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NLMK rolling out private LTE network at Stoilensky GOK iron ore mine in Stary Oskol

Global steel company NLMK Group has begun to launch its own wireless mobile network (private LTE) at the NLMK Lipetsk integrated steel production site and Stoilensky GOK iron ore mine and beneficiation plant some 350 km away. The Private...

RPMGlobal bolts on new environmental features to XPAC scheduling software

RPMGlobal has released the latest version of its scheduling software, XPAC Solutions, with some of the notable features including disturbance reporting and scheduling, landform surface definition, support for battery trucks, multiple independent calendars, bi-directional Integration with RPM’s Schedule Optimisation...

Wartsila energy storage solution to support decarbonisation of Australian mining operations

The technology group, Wärtsilä, will supply a 9.2 MW/8.7 MWh energy storage system to Zenith Energy, an Independent Power Producer (IPP) in Australia. Zenith sells the electrical power it produces to some of the world’s largest mining companies with...

Rio Tinto and Caterpillar team up for zero-emission autonomous trucks

Rio Tinto has agreed to deploy 35 new 793 zero-emission autonomous haul trucks from Caterpillar at the Gudai-Darri iron ore mine in Western Australia. To this end, the companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under which the duo...

Hexagon and Volvo to provide autonomous safety systems for mining

Hexagon’s Mining division has announced an agreement with Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) that would allow Volvo CE off-road mining vehicles to be equipped with Hexagon Level-9 vehicle intervention technology. The award-winning independent and interoperable HxGN MineProtect Vehicle Intervention System...

Jubilee and Mopani Copper Mines enter MoU for refining facility

Jubilee has announced the execution of a binding MoU Mopani Copper Mines for the implementation of additional copper and cobalt refining capacity through the recapitalisation of existing refining capacity placed under care and maintenance by Mopani. This additional refining capacity...

DOE invests US$1 million to create sustainable critical minerals supply chain

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) has announced the selection of six projects to receive a total of nearly US$1 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) under...

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