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Research & Development
Top executives from more than 100 leading North American mining companies share challenges and strategies for growth in tough economy; safety is #1 priority. Mincom, a leading provider of software and services to 17 of the top 20 mining companies worldwide, today announced findings from the first in a series of research studies designed to gauge pe...
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Engineering, project delivery and sciences firm, Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM), has extended its global reach by working with Brazilian mining company Vale on a series of feasibility studies relating to the economic and technical viability of in-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC), otherwise known as “truckless mining”, for a major iron ore projec...
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Austmine Chairman Alan Broome envisages a new era, one in which new technology plays a central role in controlling costs, with Australian innovators leading in technological advances in mining. So Australian businesses will need to become smarter at protecting their new technologies.The biggest spenders of R&D money are the heaviest users...
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Coffey and Virtalis team up to bring Virtual Reality The Brazilian operation of leading global professional services consultancy Coffey International Limited has entered into a preliminary strategic partnership with the UK’s Virtalis, one of the world’s leading Virtual Reality (VR) companies.Virtalis showcased its GeoVisionary software, the 3D land...
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While it has only been a relatively short period of time since advanced equipment simulators were launched in the mining industry, the founding company at the centre of the training revolution, Immersive Technologies, is already moving into the next generation of operator training with strong support from its extensive mining customer base and indu...
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As a global provider of innovative software solutions and services, Perth-based Micromine has been developing mining and exploration technology for over 20 years. Last month the company released a significant upgrade to their premier mine design solution, named MICROMINE 2010. Popular for its user friendly functionalities, MICROMIN...
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An on-line database developed by a Parker Centre/CSIRO Light Metals Flagship research team has for the first time provided the alumina industry with a one-stop, searchable resource containing all public information on bauxite residues, including their characteristics and storage, and details of the original bauxite.The Bauxite Residue and Disposal ...
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Combined tool cuts costs and complexity CSIRO has developed a prototype slurry analyser capable of measuring both mineralogy and ultra-low elemental composition directly on a process stream, thereby avoiding labour-intensive, time-consuming and potentially error-prone sampling.The minerals industry has traditionally relied on two different x-...
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