Tag: Mining

  • Breakthrough AI Initiative Drives Minerals Processing Efficiencies
    Breakthrough AI Initiative Drives Minerals Processing Efficiencies

    Vibrating machines such as screens and feeders are used at almost every mine site to classify and convey bulk materials that have been extracted. This week’s Blog reveals Schenck Process’ ground-breaking technology that allows vibrating machines to be monitored through the use of artificial intelligence algorithms.

  • Common misconceptions about your passwords
    Common misconceptions about your passwords

    Common misconceptions about your passwords Written by Jack Warner at Techwarn. With the current trends in technology advancements and cybersecurity threats, it’s exciting to see how authentication technologies are evolving to match up.  Many tech experts are now exploring a new world beyond password authentication.  Some of the emerging alternatives include multi-factor authentication (MFA), biometrics,…

  • MineSense: Unearthing smarter mining practices with tech
    MineSense: Unearthing smarter mining practices with tech

    Until very recently the process of metal mining was characterized by a lack of visibility and only after the lengthy, costly, and resource-intensive process of extracting, processing, and refining material from the earth would that material’s true value be confirmed. But MineSense is eliminating this lack of visibility and disrupting the mining industry while they’re…

  • Who’s watching when you aren’t? 
AI-powered machine vision – enhancing remote monitoring and real-time pipeline leak detection in metals mining
    Who’s watching when you aren’t? 
AI-powered machine vision – enhancing remote monitoring and real-time pipeline leak detection in metals mining

    An undetected pipeline leak has the potential to endanger workers, damage local ecosystems beyond rehabilitation, contaminate drinking water supply, and leave community livelihoods in ruins, as well as cost mining companies millions of dollars in damages. This week’s Blog takes a look at Canadian software company, IntelliView Technologies, whose innovation takes video and image analysis…

  • Pitram Artificial Intelligence Module
    Pitram Artificial Intelligence Module

    New underground mining precision performance software, which uses machine learning to refine and enhance loading and haulage processes, is included in the latest version of Pitram. Using the processes of computer vision and deep machine learning, on-board cameras are placed on loaders to track variables such as loading time, hauling time, dumping time and travelling…

  • Vertical Wet Pit Cantilever Pump Handles Solids Up To 4” Diameter
    Vertical Wet Pit Cantilever Pump Handles Solids Up To 4” Diameter

    Vertiflo Pump company makes a rugged, dependable Vertical Wet Pit Series 1100 Cantilever pump with a vortex and fully recessed impeller. The pump is designed for solids pumping in light to medium slurries in many mining applications, including floating retention pond pumping systems. Coal Prep Plants can rely on the durability of this pump design…

  • Andalusia Offers some of Europe’s Best Mining Treasures
    Andalusia Offers some of Europe’s Best Mining Treasures

    The dreamy name conjures up images of exotic centuries-old majestic castles built by the great civilizations who once inhabited this autonomous region in southern Spain.

  • Defeat the Destruction: The Top Five Application Areas
    Defeat the Destruction: The Top Five Application Areas

    Explosions, drilling, crushing, and digging define the mining industry’s challenges. Belzona’s top application areas focus on repairing damaged rubber components, in-situ shaft repairs, lining chutes and hoppers, pump protection, and shimming equipment. Each solution addresses the unique threats of abrasion, erosion, and impact while minimizing costly downtime. With decades of expertise, Belzona’s cold-curing polymeric solutions…