The recent moves by miners to automate mining equipment through technology has created significant debate among mineworkers regarding the loss of jobs and the impacts on regional communities...
Category - Automation
In the wake of the BHP Goonyella Riverside automation row with unions and members of the Queensland Opposition, BHP has resurrected parts of a July 2017 video shot at Jimblebar mine in early 2017...
The CFMEU Mining and Energy Queensland President Stephen Smyth says that 340 jobs will go at the BMA Goonyella Riverside mine as the automation of mining trucks rolls out. Alarmingly, he has also...
BMA Automation Becomes Reality...BMA has announced today that they will automate 300 jobs at its’ Queensland Goonyella Riverside mine through the autonomous conversion of 86 Komatsu trucks in...
Scania has launched its latest fully autonomous mining truck that’s designed to improve safety and productivity on mining and quarrying sites. It’s meaner, greener and leaner than...
Chinova Resources Osbourne Mine has recently completed an agreement commission and install autonomous technology. The project involves installing Guidance Automation packages on two CAT 2900 loaders...
By now, most have realized that industry 4.0 is not just hype that will disappear by itself. Fundamental functional safety processes will change, if they haven’t already, especially in automation...
OPINION Across the global mining industry, there is an ever-increasing take-up of autonomous technology. But the interactions and impact on human operators need to be considered. Autonomous...
The NSW Regulator has released a report into a collision between a semi-autonomous dozer and a manned excavator at the Wilpinjong mine The revealed the need for more effective segregation between...
The Global Mining Guidelines group have published new guidelines for the implementation of autonomous systems in mining providing guidance for organisations implementing mobile equipment autonomous...
The Australian mining sector is sustaining its positive outlook with Newport Consulting’s Mining Business Outlook Report – now in its eighth year of release – revealing the dark days of the sector’s...
Rio Tinto’s $2.6 billion investment in the Koodaideri replacement mine will feature intelligent mining activities through adoption of high technology automated mining equipment. Ultimately, Rio...
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