PDAC video: McKinsey warns of $5T critical minerals capital need
Critical mineral miners will need about $5 trillion in investments by 2035 to meet projected demand, McKinsey & Co. senior partner Patrick Lahaie said in a video interview. The figure…
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JV article: Sandvik’s remote monitoring service technology expands to open-pit surface equipment
The world’s biggest miners have been deploying Sandvik’s Remote Monitoring Service (RMS) for fleets of trucks, loaders and drills at underground operations around the world for years. RMS is a…
JV Article: Why end-to-end optimization isn’t optional
Yokogawa Electric, a Tokyo-headquartered electrical engineering and software company, is celebrating its 110th anniversary this year (just like The Northern Miner!) with a new strategy to manage mining operations from…
The Metals Co. says it may defy UN
The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC) is threatening to bypass United Nations deep-sea mining regulations unless the UN’s International Seabed Authority (ISA) speeds up its rule-modernization process. TMC has invested more…
Cloud computing, AI can shorten energy transition, Seequent panel says
The path to the fourth industrial revolution and the green energy transition is best paved by integrating more technology into mining, industry panellists said this week at an event in…
Video: ValOre embraces AI to speed up Pedra Branca PGE discoveries in Brazil
ValOre Metals (TSXV: VO) uses AI to speed up discovery at its Pedra Branca platinum-group metals resource in northeastern Brazil, CEO Jim Paterson said. ValOre plans to use advanced AI…
JV Article: Micromine’s exploration AI boosts human input without replacing it
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has dominated news headlines this year as companies harnessing its power disrupt markets. But what does AI mean for the mining industry – should geologists prepare to…
JV Q&A: The HiveMap platform offers next-gen geological mapping for mining
The mining industry is in constant need of replacing what it produces through making new discoveries. One way of aiding this quest entails embracing new technologies to enhance miners’ discovery…
What a shock: the power cost of ore processing
When it comes to understanding processing costs, electric power is an item that can have a substantial impact on operating expenses. Costmine, a division of Mining Intelligence owned by Glacier…
Chips, silver, and HPA: Finding profit in the AI gold rush
Earlier this month, we watched the unfolding of what was described as America’s ‘Sputnik moment.’ Where U.S. tech giants were caught with their pants down, suddenly exposed by China’s potentially…
AME JV video: Fleet Space enhances AI prospecting with real-time 3D data
Fleet Space Technologies is using satellites to feed geophysics data from remote project sites to artificial intelligence programs, senior exploration geophysicist Darren Burrows says in a new video. The Adelaide,…
JV Q&A: How Dundee Sustainable Technologies’ eco-friendly advances boost ESG credentials
Dundee Sustainable Technologies (CSE: DST) has developed two innovative metallurgical processes that offer significant environmental benefits for the mining industry. The recent tailings dam breach in the Yukon is a…