Smarter and safer: explosives enter a new age
In mining, it’s fair to say nothing lasts forever. From the parts fitted to ground-engaging technologies to the practices and…
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Andrew Tunnicliffe
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Pit-to-port: BHP Copper SA cements its sustainability drive
With the ongoing energy transition and subsequent technological advances, the world needs copper now more than ever. Demand is at…
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Retrofitting mining trucks: an alternative path to electrification
“In our industry,” Perenti’s head of mining electrification and technology, Darren Kwok, told MINE Australia, “we want to understand something…
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Deep-sea mining remains a hostile battleground
Ever the disruptor, in April, US President Donald Trump took a naked flame to the already incendiary issue of deep-sea…
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Is mining ready for cloud-based fleet management systems?
Since the 1990s, fleet management systems (FMS) have enjoyed ceaseless innovation, from infrared beacons to ever more agile, smaller sensors.…
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AARP: bringing mining technology to Western Australia
The automation of mining is not new, but it has gained pace in recent years as technologies have evolved and…
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Indonesia’s nickel market stranglehold tightens, again
After emerging from authoritarian rule and dictatorship in 1998, Indonesia’s grip on democracy has remained fragile. However, one thing that…
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Can AI enhance mining’s collision avoidance technology?
Despite masses of research, copious statistical analyses and the endless logging of occupational data, it is still difficult to say…
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Dammed if you don’t: how tailings management is everyone’s concern
Just six years on from the horrific Brumadinho disaster, it is still difficult to talk about mine tailings without recalling…
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Mining pumps lead the way in water management innovation
Today, mining companies are more focused on sustainability than ever before, looking to protect the land and environments they work…