Hexagon’s Mining Division announced earlier this summer that it partnered with Fatigue Science and, combined with its real-time operator alertness and collision avoidance solutions, Hexagon can help customers further protect and optimize people and equipment with Fatigue Science’s Readi platform for predictive fatigue management. The partnership underscored the pair’s completion of a 360-degree safety management platform that can provide complete,…
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Hudbay gets first gold at New Britannia mill
After wrapping up the refurbishment of the New Britannia mill in Snow Lake, Manitoba, in June, Canadian miner Hudbay Minerals has confirmed the commencement of gold production at the site along with first gold.
Read MoreCanada to sink plans for new thermal coal mining: report
According to a Reuters report from June 11, Canadian Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson has said that the country will not approve any new thermal coal mining projects or plans for expansions to existing operations, citing environmental damage. Wilkinson reportedly said that thermal coal was the single largest climate change contributor. “The government considers that these…
Read MoreU.S. mines produced an estimated $82.3 billion in minerals during 2020
U.S. mines produced approximately $82.3 billion in minerals in 2020 – about $1.5 billion lower than the 2019 revised total of $83.7 billion, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. This information comes from the 26th annual Mineral Commodity Summaries report from the USGS National Minerals Information Center, which was released in late June. The report is a comprehensive source of…
Read MoreThese changing times
As you read this, you may very well be sitting somewhere in Las Vegas for MINExpo 2021, a long-awaited event after the pandemic forced the rescheduling of the original show dates in 2020. If you are, we hope you’ll stop over and see us at Booth 1124 in the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. The event, in…
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