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Cat 793 trucks going autonomous at Freeport’s Bagdad copper mine

Canadian Mining Journal Staff — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 18:48:28 +0000

Caterpillar and Freeport-McMoRan collaborating to convert the mining company’s fleet of 33 Cat 793 haul trucks at its Bagdad mine in Arizona […]

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Kearl oil sands trucks all autonomous says Imperial

Marilyn Scales — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 17:46:10 +0000

Imperial Oil (TSX:IMO) says it has completed the conversion of all its haul trucks to autonomous operation at the Kearl oil sands […]

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ABB, Boliden, LKAB successfully test first automated blast charger for underground mines

Canadian Mining Journal Staff — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 17:35:55 +0000

ABB has successfully completed testing the industry-first automated robot charging technology for underground mines in partnership with mine operators Boliden and LKAB. […]

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Sandvik and partners boost underground safety with 5G and edge intelligence

Canadian Mining Journal Staff — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 18:32:37 +0000

The next generation of digital solutions could greatly improve underground safety, thanks to the Next Generation Mining (NGMining) project. A joint R&D […]

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Marathon choses ABB process and power control for Valentine gold project

Canadian Mining Journal Staff — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 17:13:27 +0000

Marathon Gold has selected ABB as integrated process and power automation supplier for the Valentine gold project in central Newfoundland. ABB’s scope […]

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Exyn funds partnerships with C.R. Kennedy and Zero X

Canadian Mining Journal Staff — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 17:12:52 +0000

Exyn Technologies has completed its second round of financing to further strengthen its strategic partnerships with C.R. Kennedy & Co. and Aero […]

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JV Article: Journey to autonomy in mineral processing: Unleashing value alongside Andritz’s technologies

Canadian Mining Journal Staff — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 15:59:16 +0000

“A lot of people talk about AI, machine learning, digital twins, as buzz words – as if AI can immediately solve all […]

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Rio Tinto invests US$498M in Kennecott copper underground

Marilyn Scales — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 16:11:48 +0000

Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) is strengthening its position in the U.S. copper supply chain by investing in its Kennecott mine near Salt Lake […]

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Bis, Israel Aerospace launch ‘industry-first’ mining automation JV

Magda Gardner — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 17:35:20 +0000

Bis and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) have announced a world-first joint venture, Auto-Mate, to deliver the next generation of mine site automation […]

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‘We’ll see significant amounts of automation’: Michelle Ash on new technologies at the Global Mining Symposium

Magda Gardner — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 16:26:45 +0000

A key theme of the Global Mining Symposium is the need to advance new technologies to make mining safer, as well as […]

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