Eight short months after unveiling an affordable and easy-to-use environmental, social, and corporate governance reporting solution designed to meet the needs of junior and midsized mining and... — Updated 11/17/2021