Pit Viper

FLEETS

IAMGOLD and Epiroc partner on autonomous Pit Viper fleet

Five rigs will be deployed at IAMGOLD's Côté Gold Project

02 November 2023

FLEETS

Pit Vipers into Sino Iron

Delivery, from Epiroc's factory in Texas, US, will begin in 2023.

13 October 2022

TECHNOLOGY

Autonomous drilling system deployed in Siberia

VIST Group is piloting an unmanned drilling system at SUEK's Tugnuysky open-pit coal mine in Russia

30 April 2019

TECHNOLOGY

Epiroc updates drill rig automation program

Epiroc has introduced the fifth generation of its Rig Control System for Pit Viper drills

25 April 2019

EQUIPMENT

Opening up minds and pits worldwide

Atlas Copcos Pit Viper automation system is extending productivity and increasing safety through functions

23 May 2014

EQUIPMENT

Copper deal for Atlas

Atlas Copco has won a contract to deliver four Pit Viper rotary blasthole drills to Chiles Minera Los

26 March 2014

EQUIPMENT

Atlas Copco wins large order in Chile

Atlas Copcos Drilling Solutions division has won a contract to deliver four large range Pit Viper rotary

26 February 2014

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

PARTNER CONTENT

Navachab Gold Mine boosts recovery & cuts OPEX with STEINERT's sensor sorting technology

Navachab Gold Mine, a low-grade gold ore operation, upgrades its very low-grade ore resources using STEINERT’s suite of innovative dry sorting processes.

PARTNER CONTENT

Vale's circular mining vision: turning waste to value

Vale’s Bruno Pelli shares how circular practices turn mining tailings and waste into

PARTNER CONTENT

From concept to cathode: How Nuton is redefining copper for a low-impact future

Nuton is pioneering cleaner, more efficient copper production through innovative

PARTNER CONTENT

Limestone Quarry Saves Big by Replacing Rotary Airlocks with Aerodyne Vacu-Valve

Maximizing performance while lowering operating costs with Vacu-Valve

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