I have often encountered a problem they described in making decisions on key longwall equipment for underground coal mining. It can be stated as follows:READ MORE
Mines are notoriously difficult to digitize because many of the production processes are driven by environmental variables. There’s no way to know exactly how longREAD MORE
South Deep, the mechanised Gold Fields gold mine in western Gauteng, is putting remote loading to the test. “We’re trialling remote loading from surface, whereREAD MORE
As part of plans to establish a sustainable footing for its South Deep mine in South Africa, Gold Fields is trialling teleremote loading in aREAD MORE
At the Kamoa-Kakula Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the first phase of development at the Kakula Copper Mine is in many respectsREAD MORE
Ivanhoe Mines has now completed 13.5 km of underground development at the Kakula copper mine, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The company is 4.2 km ahead ofREAD MORE
anada-based copper and gold miner First Quantum has lowered its guidance for 2020 by 75 000 t of copper and 30 000 oz of gold, citing a reduction in production expectations at the CobreREAD MORE
SANTIAGO – Freeport’s El Abra copper mine in Chile said on Monday it would scale back copper processing by 40% and lay off workers as globalREAD MORE
YSE-listed Freeport-McMoran (FCX) on Friday announced a 30% reduction in planned capital expenditure (capex) for 2020, as it unveiled a new operating plan in responseREAD MORE
Mining companies’ will be able to weather the year despite the covid-19 pandemic, owing to having vastly streamlined their operations, cut debt and expenditures, andREAD MORE
