Automated drilling

 Glencore Lomas Bayas is a low-cost, open-pit copper mine in the Atacama Desert
SURFACE

Glencore to trial autonomous drills at Lomas Bayas

Flanders has previously claimed that the ARDVARC system increases productivity by 30%

13 June 2022

Strayos software creates digital twins for drill and blast sites that integrate GPS, surface and drone survey data
TECHNOLOGY

AI's explosive impact in drill and blast

Company creates digital twins for drill and blast sites that integrate GPS, surface and drone data.

26 October 2020

Boart Longyear’s LF160 drill rig equipped with the Freedom Loader system, which requires no intervention from the driller’s assistant to trip and align rods or connect to the top-drive head
TECHNOLOGY

Boart Longyear on the digitalisation of drill rigs

Company tells Mining Magazine how it is approaching the new drill rig landscape.

21 October 2020

Epiroc's Boomer T1 is a single-boom face drilling rig
UNDERGROUND

Altyn: Drilling rigs will accelerate development

The company is targeting a run rate of 45,000t/month in the fourth quarter.

26 May 2020

 Operator in the control room at the Apatit JSC Kirovsk branch
TECHNOLOGY

Epiroc lifts lid on Apatit automation

Integration of automation and digitalisation technologies optimises production

23 October 2019

 Drilling using Epiroc's BenchREMOTE system
FLEETS

Epiroc highlights automation at SME

IoT-based optimisation and maintenance have featured heavily on the SME conference programme so far

26 February 2019

Ups and downs of auto drilling
EQUIPMENT

Ups and downs of auto drilling

Automation in automated blasthole drilling have been made in recent years by Flanders Electric with its

09 November 2010

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector, brought to you by the Mining Magazine Intelligence team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector, brought to you by the Mining Magazine Intelligence team.

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Mining Magazine Intelligence Future Fleets Report 2024

The report paints a picture of the equipment landscape and includes detailed profiles of mines that are employing these fleets

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Mining Magazine Intelligence Digitalisation Report 2023

An in-depth review of operations that use digitalisation technology to drive improvements across all areas of mining production

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Mining Magazine Intelligence Automation Report 2023

An in-depth review of operations using autonomous solutions in every region and sector, including analysis of the factors driving investment decisions

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Mining Magazine Intelligence Exploration Report 2023 (feat. Opaxe data)

A comprehensive review of current exploration rates, trending exploration technologies, a ranking of top drill intercepts and a catalog of 2022 Initial Resource Estimates and recent discovery successes.