Innovating mining inspections through drone application
Mining News Pro - With safety the driving factor, ALS continue to integrate inspection approaches that improve safety without tradeoffs to the inspection itself – whether that be from a productivity, quality or financial perspective.
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Drones reveal previously unknown features of Roman-era gold operations
Mining News Pro - Drones equipped with multispectral cameras are providing clues of the path followed by water canals dug 2,000 years ago in Spain to support Roman-era gold mining operations.
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Drone-mounted scanner visualises Finsch ore pass to determine serviceability
Mining News Pro - Owing to the use of drone-mounted light detection and ranging (Lidar) equipment, diamond miner Petra Diamonds’ mine engineers have been able to visualize the condition of ore passes for the first time at the Finsch underground mine, in the Northern Cape.
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‘Hunter drone’ that flies at night could be used to find gemstone deposits
Mining News Pro - Researchers at The University of Hong Kong co-developed an autonomous ‘hunter drone’ that seeks out targets at night using a scanning laser. The mechanism could effectively be used to find new mineral deposits.
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Kespry offers Bring Your Own Drone program to multi site miners
Mining News Pro - Kespry, the drone-based aerial intelligence solution provider, has announced its new BYOD (Bring Your Own Drone) program. It includes a new platform pricing model designed to meet the expanding enterprise aerial intelligence requirements of multi-site mining companies.
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Emesent commercializes first underground drone technology for mine mapping
Mining News Pro - An Australian mine technology solutions provider spun out from a leading innovation developer, has commercialised its first market ready product.
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Drones go to sea at BHP’s ocean freight operations
Mining News Pro - BHP was an early adopter of drones across its mine sites, employing the aerial technology across the group for post-blasting clearance, traffic monitoring, building inspections and operation surveillance.
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BHP increases use of drones for inspections
Mining News Pro - BHP is trialing drones to inspect its ocean freight operations, building on the successful integration of the technology at mine sites.
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Rocketmine drone survey contracts with Rossing Uranium and Exxaro Resources
Mining News Pro - a subsidiary of the international Delta Drone Group, says it “continues to affirm its’ position as the drone service providing leader in UAV (drone) solutions for the mining sector.”
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Rocketmine expands mining drone area coverage with BVLOS approval
Mining News - Rocketmine is proud to have received Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) approval for the flight of their commercial drones from the South African Civil ...
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Rocketmine expands mining drone area coverage with BVLOS approval
Mining News - Rocketmine is proud to have received Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) approval for the flight of their commercial drones from the South African Civil
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