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• Award Winning Drill and Blast Innovation Provides Benchmark   Tasmanian iron ore miner Grange Resources and engineering experts Pitt&Sherry have shared the honours for an innovative solution that protects personnel from open pit mining hazards. Their Merlo Remote Explosive Loading Unit received an award for the 'Best Solution to an Identified Workplace Health and Safety Issue' at the WorkSafe Tasmania Awards in late 2012.&nb....Read more

  Contributor:  Mining IQ Editorial Tags: drill and blast | drilling and blasting | explosives 02/20/2013  12:00:00 AM EST

• Mine Planner Update: Open Cut Mine Planning Challenges Mine Planner Update: Open Cut Mine Planning Challenges Effective open cut mine planning can be challenging in today’s environment of increased demand for productivity, competition, commodity price fluctuations, rapid growth in overseas markets, equipment scarcity, government red tape and the critical shortage of skills in the mining industry.  What challenges do mine planners face in t....Read more

  Contributor:  Mining IQ Editorial Tags: open cut mine planning | mine planner | mine planning 08/29/2012  12:00:00 AM EDT

• Automation in Mining: Beyond the Front Gate Automation in Mining - An Update from Mining IQ There has been a surge in automation development within the mining industry over the past year. Remote working strategies have been modernised, with the likes of BHP and Rio Tinto now able to operate and control a pit from hundreds of kilometres away. There has also been a huge commitment to driverless trains and continued initiatives to increase sa....Read more

  Contributor:  Mining IQ Tags: automation | mine automation | automation in mining 03/14/2013  12:00:00 AM EDT

• 	Revealed! How 'Truckless' Systems are Changing the Face of Large scale, Remote Location Projects The Vale Ferro Carajas S11D project in northern Brazil is based on the movement of unprecedented volumes of waste and ore with mobile in-pit crushing and conveying or “truckless” systems. In peak years, the system is intended to handle a combined 160 million tonnes of material. The planning and
  Contributor:   Mining IQ Editorial Tags: SKM | Truckless System | Tim Atchison 03/19/2013  12:00:00 AM EDT

• GIS in Mining Operations GIS in Mining Operations Better data has long translated to increased chances of success for mining projects, and this remains the case as the industry enters a new age of automation.  Fewer experts are now at the mine site, with Rio Tinto's mine of the future being operated from a commands centre in Perth, which is up to1,500 km away from some operations, yet the need for accurate data ....Read more

  Contributor:  Mining IQ Editorial Tags: GIS in Mining | Open source GIS | mining automation 07/26/2011  12:00:00 AM EDT

• 	Slope Design Processes for Mine Plan and Design John Read, Research Manager for Mass Mining Projects of the CSIRO spoke to Mining IQ about his model for the slope design process and how mine planners and designers can use this model to ensure safety and productivity in their mines. Questions Mining IQ asked include:   1. You’ve developed
  Contributor:   Tags: john read | csiro | mine plan 07/12/2011  12:00:00 AM EDT

• 	Open Source GIS Challenges 'Open Source’ GIS has gotten a lot of press lately, so Mining IQ spoke to Atlas Iron’s GIS Specialist, Drew Smith, who tells us the challenges GIS users may face as DIY GIS becomes common. Drew also talks about ensuring effective data management and improving prospective mapping. Questions
  Contributor:   Mining IQ Editorial Tags: Open Source GIS | GIS 11/09/2011  12:00:00 AM EST

• 	How to Best Utilise GIS Technologies Mining IQ interviews Stephen Fraser, Senior Principal Research Geologlist at CSIRO, he talks about how to best utilise GIS technologies , predictive analysis and his views on open source/DIY softwares. Questions asked include: Australian Mining recently reported that easily accessible mineral resources are
  Contributor:   Tags: GIS Technologies | Open Source | CSIRO 11/18/2011  12:00:00 AM EST

• Planning for the Unprecedented Mining IQ speaks to Daniel Dakiniewicz, Mine Planning Engineer at Fortescue Metals Group about his experience in dealing with unprecedented events and the importance of improving risk management plans so you’re not caught on the back foot. Daniel speaks from personal experience, after he played an integral role in getting plans back on track after a land slip at a site he was working on. &n....Read more

  Contributor:  Mining IQ Tags: mine planning | open cut | risk management 08/05/2012  12:00:00 AM EDT

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